What are the dashboard indicators?

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Automotive dashboard indicator lights are categorized into three types, representing indicators, warnings, and faults respectively. The first category includes the most common indicator lights encountered during normal driving, such as lighting signal lights, turn signal lights, parking lights, etc. Their function is to indicate the status of various vehicle functions. The second category consists of warning lights, which serve an alerting function, such as fuel indicator lights, door status indicator lights, seatbelt indicator lights, etc. Typically, warning lights turn off after the driver performs the corresponding action. For example, the seatbelt indicator light extinguishes once the driver fastens the seatbelt. The third category comprises fault indicator lights, which are the most critical. These include generator fault indicator lights, ABS fault indicator lights, transmission fault indicator lights, etc. Generally, these fault indicator lights rarely illuminate under normal circumstances, or they may briefly light up when starting the engine and then turn off. If a fault indicator light remains illuminated and is accompanied by a warning sound, it indicates that the vehicle has developed a fault or abnormality.