Category: Dashboard Symbols & Tell-tales

DashboardSymbols.com descriptions of the symbols and tell-tales used on automobile and light truck dashboards and instrument panels.

Mini throws an EV charge curve

EV Charge A final check of Mini dashboard symbols threw us a curve. The symbol often used to indicate a low high voltage battery charge or EV charge (below right) is used here to indicate a possible charging capacity issue, not a low state of charge! This leaves a driver with the need to consult …

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We’ve completed a massive Maserati symbols update

Maserati symbols update The turnover of nearly the entire fleet resulted in an extensive Maserati symbols update that more than doubled the number of dashboard symbols on the page. Added were 72 symbols and indicators from four new models: the Grecale, GranTourismo, GranCabrio and GT2S. Included are two electric models adding a new dimension to …

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Charge Door Open Failure Indicator

Charge door failure indicator

Charge door This is a Charge Door Open Failure Indicator symbol. It will be seen in the case of a failure of the high voltage battery charge door electric opening. This light, which does resemble a door and an electric plug if it is stared at long enough, should also, fortunately, be accompanied by a …

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Electronic Differential (e-DIFF) Fault Indicator

Electronic differential indicator

Electronic Differential This is an Electronic Differential Fault indicator symbol. Seen as the abbreviation E-DIFF, it indicates a fault in the electronic limited-slip differential, which has an electrically engaged clutch on the differential. Before continuing, is one of these truly your symbol?? If yes, read on below. Otherwise, you can return to our main Manufacturer …

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Skoda symbols page update is now done

Skoda symbols Similar to our recent Audi update, a very long Skoda symbols update is at last over. We added exactly 50 new symbols and indicators to the page, with over half of them (26) new to our database. There are now 130 warning symbols and indicators on the Skoda page. We haven’t done a …

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As others have done, Skoda swells the drive modes page

Drive modes We just added another five brand new entries to our drive mode page. That page now holds 85 entries. Mind you, not a single one of the five is an actual new driving mode. There’s normal and sport and ECO, etc. Which means of course that a symbol, or multiples of them, were …

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Lane change page swells yet again

Lane indicator

Lane change With the addition of three new symbols from Skoda, our Lane Departure and Lane Change Assist page now sports a total of 61 indicators! The symbols, all carrying at least the color green, are part of the company’s Travel Assist system, and more specifically for these indicators, Lane Guidance. All green indicates that …

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