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  • Speedometer

    Electrical & electronic
    Speedometer

    Speedometer A speedometer or a speed meter is a gauge that measures and displays the instantaneous speed of a land vehicle. Now universally fitted to motor vehicles, they started to be available as o ...

  • Spot lights

    Electrical & electronic
    Spot lights

    Spot lights Police cars, emergency vehicles, and those competing in road rallies are sometimes equipped with an auxiliary lamp, sometimes called an alley light, in a swivel-mounted housing attached t ...

  • Starter & Solenoid

    Electrical & electronic
    Starter & Solenoid

    Starter and Solenoid An enginestarter is designed to utilize a 12 volt, high amperage electrical system made to turn an engine over for starting purposes via aflywheel. Basically a starter is an elec ...

  • Starter motor

    Electrical & electronic Engine components
    Engines & components
    Starter motor

    Starter motor The other major electrical component in your car's electrical system is used only a few times a day but is the single largest power user and most critical to your car's operation - its ...

  • Stop lamps (brake lights)

    Electrical & electronic
    Stop lamps (brake lights)

    Stop lamps (brake lights) Red steady-burning rear lights, brighter than the rear position lamps, are activated when the driver applies the vehicle's brakes. These are called "stop lamps" in some coun ...

  • Tachometer (Rev Counter)

    Electrical & electronic
    Tachometer (Rev Counter)

    Car Tachometer (Rev Counter) explained A tachometer (revolution-counter, Tach, rev-counter, RPM gauge) is an instrument measuring the rotation speed of a shaft or disk, as in a motor or other machine ...

  • Throttle position Sensor

    Electrical & electronic
    Throttle position Sensor

    Throttle position sensor (TPS) A throttle position sensor (TPS) is a sensor used to monitor the position of the throttle in an internal combustion engine. The sensor is usually located on the butterf ...

  • Transponder key

    Electrical & electronic
    Transponder key

    Transponder car key The majority of keys to cars built after 1995 contain transponder chips. The purpose of a transponder chip is to disarm a vehicle immobiliser when the car key is used to start the ...

  • Trip computer

    Electrical & electronic
    Trip computer

    Trip computer A trip computer is an onboard computer device fitted to cars which can generally record distance travelled, average speed, average fuel consumption, and display real time fuel consumpti ...

  • Tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS)

    Electrical & electronic
    Tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS)

    Direct tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) Direct TPMS, or direct tire pressure monitoring systems (direct sensor TPMS) refers to the use of a pressure sensor directly mounted on the wheels or ti ...