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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Our Skoda dashboard symbols page has now been re-ordered by color

Skoda dashboard symbols We are in the middle of a Lexus update, but we took a break to re-align our Skoda dashboard symbols page by color. That makes 36 pages transformed to reflect the new color ordering, including our primary pictographic symbols page. We are more than three fourths of the way through the reordering …

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Another manufacturer falls: Lexus adds an electronic latch

The electronic latch needs to go A review of Lexus back up entry and start processes finds another electronic latch. New electrified NX, RX, RZ and TX models all feature the new latch, which requires a back up exit option in the event of a power failure. And this has been the case since 2023. …

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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

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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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