2004 Lincoln Town Car Owner Guide 3rd Printing - Page 124

Driver Controls Reset Press this control to reset the selected message center function to zero. (The only functions which can be reset are FUEL ECON and TRIP A or B.) Message center functions Speed To use this function, select SPEED and press the RESET control. Your speed from that point will be displayed on the left side of the cluster until RESET is pressed again. SELECT RESET Fuel econ (average fuel economy) Select this function to display your average fuel economy in miles/gallon or liters/100 km. If you calculate your average fuel economy by dividing gallons of fuel used by 100 miles traveled (kilometers traveled by liters used), your figure may be different than displayed for the following reasons: • your vehicle was not perfectly level during fill-up • differences in the automatic shut-off points on the fuel pumps at service stations • variations in top-off procedure from one fill-up to another • rounding of the displayed values to the nearest 0.1 gallon (liter) Checking your highway fuel economy using the electronic message center display The following procedure will allow you to accurately monitor your actual highway fuel economy. Since this procedure requires the vehicle speed control system to be set to highway speeds, it must be run only on suitable roadways where long distance speed control can be safely maintained. 124 REVIEW COPY 2004 Town Car (tow), Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) (own2002), Market: USA_English (fus)