# Identifying snowflake dash light on 2008 Jaguar S-Type

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/identifying-snowflake-dash-light-on-2008-jaguar-s-type/172870>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** jaguar, s-type\
**Created:** [December 1, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/identifying-snowflake-dash-light-on-2008-jaguar-s-type/172870 "2020-12-01T13:47:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![robdogwins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@robdogwins](https://community.cartalk.com/u/robdogwins)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/identifying-snowflake-dash-light-on-2008-jaguar-s-type/172870/1 "2020-12-01T13:47:28Z")

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A code on the dash looks like a snow flake with H in the middle are a car symbol cant tell…but it looks like a virse cell  
what dose it mean…

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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/identifying-snowflake-dash-light-on-2008-jaguar-s-type/172870/2 "2020-12-01T13:53:47Z")

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If you have the owners manual you can look it up yourself. And I don’t know what a ( virse cell is ).

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**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/identifying-snowflake-dash-light-on-2008-jaguar-s-type/172870/3 "2020-12-01T18:03:00Z")

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The snowflake light means the car has detected ice on the pavement and it’s warning you to drive carefully. I can see where it might look like a virus cell. Here’s a guide to the various indicators. [http://www.diagnostic-world.com/pages/jaguar\_stype\_car\_warning\_lights\_257419.cfm](http://www.diagnostic-world.com/pages/jaguar_stype_car_warning_lights_257419.cfm)

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**Author:** ![pyrolord314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@pyrolord314](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pyrolord314)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/identifying-snowflake-dash-light-on-2008-jaguar-s-type/172870/4 "2020-12-01T22:09:41Z")

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> [@davepsinbox\_157004](#):
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> the car has detected ice on the pavement

I think it actually comes on when the ambient temperature approaches freezing, not based on any type of system that scans the road (I think my parents old X70 had something similar too…), but otherwise I agree with you 🙂

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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/identifying-snowflake-dash-light-on-2008-jaguar-s-type/172870/5 "2020-12-01T22:15:37Z")

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The outside temperature has gotten down to somewhere around 35 to 37 so to warn you that bridges and over passes might freeze . The car does not know if there is ice on the road.

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**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/identifying-snowflake-dash-light-on-2008-jaguar-s-type/172870/6 "2020-12-01T23:36:32Z")

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You are correct @pyrolord314. That lamp illuminates at an ambient temperature below 40 degrees F.