Apply Park Brake
This is an Apply Parking Brake Indicator symbol. It is somewhat misleading in that it actually warns of a transmission malfunction! Vehicles with electronic shift controls may not hold the Park selection properly, prompting the warning to engage the parking brake.
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Do not ignore this light! If the Park function in the transmission is not properly engaged the vehicle can roll away possibly creating a risk to property and people! Use the parking brake and have the vehicle serviced at a qualified service shop as soon as possible.
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This is an Idle Coasting Indicator 
Presented here are a number of special low-speed Drive Mode Dashboard Indicators available on some 4-wheel drive vehicles. In truth, they appear to be near useless without context, and all would be better presented simply as text symbols, but are not. Note that all of these indicators are the result of having chosen a drive mode, intentionally or otherwise, and when seen in the information display, they are shown in black and white or gray scale.
This next group comes from another manufacturer and would seem to make choosing the right one next to impossible. Left to right they are Mud and Sand Mode, Mogul Mode, Rock Mode, Loose and Rock Mode, and finally Rock and Dirt Mode Indicators.
And it didn’t end there. Only a few years later, left to right, they introduced a change to the Dirt Mode Indicator image, added a separate Mud Mode Indicator, a Deep Snow Indicator, and a Trail Mode Indicator in black and white. Again, why so many modes are needed is difficult to understand, and the differences in drive train responses are likely very, very subtle.
As we noted with the first group, these could all be better represented by text symbols stating the mode, which some manufacturers actually do. Mud & Sand Mode or Rock & Dirt Mode or the more generic Trail Mode are simply spelled out for the driver. Another set goes only by Sand, Snow, or Mud with a vehicle shown above.
This is a set of related drive modes for Ford 4-wheel drive vehicles. First up is a Trail Mode Indicator. Next is and Off Road Mode Indicator, which seems to only replace a tree with a hill or rock. Finally is an Off Road Auxiliary Lighting Indicator that adds a light beam to the upper left. Curiously, Ford does not indicate in its manual how to actually turn these lights on or off!
And the final surprise is that the same vehicles that use the image symbols offer an AUTO setting, Multi-terrain Select control or MTS AUTO, that will simply choose exactly the mode that is needed.
These are Snow/Dirt and Snow/Mud Mode Indicators, respectively. These modes provide automatic control of wheel slippage in snow or dirt or deeper snow and mud. The vehicles Traction Control is turned off to accommodate the automated system.
When one the previous modes is chosen, this manufacturer allows for Grip Control, which is its indicator to the left. Grip Control allows for five speed choices, 2 through 6 miles per hour. The system is automatically turned off when the vehicle is braked to a stop.
Here we have three more indicators from Subaru and their X-MODE system. It is the integrated control system of the engine, AWD and Vehicle Dynamics Control system, etc. for driving with bad road conditions. X-MODE helps maintain control in slippery conditions, including uphill and downhill.
