VOLVO Trucks Dashboard Warning Lights
Detailed below are the dashboard warning lights for VOLVO Trucks. Faults detected that require immediate action are typically red and may illuminate alongside an audible buzzer to draw attention of vehicle operator. For certain dashboard symbols, it’s important to take immediate action as the safety of driver and other road users may be compromised.
Warning symbol name: STOP
Urgency: Severe
Description: On Volvo Trucks, the illumination of the red STOP triangle containing an exclamation mark indicates a serious fault. If the engine is on, a buzzer will also sound. This symbol may illuminate alongside other symbols and a message in the Driver Information Display (DID).
Action to take: Failure to stop as soon as possible may result in the engine shutting down.
Warning symbol name: CHECK
Urgency: Medium
Description: The CHECK warning light symbol comes on when there’s a specified fault that the vehicle operator should be made aware of. This light indicates an electrical or mechanical fault along with a message in the Driver Information Display (DID).
Action to take: If the CHECK light comes on, acknowledge any other warnings lights an display messages. In the instance that air pressure is low and remaining air volume may not be sufficient for repeated braking. The emergency brakes my engage, causing a wheel lockup and loss of vehicle control. Bring the vehicle to a controlled stop.
Warning symbol name: Information
Urgency: Low
Description: The ‘i’ or information indicator light will come on the dashboard when there’s a new information message. This may be due to abnormal status detected by the electronic control unit. A text in the DID may show along with the ‘i’ symbol.
Action to take: Check informational texts and ensure the fault is looked into at the next stop.
Warning symbol name: Coolant Temperature
Urgency: High
Description: This coolant temperature typically illuminates in red when engine coolant is overheating. The ECU may take preventative action – engine power output may be reduced and engine may shut down when idle. Due to excessive coolant temperatures, the engine may shut down and can only be restarted for 30 seconds.
Action to take: It is advisable to slow down and wait if the light goes out. Have coolant levels checked and look for leaks as soon as safely possible.
Warning symbol name: Coolant Level
Urgency: Medium
Description: The VOLVO Trucks coolant level indicator light comes on if the coolant level is low.
Action to take: Check coolant levels and top up at next stop.
Warning symbol name: Oil Pressure
Urgency: Severe
Description: The VOLVO Truck may experience severe engine damage due to low oil pressure indicated by the red low engine oil pressure symbol. The ECU may take preventative action by reducing engine performance by 50% or shutting down the engine when idle.
Action to take: It’s advisable to stop when safe to do so and have vehicle inspected. Continued driving may result in mechanical damage.
Warning symbol name: Oil Level
Urgency: Medium
Description: This symbol illuminates on the VOLVO Truck dashboard, typically in amber indicating low engine oil level.
Action to take: Check and top up engine oil at your next stop.
Warning symbol name: Oil Temperature
Urgency: High
Description: Symbol illuminates possible alongside the STOP warning triangle. It indicates that the engine oil temperature is too high.
Action to take: It’s advisable to reduce speed and stop as soon as safely possible to allow oil temperature to reduce.
Warning symbol name: Preheat
Urgency: Medium
Description: This symbol indicates a fault in the diesel engine preheating system.
Warning symbol name: VEB
Urgency: Medium
Description: This symbol indicates that the engine is too cold for engine braking, or VEB (VOLVO Engine Brake)
Warning symbol name: Transmission Oil Temp
Urgency: High
Description: This light illuminates on the VOLVO Truck dashboard indicating high transmission oil temperature.
Action to take: To avoid transmission failure, it’s advisable to stop as soon as safely possible to allow the transmission to cool.
Warning symbol name: Transmission Failure
Urgency: High
Description: This symbol indicates a failure with the transmission.
Warning symbol name: Brake Pressure / ABS
Urgency: High
Description: This symbol indicates that there is low brake pressure or ABS fault.
Warning symbol name: Air Dump
Urgency: Medium
Description: Air dump.
Warning symbol name: Engine Idle
Urgency: Low
Description: Engine idle shut down icon.
Warning symbol name: Air Filter
Urgency: Medium
Description: Air filter restriction.
Warning symbol name: Air Suspension
Urgency: Medium
Description: This symbol illuminates on the VOLVO Truck dashboard indicating a warning with the air suspension pressure.
Warning symbol name: Wheel Spin
Urgency: Low
Description: Wheel spin indication symbol.
Warning symbol name: 5th Wheel
Urgency: Medium
Description: 5th Wheel unlocked dash symbol.
Warning symbol name: Voltage Meter
Urgency: Medium
Description: The battery symbol is an indication of the battery meter.
Warning symbol name: Voltage Warning
Urgency: High
Description: The battery and exclamation mark symbol is an indication of a battery voltage warning.
