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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Automatic exterior lights mode indicators

Auto Headlamp Dimmer Indicator

Automatic exterior lights These are Automatic Exterior Lights Mode Indicator symbols. This lamp is seen in green when the vehicle’s exterior lights are operating in auto mode. Headlamps will turn on in darkness or dark areas and off when there is adequate ambient light. Other exterior lamps remain on. Before continuing, is this truly your …

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Land Rover symbols update finished

Land Rover Symbols The Land Rover symbols page update is now complete. The result is the addition of 23 symbols and indicators, a full 18 of which are brand new to our database. The page now holds just over 90 images, a number that remains surprisingly low. Among the new additions is something exclusive to …

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Does that EV have a heater?

BMW i8

EV have a heater? Several weeks ago, when we were still in the grips of some pretty cold weather, I was asked, “does your EV have a heater?” As it happens the questioner was joking. However, it points out a problem that electric vehicles (EVs) still have: there is a sense in the everyday that …

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Roof load indicator

Roof load indicator

Roof load This is a Roof Load Indicator symbol. It will appear in a Land Rover vehicle when OCTA drive mode is enabled. OCTA mode, a high-performance off-road driving mode, should be disabled before driving the vehicle with a roof load. Before continuing, is this truly your symbol?? If yes, read on below. Otherwise, you …

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A separate Land Rover emergency open page created

Land Rover emergency open Jaguar and Land Rover emergency open or back-up open information is now found on two separate pages. We made a new page for Land Rover vehicles to accommodate this. The original page was then reset for Jaguar models only. Back-up open procedures are made necessary by the loss of battery power …

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Open a Land Rover with a Dead Key Fob

Land Rover back up open

How to Open a Land Rover with a Dead Key Fob This page holds all of the emergency open or back-up open procedures needed for Land Rover vehicles if the battery in the key fob dies or if there are electrical signals interfering with the fob. First, if you are already inside, click here for …

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A new separate Land Rover emergency start page is up at the site

Land Rover emergency start After updating Land Rover emergency start or back-up start procedures it was clear that the company needed its own page. That page is now up. Jaguar gets to keep the original. When we first made the page, the sister companies shared nearly identical procedures, back up start locations and key fobs. …

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