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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: Gazza13 on 21 April 2008, 12:23
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I am currently in the process of buying a Mk3 18 8V Gti.
It has 147000 on the clock and needs a bit of work to tidy it up but it runs fine and smooth.
My question is that it comes up with the odo reading then it goes and lines go across then it says "cerro" in the display!
Any idea what this is???
Also if i press the button for the trip the same message comes up!
Many thanks
Gary
P.s pick the car up tonight and im so excited!!! dont know why cause in 39years old and should know better lol
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How bizarre. I'm guessing it's not an English one? Cerro in spanish means hill lol
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This usually means that either its due a service or its not been reset after the last service. But not in those letters!
I'm assuming this appears for a couple of seconds after the car starts, then reverts to the mileage?
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It flash's up alternate with the odo reading!!!!!!!
How can you reset it if its the service due warning?????
Its right hand drive so not spanish :laugh:
Buying the car quite cheap really as i just need a run around to pick kids up! But i always wanted a Golf Gti of somesort from years ago so i thought why not!!!
I have been informed the go on for ever, i was very impressed how it drove with 147000 on the clock!
I plan on doing some work on it to tidy it up and put my personal touch on it.
Thanks
Gary
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Never heard of anything like that mate
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Nor me! Maybe some kind of short behing clocks?
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I also noticed when pressing the button on the end of the window wiper arm that nothing really happens apart from this cerro coming up :undecided:
Will have a play when i get it!!
thanks Gary
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Which clock are you on about?
If you push button on end of stalk it should bring up the mpg and temps etc.
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I also noticed when pressing the button on the end of the window wiper arm that nothing really happens apart from this cerro coming up :undecided:
Will have a play when i get it!!
thanks Gary
The one at the end of the wiper arm should bring up the display on the computer telling you MPG, average speed, oil temp, outside air temp etc, i only realised this button was there when trying to use the rear window washer 2 weeks after i got the car , i was like WOW how cool :laugh:
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Which clock are you on about?
If you push button on end of stalk it should bring up the mpg and temps etc.
It doesnt do this!!!! will need ti investigate!
Thanks for your help
Gary
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Maybe your car doenst have that function!!! Does it have a small slider on the face of the stalk with 1 - 2 on it?
Have heard of a Mk4 without this!
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Have a read through this thread mate
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=8052.0
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Maybe your car doenst have that function!!! Does it have a small slider on the face of the stalk with 1 - 2 on it?
Have heard of a Mk4 without this!
It does have the slider with 0-2 on it!
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has any body thought the lcd display has proberbly gone.....common fault as I have 3 sets of clocks all with broken displays!!
and it possibly dosnt mean a thing showing random messages!
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take a pic and show us it, i'm curious
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and me
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try resetting the MFA by removing the fuse for 15 seconds or so.
I had a mk2 that had all sorts of wierd sh!t on the readout that was sorted like that.
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Right i picked car up last night and what happpens is when you get it in it shows millage but when you start it it shows CErr it then shows just a line across then back to CErr ! it doesnt show millage anymore untill you turn ignition off!
Any ideas???
Thanks
Gary
P.s i will try and take pick later today and post!
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Heres the pics!
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e267/Gazza131/DSC00190.jpg)
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e267/Gazza131/DSC00189.jpg)
So any ideas???
Its a 20 Gti!!! not the 18 like i first thought! its on a M plate (1994)
Thanks
Gary
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The screen is working fine i reckon, maybe a dodgey connection, or it needs a reset some how?
Maybe someone clocked it and it went wrong, lol
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Hmm ive been googling this problem, seems to be a lot of posts but not a lot of answers but your not the only one with this error thats for sure. The most help i can give is this post here:
http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=14446
Even though there are no answers he mentions taking it VW and them wanting money to replace "it" (i guess he means the dials) judging by his next comment he wants to know how to remove them.
This post seems to mention strange things happening with the dials as well as the error:
http://forum.performancevwmag.com/viewtopic.php?p=249364&sid=2f5fa8797a53e393fff9f9dad480c1ba
Another one:
http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=121301
There was one more link i found in french which i translated and the guy said he has the same problem and he phoned "VAG" and they could not tell him what the error meant.
Gonna be a tough one to figure out by yourself i think. Might be worth buying a vag com diagnostics lead and plugging it in to see if there are any fault codes logged.
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Maybe someone clocked it and it went wrong, lol
I dont reckon your far off of the truth there to be honest!
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Maybe someone clocked it and it went wrong, lol
I dont reckon your far off of the truth there to be honest!
Seems like a message that would be displayed the the memory is empty of currupt...
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Vag com isn't capable of reading faults with the clocks as there is no controller for any dashboard displays. I seem to recall there being a battery in the clocks, chances are that has died meaning the memory deletes itself every time you switch the car off. Have you noticed the mileage going up as normal? Pretty easy to get hold of a set of new clocks to just replace them though and it's dead simple to do
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yeh millage goes up as normal just doesnt display it when engine is running!
I will try some new clocks!
Thanks Guys for your help
Gary
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woah! easy! Take the clocks out first and just check that the white plug in the back is in correctly. Rule out simple fre fizes first!