Category: Dashboard Symbols & Tell-tales

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

Charger symbols update swells the drive mode page

Drive mode page Our already bloated drive mode page now numbers nearly 90 entries. Updating the Dodge dashboard symbols page with the new Charger EV added four new modes to the page. Auto, Custom, Drag, Track, Wet/Snow, and Valet modes are available to Charger drivers. We already had a Custom, Track and Valet mode symbol, …

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Electric motor failure indicator

Electric motor failure indicator

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 Warning Indicator

Speed overide warning

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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Dodge owner’s manual mistake is a head scratcher

Acoustic symbol fault

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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Drive by brake? What??

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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2024, 2025 dashboard symbols updates complete

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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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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