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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 12:48 AM
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Noticed this error in translation in my car today. Last time I checked, "ignition" had three "i"s in it, and "igntion is switch on" really doesn't make much sense, either!

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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 01:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Polar Bear
Noticed this error in translation in my car today. Last time I checked, "ignition" had three "i"s in it, and "igntion is switch on" really doesn't make much sense, either!

Lol, some things just get lost in translation I guess
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 09:53 AM
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Guess the car forgot to run the spell checker.
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 11:12 AM
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lol, very funny. turns out people with engineering degrees that work for huge companies also make grammar and spelling gaffes just like the rest of us, only thing is that my mistakes arent immortalized in countless cars driving around for years to come.

wonder if the team responsible for this knows about the error?
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 11:30 AM
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Also capitalization is very random too. Since it is a warning, The 1st Letter of Each Word Should Be Capitalized Too.

I too was amazed at the childish grammar and phrasing errors on the DIC. They shouldn't be there. MBUSA should be checking for these things, as they are the most obvious things visible to someone who is looking for sloppiness.

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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 01:11 PM
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 05:09 PM
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wow as stupid as this is it kinda makes me upset
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by sleewell
lol, very funny. turns out people with engineering degrees that work for huge companies also make grammar and spelling gaffes just like the rest of us, only thing is that my mistakes arent immortalized in countless cars driving around for years to come.

wonder if the team responsible for this knows about the error?
Probably VDO's error. Does anyone with a different year car with TPM care to check theirs? Turn the switch on position "1" and attempt to view the tire pressure.

Mine is a 2005.
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All I see is a red X. Something wrong with your site? I checked mine and it came back with ignition spelled correctly but said something about run flats. Can't comment any better because I only see that X
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 10:20 PM
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All I see is a red X. Something wrong with your site? I checked mine and it came back with ignition spelled correctly but said something about run flats. Can't comment any better because I only see that X
Weather related with all of the storms and tornadoes in the southeast USA.

Back up now.
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Weather related with all of the storms and tornadoes in the southeast USA.

Back up now.

See it now. Here is what mine shows.
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 09:41 AM
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See it now. Here is what mine shows.
Looks like they addressed that problem with the facelifts, too.
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