Electronic locks Getting out We published our first item in July of 2015 pointing out the dangers inherent with electronic locks and latches. We called then for the use of intuitive means of exit in the event of a power failure and after a man and his dog succumbed to the heat in Texas in …
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A simple New Year resolution for the auto industry in 2025
New Year Resolution What we do here at DashboardSymbols.com is attempt to help the average driver understand what is happening to his or her vehicle at the first sign of trouble. So as we approach the first day of 2025, here’s a New Year resolution we would to see adopted by the industry. Simplify your …
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Ford symbols page update is finished at last
Ford symbols The Ford symbols page update, which we have been working on for several weeks, is at last finished. Why so long? Well, we added a full 75 entries to the page, of which 60 were brand new and needed to be created! There are now over 150 symbols and indicators on the page. …
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Once again, a Ford manual fail
Ford manual fail Unfortunately we found another Ford manual fail, also in the 2024 Escape manual. In this case, a driver might be able to follow a path that will lead to a missing symbol. In the main list of symbols beginning on page 111, there are a set of EV indicators. When looking at …
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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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A single model increases the Ford symbols page count by how much??
Ford symbols page We have finally finished the first of 13 models, and the single model has increased the Ford symbols page count by 43! Forty three! and a full 37 of them are brand new to our lists. When we started, there were roughly 90 symbols on the page… It is clearly pointless to …
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Drive modes run amok — @Lexus creates an answer
Too many drive modes In November (2024) we reported that our two main drive mode pages held over 90 drive modes and every manufacturer update adds more. The number now exceeds 105 and does not include another 25 modes related to electric vehicles (EVs) and EV range extension. Then Lexus got it right, although it …
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