Bad weather These are Bad Weather Light Indicator symbols. The use of the word Light is likely meant to be Lighting in an English translation, as this option is found in Mini and Skoda vehicles made in Germany. This indicator will be seen when the bad weather lighting system is turned on. The color choice …
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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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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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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 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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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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Another owner’s manual fail, albeit a minor one
Owner’s manual fail While continuing our update of the Toyota dashboard symbols page, we ran into another rather minor owner’s manual fail. Looking through the 2025 Sequoia manual, we ran across an Auto LSD indicator. Now those letters were bound to get our attention, but forgetting that this is not a new system and that …
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