Warning symbol name: SRS
Urgency: High
Description: This symbol, typically associated with airbags is an indication of a SRS (Supplemental Restraint System) fault.
Warning symbol name: Main Beam Fault
Urgency: Medium
Description: This VOLVO Trucks symbol indicates a fault with vehicle headlights main beam.
Warning symbol name: Interaxle
Urgency: N/A
Description: Interaxle lock symbol.
Warning symbol name: Differential lock
Urgency: N/A
Description: Volvo Trucks Differential lock Dashboard Warning Light Symbol.
Warning symbol name: Brake Light Fault
Urgency: High
Description: This symbol indicates a fault in the brake lights.
Warning symbol name: Indicators Fault
Urgency: High
Description: This symbol indicates a fault in the indicators.
Warning symbol name: Freezing
Urgency: Medium
Description: The snowflake is a warning of freezing conditions.
Warning symbol name: Outside Temperature
Urgency: Low
Description: This VOLVO Truck symbol is an indication of the outside temperature.
Warning symbol name: Air Application
Urgency: N/A
Description: Air Application.
Warning symbol name: Intake Manifold
Urgency: N/A
Description: Volvo Trucks Intake Manifold Pressure dashboard warning light symbol.
Warning symbol name: Axle Temperature
Urgency: N/A
Description: Volvo Trucks axle temperature dashboard warning light symbol.
Warning symbol name: Exhaust Temp
Urgency: Medium
Description: Volvo Trucks high exhaust system temperature dashboard warning light symbol.
Warning symbol name: Water in Fuel
Urgency: Medium
Description: Water in fuel filter dashboard light. The fuel filter requires draining of water.
Warning symbol name: Aftertreatment Regeneration
Urgency: N/A
Description: Aftertreatment Regeneration dashboard symbol.
I have a warning light that stays on constantly and the manual has no symbol of it. I took a picture and searched but to no avail
Care to describe the symbol?
I have one too. Right next to the fuel gauge it looks like a zero with a slash mark across it. [}⁰
I have a engine picture with a vertical line in it. The rest of the screen is blank. Wassup with that?
Its showing a amber T light on and i dont know what is it for
Overspeed warning press ok tacho when it says overspeed or lights up when driving without card in
That’s your tacho. You’re either not using a card or overspeeding
Tachograph
That’s for the tachometer no disk inserted I believe
Just got my 2015 Volvo 300 and I’m not getting the low air pressure (sound), low air light comes on in my dash but no sound. Question is, is there a fuse out that would cause this to happen.
I’ve got a blue symbol on the second row from the bottom that’s the same as “download” on a computer
If it looks like a wheel spinning with dirt coming up it’s your traction control, it usually goes out when you start driving, if it doesn’t go in to the ABS fault diagnostic and move forward from there
Did you ever find an answer? Mines doing the same!
I’d check your filter drier isn’t blocked if you actually have low air pressure, it’s more than likely never been changed.
If you look and see “wet tank” low air psi when you start up, ignore it, this fault shows every time the air goes down on the vehicle, same with brake PSI
I got sign “remote updates available” on my Volvo 860 semi truck. I confused, what is that.
I have freezing condition on my Volvo 2007
What’s that’s mean ?
And does the truck need anything to do
I’m pretty sure that is just talking about the temperature outside. Not sure about a 2007, but you should just be able to hit one of the buttons like “home,” or “ok,” or similar, and your dash screen should return to normal.
It means it’s cold out, and if it’s damp, it could be icy.
Just be careful.
May be your outside temp sensor, it’s warning you of cold/ icy roads
I got a check engine warning triangle info symbol, after trying to engage my cruise control several times, did I over activate the switch causing it to show the warning info symbol, I shut it off and the engine runs fine, is this a computer diagnostic reset??.
I have a 2013 VNL Volvo D13 with a check engine light symbol plus in my vehicle messages it says ” check engine” and check ECU”
how severe is it?
what should i do?
George I have a Volvo with add blue heater control fmx
My volvo bus B7R
Has been flashing yellow engine sign on the dash board.
DID Indicates “TIME TO EMISSION TEST DERATE 1562sec”
What does this mean?
Thanks
My b7r bus gooi n warning uit dis n ronde sirkel met 3 stipperlyne weerskante van die sirkel. Wat beteken dit asb?
I got a Volvo dumptruck that has an indicator light that you guys don’t say anything about and it’s nowhere online that I can see. It’s is a truck cab at an upward slant with a circle around it, what does this symbol mean??
It’s telling you the cab isn’t secure, on lorries you can raise the cab, assuming your dump truck is articulated it is erroneous data, or it could be used to tell you another part (Bonnet going to old A35’s) there is either a switch broke somewhere or wiring broken
My Volvo FE has a white warning symbol of a cab with a warning triangle on the back. Any ideas as it’s nowhere to be seen in the manual