Category: Articles & Commentaries

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.

Maserati symbols page now has the new color treatment

Maserati symbols It turns out the the Mini symbols update is more extensive than we anticipated, so we took a break to re-arrange our Maserati symbols page by color. The page is now done, which makes 42 pages now reflecting the new color ordering, including our primary pictographic symbols page. We are nearly 90% of …

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Our Mini symbols page has now been re-ordered by color

Mini symbols page We began an update of the Mini symbols page only to discover two things. First, we found that we had not yet ordered the page by color, and second, that we didn’t even have the Mini page on our list to update! The page has now been re-ordered, which makes 41 pages …

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Two Mini back up open and start updates added

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Mini back up open and start An update of Mini back up open and start processes finds two changes. Back up processes are needed if and when the key fob battery dies. The return of the Mini Cooper for the 2025 model year brings a new style key fob. Unfortunately the company has chosen a …

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Toyota confused LTA and LDA — won’t their customers end up confused as well??

Toyota confused When the Toyota symbols page update was finished, we noted that Toyota is clearly confused about the symbols they had applied to Lane Tracing Assist (LTA) and Lane Departure Assist (LDA). For the record, LTA is an advanced version of LDA. But with Toyota confused, how are their drivers likely feeling. This may …

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Our update of the Toyota symbols page is now complete

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Toyota symbols Our Toyota symbols page update is at long last finished. In the process we added 51 symbols and indicators to a page, which now come in at nearly 150. Fifteen of those additions are brand new, including five seat belt indicators, three suspension modes and three drive modes for GR Corollas. There is …

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Polestar symbols page now has the new color treatment

Polestar symbols As we continue to work on many changes to the website navigation and search options as well as an extensive 20 model Toyota update, we took the time re-align our Polestar symbols page by color. That makes 40 pages now re-done to reflect the new color ordering, including our primary pictographic symbols page. …

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New navigation and search options on the site

Navigation and search We did a live look at DashboardSymbols.com with someone who had not seen the site before. The result is the addition of new navigation and search options. Our subject started a search by typing the year of his vehicle first. We had neglected to add model years to our pages! We ran …

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