Speed assist. While finishing the update of the Ford symbols page — which has added dozens of entries by the way — we came across a pair of new predictive speed assist indicators. And rather than add them to the already bloated Active and Advanced Cruise Control page, we pulled six existing symbols from the …
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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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Illegal air bag inflators blamed for deaths and injuries
Air bag inflators The Transportation Department is weighing a permanent ban on the sale of Chinese air bag inflators in the U.S. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened an investigation in October 2025 into air bags illegally imported from China. That investigation has concluded that the air bags are responsible for the deaths …
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Big symbols update for Ford is finished — at last
Ford symbols update. We’ve been working on a Ford dashboard symbols update for Ford for several weeks and it is finally finished. In total, we added 34 indicators to the page, with a full 22 actually new to our database. Way too many of them are drive mode indicators. The Ford symbol page now holds …
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