Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine For the 1948 model, Cadillac introduced the legendary
tail fin which once more set the trend in automotive
styling for nearly two decades. This was closely
followed with the two door hardtop Coupe DeVille and
the industry's first modern overhead valve, high compression
V8 engine on the 1949 model.
Engineering innovations, conveniences and styling dominated the
'50s and '60s. Cruise control, automatic
climate control, tilt and telescoping steering wheels,
twilight sentinel and four door hard tops all debuted in
these years. In 1957 the Eldorado Brougham featured advances such as air suspension, memory seat,
automatic electric door locks, transistor radio, a brushed
stainless steel roof and low profile tires.
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The Eldorado, introduced in 1953, was redesigned
for
1967 as the first front wheel drive personal luxury car.
The 472 cu. in.
V8 engine used in all Cadillacs in 1968
and 1969 was enlarged to
500 cu. in. for all 1970
through 1976 Eldorados. The Track Master
computerized skid control braking system option
debuted
on 1970 Eldorados.
A driver and passenger Air Cushion Restraint system (air bag) was available on all 1974,
1975 and
1976 Cadillacs.
Analog Electronic Fuel Injection was available, on 1975 Cadillacs and standard on the new international
size 1976 Seville. In 1978, the Trip Computer option
incorporated the first on-board microprocessor.
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The speeaometer lets you see your speed in both miles
per hour (mph) and kilometers per hour
(km/h). The
odometer shows how far your vehicle has been driven,
in either miles (used in the United States) or kilometers
(used in Canada).
You may wonder what happens if a vehicle has to have a
new odometer installed. The new one may read the
correct mileage. This is because your vehicle’s computer
has stored the mileage
in memory.
Trip Odometer
TRIP
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TRIP RESET
Digital Cluster Analog Cluster
By pressing one of these buttons, you can tell how far
you’ve traveled since you last set the trip odometer back
to zero. For information on resetting these buttons, see
“Digital or Analog Control Buttons” later in this section.
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Digital Cluster
For vehicles equipped with an analog cluster (not shown), fuel data can be obtained by pressing the
INFO button. See “Analog Control Buttons” later in
this section.
The fuel data panel tells you all
you need to know about
the fuel economy and how far you can travel with the
fuel remaining. Press the
AVG button to display the average
mile-per-gallon (AVG MPG). You can also display it in
metric units by pressing the ENG MET button.
When AVG MPG is selected, the total distance is
divided by the total
fuel used.
When the INST button (Instantaneous Fuel Economy) is selected,
you will see what the fuel economy is at that
instant. The computer takes a new reading twice every
second. It will show economy up to
70 miles-per-gallon
(or
2 L per 100 km).
To reset the average fuel economy, press the
INFORMATION button until the AVG
MPG is
displayed on the DIC. Press and hold the RESET button until both the fuel data center and
DIC display reads 0.0.
The RANGE display shows how far the computer thinks
you can travel with the fuel that is in the tank. The
computer does
not know what driving conditions will be
like for the rest of your trip,
so the range is estimated
based
on the recent fuel economy. Therefore, the range
reading may change as your driving habits change.
Going from city to highway driving may increase the
range reading.
If the range display shows LO, you should stop for fuel
as soon as possible. Your computer needs enough data
for the RANGE reading to work.
