2010 Dodge Avenger Owner Manual - Page 155

154 UNDERSTANDING YOUR INSTRUMENT PANEL driven. If your odometer needs to be repaired or serviced, the repair technician should leave the odometer reading the same as it was before the repair or service. If s/he cannot do so, then the odometer must be set at zero, and a sticker must be placed in the door jamb stating what the mileage was before the repair or service. It is a good idea 13. Shift Lever Indicator for you to make a record of the odometer reading before The Shift Lever Indicator is self-contained within the the repair/service, so that you can be sure that it is instrument cluster. It displays the gear position of the properly reset, or that the door jamb sticker is accurate if automatic transmission. the odometer must be reset at zero. NOTE: You must apply the brakes before shifting from The two trip odometers show individual trip mileage. To PARK. switch from odometer to trip odometers, press and release the Trip Odometer button. To reset a trip odom14. Odometer/Trip Odometer Display Area The odometer shows the total distance the vehicle has eter, display the desired trip odometer to be reset then been driven. U.S. Federal regulations require that upon push and hold the button until the display resets (aptransfer of vehicle ownership, the seller certify to the proximately two seconds). Refer to "Trip Odometer Butpurchaser the correct mileage that the vehicle has been ton" for additional information. 12. Tachometer The silver area of the scale shows the permissible engine revolutions-per-minute (RPM x 1000) for each gear range. Before reaching the red area, ease up on the accelerator to prevent engine damage.