That glowing triangle with an exclamation point inside it has probably caught your eye at the worst possible moment: merging onto a highway, idling in a parking lot, or pulling out of a driveway on a ...

Every warning light on your car’s instrument panel exists because a federal regulation demanded it. Those small glowing symbols are not decorative; they are standardized signals tied to specific ...

Did you know cars have been required to have this light on the dash? Nearly half of consumers are in the dark about a particular dashboard symbol. Getty Images — -- Did you know that since model ...

Imagine driving down the road when a light suddenly appears on the dashboard. For some, it is easy to figure out what the symbol means and what action to take next. But many are unclear on what ...

I’ve been driving for nearly two decades, however, there are some symbols on my dashboard and console that I don’t have the faintest idea what they represent—including, but definitely not limited to, ...

Nearly a third of U.S. drivers are unsure they can identify warning lights on their car dashboards, and about a fourth of them would keep driving after a light came on in hopes the problem would go ...

I’m pretty sure we’ve all had that moment where an unusual-looking warning symbol pops up on your car’s dashboard and you have no idea what it means. For folks that regularly wrench on cars, it’s ...

When something goes wrong with your car, or if a feature you should know about gets activated, a signal funnels through the electrical system and into the dashboard. This illuminates a symbol on the ...

The dashboard provides drivers with an assortment of valuable information while on the go, including the array of symbols that light up for various reasons, which often become victims of being ...

CAN you tell the difference between dashboard symbols for traction control and gearbox failure? Bulb monitoring and a locked airbag? Motorists across the country are investing in the hottest hi-tech ...