Discussions on topics of interest to drivers concerning things they may not understand about their vehicles as well as articles on the future of the auto industry.
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Auto Show. Aside from the Pandemic years, we missed the New York International Auto Show for the first time in 15 years. We had a press pass but the timing was impossible. There has been a forced move during all this. The original building is to remodeled and no one was offered a new lease. …
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Smart Summon. In January of 2025, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) Office of Defects Investigations (ODI) opened Preliminary Evaluation 24003 (PE24033) to investigate Actually Smart Summon (Summon) sessions resulting in low speed crashes during active sessions. Tesla Smart Summon is a short-distance SAE Level 2 system, controlled by the user from a smart phone …
Permanent link to this article: https://dashboardsymbols.com/2026/04/tesla-smart-summon-investigation-closed-by-nhtsa/
Key fob battery Given that half our focus is on the key fob battery, I’ve kept several in my kit, including two CR 2032 batteries. They happen to fit the Kia Niro fob. So, when replacing the Niro‘s fob batteries I started with those that in my possession. Neither of them worked. Why? Well, they …
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Air bag inflators The Transportation Department is weighing a permanent ban on the sale of Chinese air bag inflators in the U.S. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened an investigation in October 2025 into air bags illegally imported from China. That investigation has concluded that the air bags are responsible for the deaths …
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Fob battery As posted about 10 days ago, the key fob battery for the Kia was nearing the end of its life. Today came the “Key not detected” message and the back-up or emergency start process was utilized and recorded (below). Unlike other electric vehicles (EVs), models from Kia and sister (mother?) company Hyundai continue …
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Fuel prices The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has released monthly motor fuel prices for March 2026 and its not a pretty picture. The average price for regular gasoline was up 25.1% to $3.64 per gallon from February 2026 and up 17.5% from March 2025. This surprises no one given the conflict in the Middle …
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Speed assist page created to simplify active cruise control
Speed assist. While finishing the update of the Ford symbols page — which has added dozens of entries by the way — we came across a pair of new predictive speed assist indicators. And rather than add them to the already bloated Active and Advanced Cruise Control page, we pulled six existing symbols from the …
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