Frost or Snow Mode These symbols are used in two ways. Most commonly it is a Frost or Freeze Warning Indicator symbol. Also, particularly those in the colors interpreted as yellow, amber or orange likely indicate that the vehicle has been placed in Snow Mode (below). As a Frost or Freeze warning indicator, the snowflake or …
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Collision Warning and Intervention Collision warning and intervention systems in the news. In August of 2022, six leading organizations that are committed to consumer safety and education — AAA, Consumer Reports, J.D. Power, National Safety Council, PAVE, and SAE — came together to develop the standardized naming conventions for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) technologies. …
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Slip Indicators These are all Slip Indicator and Electronic Stability Control (ESC) or Fault symbols. When a vehicle detects slippery conditions, its stability or traction control system is activated. The light will flash, irregularly in some vehicles, indicating that the system is doing its work, which is to help keep the vehicle in control (next …
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Who Opened the Windows? Here, we discuss a feature found in cars from a number of manufacturers that catches people with their pants down. Or rather with their windows down. So, this is not about a fault or a system failure or a warning light, but about something working exactly as it is supposed to, …
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An Actual Death Trap Yet another cringe worthy headline showed up on Twitter recently (September 2018). A man trapped in his car because the battery was dead. And for 14 hours. He was very, very lucky that the car wasn’t outside in the sun, or the outcome would have been very, very different. This one …
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How to Start a Cadillac with a Dead Key Fob Starting Your Cadillac But first, if you are still locked out, click here for help getting inside! Second, for video help, click here! Finally, if you need another manufacturer, click here. Cadillac vehicles use two of GM‘s three different style keys and many different start …
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Stress Can, Will, and Does Put Drivers in Danger
Stress Dangers In our last post, we discussed the gap in the knowledge of automotive technology in first responders, as represented by a video from truthaboutcars.com and YouTube. It featured a man pulled over in his Tesla for having a computer mounted on his dashboard. The item is linked here. But as we thought more …
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