warning light
Dashboard alarm beacon
A warning light is an indicator on a dashboard or control panel that illuminates to signal a problem or potential hazard.
Cars have warning lights for engine trouble, low fuel, or open doors.
Industrial equipment uses them to alert operators to malfunctions.
Figuratively, a warning light is any early sign of trouble: His missed deadlines were a warning light we should have noticed.
- indicatorSign revealing status
- dashboardVehicle control panel
- flashingRepeated brief illumination
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- hazardSource of potential harm
caution · signal · blinker · amber · red · glowing · check engine · engine · low fuel · malfunction · beeping · blinking · alarm · check · emergency · bulb · panel · brake
- safety monitoringsmoke detector, fire alarm, carbon monoxide detector, security camera, motion sensor
- car lights
- Flight Safetyoxygen mask, life vest, emergency exit, seat belt, black box
- car diagnosticsOBD, OBD-II, diagnostic tool, code reader, scanner
- car troublesflat tire, dead battery, breakdown, overheating, stalling
- Emergency Safety911, 911 center, fire station, police station, ambulance
warning lightaudible alarm
Sound-based warning signal
warning bell · warning tone · alarm bell · beeper · klaxon
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