Technical Dashboard synbols

[alicantemackem]

Hi, I have a Fiat Panda 2005. One of the symbols on the dashboard lit up today. It is on the bottom row of 2 and it is shaped like a square with a wire coming out of the top horizontaly, which then goes into some wierd 6 or 7 sided shape. The manual doens't have a key to the symbols and I've no idea what it is? I would be very grateful for any help. Thanks

 

[Davren]

Closest I can think of for your description is this.

Dave.

 

[hp_source]

what colour is the light? orange is a warning (low oil, battery, emissions etc) red tends to be more serious (abs fail, airbag fail, brake warnings etc).

 

[Herts Hillhopper]

what colour is the light? orange is a warning (low oil, battery, emissions etc) red tends to be more serious (abs fail, airbag fail, brake warnings etc).

Sounds familiar - see this post from a couple of days back:
https://www.fiatforum.com/panda-new/178354-oil-pressure-sensor-failure-warning.html?p=1922114

You say 'the second row' of lights. Does this mean its a Panda Active, since on the other models the lights are arranged in 'curves' mainly around the bottom of the speedometer and the rev counter? I have the handbook for the 2005 Pandas and can't see anything that matches your description. If I scan the two pictures of the main dashboard layouts, maybe you can see it there?
Scan to follow shortly

Pete

 

[brookes745]

Does the square bit look like a padlock and is it amber?

If so, it means that your immobiliser system has a fault.

 

[Herts Hillhopper]

Here's the scans -- which light are you seeing? (click the pictures to see them bigger). brookes745 may have answered it though. I can see how this could match the description -- although what it actually shows is a padlock with the car behind it -- and it lights up in orange. This is on the bottom row of the first picture, 3 along from the right and under the oil can. This light should come on for a few seconds when you first turn the key (along with one or two others). If it stays on, the car won't start -- the padlock shows that the immobiliser is still 'locked' and that the key or the sensor is misbehaving.

Pete

 

[chauspain]

From the description it sounds like one of the symbols on the left hand dash scan (looks like the active cluster).

R/H side, second row of symbols, 4th from the left.

No idea what it is though, sorry!

 

[Skyhook]

... it is shaped like a square with a wire coming out of the top horizontaly, which then goes into some wierd 6 or 7 sided shape...

Is it a warning light to say you've just run over a Tellietubbie?


(Sorry)

 

[hp_source]

Sounds familiar - see this post from a couple of days back:
https://www.fiatforum.com/panda-new/178354-oil-pressure-sensor-failure-warning.html?p=1922114

LOL, ooops, I hadn't read that.

 

[Herts Hillhopper]

LOL, ooops, I hadn't read that.

At least we were consistent!!
Pete