Evasive Maneuver
This is an Evasive Maneuver Warning or Evasive Steering Assistance (ESA) indicator symbol. Working with a vehicle’s Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, ESA adds technical assistance to steering to aid in avoiding a collision. It effectively enhances a driver’s reflexes by adding extra steering torque and uses data from the vehicle’s front-mounted camera and radar sensors to calculate a safe path around the obstacle.
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Overall benefits of the system are to help the driver avoid frontal collisions with other objects, guiding the driver to keep a safe path even after swerving, reducing the risk of losing control during an emergency maneuver and initiating braking to reduce the overall severity of a crash.
With all this said, we certainly suggest examining the symbol after the maneuver is completed. Meaning, this light, much like stability control lights, can itself be a distraction at a time when the vehicle needs the driver’s full attention.
Cars are changing, and among those changes is the growing number of symbols and indicators that will invariably show up on your dashboard or instrument panel. Every year, new features are added to vehicles, each of which is accompanied by a new symbol or symbols and likely a new acronym.
At DashboardSymbols.com, our aim is to help you understand what is happening to your vehicle at the first sign of trouble – a new warning light illuminated on your instrument panel. Its all here on this website. Our first intention is to bring the latest technologies down to earth and understandable for everyday drivers.
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Remember that only proper service and repair procedures will ensure the safe and reliable operation of your car. In addition, proper safety procedures and precautions, such as the use of safety goggles, the right tools and the equipment should be followed at all times to eliminate the possibility of personal injury or improper service which could damage the vehicle or compromise its safety.
These posts are for information sharing purposes only, and should not be used in lieu of an OEM service manual or factory authorized service procedure. We are not in the auto repair business nor do we publish automotive service manuals. Nothing we include on these pages and posts has been reviewed, approved or authorized by any vehicle manufacturer.
Technology is always changing and what is current and accurate today may be literally out-of-date and inaccurate tomorrow. And when it comes to the current state of flux in the auto industry, nothing is more true.
The author has 25 years of automotive experience and has assembled the most extensive collection of symbols and warning lights anywhere (over 1,000!) and can help you open and start any keyless start car with a dead key fob battery. BA, St. Joseph’s College, ME: MS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY