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Dashboard symbols, warning lights, and dead key fobs.

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Are you seeing new dashboard symbols or warning lights on your instrument panel? Has your key fob stopped working? If so, how do you get into and start your car?? We have the information on warning lights and dashboard symbols as well as dead key fob help for your car that you need.

And never a charge to use…

  • Every day thousands of drivers face new, unfamiliar warning lights — or a dead key fob.
  • We can help, right here on these pages!

Automotive service departments across the country are inundated with questions like these on a daily basis. Here at DashboardSymbols.com, our aim is to give you the answers you need — to help you understand what is happening to your vehicle at the first sign of trouble — a new warning light illuminated on your instrument panel or a misbehaving push button- or keyless-start car. So:

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Here at DashboardSymbols.com, our aim is to help you understand what is happening to your vehicle at the first sign of trouble – a new warning light illuminated on your instrument panel or a misbehaving push button-start car. Its all here on this website. Our first intention is to bring the latest technologies down to earth and understandable for everyday drivers, and now including electric vehicles (EVs).

Cars are changing, and among those changes is the growing number of symbols and indicators that will invariably show up on your dashboard or instrument panel. Every year, new features are added to vehicles, each of which is accompanied by a new symbol or symbols and likely a new acronym.

Drivers are frustrated, afraid and sometimes even angry at the growing number of these seemingly senseless symbols. Known as tell-tales in the industry, we are dedicated to keeping them sorted out for you.

And Smart Keys or Intelligent Keys, or Access Keys – or whatever the manufacturer of your chooses to call them – that let you into your car and start it with just a touch use up their internal batteries at alarming rates, catching busy drivers unawares – even though the car has been trying to warn you. With more symbols!

Our goal is to help you feel safe – and keep you moving or get you moving if at all possible – rather than leave you fretting whenever one of these warning lights shows up or your key fob stops working. The first-cut answers can be found on our pages as well as instructions for getting into and starting most keyless start cars – without roadside assistance.

Your car’s manufacturer and your dealer may expect you to memorize all this, but we don’t. We know you are busy and need a break!

We’ve covered models from Acura, Alfa Romeo, Audi, BMW, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Fisker, Ford, Genesis, GMC, Holden, Honda, Hyundai, Infiniti, Jaguar, Jeep, Karma, Kia, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Maserati, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mercury, Mini, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Oldsmobile, Opel, Polestar, Pontiac, Porsche, Ram, Rivian, Saab, Saturn, Scion, Skoda, Subaru, Suzuki, Tesla, Toyota, Vauxhall, Volkswagen, Volvo, and Wagoneer. So, we have you covered!

We also recognize that nearly no one remembers a rarely-used piece of information until they have dealt with it multiple times.

And if you a dealer or dealer group, let us help you give your customers a customized back up plan. Contact us for details.

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Remember that only proper service and repair procedures will ensure the safe and reliable operation of your car. In addition, proper safety procedures and precautions, such as the  use of safety goggles, the right tools and the equipment should be followed at all times to eliminate the possibility of personal injury or improper service which could damage the vehicle or compromise its safety.

These posts are for information sharing purposes only, and should not be used in lieu of an OEM service manual or factory authorized service procedure. We are not in the auto repair business nor do we publish automotive service manuals. Nothing we include on these pages and posts has been reviewed, approved or authorized by any vehicle manufacturer.

Technology is always changing and what is current and accurate today may be literally out-of-date and inaccurate tomorrow. And when it comes to the current state of flux in the auto industry, nothing is more true.