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Old Oct 4, 2005 | 10:31 PM
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Question What do the signs mean?

The other day, I sent my car to the workshop for repair . After collecting it and driving back, i noticed a sign lighting up at the dashboard.

But i have no idea what the sign means. It looks like a cage of some sort. Where could i refer this problem to? Is there an online car manual that you know of?
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Old Oct 4, 2005 | 11:07 PM
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you mean this one?



check out page 5-40 of the manual
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Old Oct 4, 2005 | 11:12 PM
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Does this RX-8 quick tips PDF answer your questions? (see bottom of 4th page, "warning lights" section) Which one of those matches?
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Old Oct 4, 2005 | 11:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Frostee
you mean this one?



check out page 5-40 of the manual
No, no, no, that's the Greek Temple icon. When that lights up, it means there's a problem with the Parthenon in your engine.
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 01:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Krankor
No, no, no, that's the Greek Temple icon. When that lights up, it means there's a problem with the Parthenon in your engine.
lmao.

You better put some saginaki (Greek flaming cheese - good stuff, too) in your oil reservoir. :D
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 05:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Krankor
No, no, no, that's the Greek Temple icon. When that lights up, it means there's a problem with the Parthenon in your engine.
dammit! i thought i had it this time
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 07:12 AM
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OH, you're supposed to READ the manual? I always put it behind the tire to keep the car from rolling on an incline.
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Frostee
you mean this one?



check out page 5-40 of the manual
No that's not it at all!!!

Its a upcoming prison sentence symbol. This means that you better not speed unless you want your car impounded and you end up in jail.

:p
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 09:28 AM
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k, now imma confused...

is the flaming parthenon, or the prison warning?
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 10:02 AM
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It's actually on 5-39
http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/pdf/...004_owners.pdf

Mine went on for a few seconds teh other day, but then went off again...I didn't know what it was and had forgotten about it until this thread...I'm gonna go check when I get outta work now
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 10:05 AM
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I think your car is hungry and wants to go to a bar-bq looks like a spatula to me.




Or you can just check your manual as stated before.
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Frostee
k, now imma confused...

is the flaming parthenon, or the prison warning?
hahah, there was a thread all out the warning lights a while back...funny stuff.

speaking of the lights, anyone notice that the Euro gauge cluster has differnt lights than the US one.

including a SHIFT UP light and some of the other lights in differnt locations....any clue why they get the buzzer and a shift light, and we just get a buzzer? I guess it has to do with saving money, like the auto-climate control in other versions....although I would think it would save money to just make 1 version of the cluster not mulitple ones.
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Krankor
No, no, no, that's the Greek Temple icon. When that lights up, it means there's a problem with the Parthenon in your engine.
hahahaha!!! that comment just flashed me back to the exact moment in my life when I was literally KICKED OUT OF THE ACROPOLIS IN FRONT OF THE PARTHENON.. hahahahaha, that was actually a scary day but funny when I look back at it



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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Gambit
It's actually on 5-39
http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/pdf/...004_owners.pdf

Mine went on for a few seconds teh other day, but then went off again...I didn't know what it was and had forgotten about it until this thread...I'm gonna go check when I get outta work now
i was looking at the 2005 manual
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 01:22 PM
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One of your fuses burned out and you need to put a penny in the fusebox

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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 05:18 PM
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LOL this thread's funny
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 06:42 PM
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Now if the original poster would only tell us what sign he actually saw ...
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 07:03 PM
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right after i read this thread, i hopped in the car to get back to class - and the same light went on for me ...
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 08:13 PM
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Okay guys ... if the light in the pictures in this thread really did come on, please check your engine coolant level and top it up.

Then we can safely get back to the rest of this thread.

Damn! I didn't realize the Parthenon looks like a spatula!
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 09:00 PM
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Thanks for the info. Yes, that was the sign that came up........ By the way, I'm sticking with the cage. :D

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