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Dri v er information
system
On-board
computer
Introduction
The trip computer gives you information on cur-
rent and average fuel mileage, average speed,
fuel range and driving time.
Fig. 9 Trip computer display: Average f uel mileage
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The fo llowing information is contin uously evalu-
ated by the trip computer and can be displayed
sequent ially in the instrument cluster display:
Fuel range
The estima t ed cruising range in miles (km) ap-
pea rs in the disp lay. This tells you how far your
veh icle will be able to t ravel on the cur rent tank
of fuel and with the same driving style. The dis-
play changes in increments of 5 miles (10 km).
The cruising range is calcu lated based on t he fuel
consumption for the last 18 m iles (30 km). If you
drive conse rvatively, the cru is ing range will in-
crease.
Average fuel mileage
The avera ge f uel economy in MPG (l/ 100 km)
since you last clea red the memory appears in this
disp lay. You can use this dis play to adj ust your
driving technique to achieve a desired mileage .
Current fuel mileage
The instant aneous fuel cons umption in miles per
ga llon (l/ 100 km) is shown in this display. You
can use t his disp lay to adjust your driving techni -
que to ach ieve a desired mileage .
Fuel cons umption is recalcu lat ed at inte rvals of
33 yards (30 meters) . This disp lay switches t o
ga llons/ho ur (liters/hour) when t he vehicle is not
moving.
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Average speed
The average speed in mp h (km/h) s ince you last
rese t the memory appears in t he display .
Elapsed time
The length of time that you have been driving
s ince you last reset t he memory appears in t his
display.
Distance
The distance that has been covered since t he last
time the memory was cleared appears in the dis-
play.
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Tips
- Fuel consumptio ns (average and current),
range and speed are disp layed in metric
units on Canad ian mode ls.
- All stored values will be lost if the vehicle
bat t ery is discon nect ed .
Memories
The trip computer is equipped with two fully au -
tomatic memories as well as an efficiency pro-
gram*.
Fig. 1 0 Trip com puter display: memory level 1
You can switch between the t rip computer 1 and
2 and the efficiency program * by pressing the
IRESET I
button @ c:> page 23, fig. 11 .
You can te ll which memory level is cur rently ac-
tive by the number or the sig n in the display
¢fig. 10 . The data from the single-trip memory
(memory level 1) is being disp layed if a
D
ap-
pears in the display. If a
fJ
is shown, then the da-
ta from the tota l-tr ip memory is being disp layed .,..
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