computer on passat 2000

[yas1320]

hi

i wonder if you can help. what does the options actually mean on the computer. i know the 1st one is how much miles per gallon im getting. but what about the rest. where does it tell me how many miles i have until i run out of fuel. by the way i have passat 2000, 1.9tdi, redi.

[sooty]

Hi Yas



MPG = Current Miles Per Gallon (what your driving at now)

MPG 0/ = Average Miles Per Gallon (since it was last reset)

MPH 0/ = Average Speed in Miles Per Hour (since it was last reset)

*h ** min = Time spent driving (since it was last reset)

*** mi = Milage counter (since it was last reset)

*** (FUEL PUMP LOGO) = Estimates how many miles you have left on your current fuel level

Your Passat probally has a small number 1 or 2 on this display also, this represents 2 seprate time computers. For example trip 2 normally resets just when you tell it to but number 1 will reset normally when the car has been turned off for a while.

Hope this helps.


Please note that above where it says "0/" this represents a circle with a line going through it

[yas1320]

i think mine doesnt have the fuel pump logo when i scroll through. although i will double check.

[yas1320]

yeah mine doesnt have the last one the fuel pump logo. i only ever get a fuel pump logo on my screen when the tank is close to empty when its in the red

[sooty]

Hi again Yas,
My old Passat didnt have this either, it did not show how much fuel you have left.
My old Passat was a 1999 and from that I remember the computer display was on a blue screen below either the speedometer or the RPM.
My new 2004 Passat has it in-between the two of the dials on a black screen with red lettering. They are both B5's although the 2004 is the facelift version from the original B5.

[Stevebt]

Hi
I have a 2000 (W) TDi and mine doen't have the miles to go either, however my Brother has a 2001 facelift and his does.

[yas1320]

thanks guys, i think that clears that problem.:Blush:

[sooty]

Hi
I have a 2000 (W) TDi and mine doen't have the miles to go either, however my Brother has a 2001 facelift and his does.

I think that in the face lift models the on board trip computer was changed simlar to the ones that the Audi's had in them.