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Speedometer ar Odometer
Your speedometer lets
you see your
speed in both miles
per hour (mph) and kilometers per hour (km/h).
Your odometer shows how far your vehicle has been
driven, in either miles (used in the United States) or
kilometers (used in Canada).
Your odometer is tamper resistant. It will show silver lines
between the numbers if someone tries to turn it back.
You may wonder what happens if your vehicle needs a
new odometer installed. If the new one can be set to the
mileage total of the old odometer, then it must be. But if
it can't, then it's set at zero, and
a
label must be put on
the driver's door to show the old mileage reading when
the new odometer was installed.
Trip Odometer
The trip odometer can tell you how far your vehicle has
been driven since you last set the trip odometer to zero.
To set the trip odometer to zero, press the button near
the readout.
Tachometer (Option)
The tachometer displays the engine speed in revolutions
per minute (rpm).
Each tachometer has a different limit depending on the
powertrain
in
your vehicle. The tachometer
has
three
areas: normal operating range, red warning range and
red danger range.
Normal operating range shows your engine speed during
normal driving conditions. For example, when the
needle points to 2,
it
means the engine is running at
2,000 revolutions per minute (rpm). The tachometer
needle will vary all the time that the engine is running.
The red warning range tells you that your engine speed
is reaching its upper limits. Don't drive very long with
the tachometer in the red warning range. If you have a
manual transmission, shift to a higher gear as soon as
possible. If you have an automatic transmission, lift
your foot off of the accelerator pedal.
The red danger range tells you that your engine speed is
at its upper limits. You should immediately shift to a
higher gear, or lift your foot off of the accelerator pedal.
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NOTICE:
Do not operate the engine with the tachometer in
the red range, or engine damage will occur.
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