OPERATION OF INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROLS - Gauges, Meters and Service reminder indicators -> Odometer and two trip meters for Your Toyota Prius 4 Door First Generation (1997-2003)

Odometer and two trip  
meters  
If the red high coolant temperature warn-  
ing light comes on, your hybrid system is  
too hot. If your vehicle overheats, stop  
your vehicle and allow the hybrid system  
to cool.  
To change the meter display, quickly  
push and release the button. The meter  
display changes in the order from the  
odometer to trip meter A to trip meter  
B, then back to the odometer each  
time you push.  
Your vehicle may overheat during severe  
operating conditions, such as:  
To reset the trip meter A to zero, dis-  
play the meter A reading, then push  
and hold the button until the meter is  
set to zero. The same process can be  
applied for resetting the trip meter B.  
D Driving up a long hill on a hot day.  
D Reducing speed or stopping after high  
speed driving.  
NOTICE  
z Do not remove the thermostat in  
the cooling system as this may  
cause the hybrid system to over-  
heat. The thermostat is designed to  
control the flow of coolant to keep  
the temperature of the hybrid sys-  
tem within the specified operating  
range.  
This meter displays the odometer and  
two trip meters.  
1. Odometer—Shows the total distance  
the vehicle has been driven.  
2. Two trip meters—Show two different  
distances independently driven since  
the last time each trip meter was set  
to zero.  
z Do not continue driving with an  
overheated hybrid system. See “If  
your vehicle overheats” on page  
172 in Section 5.  
You can use one trip meter to calculate  
the fuel economy and the other to  
measure the distance on each trip. All  
trip meter data is cancelled if the elec-  
trical power source is disconnected.  
3. Trip meter reset button—Resets the  
two trip meters to zero, and also  
change the meter display.  
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