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Dumb Question: What does the snowflake light on the Dashboard mean? 850

posted by  someone claiming to be SISU on  Wed Dec 20 03:28 CST 2006 [RELATED]

It's been bugging me!








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    Dumb Question: What does the snowflake light on the Dashboard mean? 850

    posted by  someone claiming to be 240850 on  Fri Dec 29 17:09 CST 2006 [RELATED]

    i would assume you are talking about the snowflake that is in the climate control area. that is the signal for air conditioning switch, which when swtiched on turns a nice blue.
    the little red dot (my '94 850) light in the instrument cluster near the temperture read out has no snowflake sign, which is what the rest of these posts are talking about.








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    Dumb Question: What does the snowflake light on the Dashboard mean? 850

    posted by  MadeInJapan on  Wed Dec 20 03:53 CST 2006
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    Ah...it must be getting colder there! Maybe you'll have a white Christmas? It means the temp. outside has hit 36degrees F or below. At this temp, overpasses and bridges can freeze. It's an alert so you'll be aware of possibly dangerous driving conditions.
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    1998 S70 T5 Emarald Green Metallic (125K), 2004 V70 2.5T Ruby Red (45K), Previous Owner of Black '94 850 Turbo Wagon (Sold at 140K and miss her). My cars have been running so well lately they've got me worried.








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      Dumb Question: What does the snowflake light on the Dashboard mean? 850

      posted by  Rick2/850's on  Thu Dec 28 19:12 CST 2006
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      I think it goes off around 26 degrees. they figure if it's that cold out you should know. 1994-95 was red. then they changed it to yellow. I remember when my son borrowed my 94 he thought something was real wrong when it went on (red)at 36 degrees.








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        Dumb Question: What does the snowflake light on the Dashboard mean? 850

        posted by  TimeToBakeTheDonuts on  Fri Dec 29 13:20 CST 2006
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        Shows what dealers know. The day (Jan 2005) I found my 850 (private seller) I first stopped at a nearby dealer and looked at a few. New to 850's, I asked them what the red light meant glowing on the dash of the two 850s I took for a drive. The service manager told me he would have to look at them - it was probably an alarm system that had been disabled. Sigh.







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