Convertible Top Trouble Light This past summer (2013), I was fortunate to pick up a pre-owned convertible with a power soft top. The experience has resulted in, first a new power top warning light being introduced to the website and second, a refresher course on the lack of utility that most of today’s automotive warning …
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High Voltage Battery Charge Level Indicator Symbol
High Voltage Battery These are High Voltage Battery Charge Level Indicator symbols. The image of a lightning bolt in a box or rectangle, is found on the instrument panels of some plug-in hybrid vehicles and is illuminated when the main battery’s charge is low. The image of cascading rectangles with plus and minus signs is …
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Low Brake Fluid Indicator Symbol
Brake Fluid This is the Low Brake Fluid Indicator symbol. Our first recommendation is to take your vehicle to the dealer or authorized service center for maintenance. You may check the brake fluid level and add fluid appropriate to the vehicle make and model, but please read on first… Before continuing, are you sure this …
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All Those Lights on Your Dashboard: They’re Not for Idiots Anymore
The First Warning Lights In a simpler day, if your engine’s oil pressure dropped too low, your dashboard, or more properly, your instrument panel, would have had an analog oil pressure gauge displaying the pressure reading and a warning light, a red dot, that would come on to get your attention. Then some manufacturers did …
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The Single Most Misunderstood Warning Indicator on Your Instrument Panel – Part I
The Tire Pressure Monitoring System Have you seen or are you seeing this light on your instrument panel? What the heck does the symbol mean and what the heck do you do about it? It is the TPMS – Tire Pressure Monitoring System – indicator. And it is the single most misunderstood warning indicator you …
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2nd Start Indicator
2nd Start This is a 2nd Start Indicator symbol. This feature, if switched on, causes the vehicle to move from a standing start in the higher, second, gear in slippery conditions. The light will be on when the feature is activated, which is done manually using a button on the dashboard or more likely the …
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The Single Most Misunderstood Warning Indicator on Your Instrument Panel – Part II
Misunderstood Warning Indicator: Part II This suggests four possible scenarios. The first three assume the light is not flashing: 1) All the tires are low on air (check your spare in the trunk too, if you have one). This occurs seasonally as the weather cools, and possibly several times. Solution? Check the pressures and inflate …
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