Those pesky Europeans

[Volksy]

If you've ever had or driven an American car (and some swedes), you'll know that issues need spelling out..

 

Thankfully the Canadians have just released a guide to 'our' unclear symbols..  

 

 

http://blog.caasco.com/automotive/60-dashboard-symbols-and-what-they-mean/

[Heidel_Kakao]

I will be honest & say that I would not have known what half of those symbols meant but this is mainly because I don't own anything new enough to have a diesel particulate filter or clever enough to know when there is water in the fuel filter etc.

[catsinthewelder]

All very nice but not accurate for everything,  54 (exclamation mark in a cog) is listed as automatic gearbox warning but on my Discovery it's a transfer box warning which doubles as a handbrake light.

[mat_the_cat]

I want more warning lights now

[tooSavvy]

...... bring back 'talking dashboards'. Classic lines [Montego] 'I am about to break down!' 

 

 

TS

[RedSparrow]

I used to wonder why the TR7 was the only BL car (as far as I know) to have all the lights in written text instead of pictures. Then one day I realised it was because it was designed to sell in MURICUR, the country whose people can't be trusted with Kinder eggs.

 

[brickwall]

There was a thread a couple of years back and we never found out what a certain symbol meant. Or did we? I think is was a merc 280

[brickwall]

no.21 - Possibility a witch has cauldron brewing warning.

no. 8   - Shine torch on Christmas pudding

no.33  - Tinfoil hat required

no28.   - Sperm unlocked and ready to go

no22  - Just had a brainwave....bodge ahead

no45 - Neil Young tickets available

[Junkman]

I have never seen about 80% of those idiot lights, but my 405 had some, that aren't mentioned by those Canadians.

One of them was an air mattress hovering above a swimming pool, another one was the sun hanging from a parachute.

[Squire_Dawson]

It's a useful guide, but one wonders how many of these warnings are superfluous.

[320touring]

Personally I prefer the pug 205 STOP light.

 

wonder if there's a market in making a replacement that reads FUCT!

[Volksy]

I'm surprised that the TR7 dash doesn't have the clock labeled as such.

[RedSparrow]

TR7 clocks that work are a rare beast funnily enough. Don't know what the problem was, they are just notorius for it.

[Ratdat]

Wow. Hard to believe people once got by with out all of those little lights. Life must have been tough back then. Thank heavens for progress.

[Lord Sterling]

no.21 - Possibility a witch has cauldron brewing warning.

no. 8 - Shine torch on Christmas pudding

no.33 - Tinfoil hat required

no28. - Sperm unlocked and ready to go

no22 - Just had a brainwave....bodge ahead

no45 - Neil Young tickets available

No. 4 - Fountain ahead

No. 29 - Hot Food

No. 20 - Speeding letter 'D'

No. 41 - It's raining by a petrol pump.

No. 14 - What the fuck is this key for?

No. 15 - Beware, key is Red hot.

No. 23 - Maybe this isn't such a good idea

No. 34 - Hammer a bigger spanner over the car

No. 39 - Passenger with bubble gum warning.

No. 42 - Bubble gum has popped warning.

No. 50 - Fuel tank is leaking

No. 51 - Flying car

No. 52 - Car spews out some liquid.

No. 53 - Petrol pump too hot, do not touch.

 

 

[brickwall]

yep, that 29 does look like the cheese toasties are ready

 

20....speeding bullet

25.... ZX Spectrum

[FredTransit]

WTF!?? 53 warning lights? The Mk2 has 4, 5 if you have trailer electrics. Thats enough.....

[Lord Sterling]

No. 8 - Aliens trying to kidnap the letter 'D'

No. 16 - Oddly shaped garage warning

No. 44 - Leaping letter 'D'

No. 26 - Key doesn't fit lock, get over it.

No. 1 - Letter 'D' has farted warning.

No. 40 - This really isn't a good idea

No. 62 - Badly propotioned helicopter.

[Bren]

Did rover cars with the k series that were exportedve these?

 

I would imagine the temp. Warning light would be in red with a kettle on it.

[brickwall]

I like the ones with writing on them.

[Junkman]

52...Some juveniles bent your aerial

60...Rally mode

12...Ski resort ahead

58...Cupcake is microwaved

 6...Enemy in 10 o'clock position

54...Rotary ahead of you

46...You look stupid and you drive like a giffer on valium

18...Swimming pool with diving tower ahead

27...Car is in lowrider mode

57...You forgot to water your flowers

[Sloth in a bowl]

2 - Sloth in bowl !

4 - No pissing in the dolphin pool

6 - Set stopwatch to a jaunty angle

10 - Tourist info office detected

11 - To infinity and beyond

14 - You have lost your keys

15 - You have left keys in microwave

23 - Idea

24 - No idea

26 - Kinky sex

29 - Sausages are burning

34 - Giant spanner detected

37 - Cheap chavy bodykit coming loose

41 - Cost of fuel will make you cry

42 - No ball games

51 - The sands of time are running low

60 - Drunk driver detected

62 - Oddly shaped helicopter

[Pillock]

There was a thread a couple of years back and we never found out what a certain symbol meant. Or did we? I think is was a merc 280

I think it turned out to be a power steering failure.... Or some sort of steering assistance thing. In fact wasn't it #2 on there?

 

Is 50 some sort of womb error?

 

It better than the late 90s VAG way of doing it which is to just reuse random warning lights.... So a glowplug light coming on whilst driving means a MAF error. Clearly.

[robinmasters]

Most modern cars just need one of those; number 10, "information indicator". I.e. 'somethings wrong, ignore until next MOT'. 

[mercrocker]

Morris Minor has no symbols... 

 

 

Blue light - lights too bright, turn something off

Red light - you are overdrawn, turn something off

Yellow light - oil  has pissed  out, turn engine off (or wait for second, audible, warning)

Green light, indicators are still going, turn them off 

Any other visible light means its dark and you wont be able to see to mend car, take next turning off

[PhilA]

My Dodge is fairly good... most of the symbols have been accepted these days by the great unwashed, with the exception of ( (!) )

 

My dash is symbols on symbols and then BRAKE in red

 

 

I do like the BL "Brakes" symbol, which I can only construe as "floor it".

 

--Phil

[ruffgeezer]

All corsas are fitted with an an oil can light in red and a temperature light in orange, in both cases, if the light comes on it's because the engine is fucked.

[Luckythirteen]

#10 - Did ye, aye?

#25 - Some wee bastard's stuffed your back box full of gravel

#28 - Highway To Hell

#29 - Integral toastie maker (or slow cooker) activated

#41 - It's raining, couldn't you fill up another time?

#42 - Airbag replaced with beachball, 'cos crashing should be fun.

#43 - Ya spanner!

#47 - Depreciation ahead (activates 30s after leaving dealership in brand new car)

#52 - In-flight refuelling nozzle deployed

#59 - Taste Police detected, prepare to justify massive spoiler

#61 - Emo detected

[twosmoke300]

You should see some of the random ones on a modern tractor. Some aren't even in the ops manual

[brickwall]

Your not kidding. Years ago at work we had two uber tractors and a Caterpillar and when I asked about the warning lights I was told "You don't really need to know about them, besides I haven't a clue what most of them mean anyway".

 

I figured out the pto ones and the attachment for the back of the cat and then just gave up.