DashboardSymbols.com descriptions of the symbols and tell-tales used on automobile and light truck dashboards and instrument panels.
e-SAVE This is an e-SAVE function indicator symbol. This is an option in Vauxhall hybrid models. When active, the indicator appears as a lightning bolt in an arrowed circle in blue. The function allows electricity to be stored for use when needed, for instance when passing through an urban area or areas reserved for electric vehicles. …
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Regenerative braking Like many of you, my insurance company plays big brother, watching my every driving move. But regenerative braking remains a mystery to the company and to much of the general public. Fortunately, this doesn’t impact my insurance rates, but it troubles me nonetheless. Then I spoke with a friend who is well aware …
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Vauxhall update We’ve begun an overdue Vauxhall update with a re-arrangement of the symbols page. We’ve also discovered many changes will be needed to the open and start pages. Why? Because it has been nearly five years since we first put the page up! There will likely be a very large symbols update as a …
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Acronyms and abbreviations We have a unusual new entry on our acronyms and abbreviations and abbreviations page: TDA (Trailer Drive Assist). Unusual because the system, from Toyota, uses no less than seven driving assist systems in the vehicle to aid with towing control, and does not have its own indicator. When active, it uses the …
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Ram Symbols Our Ram symbols page update is finished. Despite there being only four basic models, the update added nearly 40 warning lights, symbols and indicators. The page now holds over 110 images. Fortunately, of the additions, only nine were actually new to our collection. And those were generally simple rearrangements of existing symbols. For …
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Land Rover symbols A re-arrangement of the Land Rover symbols page by color is complete. We finished the creation of the Porsche page, which was admittedly a bear, and thought we’d take a break from our European pages and update a simpler one, Ram. The company offers only four vehicles and already we’ve added 26 …
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What’s in a name? Advanced Driver Assistance Systems terminology
Driver Assistance Systems In August of 2022, six leading organizations that are committed to consumer safety and education came together to develop the standardized naming conventions for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) technologies. That’s a parking assistance symbol to the right. The recommended naming conventions are simple, specific, and based on system functionality. We have …
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