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In s trument
s an d warning
/ indicator
lights
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Tachometer (engine rev counter)
The tachometer indicates the engine RPM
(revolutions per minutes).
If engine RPM drops below 1,500, you should
downshift to the next lower gear. The red area
at the end of the sca le ind icates maximum
perm iss ible engine RPM after the break-in pe-
riod . Before reaching th is area, move these-
lector lever to posit ion "A (Automat ic opera-
tion) " or ease your foot off the accelerator
pedal.
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Note
The tachomete r needle should only br iefly
be in the red zone : you could damage your
engine! The beginning of the red zone var-
ies depending on the engine.
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For the sake of the environment
Upshifting early saves fuel and red uces en-
gine noise.
Digital clock with date display
Your vehicle is equipped with a quartz con-
trolled digital clock.
Fig. 4 In str um ent cluster w ith t he digital clock
To set the hour
• Pull the knob (hour display flashes) and turn
it to the left or right.
To set the minutes
• Pull th e knob as many times as necessary
until the minute display flashes.
• Turn the knob to the left or right.
To set the date
• Pull the knob as many times as necessary
until the day, month or year disp lay flashes.
• Turn the knob to the left or right.
To hide or display the date
• Pull the knob as many times as necessary
until the date disp lay flashes.
• Turn the knob to the left or right.
When the date display stops blinking, this
means t he time and date have been success -
fully stored.
With the ign it ion off, pushing or pu lling the
Set/Check button
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can turn
o n the display field lighting for a few seconds.
Engine coolant temperature gauge
The eng ine coolant gauge
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only works when the ignit ion is on. To prevent
damage to your engine, please note the fol-
lowing important points.
Engine cold
As long as the needle remains at the bottom
of the gauge, the engine still has not reached
its operating temperature.
Avoid high en gine
speeds, heavy engine loads and heavy throt-
tle.
Normal temperature
When the engine has reached its operating
temperature,
the needle will move into the
midd le of the gauge and remain there. If the
engine is working hard at high outside tem-
peratures, the needle may turn further to the
right. This is no cause for concern as long as
the .
warning light in the instrument cluster
does not illuminate.
When the .
warning light starts to flash,
this can mean one of two thi ng s: either the
coolant temperature is too high , or the cool-
ant level is too low
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