What you can do yourself
- Use it only in fog, snow or heavy rain. Turn it off in clear weather: it dazzles drivers behind you and makes your brake lights harder to see.
The description comes from the AvtoElektrik PRO app.
Oleg’s tip: the colour of the symbol tells you how urgent it is
- Red — stop and deal with the problem urgently: driving on is dangerous.
- Yellow — needs checking to see what it is: don’t put off the diagnosis.
- Green and blue — a system is simply working.
- Exception — symbols of extra functions you switched on yourself: the rear fog light, ESP OFF by the button, heating, the differential lock. They can be yellow, but that’s not a fault — ignore them.
For example: a red oil pressure or overheating light — stop straight away and switch the engine off. A yellow Check Engine light with the engine running smoothly — drive on and get a diagnosis.
Need a mechanic’s help?
Couldn’t fix it yourself? Oleg, an auto electrician, does computer diagnostics and repairs: he comes out anywhere in Almaty or sees you at his workshop.
Want to figure it out yourself?
Oleg’s free course “Car electrics for drivers”: fuses, the battery, dashboard lights — understand it and check it yourself.
Other lights of this colour
Low coolant levelDon’t put off the repair
EPC (VW, Audi, Skoda)Don’t put off the repair
Low washer fluidInformation
Exterior bulb failureDon’t put off the repair
Electric parking brakeDon’t put off the repair
Key not detectedDon’t put off the repair
Key battery lowInformation
Steering lock (ESCL)Don’t put off the repair
Who keeps this reference
The reference is kept by Oleg Dmitriev, an auto electrician from Almaty with 26 years of experience: computer diagnostics of cars and trucks, repair of control units (ECUs). Can’t find the cause? Message him.