Warning Lights, Gages, andIndicatorsThis part describes the warning lights and gageson your vehicle. The pictures will help youlocate them.Warning lights and gages can signal thatsomething is wrong before it becomes seriousenough to cause an expensive repair orreplacement. Paying attention to your warninglights and gages could also save you or othersfrom injury.Warning lights come on when there may be or isa problem with one of your vehicle’s functions.As you will see in the details on the next fewpages, some warning lights come on briefly whenyou start the engine just to let you know they’reworking. If you are familiar with this section,you should not be alarmed when this happens.Gages can indicate when there may be or is aproblem with one of your vehicle’s functions.Often gages and warning lights work togetherto let you know when there’s a problem withyour vehicle.When one of the warning lights comes on andstays on when you are driving, or when one ofthe gages shows there may be a problem, checkthe section that tells you what to do about it.Please follow this manual’s advice. Waiting to dorepairs can be costly — and even dangerous.So please get to know your warning lightsand gages. They’re a big help.Your vehicle also has a Driver InformationCenter (DIC) that works along with the warninglights and gages. See Driver InformationCenter (DIC) on page 239.220
