Car Parts Dream Meaning – 25 Common Dreams About Auto Parts

Did you dream about different car parts? This car parts dream interpretation reference page may be able to help you. Different parts can have different symbols depending on their function. Discover all the hidden symbols and interpretations depending on what happens to these car parts during car-related events or car accidents.

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It should be noted that if you are a car repair professional, seeing these car-related symbols may mean much less if you are in other professions since you could simply be dreaming about your daily tasks if you are a car-related professional.



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Dream About Car Accelerator or Gas Pedal

To see a gas pedal or accelerator in your dream indicates that you will achieve your goals through your own efforts. It is time to tap on that pedal to start moving forward. However, if your dream is about a broken or jammed gas pedal, be careful because you may be losing control by going too fast with life’s decisions.

Dream About Car Airbag

The Airbag inside the car signifies a support system during a time of great stress. Look to your friends and families for support when the time is tough.

Dream About Car Antifreeze

If you dream of seeing or using an antifreeze, it means that you are not enough in contact with those around you. Open up a little bit more to the others.

Dream About Car Alarm

Hearing or setting off a car alarm in your dream implies that you are headed on the wrong path. If the car alarm helps you stop a car robbery, this can be a warning that somebody tries to intervene between partners. This is a sign that you have conflicts and anxiety in your relations. Watch out for a third party, such as an affair.

Dream About Car Battery

To see your car battery in your dream symbolizes your stamina and spark. To dream that your car battery is dead suggests that you are overwhelmed and overworked. It would be best if you had time to recharge and find the spark in life again.

Dream About Car Blinkers or Signal Lights

To see or use the blinkers in your dream means that you are looking for validation or approval. You are signaling others about your intentions of future directions. If the blinkers do not work, then it indicates that you are afraid to express your opinions or thoughts about your decisions.

Dream About Car Brakes

The car brakes in dreams symbolize the ability to control yourself and slowing down. If you dream about a failing brake or you cannot reach it, it signifies that you may be going too fast with your current tasks at hand. It may be time to try to slow down and regain that control.

Dream About Car Bumper and Fender

To dream that your bumper or fender has been damaged or dented symbolizes the small “bumps” that you will encounter in life. However, these small bumps will probably not hurt you; they will instead help you learn your valuable lessons.

Dream About Car Door

Dreaming about car doors signifies letting other people share your life if you are the driver. Or it could be you sharing other people’s lives if you are going through the passenger door. The car door acts as a natural protective shield between you inside your car versus the world.

Not being able to open your car doors because of either a damaged door or loss of key shows you feel a loss. It is a loss of power to be able to go where you want.

Dream About Car Engine and Transmission

The dream about a car engine or the transmission system represents your heart or your ability to motivate yourself because the engine is really the heart of the car.

Suppose you see a weak and small nonfunctioning engine, along with a poorly working car. You may not be motivated to wake life yourself. Consider ways to regain that confidence and power.

Dream About Car Exhaust

Seeing a functioning exhaust inside your dream links to your need to detoxify and vent physical and emotional poisons. If the exhaust is not working in your dream, you may be hoarding negative energy that hinders your everyday performance. You will experience physical and mental troubles in the long term.

Dream About Car Gas Tank and Gas Station

To smell or see gas in your dream indicates that you need to be re-energized. You are in a situation where you have difficulty in getting a handle. It is further justified if you actually see your car tank being empty.

However, if you dream that you are refueling at a gas station, the action represents your ability to convert outside resources and use them for your own needs.

Dream About Car Headlights

Dreaming about using a car’s headlight at night means that you are looking towards the future. However, if a headlight blinds you means that you cannot forget about the past and you are being caught off guard as in “deer in the headlights.”

If your car’s headlights are on a high beam without reason, such as fog or poor vision, then it means that you are forcing your opinions and views on others.

Dream About Car Hood

To see the hood of a car in your dream symbolizes your protective emotional cover. Hood covers the important parts of a car, such as an engine and transmission. By dreaming about you working under the hood, it means that you tend to hide your true feelings.

