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v
er information
system
Trip 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
mile
age
~
9
a:
CX)
m
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.
0)
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 25, 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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