Category: Dashboard Symbols & Tell-tales

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

A completely unneeded symbol expands the auto headlamps page

Auto headlamps We added a new symbol to our auto headlamps page, courtesy of Lincoln. A completely unnecessary move of the letter A to outside the representation of the lamp! The page now holds 14 very, very similar images, all of which represent a system that turns the high beams on and off by sensing …

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A word on tire pressure and tire pressure gauges

vintage pump

Tire pressure So its that time again. Time when the weather cools and your tire pressure drops, as directed by nature, and you’ll soon see the Tire Pressure Monitor System (TPMS) light. The one that looks too much like a horseshoe. And mine did as well. So off I went to the gas station to …

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BlueCruise system indicators

Bluecruise available indicator

BlueCruise system These are BlueCruise System Indicator symbols. When active, BlueCruise, a subscription service from Lincoln, uses cameras to monitor the vehicle’s position within a lane and applies steering support to keep the vehicle centered in the lane. Before continuing, is one of these truly your symbol?? If yes, then read on below. Otherwise, you …

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Yet another owner’s manual fail — from Lincoln — and its exactly the same one!

Lincoln owner’s manual fail Indeed, we’ve found another owner’s manual fail. Over the last few months ago we reported on the discovery that Mazda and then Kia had left instrument panel indicators out of the list found in the owner’s manual. Now we find that Lincoln has not only has done the same thing, with …

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Our Lincoln symbols page has been transformed to the new color treatment

Lincoln symbols page As we prepare to update our Lincoln pages, we have finished aligning our Lincoln symbols page into the new color arrangement. We’ve now transformed 20 pages, including our primary symbols page, to reflect the new color ordering. The Lincoln list is small for the moment, so the color scheme was relatively orderly, …

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Ford symbols page has been transformed to the new color treatment

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Ford symbols page As we prepare to update our Ford pages, we have finished aligning our Ford symbols page into the new color arrangement. We’ve now transformed 19 pages, including our primary symbols page, to reflect the new color ordering. The Ford list is extensive, but unlike many symbols pages, the color scheme was relatively …

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Update adds 29 new indicators to our Subaru dashboard symbols page

Subaru dashboard symbols We just finished an update of the Subaru dashboard symbols page and in the process added 29 new (to Subaru) indicators. This includes easily a dozen brand new versions of existing indicators. The new Solterra model — Subaru‘s first EV entry — alone was responsible for 13 of the 29. But what …

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