Dashboard Symbols & Tell-tales

A Niro annoyance now understood

Niro annoyance Every now and again, I step into the Kia Niro, get settled and put the car in Drive…

2 months ago

Volvo symbols update adds over 20 indicators

Volvo symbols We have at last finalized a Volvo symbols update, and the new EX30 electric vehicle account for nearly…

2 months ago

Tire pressure season approaches

Tire pressure season To the right is a large version of the Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) or Tire Pressure…

2 months ago

Vehicle status indicators

Vehicle status These are Vehicle Status Indicator symbols used by Volvo. If it is seen in red, there is at…

2 months ago

Consumer Reports throws a list of its favorite safety features

Safety features Consumer Reports (CR) recently showed a list of what it calls key safety features to look for in…

2 months ago

2026 Polestar symbols review complete

Polestar symbols Since we've been spending so much time on Polestar models of late, we opted to review the companies…

2 months ago

Volvo, Polestar add needless complexity to open door indicator

Open door While we continue to gather what we need for a Polestar and Volvo jump start video, we ran…

2 months ago

Cadillac symbols update complete, adding 20 new entries

Cadillac symbols Our 2026 update of the Cadillac symbols page is complete and it is left just short of 100…

3 months ago

Cadillac may call it Arrival Mode, but it’s CrabWalk baby!

CrabWalk In the process of finishing an update of the Cadillac symbols page, we found that the Escalade EV has…

3 months ago

Cadillac takes drive modes simply too far

Drive modes While continuing the update of Cadillac symbols, we found ourselves adding two new drive modes. In fact we…

3 months ago