If you dream that the hood of the car is damaged and you cannot close it, it represents your emotional hurt.

Dream About Car Horn

To hear a car horn and act to it means that you should hold off from taking excessive risks. The horn is a wake-up warning call that your actions may be a danger to others. Besides, your presence may be in other people’s way.

However, the context of the horn sounds matters too. The honking may be a greeting call from other new drivers. If there is no immediate danger following the horn honking, you may be having new friends in your life.

If you are the one sounding the car horn for no reason, you need to pay more attention to your inner voices and intuitions. As your subconscious is telling you, “I am here,” if you have been either promoted or having a raise in real life, your subconscious could be “bragging” as well by sounding the horn.

Dream About Car Keys

The car keys inside the dream signify your power in driving the car and your ability to use a car. Without the car keys, you will not be able to drive. You are losing that sense of power and direction to go anywhere that you please.

If you dream about your key being lost or stolen, it symbolizes that you feel violated by others, and you sense that loss of power within you.

When the dream is about key not working, it may mean that your method or approach to life is starting to fail. Consider changing your ways or thought process for better results.

Dream About Car Oil

When you dream about getting your car oil changed, it means that you are taking the time to maintain and revitalize yourself. The car oil only needs to be changed after running for so long. However, seeing bad oil coming out of your car may mean that you are overworked. And your gears are starting to function badly.

Dream About Car Odometer

To see an odometer in your dream refers to your advances in life. Pay attention to the actual numbers on the odometer if you can. Perhaps the dream is telling you to set milestones and work on achieving smaller goals. Use those odometer numbers as your life’s reference points.

Dream About Car Paint

Seeing car paint in your dream signifies your focus on outward appearances. If the dream is about someone scratching or keying your car paint, it means that someone is trying to hurt your image.

Dream About Car Rearview Mirror

To dream that you are looking through the rearview mirror suggests that you are dwelling on the past too much. It may indicate regrets, past hurts, or “what ifs.” Take note of what you actually see through the mirror. The items that you see will give you hints about what you are dwelling about.

If the item or person is someone important, you should not forget about the past and what you have left behind. However, if it is an ex’s image, you should move forward and forget about the person.

Dream About Car Seat

To see an infant car seat in your car-related dream implies that you are in control of someone else’s direction or destiny in life. However, if you are also dreaming about being pregnant, expect good news as you may be welcoming a new life into your household.

Dream About Car Tire

Seeing car tires in your dream suggests that you are dwelling too much in the past and need to move forward. If you have a flat tire in the dream, you feel drained and unable to move forward.

Car tires without any threads mean that your goals will have no traction to become successful.

In either case, you will need to “change” the tires and reevaluate your goals to move forward. Changing the tires inside the dream means that you may be considering pursuing new paths in life.

To dream that the car tires are missing or someone stealing tires from your car indicates that some current issue you are experiencing is not allowing you to move forward.

Dream About Car Trunk

If you dream about the trunk of a car, it indicates the things you are bringing with you as you go through life’s journey. Pay close attention to the items inside your trunks. They can hold values to help you achieve your goals. Depending on the items in the dream, they may be the items that you need in life. For example, if you dream about putting leisure sporting items in life, your subconscious mind tells you to become more active.

Dream About Car Window

To dream that you are unable to roll up your car’s windows suggests that you are showing some hesitation and reservation about the direction you are taking in life. You may be putting a shield between you and the outside world. It can either be purely protective, or the barrier can hinder your ability to interact with others.

Dream About Car Windshield

To look through the windshield in your dream represents what is ahead of you and the choices you make. Note if the windshield is clean for you to look clear or if you need to clean it with the wiper. This symbolizes your ability to look forward clearly.

When the windshield inside the dream is cracked or broken, it indicates that you have a skewed perspective or outlook. Your views are limited between the cracks. You can no longer act to your best judgment.

To dream that your windshield is fogging up and you cannot clear suggests that you are not expressing how you really feel. And that confusion about how you feel will make you feel unclear about where to head in life.

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