Category: Dashboard Symbols & Tell-tales

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

Lexus dashboard symbols page has now been color coded

Lexus dashboard symbols In advance of a 2025 update, now underway, our Lexus dashboard symbols page has now been re-aligned by color. That makes 35 pages transformed to reflect the new color ordering, including our primary pictographic symbols page. This exceeds now three fourths of the pages to be re-ordered, while we work our way …

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Australian manual site found to replace a more restrictive UK site

Open owner's manual

Australian manual site Our recent Suzuki dashboard symbols update had us scrambling for owner’s manuals and an Australian manual site was just the ticket. We keep a page of website links to owner’s manuals for the convenience of our viewers, and Suzuki offers a challenge. The company does not sell autos into the North American …

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Acronyms page gets three new entries

Acronyms page The Fiat dashboard symbols update resulted in three new entries for our acronyms page. However, only one is truly new. For instance, the acronym for Active Speed Limiter (ASL) was added to the existing ASL, Automatic Speed Limiter. The acronym for Traffic Sign Assist (TSA) is already in use for Trailer Stability Assist. …

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Fiat dashboard symbols page update nets 33 new entries

Fiat dashboard symbols A completed Fiat dashboard symbols page update added an astonishing 33 new symbols and indicators. And 11 of them are new to our site. Why astonishing? Because Fiat sells a single model, the 500e, into the North American market! All but one of the additions are variations of existing symbols and many …

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E-latch system fault indicator

500e inside handle

E-latch system This is an E-latch system fault indicator symbol. The inevitable spread of electronic systems has moved to, perhaps inevitably, door latches. E, or electronic, -latches are not actually new and already require mechanical back-up unlock options if the battery in the key fob or the 12-volt start battery dies. Before continuing, is this …

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We have finished the update to our Suzuki dashboard symbols page, adding 24 new indicators

Suzuki dashboard symbols A completed Suzuki dashboard symbols page update added 24 new symbols and indicators, 11 of which are new to our rolls. Suzuki no longer sells automobiles in the North American market, but the page is popular on our site. We found an Australian site with owner’s manuals we could peruse. Most of …

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The Hyundai dashboard symbols page is now re-ordered by color

Hyundai dashboard symbols Our Hyundai dashboard symbols page has now been re-aligned by color. There are now 34 pages that have been transformed to reflect the new color ordering, including our primary pictographic symbols page. This exceeds two thirds of the pages to be re-ordered, while we work our way through all our manufacturer symbols …

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