Toyota Tacoma Dashboard Light Guide

Drivers in Daytona Beach, Palm Coast and Ormond Beach can find out the meaning behind the dashboard lights and symbols with our Toyota Tacoma dashboard light guide.

Common Dashboard Warning Lights

Here are the most common dashboard warning lights you’ll encounter with your Toyota Tacoma:

• Anti-Lock Braking System: Marked ABS, this light will come on if there’s a problem with your vehicle’s anti-lock braking system.
• Low Fuel: This symbol looks like a fuel pump and indicates that your vehicle is running low on fuel.
• Headlight: This symbol looks like a light bulb and will come on when you use your headlights or parking lights.
• Low Wash Fluid: This symbol looks like a windshield with fluid and indicates that your washer fluid is low.
• High-Beam Indicator: This symbol is a headlight with smaller beams of light coming from it and indicates that your high beams are on.

Other Warning Lights

These dashboard lights are less common, but pertain to serious malfunctions within your vehicle:

• Charging System Warning: This light looks like a battery with positive and negative signs. It comes on if there’s a problem with your charging system.
• Electric-Power Steering Warning: This light looks like a steering wheel with an exclamation point. If it comes on, there could be a malfunction with your power steering system.
• Low Oil Pressure Warning: This light looks like a dripping oil lamp and indicates that your engine oil pressure is dangerously low.
• Maintenance Required: This light has the words “MAINT REQD” and indicates that your vehicle is in need of some routine maintenance.
• Slip Indicator: This symbol looks like a vehicle with weaving lines below it. It will come on if your vehicle experiences wheel slip on the road, which indicates that the traction system is engaged.
• SRS Airbag On-Off: This symbol will show as AIR BAG OFF or AIR BAG ON. It lets you know that your passenger-seat airbag system is active or inactive.
• Low Tire Pressure: This symbol looks like a tire with an exclamation point. It will come on if the system detects low pressure in your tires.
• Traction Off Indicator: This symbol says “TRAC OFF.” If you turned your traction system off in slippery road conditions, this light will come on.

Learn More About Your Toyota Tacoma Dashboard Lights at Daytona Toyota

We hope that this Toyota Tacoma dashboard light guide gave you some insight into the dashboard lights and symbols on your vehicle, but this is only a partial list of the most common lights you’ll encounter.

If you’re in Daytona Beach, Palm Coast, or Ormond Beach and have questions about your Toyota Tacoma dashboard lights, feel free to visit Daytona Toyota to speak with a service technician. We do all we can for our local customers, so we’d love to help you learn more about your Toyota dashboard light warning system. Contact us today!