Rear seat belt reminder Moving through our Toyota symbols update begins with the addition of no less than five new rear seat belt reminder warning indicators. Five! It truly seems that the company has several people assembling these things and not talking to each other. However, its more likely that they are having difficulty deciding …
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New entry on our Acronym Page
Acronym Page Update A new entry to our acronym page has posted: Lane Tracing Assist (LTA) Sometimes, a symbol or indicator seen on an instrument panel and hosted here on the site is in the form of a three or four letter Acronym or Abbreviation, as with the example. Auto manufacturers assume that any given …
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12-volt battery warning light needs a serious upgrade
Battery Warning Light EV start batteries I ran across a story from Inside EVs involving a Mustang Mach-E electric vehicle (EV) 12-volt start battery failure that also failed to produce any battery warning light. The owner stepped out of her running vehicle leaving an infant inside and the car simply died. The car locked itself …
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E-latch system fault indicator
E-latch system This is an E-latch system fault indicator symbol. The inevitable spread of electronic systems has moved to, perhaps inevitably, door latches. E, or electronic, -latches are not actually new and already require mechanical back-up unlock options if the battery in the key fob or the 12-volt start battery dies. Before continuing, is this …
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Mitsubishi renames regenerative braking
Regenerative braking For 2025, the Mitsubishi Outlander is now a plug-in hybrid, which includes regenerative braking. Unfortunately, that name wasn’t good enough for the company, so it came up with the unbelievably cumbersome Innovative Pedal Operation. The name is meaningless until the it is described in the manual. “When the Innovative Pedal Operation Mode is …
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We’ve got another owners manual fail, this one from Ford
Owners manual fail Another owners manual fail. has cropped up during our Ford symbols update. We’ve seen similar oversights in Mazda, Kia and Lincoln manuals as we get through our updates. In essence, we’re finding symbols deep inside the documents that are not shown in the original list of symbols assembled near the beginning of …
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Ford got it right too…
Ford got it A few days ago, we castigated the industry for adding too many drive modes and credited Lexus with adding an Auto mode to relieve their drivers of the added headache. We also specifically called out Ford, when in fact Ford got it right too! We were so caught up in Ford adding …
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