The best preventive maintenance for your car is to take immediate actions for repair and maintenance based on warning light signals of your car. However, many of us do not fully understand what particular warning lights tell us.  The following is a summary of what typical warning lights mean.

Red warning lights (alerting serious issues that need immediate attention and actions)

• Oil pressure or engine temperature lights – major engine damage is imminent
• An Illuminated brake light – an engaged parking brake, low brake fluid, or a serious issue that can adversely affect your car’s ability to stop
• A flashing check engine light – exhaust emissions that can cause the catalytic converter to overheat and to be destroyed
• Safety warning lights – alerting the driver to issue issue with seat belts, airbags, and doors that were not secured.

Orange or yellow lights (alerting possible trouble ahead)

• An illuminating tire pressure light – alerting a driver that one or more tires are significantly under-inflated
• A traction control light – your car senses that the tires start to skid or slide
• A service warning light – alerting a driver that the fuel level is low, brake-pad is wearing out, or oil change is needed.

Vigilant of unusual smells (e.g., smell of exhaust fumes or gas/oil or sulphur) – Please check the website such as Your Mechanic (https://www.yourmechanic.com/article/how-to-diagnose-your-car-problems-if-you-know-nothing-about-cars-by-ian-swan )

For more details, please check the websites such as DriverSide ( https://www.driverside.com/car-diagnostic/) and AutoMD ( https://www.automd.com/diagnose/). Also, you may install a useful apps such as Autorepair (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andromo.dev498527.app570067).