A true off-road vehicle will be offered with a two-speed transfer case that includes a four-wheel low system. This light illuminates when the four-wheel low system is engaged. If the light is on when the vehicle is not in four-wheel low, there may be an issue with the system.

An icon depicting a vehicle and a gas cap, the warning light simply means that the gas cap is either missing or loose. A gas cap needs to be in place for a vehicle to properly pass emission standards.

Another diesel-specific warning light, this is not a pig’s tail, but rather an icon that refers to glow plugs. A diesel vehicle needs the glow plugs to warm up before it can be started. This light will remain illuminated when a key is first put in the ignition until the plugs are ready.

An indicator for the hazard lights, the light should only be illuminated when the hazard lights are active. The light may flash along with the four-way flashers when active.

This light refers to hill descent control. Some vehicles have a low-speed cruise control system that helps a vehicle creep slowly down a steep hill by using the brakes and engine management. If the light is illuminated when not in use, there may be an issue with hill descent control.

A simple light, this one indicates the vehicle’s hood is open. An easy way to distinguish this from the trunk open light below is by looking at the picture of the car. The front features a longer, more sloped hood.

Similar to the light above, this one refers to the trunk being open. An easy way to distinguish this from the hood open light is by looking at the picture of the car. The back features a shorter, squared off trunk.

These lights refer to a vehicle’s security and may mean a few different things. It could indicate the key is not in the car, the vehicle’s active security system is on, or there is a fault with the ignition key.

Another modern safety feature in many vehicles is a lane departure warning system. This light will illuminate if the system has been manually disabled or there is a fault with it.

Similar to the lane departure warning system, this light refers to the active lane keep system. This light will illuminate if the system has been manually disabled or there is a fault with it.

These lights simply refer to the fact that the vehicle is low on fuel and needs a fill-up soon. Every vehicle is different and the amount of fuel range left when the light first comes on can vary.

A vehicle will perform optimally when properly warmed up. These lights indicate the engine temperature is still low and is warning you not to drive too hard until the vehicle reaches proper operating temperatures. These lights are usually blue in color.

Vehicles come with tire pressure monitoring systems that keep track of how much pressure is left in all of the tires. If this light is illuminated, one or more of the tire’s pressure is low and needs to be attende

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you can see that even thou this is very educative how many Nigerians are making comments? they don't see this as way of stealing or scamming.

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you can see that even thou this is very educative how many Nigerians are making comments? they don't see this as way of stealing or scamming.

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Lovely Bro, love this thread

Nice one

Very educative,thanks

Nice and educated. let me check my dash board, am seeing many lights blinking without minding the precautions

Thanks op
What of if my drive light is always blinking even when its on park, reverse etc

Informative, educative ......

Nice thread..

Most cars don't have all these signals... The ones I know so far... It just shows you for example that a door is open... Whether na hood, boot or door no concern d car, him own na say him don signal u. It's up to u to now go round and be checking d doors while asking people in the car if the light is now off. Stressful n time wasting.

Thanks a lot. More please

Op thanks for the enlightenment.

Thanks, Gob bless

Nice write up. Remind me of the day I got scared when I saw my O/D light on ... got home and Googled what it meant, before my mind got back to rest


On another note, My Check Engine light has been on for as long as 7 months now, or so. I've never visited a mechanic since I bought the car and only use Mobil stations for servicing, hence I'm scared of using just any mechanic to check why the Check Engine light is always on.


Can anyone recommend a good place I can go check it out? Thanks

Thanks @op. This is a great thread. I hope people would appreciate this.

Cool and educative post.

Thank you very much @OP