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DashboardSymbols.com We shed some light on new auto technologies and their warning lights and messages on their instrument panels as well as push button start glitches.

We've also cover many safety-related issues with cars and light trucks. What is that light on my dashboard? My not-so-Smart key isn’t working – how do I get into and start my car? Automotive service departments across the country are inundated with questions like these on a daily basis. So, what IS that light on your instrument panel? That new acronym? What do they mean? And what’s up with your Key FOB?? At DashboardSymbols.com, our aim is to show you, to help you understand what is happening to your vehicle at the first sign of trouble – a new warning light illuminated on your instrument panel or a misbehaving push button-start car. And, with our Mobile Apps, we put the tools you need in the palm of your hand. Translators, if you will, for what is a new language developing around the latest automotive technologies. And, in the case of our Dead Key FOB app, actual instructions to get you into your car and underway. Cars are changing, and among those changes is the growing number of symbols and indicators that will invariably show up on your instrument panel. Every year, new features are added to vehicles, each of which is accompanied by a new symbol or acronym. Drivers are frustrated, afraid and sometimes even angry at the growing number of these seemingly senseless symbols. Known as tell-tales in the industry, we are dedicated to keeping them sorted out for you. And Smart Keys or Intelligent Keys that let you into your car and start it with just a touch use their internal batteries at alarming rates, catching busy drivers unawares – even though your car may have tried to warn you. With more symbols! Our goal is to help you relax – and keep moving if at all possible – rather than leave you fretting whenever one of these lights shows up or your key fob stops working. The first-cut answers can be found on our pages as well as instructions for getting into and starting most keyless start cars – without roadside assistance. Your car’s manufacturer and your dealer may expect you to memorize all this, but we don’t. We know you are busy and need a break! We also recognize that nearly no one remembers a rarely-used piece of information until they have dealt with it multiple times.

We've dropped a new video on YouTube on the availability and use of a portable Level 2 EV charger. Here's that video.
29/10/2026

We've dropped a new video on YouTube on the availability and use of a portable Level 2 EV charger. Here's that video.

I've been an EV driver for 5 years and knew about Level 1, 2, and 3...

Cybercab musings...
25/10/2026

Cybercab musings...

Cybercab. Something's been bothering me about Tesla's Cybercab since its introduction. Who are the customers? What would an individual do with a cab? Is it for cab companies? A few days ago, Elon Musk answered the question. The car's for Tesla itself! Among the news garnered from the company's third...

In case you missed it, yes the Roadster flies. Check it out...
16/10/2026

In case you missed it, yes the Roadster flies. Check it out...

It flies... If you missed the Tesla Roadster rebirth, check it out here. The video is 16 rather tedious minutes so skip to the last two. Its more than a little insane, is not and will likely never be street legal and difficult to know what the point is, other than another vanity project for ...

We've just added a new video to YouTube touting the easiest to use hidden key holes in keyless open and start vehicles.
14/10/2026

We've just added a new video to YouTube touting the easiest to use hidden key holes in keyless open and start vehicles.

We have compiled a list of the five worst hidden automotive key hol...

Just added a new video to YouTube discussing the five worst hidden key holes for drivers to deal with.
09/10/2026

Just added a new video to YouTube discussing the five worst hidden key holes for drivers to deal with.

Sometime in the early 2000s, auto manufacturers began hiding key ho...

05/10/2026

We've added a new video to our YouTube channel, this time highlighting the best interior emergency manual door overrides.

One reason why the EV market still struggles in the U.S. Read on --
03/10/2026

One reason why the EV market still struggles in the U.S. Read on --

Green cars. The Green Car Journal has handed out it 2027 Green Car of the Year awards — nine of them to be exact. It came to our attention through Karma, as its Gyesera Grand Coupe was awarded Luxury Green Car of the Year. And while it sure looks the part (below right), what really ...

We just dropped a new video discussing the 5 worst automotive interior emergency manual door overrides.
29/09/2026

We just dropped a new video discussing the 5 worst automotive interior emergency manual door overrides.

We have railed against the use of electronic locks and latches in a...

21/09/2026

We've added an important safety video to YouTube which shows how to get out of the back seats of a Rivian R1S or R1T if the power is lost. Not easy to say the least.

The worst of the worst --
17/09/2026

The worst of the worst --

Mechanical door releases. Vehicles with electronic locks and latches lead to the requirement of back-up mechanical door releases, particularly to let occupants out in the event of a power failure or worse. Electric vehicles (EVs) are often blamed for the use and spread of electronically locks and la...

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