1998 Pontiac Firebird Owner's Manual - Page 134

Speedometer and Odometer Your speedometer letsyou see your speed in both miles per hour (mph)and kilometers per hour (km/h). Your odometer shows howfar your vehiclehas been driven, in either miles (used the United States) or kilometers in (used in Canada). You may wonder what happensif your vehicle needs a new odometer installed. If possible, the new one has be to set to the same reading the old one had.it can't be, then If it's set atzero, and a label on the driver's door must show the old reading and when the new one was installed. Trip Odometer The trip odometer can tell you how far your vehiclehas Tachometer The tachometer displaysthe engine speed in thousands of revolutions per minute (rpm). NOTICE: Do not operate the engine with the tachometer in the red area,or engine damage may occur. Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators This part describes the warning lights gages that and may be on your vehicle. pictures will help The you locate them. Warning lights and gages can signal that something is wrong beforeit becomes serious enough to cause an expensive repair or replacement. Paying attention to your warning lights and gages could alsa save YOU QT others from injury. been driven since last set the trip odometer to zero. you To set the trip odometer zero, press the to knob on the instrument panel cluster. 2-79