DashboardSymbols.com descriptions of the symbols and tell-tales used on automobile and light truck dashboards and instrument panels.
Electric motor This is an Electric Motor Failure Indicator symbol. The first explanation for this warning light is to alert the driver of a failure in the Electric Propulsion System, but first specifically notes the electric motor. There are additional systems with their own warnings. Before continuing, is one of these truly your symbol?? If …
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Speed Override This is a Speed Override Warning Indicator symbol. This is an electric vehicle (EV) symbol that is intended to warn that that the vehicle speed is being limited due the very low remaining range and that that limit has been exceeded. Before continuing, is one of these truly your symbol?? If yes, read …
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Drive by brake Last week, Edmunds reported that a 2025 Dodge Charger EV they’ve been testing began an unintended acceleration. This week Dodge produced an answer: drive by brake, which it turns out is a feature. Well this needed some digging. We’ve examined the car’s manual during our recent symbols update and had come across …
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Brake hold We’ve now experienced two very different forms of Auto Brake Hold, and only recently adjusted the page to reflect it, 20 different images not withstanding. In any case, some manufacturers have the system active at all times. If the car is started, brake hold is ready to use by default. This was the …
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Symbols updates With a second look at a Mini electric model, we have completed dashboard, or instrument panel, symbols updates for 2024 and most 2025 models from 50 manufacturers. Of course, we will soon need to start all over again as 2026 models are introduced in the fall. In the process of these updates, we …
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Mini symbols Prompted by the lack of symbols for electric vehicles (EVs) on the Mini symbols page, we did a double check of the Countryman EV. And while we did add two symbols related to the EV, we ended up adding a full 10 symbols to the page. The Mini symbols page now has nearly …
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Dodge owner’s manual mistake is a head scratcher
Owner’s manual mistake We’ve run into a curious owner’s manual mistake in those created for Dodge Charger electric vehicle (EV). We also now know that we did our 2024 symbols and fob updates before the EV was released in 2024! So, we are now using this as the beginning of our 2025-2026 updates. In any …
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