2004 Ford F350 Owner Guide 3rd Printing - Page 70

Driver Controls TRIP COMPUTER (IF EQUIPPED) The trip computer tells you about the condition of your vehicle through a constant monitor of vehicle systems. You may select display features on the trip computer for a display of status. The appearance of your vehicle's trip computer may differ depending on your vehicle's option package, but the functions are the same. The trip computer only operates with the ignition in the ON position. Trip computer features are as follows: Selectable features English/metric display Press this control to change the trip computer display between English and metric units. Mode control Each press of the MODE control will display a different feature as follows: Average fuel economy. The display will indicate the vehicle's average fuel economy in miles/gallon (or liters/100 km) since the average fuel economy was last reset. If you calculate your average fuel economy by dividing gallons of fuel used by miles traveled (liters used by kilometers traveled), your figure may be different than displayed for the following reasons: • your vehicle was not perfectly level during fill-up • differences in the automatic shut-off points on the fuel pumps at service stations • variations in top-off procedure from one fill-up to another • rounding of the displayed values to the nearest liter (gallon) 70 2004 F250/350/450/550 (f23) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus)