A Useful Warning! Today has been cold with light snow. Coupled with the salts dropped on the pavement, this made for very dirty spray all over everyone’s car, including mine. As a result, when I slowed to park the warning below was displayed in the center of my instrument panel… We have railed for years …
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Shift to Park Dashboard Warning
Shift to Park This is a Shift to Park Dashboard Warning symbol. The light will blink red and a chime will sound if the ignition switch is turned off while the vehicle is not in Park. Move the shift lever or touch the Park button to turn off the light. The chime will sound until …
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Apply Parking Brake Dashboard Indicator
Apply Park Brake This is an Apply Parking Brake Indicator symbol. It is somewhat misleading in that it actually warns of a transmission malfunction! Vehicles with electronic shift controls may not hold the Park selection properly, prompting the warning to engage the parking brake. Before continuing, are you sure this is your symbol?? If yes, …
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A Niro annoyance now understood
Niro annoyance Every now and again, I step into the Kia Niro, get settled and put the car in Drive only to get an alert complete with sound to put the vehicle in Park, without any indication as to why. I now understand this Niro annoyance. As can be seen in the video below, I …
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