Q: I'm in my daddy's car and he left it on for me so I can use the heater, does the vsa sign depict any warning

asked by on December 21, 2016

I walked to my daddy's workplace to wait for him in his car, so I sparked the car to on the heater and later on I saw the vsa sign. I want to know whether I'm not doing something right

My car has 161 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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