Tachometer; Fuel Gauge; Odometer; Trip Odometer - Ford Taurus Owner's Manual

Instrument Cluster
Tachometer: Indicates the engine
speed in revolutions per minute.
Driving with your tachometer
pointer continuously at the top of
the scale may damage the engine.
Fuel gauge: Indicates
approximately how much fuel is left
in the fuel tank (when the ignition
is in the ON position). The fuel
gauge may vary slightly when the
vehicle is in motion or on a grade.
The FUEL icon and arrow indicates
which side of the vehicle the fuel
filler door is located.
Refer to Filling the tank in the Maintenance and Specifications
chapter for more information.
Odometer: Registers the total miles
(kilometers) of the vehicle. Note:
When the odometer shows over
10,000 miles the tenths drop off the
display.
Refer to Message Center in the
Drivers Controls chapter on how to switch the display from Metric to
English.
Trip odometer: Registers the miles
(kilometers) of individual journeys.
Press and release the message
center INFO button until "TRIP"
appears in the display (this
represents the trip mode). Press
and hold the RESET button for three seconds to reset.
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2005 Taurus (tau)
Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt)
USA (fus)