Best hidden key holes. A few days ago we compiled the bottom five worst hidden automotive key holes in keyless open and start cars. Its only fitting to point out the best hidden automotive key holes, because some manufacturers actually get this right. Lest we forget, the key holes are needed in the event a …
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Five worst back-up automotive mechanical door releases to find and use
Mechanical door releases. Vehicles with electronic locks and latches lead to the requirement of back-up mechanical door releases, particularly to let occupants out in the event of a power failure or worse. These are also known as a manual door release or a manual override. Electric vehicles (EVs) are often blamed for the use and …
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Five worst hidden key holes to access in keyless start cars
Hidden key holes. Sometime in the early 2000s, hidden key holes became all the rage in the automotive world as keyless open and start spread through the industry. Key holes were often, but not always, hiding behind removable caps at the back of the driver’s door handle. The reasons for doing this are generally unclear, …
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A Wordpress fault avoidance post
Wordpress fault avoidance. DashboardSymbols.com is built on Wordpress platform and I wanted to share a serious incident that occurred a few weeks ago. For reasons I came to understand only at the incident’s end, the site became pretty much impossible to navigate, from the outside as a user and from the inside as the webmaster. …
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China recalls EVs over electronic door handles, ignoring non-EVs
Electronic door handles. On an issue we’ve harped on since 2015, China recently announced a recall of millions of electric vehicles (EVs), from foreign to domestic car makers, to have interior mechanical door handle releases replaced so that they stand out. This is in fact great news, and was reported by InsideEVs. But it forgets …
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New Volvo owners video added to our YouTube channel
Volvo owners video. We’ve just uploaded a video to our YouTube channel that demonstrates opening a starting Volvo XC40, C40, EC40, and EX40 models from 2019 through at least 2026. The process covers gas, mild hybrid and electric vehicle (EV) versions. The models look very, very similar Volvo has run through a series of names …
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Best automotive back-up interior door releases
Back-up door releases. There are two types of back-up interior door releases that we find acceptable for use in the event of a power failure, circumventing the then useless electronic door locks and latches, and truly only one that get it right. These are also known as a manual door release or a manual override. …
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