There is a red idiot light on the top left side of the instrument cluster that looks like an icon for a auto battery - it is in the row where the low fuel indicator is the first one and also the seat belt light, it used to come on when I switched the ignition on to start the car and stayed on for a few seconds after the car started.
About three weeks ago it came on and stayed lit for several minutes after I started and then went out, later it came on again and also went off again. Now it is on most of the time! At first I thought it might be indicating that the battery was not charging, but the car has a real gage for this and it shows that all seems to be well,I have not bothered to check further since it is not causing any problems that are causing a bother for me other than the annoyance of seeing the red rectangle lit u0 most of the time.
Can anyone tell me what this thing is supposed to be warning me about or if I can expect that I will find out when I take the car in for its annual inspection next week and the DMV computer will reject me? (I tried to get it inspected last week but the network was down because of Isabel (;-< )