As temperatures rise and 19 million are set to hit the roads on Good Friday, experts have warned of a dashboard light which ...

Unlike your body, you can't check a car engine's temperature with a thermometer; that's where the dashboard signal comes in. While your car already has a temperature gauge to track the engine's ...

One Twitter user wrote: "What does the symbol that looks like a thermometer/tree in water mean in a car?" Another said: "I'm going to just keep ignoring the squiggly lines light on my dashboard.

Car expert, Gabriel Hambleton, said: "The engine cooling warning light, resembling a thermometer over wavy lines, is one of the least recognised dashboard symbols but crucial for preventing serious ...