In strument s a nd warning / indicator lights 11
If the engine RPMs drop below 1 500, you
should downshift to the next lowe r gear . The
red area at the end of the scale indicates max-
imum permissible engine RPMs after the
break-in per iod. Before reaching this area, you
should either shift into the next higher gea r or
ease your foot off the accelerator pedal.
(D Note
The tachometer needle ¢ page 10, fig. 3
@ shou ld not move into the red range. If
it does, then only for a very sho rt period of
time. You cou ld damage your eng ine by
driving at high RPM!
@ For the sake of the environment
Upshift ing early saves fuels and red uces
eng ine noise.
Digital clock with date display
Your vehicle is equipped with a quartz con-
trolled digital clock.
Fig. 4 Instrume nt cluste r with: the digita l clock and
date
To set the hour
.. Pull the knob (hour display flashes) and
turn it to the left or right.
To set the minutes
.. Pull the button until the min ute disp lay
flashes .
.. Turn the knob to the left or right unt il the
desired sett ing appears.
To set the time format (12 or 24-hour
display)
.. Pull the knob unti l the time format disp lay
flashes .
.. Turn the knob to the left or right .
To set the date
.. Pull the knob unt il the day, mont h or yea r
disp lay flashes .
.. Turn t he knob to the left or right.
To show or hide the date display
.. Pull the knob until the dat e display flashes .
.. Turn t he knob to the left or right .
When the date display stops flash ing, th is
means the t ime and date have been success -
fully stored.
With the ignition off, pressi ng the button
¢
fig . 4 - depending on the instr ument cluster
configuration - can tu rn on the display field
ligh ting for a few seconds.
Engine coolant temperature gauge
The eng ine coolan t ga uge @ ¢ page 10, fig . 3
only works when the ignition is on. To prevent
damage to your engine, please note the fol-
lowing important points:
Engine cold
As long as the nee dle remains at the left end
of the gauge, the engi ne still has not reached
its operatin g tem perat ure. Avoid high engine
speeds, heavy engine loads and heavy throt -
tle .
Normal temperature
When the engine has reache d its ope rat ing
temperature, the need le will move into the
midd le of t he gauge and rema in there . If t he
engine is working hard at high outside tem-
peratures, the need le may tur n further to the
right. This is no cause for concer n as long as
the . warn ing light in the instrument cluster
does not illuminate .
When the . war ning light starts to flash,
th is can mean one of two things: either the
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