Decelerating This is an Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) Not Decelerating Sufficiently Indicator symbol. It is a recycled symbol, now seen in red, usually used to indicate that the brake pedal must be pressed to change gears, but in a different color. Before continuing, is one of these truly your symbol?? If yes, read on below. …
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Emergency braking This is an Active Emergency Braking Indicator symbol. It will be seen in yellow/amber/orange if the system has been deactivated or if a fault has been detected. Further, a warning message is displayed in the driver information center. It appears as a car with two lines behind it inside the traditional symbol for …
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Tire Pressure Monitor This is the Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) or Tire Pressure Monitor (TPM) warning light symbol. It is also used as Flat Tire Monitor (FTM), which seems redundant. The tell-tale comes on when the inflation on at least one of the tires is reduced about 25% or more. In most cases, that …
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Brake Trouble This symbol, and the Canadian version below, is a Brake Trouble Indicator symbol. Either symbol could indicate a serious problem with the brakes, but the light will also be on when the hand, or emergency, brake is engaged. But first, is one of these truly your symbol?? If yes, then continue on below. …
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Regenerative Brakes To the far left is first Regenerative Brake Warning Indicator symbol. It is made from the combined Electronically Controlled Brake System Fault indicator and the Parking Brake and Brake Fluid Warning Indicator. The symbol next to it, with the exclamation point, may also be shown alone and also indicates a problem with the …
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Brake Fluid This is the Low Brake Fluid Indicator symbol. Our first recommendation is to take your vehicle to the dealer or authorized service center for maintenance. You may check the brake fluid level and add fluid appropriate to the vehicle make and model, but please read on first… Before continuing, are you sure this …
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Warning Light Image Fails
A New Image Please! We are going to have a little fun here, pretty much at my expense. We have long railed about the images chosen for warning lights. They are intended to be easily interpreted by the average driver, but nearly across the board are a total fail. Follow along to see why! For …
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