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Speedometer and 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 miles.
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
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.
The 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. 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.
I
NOTICE:
Do not operate the engine with the tachometer in
the red range, or engine damage will occur.
The tachometer displays the engine speed in revolutions
per minute (rpm).
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