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.

Oversight causes us to correct the Chevrolet back up open page

Chevrolet back up open This is our fail! We updated both the Chevrolet back up open and start pages some time ago, as well as those for Honda and Acura. We then added a video to YouTube describing how to open and start the new Honda and Acura EV models, which are based on some …

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Once again, a Ford manual fail

Ford manual fail Unfortunately we found another Ford manual fail, also in the 2024 Escape manual. In this case, a driver might be able to follow a path that will lead to a missing symbol. In the main list of symbols beginning on page 111, there are a set of EV indicators. When looking at …

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We’ve got another owners manual fail, this one from Ford

Owners manual fail Another owners manual fail. has cropped up during our Ford symbols update. We’ve seen similar oversights in Mazda, Kia and Lincoln manuals as we get through our updates. In essence, we’re finding symbols deep inside the documents that are not shown in the original list of symbols assembled near the beginning of …

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Fisker dashboard symbols page re-arranged by color

Fisker dashboard symbols Our Fisker dashboard symbols page has now been re-ordered into the new color alignment. This makes 29 pages transformed to reflect the new color ordering, including our primary pictographic symbols page. We are now well passed the half way mark to re-ordering all our manufacturer symbols pages. There are 49 on the …

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Another Acronym page update

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Acronym Page Update We added a new set of indicators for a new system called G.O.A.T. or Goes Over Any-type of Terrain. This resulted in a new entry to our acronym page as well. The system itself resulted in no less than 14 new indicators!! None of those indicators feature the acronym itself, rather 14 …

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Our Fiat dashboard symbols page has now been re-arranged by color

Fiat dashboard symbols Our Fiat dashboard symbols page has now been re-ordered into the new color alignment. This makes 28 pages transformed to reflect the new color ordering, including our primary pictographic symbols page. We have now passed the half way mark to re-ordering all our manufacturer symbols pages. There are 49 on the site. …

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A single model increases the Ford symbols page count by how much??

Ford symbols page We have finally finished the first of 13 models, and the single model has increased the Ford symbols page count by 43! Forty three! and a full 37 of them are brand new to our lists. When we started, there were roughly 90 symbols on the page… It is clearly pointless to …

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