Cl co .... N ,....
N ...... 0 ,....
Vl co
Tachometer
The tachometer displays the engine speed in rev
olutions per minute (RPM) .
The beginning of the red zone in the tachometer
indicates the maximum perm iss ib le engine speed
for all gears once the engine has been broken in
and when it is warmed up to operating tempera
ture. Before reaching the red zone, you should
sh ift into the next h igher gear, choose the Do r S
selecto r lever posi tion, or remove you r foot from
the ac cele rator peda l.
{Q;l Note
The needle in the tachometer may only be in
t he red a rea of the gauge for a short per iod of
time or there is a risk of damaging the engine.
T he loca tio n where the red zo ne begins varies
de pending o n the engine.
@ For the sake of the environment
Upshifti ng e arly helps you to save fuel and re
duces operati ng noise.
Odometer
Fig . 11 Inst rument cluste r: odomete r and reset b utto n
Trip odometer and odomete r
The trip odometer shows the distance driven
since it was last reset.
It can be used to meas ure
short distances .
The trip odometer can be reset to zero by press ing the reset button 10.01
¢ fig. 11.
The odome ter shows the to tal d ist ance tha t the
ve hicle has been driven .
Driver information system
Malfunction indicator
If there is a malfunction in the instr ument clus
ter,
DEF will appear in the trip o dome ter disp lay.
Have the malfunction corrected as soon as possi
ble.
On-board computer
Yo u can access the fo llowing information in the
o n- board
computer ¢ page 17, fig . 4@ .
-Time and d ate ¢page 173
- Average cons umption
- Range
- Short-term memory overv iew
- Long-term memory overv iew
T he short -term memory collects driv ing in forma
tion from t he time the ignition is switc hed on un
t il it is switched off. If you continue driving w ith
in two hours after sw itch ing the ignit ion off , the
new values are included when ca lculating the cur
rent t rip information .
U nli ke the short-te rm memory, the long-term
memory is not erased automatically. You can
se
lect t he time period for evaluating trip informa
t ion yourse lf .
Fuel consumption
T he current f uel consumption can be shown us
ing a bar graph . The average consumption stored
in the short-term memory is also disp layed. If
the ba r is green, your vehicle is savi ng fuel
t hr ough one of the following functions :
-Recuperation: electrical energy can be stored in
the vehicle battery when the vehicle is coast ing
or driving downhil l. The bar will move toward
D .
(D Tips
The date, time of day and time and date for
mat can be set in the I nfota inment system.
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