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24 aera 500 Series Owner’s Manual
Using the Tools
Calibrate the Fuel Economy
Calibrate the fuel economy to receive more
accurate fuel reports for your specic vehicle
and driving habits. Calibrate when you ll up
your fuel tank.
1. Calculate your miles per gallon or liters
per 100 kilometers.
2. Touch Tools > ecoRoute > Fuel Report
> Calibrate.
3. Touch + and - to enter the result from
step 1.
4. Touch OK.
Adjust Fuel Price
Touch Tools > ecoRoute > Fuel Price and
enter the current fuel price. This information
is used to calculate the fuel cost of routes and
to calculate the fuel reports.
Take the Driving Challenge
The Driving Challenge tool helps you
maximize your fuel economy by scoring
your driving habits. The higher your overall
score for a Driving Challenge, the more fuel
you could save.
To take a Driving Challenge, touch Tools >
ecoRoute > Driving Challenge, then touch
Start.
Your overall score is the average of three
scores:
Acceleration score
—gain points for
gradual acceleration; lose points for rapid
acceleration.
Deceleration score—gain points for gradual
braking; lose points for hard braking.
Speed score—gain points for driving at
the best speed for conserving fuel, which is
45–60 mph for most vehicles.
Touch on the Map page to view details
about your current challenge. The leaf
color on the driving challenge icon changes
depending on your performance in the
challenge.
When viewing the details, touch Stop > OK
to stop the current challenge.
To reset your best scores, touch Reset.
Adjust Your Vehicle Prole
You will create a vehicle prole the rst time
you touch Tools > ecoRoute. To adjust the
vehicle prole, touch Tools > ecoRoute >
Vehicle Prole.
City Fuel Economy—enter the average city
fuel economy for your vehicle.
Highway Fuel Economy—enter the average
highway fuel economy for your vehicle.
TIP
: For best results, calibrate your fuel
economy instead of adjusting the city and
highway fuel economy here.