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Not All Instrument Clusters Are The Same

The instrument cluster is truly one of the vital pieces of your car. It is a central location that collects all of the data that the computers in the car are gathering. The driver of a car needs to know what is going on with the car and the things about the car that could be a safety hazard or a problem in breaking parts before they wear out. The instrument cluster is different from one car to another. Some are more digitized than others, but there is one thing that is in common in all instrument clusters. That one thing is the fact that they all use far more warning lights and a lot less gauges than what they used to use only 20-30 years ago. The fundamental shift in the design of an instrument cluster came as a result of people being uneducated and not paying attention to the gauges. The lights get the attention of the drivers better and yet do not concern them when things are working properly.