Gear indicator on MFD

[pologti18t]

I could have sworn the manual MK6 GTI i drove had a gear indicator and an upshift indicator in the MFD.

[ozgti]

Is this a new thing for the GTi? With the 118TSi, the Gear and Time are displayed while driving in M-Mode.

Mine doesn't. It disappears in any mode beside the setup screen! It's a TSI btw!

[A12DO]

The gear indicator works well in my manual GTI. MFD constantly reminds me to upshift whenever i stay too long in high RPM. No complaints so far

[Brian]

Dont know what gives here, but I've tried ALL day to turn my gear and time indication OFF in ANY mode.
Just cant do it.

I think I've tried all combinations of MFD and setup options but the bastard still stays there.
Please tell me how to do it

[Dubya]

I hear your frustration, ozgti et al . . . dare lament any oversight in a VW product in this forum and you will be told why your concern or disappointment is misplaced, unwarranted or unjustified.

For mine, I find the refinement of the GTI's engine often means the most noticeable engine sound is from the exhaust. Combined with the engine's linear power delivery and abundant torque from relatively low revs, even in my manual I am sometimes surprised to find I am in a higher gear than I thought (eg in third instead of second) as the engine pulls so well.

Indeed, in another thread in this forum, Eclipze posted instructions on how to fit a "Shift Light" to a Mark VI GTI to provide a clear indication of engine revs without having to read the tacho: http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/f112...mk6-47021.html.

So, fortunate as those drivers are who do not need such aids as gear read-outs or Shift Lights, it would be nice if they weren't so dismissive of a legitimate gripe just because the issue is of no moment to them.

After all, if the gear-selected display were totally superfluous, VW would not have included it; the lament merely seems to be that it is not always available, and that seems like an oversight.

[hooba]

Dont know what gives here, but I've tried ALL day to turn my gear and time indication OFF in ANY mode.
Just cant do it.

I think I've tried all combinations of MFD and setup options but the bastard still stays there.
Please tell me how to do it

Bit of black electrician's tape should do the trick.

[sillygogo]

Mine doesn't. It disappears in any mode beside the setup screen! It's a TSI btw!

Hmm, sorry, thought you had a GTI. Not sure why your MFD isn't showing the gears...Maybe it is a software issue. Have you contacted VW service department to reload the software?

[pologti18t]

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After all, if the gear-selected display were totally superfluous, VW would not have included it; the lament merely seems to be that it is not always available, and that seems like an oversight.

Some think auto wipers and auto lights are superfluous yet VW fits them to the GTI and 118TSi

Shift lights are really only of any use when revving the car hard UP through the gears. Hardly of any pratical use on the road 99.99% of the time.

[JohnA]

This sort of had me confused as i don't look at the gear display, so last night thought i would keep an eye on it to see what happens.
In my gti the gear indicator and clock stay up all the time, be it in manual mode or drive.
Not sure why it would be any different on other models.

[Corey_R]

Apparently if you're the type of driver who doesn't know how fast you're going, so you set a speed warning, and/or the type of driver that doesn't fill up their tank until it's running dry, the speed warning and fuel tank empty warnings remove the gear change indicator from your display (I went back to page 1 to see what the original complaint was about).

I still really think that this is a non-issue. If you aren't skilled enough of a driver to know what speed you're doing, then maybe you shouldn't be using "manual mode" and simply be concentrating on keeping the car under the speed limit and looking out for that next fuel station