’03 Rav4_U (L/O 0208)
Tachometer
Odometer and two trip meters
Your vehicle may overheat during severe
operating conditions, such as:
D Driving up a long hill on a hot day.
D Reducing speed or stopping after high
speed driving.
D Idling for a long period with the air
conditioning on in stop−and−go traffic.
D Towing a trailer.
NOTICE
z Do not remove the thermostat in
the engine cooling system as this
may cause the engine to overheat.
The thermostat is designed to con-
trol the flow of coolant to keep the
temperature of the engine within
the specified operating range.
The tachometer indicates engine speed
in thousands of rpm ( revolutions per
minute). Use it while driving to select
correct shift points and to prevent en-
gine lugging and over−revving.
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 engine. See “If your ve-
hicle overheats” on page 188 in
Section 4.
Driving with the engine running too fast
causes excessive engine wear and poor
fuel economy. Remember, in most cases
the slower the engine speed, the greater
the fuel economy.
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.
NOTICE
Do not let the indicator needle get
into the red zone. This may cause
severe engine damage.
2003 RAV4 from Aug. ’02 Prod. (OM42517U)
91
English 
