Keyless Ignition Headaches The development of hybrid vehicles all but required a change in the way a car is started. A hybrid deems itself “Ready” (or not) with the ignition on, and the gasoline engine is started with a press of the gas pedal. Thus were born keyless ignition, or push button start, systems. Well …
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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.
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Permanent link to this article: https://dashboardsymbols.com/2012/06/the-trouble-with-trifles-keyless-ignition-headaches/
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Automotive Warning Lights: Multiple Light Syndrome
Multiple Light Syndrome This has been a difficult topic to write about. My goal is always to explain an automotive issue so that an average driver can follow along and understand. But I have been over and over and over this article, and I’m still not sure if I’m conveying the message properly. We devoted …
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The Automotive Knowledge Gap
The Knowledge Problem There is a serious automotive knowledge gap dividing dealers and drivers. According to the National Automobile Dealers Association, in 2012 there are over 17,000 new car dealers in the U.S. and Canada. There is no data available on this next point, but dealers I’ve worked for currently average some 1,700 calls per …
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Automotive Warning Light Anti-logic
There Is Little Logic In Warning Lights We’ve taken thousands of calls in service departments over the years and there is nearly no end to the way drivers describe the various warning lights that pop up on their instrument panels. These, of course, are not car people, just average every day drivers trying to describe …
Permanent link to this article: https://dashboardsymbols.com/2011/11/automotive-warning-light-anti-logic/
All Those Lights on Your Dashboard: They’re Not for Idiots Anymore
The First Warning Lights In a simpler day, if your engine’s oil pressure dropped too low, your dashboard, or more properly, your instrument panel, would have had an analog oil pressure gauge displaying the pressure reading and a warning light, a red dot, that would come on to get your attention. Then some manufacturers did …
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Automotive Warning Lights: Scrap the Useless System
Is There Any Value in Current Dashboard Symbols? Recent discussions in the automotive press (since deleted) have railed on the uselessness of the check engine light or called for an outright ban of the light and other automotive warning lights. And they’re on to something. Lets face it. Scrap the useless system. The current and …
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