Drivers Information Module (DIM) Messages for Aston Martins

Gaydon era Aston Martins like the Vantage, DBS, Rapide, Virage, Vanquish and my 2005 DB9 have a Drivers Information Module (DIM) located on the dash within the Tachometer face.   This provides all sorts of information from your “Driver Door Open” to  the more cryptic and ominous ‘Emission System Service Required’.   The issue is they have a very small space to provide you a message, so they are abbreviated and not as clear as you might hope.   Recently I found a great Facebook post from Dean Bufton where he documented many of the known DIM messages, and a more verbose translation that might help you out. Continue reading “Drivers Information Module (DIM) Messages for Aston Martins”