1994 Pontiac Firebird Owner's Manual - Page 90

This section describes the warning lights and gages that may be onyour vehicle. The pictures will help you locate them. Warning lights and gages can signal that something is wrong before it becomes Tachometer serious enough to cause an expensive The tachometer displays the engine speed repair or replacement. Paying attention to in thousands of revolutions per minute your warning lights and gages could also (rpm). save you or others from injury. Warning lights go on when there may be or is a problem with one of your vehicle's NOTICE: functions. As you will see in the details on the next few pages, some warning Do not operatethe engine with the lights come on briefly when you turn the tachometer in the red area, or engine ignition key just to let you know they're damage may occur. working. If you are familiar with this section, you should not be alarmed when this happens. Gages can indicate when there may be or is a problem with one of your vehicle's functions. Often gages and warning lights work together to let you know when there's a problem with your vehcle. Trip Odometer The trip odometer can tell you far how your vehicle has been driven since you last set the trip odometer zero. to To set the trip odometer to zero, press the knob. Warning Lights,Gages and Indicators When one of the warning lights comes on and stays on when you are driving, or when one of the gages shows there may be a problem, check the section that tells you what to do about it. Please follow the manual's advice. Waiting to dorepairs can be costly - and even dangerous. So please get to know your warning lights and gages. They're a big help. I I 89. .