1997 Chevrolet Cavalier Owner's Manual - Page 124

Speedometer and Odometer Your speedometer lets you see your speed both miles in per hour (mph) and kilometers per hour (km/h). Your odometer shows how your vehicle has been driven, far in either miles (usedin the United States)or kilometers (used in Canada). Your Chevrolet has a tamper resistant odometer. If you see silver lines between the numbers, you'll know that someone has probably tried to turn back, so the it numbers may not be true. You may wonder what happens your vehicle needs a if new odometer installed. If the new onecan be set to the mileage total the old of odometer, then it must But if it can't, then set at zero be. it's Trip Odometer (If Equipped) RPM APPLY BRAKE TO SHIFT FROM PARK The trip odometer can tell you how far your vehicle has been driven since you last reset the trip odometer to and a label must put on the driver's door to show the old zero. be mileage reading whenthe new odometer was installed. To set the trip odometer to zero, press the knob to the right of it.