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  2. Easily decipher dashboard lights, laundry symbols with this hack

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    To discover what the symbols on your dashboard mean: Take a picture of the symbol or symbols in question. Open the picture and tap the icon near the bottom of the screen that looks like an ‘i ...

  3. Tell-tale (automotive) - Wikipedia

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    A group of tell-tales showing lights for "brake fluid", "stop lamp" and "check engine" Graphical tell-talesA tell-tale, sometimes called an idiot light [1] or warning light, is an indicator of malfunction or operation of a system, indicated by a binary (on/off) illuminated light, symbol or text legend.

  4. Dashboard - Wikipedia

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    Dashboard instruments displaying various car and engine conditions. Where the dashboard originally included an array of simple controls (e.g., the steering wheel) and instrumentation to show speed, fuel level and oil pressure, the modern dashboard may accommodate a broad array of gauges, and controls as well as information, climate control and entertainment systems.

  5. Glossary of automotive terms - Wikipedia

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    A gauge that measures and displays the instantaneous speed of a vehicle. Universal in modern automobiles and typically mounted on the dashboard behind the steering wheel. spoiler steering column steering wheel stick shift See manual transmission. straight engine See inline engine. strangler See choke. street-legal stroke subframe sun visor ...

  6. Car controls - Wikipedia

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    1904 Oldsmobile Curved Dash with a tiller steering. The first automobiles were steered with a tiller sometimes on the left or right, sometimes in the centre. The steering wheel was first used when Alfred Vacheron competed in the 1894 Paris–Rouen motor race in a Panhard et Levassor. In 1898, steering wheels became a standard feature of Panhard ...

  7. Automotive lighting - Wikipedia

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    The driver raises or lowers the outboard end of the stalk in accord with the clockwise or anticlockwise direction the steering wheel is about to be turned. In left-hand drive vehicles, the turn indicator stalk is usually located to the left of the steering wheel. In right-hand-drive vehicles, there is less consistency; it may be located to the ...

  8. Cruise control - Wikipedia

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    Adaptive cruise control (ACC) steering wheel switch on Nissan Note e-Power. The bottom-left button is the adaptive cruise control symbol defined in ISO 2575:2010 and ISO 7000-2580 standards and used in various vehicles. Some modern vehicles have adaptive cruise control (ACC) systems, a general term meaning improved cruise control.

  9. Driver monitoring system - Wikipedia

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    Specifically, the driver monitoring system includes a CCD camera placed on the steering column which tracks the face, [2] via infrared LED detectors. [3] If the driver is not paying attention to the road ahead and a dangerous situation is detected, the system will warn the driver by flashing lights, warning sounds.