Maserati back-up open and start With the introduction of several new models, our Maserati back-up open and start page became unwieldy. So, we separated them. The new models introduced in 2023 and 2024, Grecale, GranTourismo, GranCabrio, and GT2S, added two additional unlock options and a brand new way to start the vehicles. Prior to this, …
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New Maserati models get a fresh back-up start
Back-up start Much like the company’s back-up open procedures, a review of Maserati back-up start procedures also finds big changes. Although the change is not a difficult one, gone is the simple “touch the key fob to the start/stop button” method. These back-up start procedures are made necessary if and when the battery in the …
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Maserati rewrites the book on back-up open procedures
Back-up open A review of Maserati back-up open procedures finds big changes. Key holes are now hidden across the line and, in fact, the line up itself is all new. Back-up entry options are made necessary for those moments when the battery in the key fob dies. Gone are the Ghibli, Levante, and Quatroport. In …
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Why can’t manufacturers get owner’s manuals right?
Owner’s manuals We’ve begun an update of back-up entry and start processes for 2023 through 2025 Maserati models and find that their on-line owner’s manuals truly wanting. We struggle to understand why so many companies struggle with getting these right. None of Maserati‘s manuals are available in pdf format, so everything remains online. Of the …
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Skoda symbols page update is now done
Skoda symbols Similar to our recent Audi update, a very long Skoda symbols update is at last over. We added exactly 50 new symbols and indicators to the page, with over half of them (26) new to our database. There are now 130 warning symbols and indicators on the Skoda page. We haven’t done a …
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As others have done, Skoda swells the drive modes page
Drive modes We just added another five brand new entries to our drive mode page. That page now holds 85 entries. Mind you, not a single one of the five is an actual new driving mode. There’s normal and sport and ECO, etc. Which means of course that a symbol, or multiples of them, were …
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Kia HV battery care tips include charging to 100%!
HV Battery care tips The Kia Access app was finally made available about a week ago for the Kia Niro, and I completed the connection to the vehicle a few days later. However, a big surprise in the app were some HV battery care tips that include charging to 100% at least once a month! …
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