Category: Dashboard Symbols & Tell-tales

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

Our drive mode page now features 64 indicators

Drive mode Once again thanks to Subaru, our Drive Mode page now has 64 symbols, easily the largest group of symbols found on the site. It comes courtesy of what it calls the WRX model, which added six new mode indicators to its manual. The first indicator is associated with the Subaru Intelligent (SI) Drive …

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Mitsubishi symbols page has been re-ordered by color

Mitsubishi symbols page We have transformed our Mitsubishi symbols page into the new color alignment. We’ve now transformed 19 pages, including our primary symbols page, to reflect the new color ordering. We have yet to update the page, but it has seen a good deal of traffic and we felt Mitsubishi drivers deserved the improved …

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Suzuki symbols page gets the new color treatment

Suzuki logo

Suzuki symbols page We have transformed our Suzuki symbols page into the new color alignment. We’ve now transformed 18 pages, including our primary symbols page, to reflect the new color ordering. We have yet to update the page, but it has seen a good deal of traffic and we felt Suzuki drivers deserved the improved …

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Special drive modes page now features 24 indicators

Special drive modes Once again thanks to Subaru, the Special Drive Modes page now has 24 entries. This comes courtesy of what it calls the X-MODE system, used in its 4-wheel and all wheel drive models. The system features three indicators that are not dissimilar to others found on the page. X-MODE is the integrated …

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Auto brake hold indicators page now holds 20 entries

Auto brake hold Thanks to Subaru, the Auto Brake Hold indicators page now has 20 entries. The company, which already uses a different name for the system, had two symbols in use. However, it opted to put the acronym inside the standard brake symbol, which is a circle in brackets, meant to be a brake …

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One-touch interior illumination indicator

Interior illumination indicator

Interior illumination This is the One-touch interior illumination indicator symbol. It will illuminate when the one-touch interior illumination switch is activated, which switches on all of the vehicle’s overhead map and reading lights. The manual we found this in does not speak to the color of the indicator. We chose the yellow/amber/orange palette because if …

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Kia symbols page gets the new color treatment

Kia symbols page On the heels of finding another half dozen symbols that were not included in the owner’s manual list, we have transformed our Kia symbols page into the new color alignment. The addition of the new symbols, discussed here as an owner’s manual fail, the page now holds exactly 100 entries. We’ve now …

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