Gauges
The gauges illuminate when you turn the ignition switch ON (II).
Speedometer
U.S. Models
This shows your speed in miles per hour (mph). The smaller inner
numbers are the speed in kilometers
per hour (km/h).
Canadian Models
This shows your speed in kilometers per hour (km/h). The smaller innernumbers are the speed in miles per
hour (mph).
Tachometer
The tachometer shows the engine speed in revolutions per minute (rpm). To protect the engine from
damage, never drive with the
tachometer needle in the red zone.
Instruments and Controls
TACHOMETER
SPEEDOMETER
TEMPERATURE
GAUGE
SELECT
BUTTON
MAINTENANCE
REQUIRED INDICATOR
ODOMETER
FUEL GAUGE
TRIP METER/OUTSIDE
TEMPERATURE INDICATOR
RESET
BUTTON
Gauges
Maintenance Required Indicator
This indicator reminds you that it is time to take your car in for scheduled maintenance.
Refer to the Maintenance Schedules
for Normal and Severe Driving Conditions on pages 208— 212
For the first 6,000 miles (9,600 km)
after the Maintenance Required
Indicator is reset, it will come on for
two seconds when you turn the ignition switch ON (II). Between 6,000 miles (9,600 km) and
7,500 miles (12,000 km) this
indicator will light for two seconds
when you first turn the ignition switch ON (II), and then flash for
ten seconds.
If you exceed 7,500 miles (12,000
km) without having the scheduled
maintenance performed, this
indicator will remain on as a constant reminder. Your dealer will reset this indicator
after completing the scheduled
maintenance. If this maintenance is
done by someone other than your
Acura dealer, reset the indicator as follows.
1. Turn off the engine.
2. Press and hold the select and reset buttons next to the instrument pan-
el, then turn the ignition switch
ON (II).
3. Hold the buttons for
approximately ten seconds until
the indicator resets.
Instruments and Controls
SELECT
BUTTON
RESET
BUTTON
MAINTENANCE REQUIRED INDICATOR
Lights
8. Reset the fastener by pushing on the pointed end until it pops backalmost flush with the fingers on
the housing.
9. Put the fastener in the hole in the side of the trunk lining and push
on the center until it locks (the
center is flush with the head). Replacing a High-mount Brake
Light Bulb
1. Open the trunk and remove the socket from the light assembly by
turning it one-quarter turn counter-
clockwise.
2. Remove the bulb by pushing it in slightly and turning it counter-
clockwise.
Install the new bulb in the socket. 3. Reinstall the socket. Turn it
clockwise until it locks.
4. Test the lights to make sure the new bulb is working.
Maintenance
