2014 Hyundai Elantra Owner's Manual

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Features of your vehicle
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER
1. Tachometer
2. Speedometer
3. Engine coolant temperature gauge
4. Fuel gauge
5. Warning and indicator lights
6. Odometer/Trip computer
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❈The actual cluster in the vehicle may differ
from the illustration.
For more details, refer to the "Gauges" in
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Instrument Cluster Control
Adjusting Instrument Cluster
Illumination
When the vehicle's parking lights or
headlights are on, press the illumina-
tion control button to adjust the
brightness of the instrument panel
illumination. The brightness of the instrument
panel illumination is displayed.
If the brightness reaches to the maximum or minimum level, an
alarm will sound.
Fuse switch ON
This warning message illuminates if
the fuse switch under the steering
wheel is OFF.
Turn the fuse switch ON.
For more details, refer to "Fuses" in
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Gauges
Speedometer
The speedometer indicates the
speed of the vehicle and is calibrated
in miles per hour (mph) and/or kilo-
meters per hour (km/h).
Tachometer
The tachometer indicates the
approximate number of engine revo-
lutions per minute (rpm).
Use the tachometer to select the cor-
rect shift points and to prevent lug-
ging and/or over-revving the engine.
CAUTION
Do not operate the engine with-in the tachometer's RED ZONE.This may cause severe enginedamage.
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Engine Coolant Temperature
Gauge
This gauge shows the temperature
of the engine coolant when the igni-
tion switch is in the ON position.
Fuel Gauge
This gauge indicates the approxi-
mate amount of fuel remaining in the
fuel tank.WARNING
Never remove the radiator cap
when the engine is hot. The
engine coolant is under pressure
and could cause severe burns.
Wait until the engine is cool
before adding coolant to the
reservoir.
CAUTION
If the gauge pointer movesbeyond the normal range areatoward the “H” position, it indi-cates overheating that maydamage the engine.
Do not continue driving with anoverheated engine. If your vehi-cle overheats, refer to “If theEngine Overheats” in chapter 6.
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✽NOTICE
• The fuel tank capacity is given in
chapter 8.
• The fuel gauge is supplemented by a low fuel warning light, which
will illuminate when the fuel tank
is nearly empty.
• On inclines or curves, the fuel gauge pointer may fluctuate or the
low fuel warning light may come
on earlier than usual due to the
movement of fuel in the tank.
Odometer
The odometer indicates the total dis-
tance that the vehicle has been driv-
en and should be used to determine
when periodic maintenance should
be performed.
- Odometer range : 0 ~ 999999 miles
or kilometers.
WARNING - Fuel Gauge
Running out of fuel can expose
vehicle occupants to danger.
You must stop and obtain addi-
tional fuel as soon as possible
after the warning light comes
on or when the gauge indicator
comes close to the “E (Empty)”
level.
CAUTION
Avoid driving with a very low fuel level. Running out of fuelcould cause the engine to mis-fire damaging the catalytic con-verter.
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Transaxle Shift Indicator
Automatic Transaxle Shift
Indicator (if equipped)
This indicator displays which auto-
matic transaxle shift lever is selected.

Reverse : R
Neutral : N

Sports Mode : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Trip computer
Overview
Description
The trip computer is a microcomput-
er-controlled driver information sys-
tem that displays information related
to driving.
✽ ✽ NOTICE
Some driving information stored in
the trip computer (for example
Average Vehicle Speed) resets if the
battery is disconnected.
Press the TRIP button for less than 1
second to select any mode as follows :
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Average fuel economy
Average speed
TRIP A
TRIP B
Distance to empty
Elapsed time
ECO ON/OFF*
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Tripmeter (mi. or km)
TRIP A : Tripmeter A
TRIP B : Tripmeter B
This mode indicates the distance of
individual trips selected since the
last tripmeter reset.
The meter's working range is from
0.0 to 999.9 miles (0.0 to 999.9 km).
Pressing the RESET button for more
than 1 second, when the tripmeter
(TRIP A or TRIP B) is being dis-
played, clears the tripmeter to zero
(0.0).Distance to empty (mi. or km)
This mode indicates the estimated
distance to empty based on the cur-
rent fuel in the fuel tank and the
amount of fuel delivered to the
engine. When the remaining distance
is below 30 miles (50 km), “---” will be
displayed and the distance to empty
indicator will blink.
The meter’s working range is from 30
to 999 miles (50 to 999 km).
Average fuel economy (if equipped)
(MPG or
l/100 km)
This mode calculates the average
fuel consumption from the total fuel
used and the distance since the last
average economy reset. The total
fuel used is calculated from the fuel
consumption input. For an accurate
calculation, drive more than 0.03
miles (50 m).
Pressing the RESET button for more
than 1 second, when the average fuel
economy is being displayed, clears
the average fuel consumption to zero
(----).
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If the vehicle speed exceeds 1.6
MPH (1km/h) after being refueled
with more than 1.6 gallons (6 l), the
average fuel economy will be cleared
to zero (----).
Average speed (MPH or km/h)
This mode calculates the average
speed of the vehicle since the last
average speed reset.
Even if the vehicle is not in motion,
the average speed keeps changing
while the engine is running.
Pressing the RESET button for more
than 1 second, when the average
speed is being displayed, clears the
average speed to zero (---).Elapsed time
This mode indicates the total time
traveled since the last driving time
reset.
Even if the vehicle is not in motion,
the driving time keeps increasing
while the engine is running.
The meter’s working range is from
00:00~99:59.
Pressing the RESET button for more
than 1 second, when the elapsed
time is being displayed, clears the
elapsed time to zero (00:00).
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