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Instrument Cluster

The instrument cluster is centered above the steering column in the instrument panel and is removable from the rear of the panel (toward the steering wheel). The cluster contains instruments that provide the driver with information on the vehicle performance. The instrument cluster consists of the following components:
^ The speedometer (with integral odometer and trip odometer)
^ A tachometer
^ A fuel gauge
^ An engine coolant temperature gauge
^ An array of warning and indicator lamps

The instrument cluster assembly consists of the lens and the speedometer/tachometer gauge module. The electrical power is directed to each gauge through a separate, dedicated wiring harness connector, and to the individual lamps and gauges within each module by flexible printed circuits. While the instrument cluster is serviceable as both a unit and as individual components, the individual gauge modules are not to be disassembled (each gauge module may be removed from the cluster lens for module or lens replacement).

Federal law requires that the reading of a replacement odometer be set to the original mileage or a label be installed on the driver door frame in order to indicate the previous odometer reading and the date of the replacement. Since the mileage cannot be set on the odometer in this vehicle, the odometer label must be used.