DashboardSymbols.com descriptions of the symbols and tell-tales used on automobile and light truck dashboards and instrument panels.
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Polestar symbols Since we’ve been spending so much time on Polestar models of late, we opted to review the companies dashboard symbols for 2026. The result is the addition of only eight images to the Polestar symbols page. The page now holds 85 indicators and symbols, which is actually small compared to others but large …
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Open door While we continue to gather what we need for a Polestar and Volvo jump start video, we ran across the image below right. It is a somewhat familiar open door warning with added coloring, or lack thereof. Some late (~2025 and newer) models have rather pointlessly added seat coloring, or rather de-coloring, to …
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Cadillac symbols Our 2026 update of the Cadillac symbols page is complete and it is left just short of 100 entries, literally at 99. Twenty of the indicators are new to the company, nine of which are new to us. We also added a first red/yellow combination entry (left) with the electronic all wheel drive …
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CrabWalk In the process of finishing an update of the Cadillac symbols page, we found that the Escalade EV has all wheel steering and its symbol when turned off (left) looked very familiar. Sure enough its an exact match for the GMC Hummer EV, which uses the all wheel steering system to do what it …
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Drive modes While continuing the update of Cadillac symbols, we found ourselves adding two new drive modes. In fact we added two new snow and ice mode symbols in use in different models at the same time! In examining this, we came across a table in the CT4 owner’s manual that shows all of the …
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Buick symbols update Our Buick symbols update for 2026 is complete. In the process, we added 15 new symbols and indicators to the page while having to create nine of the 15, mostly, but not exclusively, due to color changes, This might suggest that the company added new systems to their line up, which is …
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Consumer Reports throws a list of its favorite safety features
Safety features Consumer Reports (CR) recently showed a list of what it calls key safety features to look for in new and used cars. And while we have no specific beef with their list, save one, we thought that three more features should be added. First the CR list: Blind Spot Warning (BSW), along with …
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