These symbols, often called "idiot lights," are aimed at being easy to understand. But for many drivers, young and old alike, it's not that easy.

Other than the road, one thing you should also pay attention to while driving is your dashboard. It shows you a lot of information about your car, some to notify you and some to give you a warning.

As manufacturers equip cars with lots of features and technologies, even dashboard lights can become confusing to navigate. Plus, different car makers can put their own spin on these indicators, ...

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 ...

The easiest way to avoid a costly repair job on your vehicle is to take it in as soon as warning lights pop up on your dashboard, but that assumes you understand what each dashboard symbol means—and ...

HOUSTON – A new British survey shows the majority of drivers could not identify the dashboard warning lights in their car. The survey by Britannia Rescue found that 98 percent of drivers do not fully ...

If you're convinced that most drivers have no idea what they're doing behind the wheel, the following news will do nothing to shake that belief. A new British survey reveals that 98 percent of drivers ...

Diono, a Canadian car-seat maker recently commissioned polling firm Journo Requests to find out what Canadians understand about the warning lights on their vehicle dashboards. Two-thousand drivers ...

Dashboard lights are very important, because they let you know if something is up with your car, most of the times, way before the mechanical or electric bits actually seize up or fall apart. Nowadays ...

Automobile dashboards have come a long way since Carl Benz invented the world's first car. Analog gauges and mechanical knobs and switches have given way to touchscreens, pushbuttons, and voice ...