Windshield washer fluid symbol
The windshield washer fluid symbol. On the dashboard it is the light for a low washer fluid level; under the hood it marks the cap of the washer fluid reservoir.
How to read it
Ford’s F-150 manual lists a low washer fluid level warning lamp, on vehicles that have one, which lights when the washer fluid is low. Volkswagen shows the symbol, a spray of washer fluid, in amber for “not enough windshield washer fluid”. Under the hood, Chevrolet’s Bolt EUV manual identifies the washer fluid tank as the one whose cap has the washer symbol on it.
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Dashboard symbols vary by manufacturer. The vehicle's owner's manual or a qualified mechanic can say what a light means for a particular vehicle.
A message instead of a light
Some cars show words in place of the symbol. Hyundai’s 2024 Tucson shows “Low washer fluid” when the reservoir is nearly empty, and Nissan’s 2024 Rogue shows “Low Washer Fluid” when the window washer fluid is low; both are on vehicles so equipped.
Look-alikes
Volkswagen’s windshield wiper malfunction light, a yellow windshield wiper with no spray, is a different amber light: it means the wiper itself has a fault.
Read next
- Next in Dashboard warning lightsBrake fluid symbolThe brake fluid symbol, a circle between curved brackets with liquid in its lower third. As a red dashboard light it means the brake fluid level is low; on the vehicle itself it marks brake fluid.
- The same shape in Accessibility symbolsAssistive listening symbol (ear)An ear with a diagonal bar across it is the International Symbol of Access for Hearing Loss. It marks an assistive listening system: a loop, infrared or FM system that sends sound to hearing aids or headsets.
More dashboard warning lights
The same shape elsewhere
Browse symbols drawn with curves and waves or lines.
Sources
- 2020 F-150 Owner's Manual, Ford Motor Company, Instrument Cluster: Low Washer Fluid Level Warning Lamp
- Volkswagen: Dashboard Warning and Indicator Lights, Volkswagen of America
- 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV Owner’s Manual, Chevrolet (General Motors), Vehicle Care: Washer Fluid
- 2024 Hyundai Tucson Owner’s Manual, Hyundai Motor America (MyHyundai), Instrument Cluster: LCD display messages, Low washer fluid
- 2024 Nissan Rogue Owner’s Manual, Nissan North America, Instruments and controls: Low Washer Fluid warning
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