Rear seat belt reminder Moving through our Toyota symbols update begins with the addition of no less than five new rear seat belt reminder warning indicators. Five! It truly seems that the company has several people assembling these things and not talking to each other. However, its more likely that they are having difficulty deciding …
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Drive modes run amok — @Lexus creates an answer
Too many drive modes In November (2024) we reported that our two main drive mode pages held over 90 drive modes and every manufacturer update adds more. The number now exceeds 105 and does not include another 25 modes related to electric vehicles (EVs) and EV range extension. Then Lexus got it right, although it …
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Rivian symbols page now has the new color treatment
Rivian symbols As we continue to work an extensive 20 model Toyota update as well as a full schema work up across some 700 pages and posts, we made the time re-align our Rivian symbols page by color. That makes 38 pages now re-done to reflect the new color ordering, including our primary pictographic symbols …
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We followed some bad schema advice — don’t do the same
Schema advice There’s little reason for any of you out there to know this, but DashboardSymbols.com has been a sinking ship for the last year and a half. Attempts to rescue the site and its revenue led most recently to following some bad schema advice. For the record, “Schema markup, also known as structured data, …
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Full review of Toyota back up entry and start processes finds no changes
Toyota back up A full review of 2022 to 2024 models results in no changes to the Toyota back up entry and start page. All Toyota models use the tried and true “push the start/stop button with the back of the key fob” to start the vehicles. In fact all the company’s models have used …
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The Mercedes-Benz symbols page has now been re-ordered by color
Mercedes-Benz symbols As we deal with an extensive Toyota update involving 20-odd models, we took the time re-align our Mercedes-Benz symbols page by color. That is now 37 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 of …
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New set of special drive modes added
Special drive modes Courtesy of the GR Corolla, Toyota Motors has a new set of Special Drive Modes. The GR Corolla is a creation of the company’s Gazoo Racing (GR) entity. One reviewer called the 300hp turbo charged GR the Hulk to the standard version’s Bruce Banner. Clever… The car features Normal, Track and Gravel …
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