Red or yellow. Consumer Reports (CR) published an article on the use of red or yellow turn signals — “Why Do Some Cars Have Red Turn Signals and Others Yellow?” Curiosity drew a read, which turned out to have a truly serious side. While regulations in the States allow either, a National Highway Traffic Safety …
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Predictive speed assist indicators
Speed assist. These are Predictive Speed Assist Indicator symbols. This pair are from Ford and are a large part of Advanced and Adaptive Cruise Control Systems. They are shown as curved arrows, either left or right. They go from gray to blue as speed is adjusted. Before continuing, is one of these truly your symbol?? …
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We missed the Auto Show in New York this year
Auto Show. Aside from the Pandemic years, we missed the New York International Auto Show for the first time in 15 years. We had a press pass but the timing was impossible. There has been a forced move during all this. The original building is to remodeled and no one was offered a new lease. …
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Tesla Smart Summon investigation closed by NHTSA
Smart Summon. In January of 2025, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) Office of Defects Investigations (ODI) opened Preliminary Evaluation 24003 (PE24033) to investigate Actually Smart Summon (Summon) sessions resulting in low speed crashes during active sessions. Tesla Smart Summon is a short-distance SAE Level 2 system, controlled by the user from a smart phone …
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An important lesson or two on key fob battery life
Key fob battery Given that half our focus is on the key fob battery, I’ve kept several in my kit, including two CR 2032 batteries. They happen to fit the Kia Niro fob. So, when replacing the Niro‘s fob batteries I started with those that in my possession. Neither of them worked. Why? Well, they …
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Motor fuel prices see steep climb, as much as 37% in March
Fuel prices The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has released monthly motor fuel prices for March 2026 and its not a pretty picture. The average price for regular gasoline was up 25.1% to $3.64 per gallon from February 2026 and up 17.5% from March 2025. This surprises no one given the conflict in the Middle …
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Emergency start options changed in two Kia models
Emergency start locations. For a decade, Kia has used the simplest emergency start processes ever created — touch the key fob to the start/stop button for fob recognition. Now, with the latest Telluride — 2027 — and EV9 — since its introduction in 2024 — the company has opted on two spots on the center …
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