Engine Temperature Gauge

An engine coolant temperature gauge is standard equipment on all instrument clusters. The engine coolant temperature gauge is located in the upper right center quadrant of the instrument cluster, next to the fuel gauge. The gauge consists of a movable gauge needle or pointer controlled by the instrument cluster circuitry and a fixed 90 degree scale on the cluster overlay that reads left-to-right from C  (or Cold) to H  (or Hot) for gasoline engines. An International Control and Display Symbol icon for Engine Coolant Temperature  is located on the cluster overlay, directly below the left end of the gauge scale.

The engine coolant temperature gauge graphics are white against a black field except for a single red graduation at the high end of the gauge scale making them clearly visible within the instrument cluster in daylight. When illuminated from behind by the panel lamps dimmer controlled cluster illumination lighting with the exterior lamps turned ON, the white gauge graphics appear amber on the low line and white on the high line, while the red graphics still appear red. The gauge needle has internal optical illumination. Gauge illumination is provided by Light Emitting Diode (LED) units located on the instrument cluster electronic circuit board.