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Offline Len

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Re: Message in miles reading display on dash!
« Reply #10 on: 21 April 2008, 13:27 »
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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Re: Message in miles reading display on dash!
« Reply #11 on: 21 April 2008, 13:31 »
Have a read through this thread mate

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=8052.0
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Re: Message in miles reading display on dash!
« Reply #12 on: 21 April 2008, 13:46 »
Quote from: Len on 21 April 2008, 13:27
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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Offline boneybradley

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Re: Message in miles reading display on dash!
« Reply #13 on: 21 April 2008, 14:40 »
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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Offline Pete Taylor

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Re: Message in miles reading display on dash!
« Reply #14 on: 21 April 2008, 14:57 »
take a pic and show us it, i'm curious
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Re: Message in miles reading display on dash!
« Reply #15 on: 21 April 2008, 16:59 »
and me
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Re: Message in miles reading display on dash!
« Reply #16 on: 21 April 2008, 17:07 »
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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Offline Gazza13

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Re: Message in miles reading display on dash!
« Reply #17 on: 22 April 2008, 03:52 »
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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Re: Message in miles reading display on dash!
« Reply #18 on: 22 April 2008, 13:58 »
Heres the pics!





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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Re: Message in miles reading display on dash!
« Reply #19 on: 22 April 2008, 14:00 »
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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