If you don’t know what the lights on the dashboard in Star Trucker mean, you can find out from this guide.
All Dashboard Lights in Star Trucker

What does this light mean? This guide will show you!
Breach

- This one is pretty simple, it means you hit something a little hard and now your truck is venting lung juice. You get this one a lot when your hull is in poor condition, best patch it and hit up a repair shop for a full repair.
Climate

- This one means the climate in your rig is at uninhabitable levels. Usually caused by your climate control system being inoperable.
Cruise Control

- You have cruise control on.
Debris

- This one means you are close to a debris field, keep your eyes peeled.

- You probably already hit something, or are about to. This is the big DANGER WATCH OUT one.
Driver Assist

- Just means you turned Driver Assist off. Driver Assist stops your truck automatically when there’s no input, makes it a lot easier to control so probably best to keep it on.
Gravity

- Your stuff is probably floating around the cabin right now, watch your head.
Maglocks

- You can go the entire game and not see this light. It only shows up when you either flip the breaker, or run out of BOTH batteries for the maglock system. You’re in trouble if that’s the case, you can’t haul freight without your maglock.
Oxygen

- This is telling you that you’re about to suffocate, your life support system is down. This one is REALLY important. If it’s on, throw on your space suit and find out what’s going on and fix it asap.
Shock System

- This one means your shock protection system is down for some reason. Either you’re out of shock pods, or you flipped the breaker off.

- This means the zone you’re in has the potential to cause shock damage, be sure all your sensitive equipment is locked up in hard cases and your shock pods are ready to go.
Solar Flare

- This one means there’s a Solar Flare currently happening, throw down those shutters and wait it out.
Suit Charger

- This means your suit isn’t charging. Either the UCC is fried, battery is drained, or breaker is flipped.
Icons Table
Since the driver’s manual in the in-game glove compartment doesn’t give detailed descriptions about what certain things are in the Star-Hauler, this guide will help explain the dashboard icons so you don’t have to figure it out on your own.
Name | Icon | Meaning | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Anomaly Presence (Red) | ![]() | Anomalies detected | Shown when entering sectors with active anomalies like Shimmer Stones. Common in Enigma Territories. Color doesn’t change with distance. |
Shock Shielding Offline (Red) | ![]() | Shock Shield disabled | Indicates that the breaker for shock shielding is off or Shock Pods are not slotted in. Important in the Mineral Colonies. |
Overweight (Red) | ![]() | Overloaded | The trailer or cab weight is too high. It may affect truck performance or exceed the cab’s weight limit. |
Cruise Control | ![]() | Speed maintained | Keeps the Star-Hauler at a constant speed. Turns green when active and red when disabled by braking, collision, or acceleration. |
Debris in Proximity | ![]() | Nearby debris | Detects space debris near your vehicle. Yellow means it’s in range, and red means you’re too close to it. |
Electrical Storm (Yellow/Red) | ![]() | Electrical storm warning | Appears yellow in electrical storm areas like Spark City, turns red in an active storm. Check Shock Pods and breakers. |
Driving Assist Offline (Red) | ![]() | Manual control | Shows when the Driving Assist is turned off. Only disable on straight paths or slow speeds, as stability is harder in zero gravity. |
Solar Storms (Yellow/Red) | ![]() | Solar storm warning | Yellow for possible solar storms, red during an active solar storm. Lower shutters to stay safe. |
Emergency Systems (Yellow) | ![]() | Core system failure | Indicates a core system malfunction or power loss. Affects climate control, so fix it quickly to avoid extreme temperatures. |
Extravehicular Activities (EVA) (Red) | ![]() | Suit charger offline | Indicates the suit charger is offline. This can be due to an empty power cell or breaker issues. Make sure your suit has enough power. |
Gravity Compensator (Red) | ![]() | Gravity disabled | The power cell for the Gravity Compensator is depleted or disabled. Some drivers disable it intentionally, but this is not recommended. |
Extreme Temperatures (Red) | ![]() | Unsafe temperatures | The cab temperature is too low or too high for comfort (below 40°F/4°C or above 110°F/43°C). Check climate control systems. |
Hull Breach (Purple) | ![]() | Breach detected | Oxygen is escaping due to a hull breach, likely caused by a collision or low integrity. Repair immediately. |
Magnetic Lock Controls (Red) | ![]() | Maglocks disabled | The power cells for the magnetic locks are depleted or the breaker is off. |
Life Support (Red) | ![]() | Oxygen supply offline | The oxygen generator power cell is depleted, or the breaker is off. Fix immediately to restore oxygen supply. |
P.S If you pull out a UCC while the power is on, it might cause the truck’s systems to short-circuit and turn off a few breakers. Double-check before removing anything!