1997 Chevrolet Malibu Owner's Manual - Page 108

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 your vehicle has been far driven, ineither miles (used in the United States) or kilometers (used in Canada). Your Chevrolet has a tamper resistant odometer. The digital odometer will read 999,999 someone tries to if turn it back. Trip Odometer The trip odometer can tell you how far you have driven sinceyou last resetit. You may wonder what happens if your vehicle needs a new odometer installed.If the new one can be set to the mileage totalof the old odometer, then must be. But if it it can't, then it'sset at zero and a label must be put on the driver's door to show old mileage reading when the the new odometer was installed. The reset button is located next to the trip odometer. To reset the trip odometer zero, press and hold the reset to button for one to two seconds. Also pressing this by button, you can toggle between the odometer and the trip odometer. 2-51