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.

Collision warning and intervention system indicators now number 29

Collision Warning and Intervention Our Collision Warning and Intervention page now features 29 entries. We added another today from Mazda, who also uses a different name for the system: Smart Brake Support (SBS). That’s now nine different naming conventions for the same basic system. Plus, our Collision Warning and Intervention page begins with a an …

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Lane keeping assist page swells to 33 entries

Lane keeping assist Lane Keeping Assist page now hold 33 entries. This comes courtesy of Mazda, which calls its system Emergency Lane Keeping (ELK), growing the number of name options to 10, because of course, why use a single name for the same system! Several manufacturers use the first image to the right to indicate …

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Mazda symbols page joins the new color presentation change list

Mazda symbols page In advance of an update of our Mazda symbols page, we thought it would be prudent to rearrange the page by color, as we have been doing with all our dashboard symbols pages over the last several weeks. The process for the Mazda page is now complete. Beginning with our primary symbols …

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Why the alarm sounds when using the mechanical key belonging to the proper vehicle!

Using the mechanical key We just dropped a video on YouTube discussing why using the mechanical key sets off the alarm in the vehicle the key belongs to! We discussed it in a post earlier here, but thought we should inform our subscribers. We note in the middle of our videos that the alarm may …

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Mazda back up start review finds no changes

Mazda back up start A full review of 2025 models results in no changes to the Mazda back up start page. All Mazda 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 this simple and …

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Mazda back up entry update results in only minor changes

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Mazda back up entry A full review of 2025 models results in only minor changes to the Mazda back up entry page. The CX-50 and CX-90 models now feature the same updated door handle as the CX-30 and Mazda3 have had since 2020. With this door handle, the key hole is revealed when the driver’s …

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Scion symbols page now presented by color

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Scion symbols page Our Scion symbols page has now been aligned by color. We’ve have now transformed several pages, including our primary symbols page, to reflect the new color ordering. The page  is now ordered red through green and blue symbols. This generally provides a “mostly serious” to “simply letting you know” range. We used …

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