1996 Chevrolet S10 Pickup Owner's Manual - Page 103

Speedometer and Odometer Your speedometer lets you see your speed in both miles per hour (mph) and kilometers per hour (km/h). Your odometer shows how far your vehicle has been driven, in either miles (used in the United States) or kilometers (used in Canada). Your odometer is tamper resistant. It will show silver lines between the numbersif someone tries to turn it back. Each tachometer hasa dlrrerent limit dependingon the powertrain in your vehicle. The tachometer has three areas: normal operating range, red warning range and red danger range. Normal operating rangeshows your engine speed during normal driving conditions. For example, when the needle points to2, it means theengine is running at 2,000 revolutions per minute(rpm). Thetachometer needle will vary all the time that the engine is running. The red warning rangetells you that your engine speed is reaching its upper limits. Don't drive very long with the tachometer in the red warning range.If you have a manual transmission, shift to higher gear as soon as a possible. If. you have an automatic transmission, lift your foot off of accelerator pedal. the The red danger range tells you that your engine speed is at its upper limits. You should immediately shift to a higher gear,or lift yourfoot off of the accelerator pedal. 'You may wonder what happensif your vehicle needsa new odometer installed. If the new one can be setto the mileage total of the old odometer, then it must be. But if it can't, then it's set atzero, and a label must be put on the driver's door to show the old mileage reading when the new odometer wasinstalled. Trip Odometer The trip odometer can tell how far your vehicle has you been driven since you last set the trip odometer to zero. To set the trip odometer to zero, press the button near the readout. NOTICE: Do not operate the engine with the tachometer in the red range,or engine damagewill occur. Tachometer (Option) The tachometer displays theengine speed in revolutions per minute (rpm). I 2-52