Some of these are long and seemingly cryptic, like your car's VIN number, while others are intentionally easy to understand, like the warnings on your mirrors or the engine oil classification under ...

When you’re driving an automatic car, you don’t think twice about changing gears, so what do the 1 and 2 on the gearstick ...

Every driver has seen a strange dashboard symbol or found an unfamiliar button in their car and wondered, “What the hell is that?” Luckily, Jalopnik readers know what they mean, and they’re ...

This symbol lights up when the fog light at the back of the car is activated. The seatbelt warning light indicates the driver or front-seat passenger do not have their seatbelts on.

What Apple doesn’t mention, however, is Visual Look Up’s expansion to recognize car symbols thanks to iOS 17. I took it for a test drive today and was impressed with just how well it works.