digital gear indicator missing from DIS - FIXED

[The Doc]

 

[R32UK]

mine is a 59 and does have this feature

[ajmoir36]

It encourages more economical driving, if you are in to that.

That sounds like GTD talk to me..... BAN HIM!!!!!!!! 

Lol, it certainly wasnt economical driving tonight on the way home - cough.

[Keithuk]

I want into the dealers yesterday to get a litre of oil. I'm just coming to the end of the litre they gave me when I picked it up so 8.5k per litre isn't bad.

Anyway while I was there is asked them about this digital gear indicator again that they say they can't fix because it must be an old MFD. I said I've asked this question on a few forums and the replies back. My Nov 2009 Golf has this.

Garage rang today and told me that the gear change display can be done (theyd drawn a nlank yesterday and had to ring VW technical!) but will need a software update (ECU)

It might be something to do with an ecu update?

My old 2009 golf gt tsi went in with engine probs and had the ecu updated. When I got it back there was the gear change info on the highline display.

I asked if they is now an update available and he search through the computer and said no but I will go and have a word with the chief tech. He said no it was only fitted to the BlueMotion. He showed me all the options fitted to my car via the VIN number and there was nothing listed. I said replies on the forum say they asked their dealer about this option and they phoned Milton Keynes and there was a software update for this and as jamojdm says he took his in and when it came out he had this option. I just VW Stoke are a bunch of tossers.

While I was there I said I'm still not happy with the clutch pedal pulsating, show me another car that does the same if you say its common to that model. We found a new GTD in the lot and that did it very slightly but not as much as mine. The new GTD I tested last your didn't do it at all.

[Buck]

My update was done via VW Huddersfield if that helps?

[Keithuk]

Thanks Buck but I don't think its worth a trip to Huddersfield when we have Crewe Volkswagen and Stafford Volkswagen if I'm desperate I could try those first?

[Buck]

  I meant in terms of you getting your dealer to contact them....

[Keithuk]

Ok I'll mension it when I call in again, cheers.

[Keithuk]

Ok I took it back to the dealer this week to try and have it enabled again. I said I've asked this question on a few forums and users have said they took it in for a service and it came out with the digital gear indictor showing. Another user had his done at VW Huddersfield so there must be a fix. I took the pamphlet that showed the MY2010 GTD should have this. I asked them to ring VW Huddersfield but they wouldn't we have to follow VW procedures and do it their way.

I waited around for an hour then I saw the technician come in the service reception and started reading the pamphlet, I went over to them. He says no its only fitted the BlueMotion. I said no read page 6 its fitted to the GTD. He read it and said I wish I had read this earlier it would have saved alot of time. Again tossers on reception don't speak to the tech. He said we've disconnected the battery to reset everything but it still doesn't show. We've done a full scan and there is nothing wrong with the system settings. We've sent the scan report with the problem to VW and we will have to wait for the reply.

So they wasted an hour doing the exact same checks at they did last year when I first reported this problem. Because they had reset everything the DRLs were back on which I turned off again and the MFD settings weren't how I like them. I phoned them today to ask if they have had the report back from VW. They have and there is a software update to enable this so I've booked it in for next Wednesday to finally get this sorted. I will let you know if it works or they cock something else up while doing this?

[The Doc]

Best of luck with it - fingers crossed you'll see better MPG if you use it