Marc Favreau

The author has 30+ years of automotive experience and has assembled the most extensive collection of symbols and warning lights anywhere (over 1,000!) and can help you open and start any keyless start car with a dead key fob battery. BA, St. Joseph's, ME: MS, RPI, NY

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Lexus dashboard symbols page has now been color coded

Lexus dashboard symbols In advance of a 2025 update, now underway, our Lexus dashboard symbols page has now been re-aligned by color. That makes 35 pages transformed to reflect the new color ordering, including our primary pictographic symbols page. This exceeds now three fourths of the pages to be re-ordered, while we work our way …

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Australian manual site found to replace a more restrictive UK site

Open owner's manual

Australian manual site Our recent Suzuki dashboard symbols update had us scrambling for owner’s manuals and an Australian manual site was just the ticket. We keep a page of website links to owner’s manuals for the convenience of our viewers, and Suzuki offers a challenge. The company does not sell autos into the North American …

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Acronyms page gets three new entries

Acronyms page The Fiat dashboard symbols update resulted in three new entries for our acronyms page. However, only one is truly new. For instance, the acronym for Active Speed Limiter (ASL) was added to the existing ASL, Automatic Speed Limiter. The acronym for Traffic Sign Assist (TSA) is already in use for Trailer Stability Assist. …

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Fiat dashboard symbols page update nets 33 new entries

Fiat dashboard symbols A completed Fiat dashboard symbols page update added an astonishing 33 new symbols and indicators. And 11 of them are new to our site. Why astonishing? Because Fiat sells a single model, the 500e, into the North American market! All but one of the additions are variations of existing symbols and many …

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Fiat electronic latch forces a Get Out update

Fiat electronic latch The update of our Fiat back up entry and start pages includes a look at the Fiat electronic latch. Much like keyless start needing back up if the battery in the key fob dies, electronic latches require back up options if the vehicle encounters a full loss of power. The Corvette start …

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E-latch system fault indicator

500e inside handle

E-latch system This is an E-latch system fault indicator symbol. The inevitable spread of electronic systems has moved to, perhaps inevitably, door latches. E, or electronic, -latches are not actually new and already require mechanical back-up unlock options if the battery in the key fob or the 12-volt start battery dies. Before continuing, is this …

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Several changes found in the Fiat back up entry and start review

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Fiat back up entry and start The review of 2024 and 2025 models results in several changes to the Fiat back up entry and start pages. Fiat sells only the 500e electric model into the North American market. It now uses a new key fob and features a hidden key hole and a brand new …

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