2003 GMC Sierra 1500 Pickup Owner's Manual - Page 208

Fuel Information Button Use the fuel information button to scroll through the range, average fuel economy, instant fuel economy and the GM Oil Life SystemTM. If your vehicle is not equipped with the DIC steering wheel control buttons you will not be able to display the fuel information. Instant Fuel Economy Press the fuel information button until INST appears in the display. Instant fuel economy is how many miles per gallon your vehicle is at the particular moment in time. The instant fuel economy cannot be reset. GM Oil Life SystemTM Press the fuel information button until ENGINE OIL LIFE appears in the display. The GM Oil Life SystemTM shows an estimate of the oil's remaining useful life. It will show 100°/o when the system is reset after an oil change. It will alert you to change your oil on a schedule consistent with your driving conditions. Always reset the engine oil life after and oil change. To reset the Oil Life System press and hold the select button while ENGINE OIL LIFE is displayed. The DIC does not replace the need to maintain your vehicle as recommended in the Maintenance Schedule in this manual. Also, the oil change reminder will not detect dusty conditions or engine malfunctions that may affect the oil. Also, the oil change reminder does not measure how much oil you have in your engine. So, be sure to check your oil level often. See Engine Oil on page 5- 17. Fuel Range Press the fuel information button until RANGE appears to display the remaining distance you can drive without refueling. It's based on fuel economy and the fuel remaining in the tank. The display will show LOW if the fuel level is low. The fuel economy data used to determine fuel range is an average of recent driving conditions. As your driving conditions change, this data is gradually updated. Fuel range cannot be reset. Average Fuel Economy Press the fuel information button until AVG appears in the display. Average fuel economy is how many miles per gallon your vehicla IS getting based on current and past driving conditions. Press and hold the select button while AVG.ECON is displayed to reset the average fuel economy. Average fuel economy will then be calculated starting from that point. If the average fuel economy is not reset, it will be continually updated each time you drive. 3-53