Grand Caravan V6-3.3L Flex Fuel (2008)
Transmission Mode Indicator - A/T: Description and Operation
Description
DESCRIPTION
An electronic automatic transmission gear selector indicator is standard factory-installed equipment on this vehicle. However, on vehicles not equipped
with an optional automatic transmission, this indicator is electronically disabled. The gear selector indicator information is displayed in the odometer
Vacuum Fluorescent Display (VFD) unit. This VFD unit is soldered onto the cluster electronic circuit board, and is visible through a window with a
smoked clear lens located at the base of the cluster overlay right gauge dial face (Dodge) or the tachometer dial face (Chrysler). The dark lens over the
VFD unit prevents the indicator from being clearly visible when it is not illuminated.
The gear selector indicator displays the following characters from left to right: P , R , N , D and a fifth, reconfigurable character. The reconfigurable
character can be any number 1 through 6 . Each character appears in a blue-green color and at the same lighting level as the odometer information.
Respectively, these characters represent the PARK, REVERSE, NEUTRAL, DRIVE and each of the forward drive gear positions of the transmission
gear selector lever on the instrument panel. The indicator also illuminates a box around the character that represents the currently selected lever position.
During daylight hours (exterior lamps are OFF) the VFD unit is illuminated at full brightness for clear visibility. At night (exterior lamps are ON), the
VFD lighting level is adjusted with the other cluster illumination lamps using the panel lamps dimmer thumbwheel of the headlamp switch on the
instrument panel. However, a PARADE mode position of the thumbwheel allows the VFD unit to be illuminated at full brightness if the exterior lamps
are turned ON during daylight hours.
The gear selector indicator is serviced as a unit with the odometer VFD unit in the instrument cluster.
