Honda LKAS indicator
Honda’s Lane Keeping Assist System (LKAS) indicator: white when LKAS is switched on, green while it is working, and amber for a problem with the system.
Easily confused with
How to read it
Honda’s 2024 Civic manual says LKAS provides steering input to help keep the car in the middle of a detected lane, and gives tactile and visual alerts if the car is detected drifting out of it. The LKAS indicator lights up in white when the LKAS button is pressed and in green when LKAS is in operation. An amber LKAS indicator comes on if there is a problem with the system.
Also searched as: Honda lane assist light, Lane Keeping Assist System light, LKAS light.
Honda lights vary by model and year. The owner’s manual for the vehicle says what each light means on it, and a Honda dealer or a qualified mechanic can say what it means for a particular car.
What the manual says to do
For an amber indicator that stays on, Honda’s manual says: “Stays on constantly - Have your vehicle checked by a dealer.”
What NHTSA calls it
Keeping the car in the middle of its lane is what NHTSA calls lane centering assistance, continual steering to keep the vehicle centered; steering only to stop the car leaving its lane it calls lane keeping assistance. NHTSA notes that makers use different names for the same driver assistance technologies.
Look-alikes
A problem with Honda’s Road Departure Mitigation system lights the Safety Support indicator instead. Toyota calls its lane light the LTA indicator, Ford the lane keeping system indicator and Hyundai the Lane Safety indicator light.
Read next
- Next in Honda dashboard symbolsHonda Safety Support indicatorHonda’s single indicator for several Honda Sensing systems, among them the Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS) and Road Departure Mitigation: green when they are on, gray when they are off, amber for a problem.
- In Toyota dashboard symbolsToyota LTA indicatorToyota’s indicator for Lane Tracing Assist (LTA): white when the system is operating, green while it is steering, and flashing orange for a lane departure alert. A steady orange light is a malfunction.
More honda dashboard symbols
The same shape elsewhere
Browse symbols drawn with lines or squares and rectangles.
Sources
- 2024 Honda Civic Sedan Owner’s Manual, American Honda Motor Co. (copy hosted by Dealer eProcess), Indicators, p. 108; Honda Sensing: Lane Keeping Assist System (LKAS), p. 576
- Driver Assistance Technologies, U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Driving Control Assistance: Lane Keeping Assistance; Lane Centering Assistance
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