Levante - Unidentified warning light

[s3dave]

Just noticed that on startup for a fraction of a second a warning light appears at the bottom left under the fuel gauge. The camera picked it up as an amber warning, but it may be because its only on for an instant, but my eyes told me it was red! I can not find this symbol on the manual. Google search says on a BMW this symbol is "Throttle". Has anyone else seen this and should i be worried?



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[OldAndTired]

That’s the ETC (electronic throttle control) symbol.

But if it comes on briefly and then goes out isn’t that simply testing to see if the warning symbol is working?

[s3dave]

Thanks you are probably right, strange the symbol is not in the manual.

[xcentric]

Warning lights used to come on at startup so that you could see they were working - but that looks like an lcd screen, so that bulb check is irrelevant. So I think it's still a bit odd - I'd be asking the dealer, just to be sure.....

[randlemarcus]

xcentric said:

Warning lights used to come on at startup so that you could see they were working - but that looks like an lcd screen, so that bulb check is irrelevant. So I think it's still a bit odd - I'd be asking the dealer, just to be sure.....

Might be irrelevant for a bulb check, but given the MOT test checks to see if they illuminate and go off, I reckon there will be something in the rules about it.

[s3dave]

xcentric said:

Warning lights used to come on at startup so that you could see they were working - but that looks like an lcd screen, so that bulb check is irrelevant. So I think it's still a bit odd - I'd be asking the dealer, just to be sure.....

Thanks. That was the main reason I was worried. As you know there are dozens of warning lights and they don't all come on at start. The reason this is really odd is that the symbol is not even in the manual.

The car is due a service next month so I will ask, as its under warranty I have no worries.