Tag: Volkswagen

Tesla Autopilot and safety ratings

Tesla Autopilot. I follow Tesla on X and its striking how often they repost reports of accidents where the vehicle’s occupants were not injured or not severely injured because of how safe the cars are. And then there are the videos from drivers who comment that Autopilot prevented this accident or that accident. This is …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://dashboardsymbols.com/2026/06/tesla-autopilot-and-safety-ratings/

Serious recalls hit Volkswagen Group

Recalls hit Volkswagen The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a spate of recalls in the last two days, but the most serious of the recalls hit Volkswagen Group pretty hard. And the ID.4 sits at the center of two of them. First up is a recall of some 2023-2024 ID.4, which have been …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://dashboardsymbols.com/2025/12/serious-recalls-hit-volkswagen-group/

Volkswagen Dashboard Symbols and Warning Lights

Volkswagen Dashboard Symbols So, what is that light on your dashboard? What follows is easily the most complete list available of symbols and warnings that may appear in and on your car’s dashboard or instrument cluster. The following are warning lights, fault lights and indicators found in vehicles built by Volkswagen. Click the link to …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://dashboardsymbols.com/2020/04/volkswagen-warning-lights-and-symbols/

Can Your Car Windows Open on Their Own??

Windows down

Why Are My Windows Open? If you’ve ever walked out to your car and found all the windows open, this is our subject.  We’re going to discuss a feature found in cars from a number of manufacturers that catches people with their pants down. Or their windows down. This is not about a fault or …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://dashboardsymbols.com/2019/09/can-your-car-windows-open-on-their-own/

Does Your Owner’s Manual Have a Troubleshooting Guide?

Mazda chapter

How Deep Is Your Owner’s Manual? We’ve done a couple of owner’s manual rants and got to thinking about where the average driver might look in their respective manual if they ran into trouble, specifically with dead or dying key fobs. So, we examined a sampling of owner’s manuals from BMW and Mini, Fiat Chrysler, …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://dashboardsymbols.com/2018/12/does-your-owners-manual-have-a-troubleshooting-guide/

Start an Audi with a Dead Key Fob

ID4 mark1

How to Start an Audi with a Dead Key Fob This page holds all of the emergency start or back-up start procedures needed for Audi vehicles if the battery in the key fob dies or if there are electrical signals interfering with the fob. Starting Your Audi But first, if you are still locked out, …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://dashboardsymbols.com/2018/11/volkswagen-and-audi-dead-key-fob-help-part-i-getting-started/

Audi and Volkswagen Videos: Help with Key Not Working

How to Open, Start and Replace Fob Batteries in Audi and Volkswagen Vehicles We now have 21 videos offering help to Audi and VW drivers with Key Not Working This video covers A3 and Q3 models, 2020 and newer, hiding the key hole. ———————————————————————- This demonstrates replacing the battery in a late model VW flip key …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://dashboardsymbols.com/2016/05/audi-and-volkswagen-video-help-with-dead-key-fobs/