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Auto brake hold indicators page now holds 20 entries

Auto brake hold Thanks to Subaru, the Auto Brake Hold indicators page now has 20 entries. The company, which already uses a different name for the system, had two symbols in use. However, it opted to put the acronym inside the standard brake symbol, which is a circle in brackets, meant to be a brake …

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One-touch interior illumination indicator

Interior illumination indicator

Interior illumination This is the One-touch interior illumination indicator symbol. It will illuminate when the one-touch interior illumination switch is activated, which switches on all of the vehicle’s overhead map and reading lights. The manual we found this in does not speak to the color of the indicator. We chose the yellow/amber/orange palette because if …

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Mercury symbols page now features the new color coded ordering

Mercury logo

Mercury symbols page Our Mercury symbols page has now been aligned by color. We’ve have now transformed several pages, including our primary symbols page, to reflect a color ordering. As a testament to the growth of technology and the accompanying indicators, the Mercury page holds just over 50 symbols. The majority of manufacturers now have …

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Boost indicator symbol

Boost indicator

Boost indicator This is a Boost Indicator text symbol. It is found in Mazda hybrid vehicles, and the company offers no more explanation than that the “light turns on when the energy used for driving is at maximum output.” It is associated with the vehicle’s Charge Mode  and EV Mode indicators, so we surmise that …

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Collision warning and intervention system indicators now number 29

Collision Warning and Intervention Our Collision Warning and Intervention page now features 29 entries. We added another today from Mazda, who also uses a different name for the system: Smart Brake Support (SBS). That’s now nine different naming conventions for the same basic system. Plus, our Collision Warning and Intervention page begins with a an …

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Lane keeping assist page swells to 33 entries

Lane keeping assist Lane Keeping Assist page now hold 33 entries. This comes courtesy of Mazda, which calls its system Emergency Lane Keeping (ELK), growing the number of name options to 10, because of course, why use a single name for the same system! Several manufacturers use the first image to the right to indicate …

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Low coolant symbol recycled for electrical equipment

Low coolant symbol In a previous post, we congratulated Kia for recycling a diesel symbol for use in an electrical vehicle (EV) to describe a similar job, rather than invent something new, which would add to the mountain of symbols that already exist. Here, we get to congratulate them again with a low coolant symbol. …

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