Windshield Wiper Failure Indicators

Wiper failure indicator

Wiper Failure These are Windshield Wiper Failure Indicator symbols. The yellow/amber images of the windshield and wiper, one with the added exclamation point, means that the either the front or rear windshield wipers are inoperative, but does not help with additional diagnosis. Before continuing, are you sure one of these is your symbol?? If yes, …

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Automatic Windshield Wiper Fault Indicator Symbols

Auto wiper indicator

Auto Wipers Unless they appear in green or black and white, all of these symbols are various forms of an Automatic Windshield Wiper Fault Indicator symbol. Each is meant to point to a problem that has caused the automatic wipers to shut down. In white or green, they simply indicate that the system is active. Before …

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Alfa Romeo Adds to Auto Symbol Overload

Dusk sensor

Too Many Symbols! We recently took our first look at an Alfa Romeo. In the last two years they have new, more mainstream models, the Giulia sedan and Stelvio SUV, which boosted overall sales and begged for coverage. First up we created our usual back-up open and start pages for push button start, since these …

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Alfa Steering Torque Failure Indicator

AST failure indicator

Alfa Steering Torque This is the Alfa Steering Torque (AST) Failure Indicator symbol. It will be found exclusively in models made by Alfa Romeo, hence the name, and is a system that automatically helps corrects steering slightly when the vehicle’s stability control system is active. Before continuing, are you sure this is your symbol?? If …

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Start an Alfa Romeo with a Dead Key Fob

Alfa back up

How to Start an Alfa Romeo with a Dead Key Fob But first, first, if you are still locked out, click here for help getting in! Second, you’ll find video help here. Finally, if you need another manufacturer, click here. To start your Alfa Romeo Giulia, Stelvio or Tonale with a dead key fob battery, you …

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Open an Alfa Romeo with a Dead Key Fob

Alpha key

How to Open an Alfa Romeo with a Dead Key Fob First, if you are already inside, click here for help getting started! Second, you can find video help here! Finally, if you need another manufacturer, click here. Alfa Romeo introduced push button start in the new Giulia model in 2017, followed by the Stelvio …

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Does Your Owner’s Manual Have a Troubleshooting Guide?

Mazda chapter

How Deep Is Your Owner’s Manual? We’ve done a couple of owner’s manual rants and got to thinking about where the average driver might look in their respective manual if they ran into trouble, specifically with dead or dying key fobs. So, we examined a sampling of owner’s manuals from BMW and Mini, Fiat Chrysler, …

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