1997 Pontiac Sunfire Owner's Manual - Page 123

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 Pontiac has a tamper resistant odometer. If you see silver lines between the numbers, you'll know that someone has probably tried to turn it back, so the numbers may not be true. You may wonder whathappens if your vehicle needs a new odometer installed. Trip Odometer Apq The trip odometer can tell you how your vehicle has far been driven sinceyou last reset thetrip odometer tozero. If the new one can be set to the mileage total of the old odometer, then it must be. But if it can't, then it's set at zero and a label must be put on the driver's door to show the old mileage reading when the new odometer was installed. To set the trip odometer to zero, press the knob to the left of it. 2-65