MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: neil86 on March 15, 2012, 10:20:59 am

Title: Trip computer gone faulty?
Post by: neil86 on March 15, 2012, 10:20:59 am

Basically for some reason every time I leave the car for longer than about an hour it's resetting itself ie mpg average miles distance etc.

Any one with any ideas on this I haven't touched anything apart from the zero button on dash when I filled up.

Title: Re: Trip computer gone faulty?
Post by: Squeeguk on March 15, 2012, 10:39:48 am

Have you read your owners manual?

There are two settings, 1 and 2. On setting 1, it resets everything every hour or so, whereas on option 2 it keeps all the info there until you reset it.

Under the Trip computer stalk is a little button, press that to change between 1 & 2, you will see the number 1 or 2 on the screen. You can only change this when the screen is on average fuel consumption or speed iirc.

Title: Re: Trip computer gone faulty?
Post by: neil86 on March 15, 2012, 01:05:52 pm

Never read it mate am one of them types, ok mate will have a look cheers. I wonder how many people have done this. I searched it on the web and couldn't find anything.

Title: Re: Trip computer gone faulty?
Post by: neil86 on March 15, 2012, 05:52:31 pm

All sorted thanks for that

Title: Re: Trip computer gone faulty?
Post by: bacillus on March 15, 2012, 06:08:40 pm

So the closing thought on this is RTFM...    :signLOL:

Title: Re: Trip computer gone faulty?
Post by: Squeeguk on March 15, 2012, 09:03:12 pm

Cool, glad you worked it all out. I still think VAG has the best trip computer out with all the functions.

Title: Re: Trip computer gone faulty?
Post by: neil86 on March 16, 2012, 07:13:20 am

Quote from: bacillus on March 15, 2012, 06:08:40 pm

So the closing thought on this is RTFM...    :signLOL:

Yep but I am a bloke