All dashboard warning lights and symbols are illustrated and explained in the Owners Manual.
See "Related Questions" below for where to find free online versions of 1996 and up Owners Manuals.
Call your local Ford dealer's service department, and ask a service adviser what this might possibly be. Without other information here on the color of the lamp blinking and what other indicators surround this one, it will be quite difficult to diagnose your problem here. If you go to ford.com, and flow the links, you can download a copy of your manuals. User Guide, recommended maintenance, etc... This icon will illuminate if the fuel filler cap is not installed or properly seated. According to the illustrations in the Owners Manual (See "Related Questions" below), the 'icon' for low fuel looks like a gasoline pump.
your engine could be low on oil.
The engine shaped dash warning icon/symbol represents the "Check Engine Light", CEL for short.
See "Related Questions" below for more about what cause the CEL and how to respond to it.
You can view the Owner Guide online at : ( www . motorcraft service . com ) no spaces Click on Owner Guides The Owner Guide has pictures and meanings
symbols on dash of ford tarius 2001
Click on the link below Click on Owner Guides The owners manual ( which includes the information you asked for ) can be viewed on-line
The 1998 Ford Taurus dashboard is held in place with 12 retaining clips. Pry outward on each retaining clip. The dashboard will come off.
The ABS is for the brake system, BRAKE is for the parking brake, the oil can is for low oil, and the gas light is for low gas. DOOR AJAR means a door is open, the seat belt is for the drivers seat belt, and the engine or CHECK ENGINE is for engine problems.
The warning light in the bottom area of your tachometer that looks like a circle ( gear ) with an exclamation mark in the middle is your " check transaxle " ( transmission ) warning light . If the light stays on take your vehicle in for servicing
Cancer, Libra, and Taurus.
It means there is a problem with your transmission.
I have a warning light come on which is a circle with an excaimation point inside. What does it mean?
Traction control
On a 1999 Ford Taurus : The oil pressure warning light is just to the right of the tachometer * just above the parking brake / emergency brake , brake fluid level warning light
put on your seat belt