Volkswagen Golf Mk7 Owners Manual: Driving data
The multifunction display (MFD) in the Volkswagen Golf Mk7 instrument cluster shows a range of travel and fuel-consumption data, opened from the selection menu. This page explains how to switch between the available displays — using the rocker switch on the windscreen wiper lever on cars without a multifunction steering wheel, or the equivalent steering-wheel controls on cars that have one.
First read and observe the introductory information
and safety warnings
The multifunction display (MFD) shows a variety of travel and fuel consumption data. MFA is called up from the selection menu .
Switching between displays
- Vehicles without a multifunction steering wheel: press the rocker
switch
on the windscreen wiper lever .
- Vehicles with a multifunction steering wheel: press the
or 
button .
Driving data recorder
The MFD is fitted with 3 automatic recorders:
- Since start
- Since refuel
- Long-term
The currently selected memory is shown in the display.
Press the 
button on the windscreen wiper lever or press
the
button on the multifunction steering wheel to switch between recorders when the
ignition is switched on and the recorder is displayed.
| Display | Function |
|---|---|
| Since start | Display and storage of gathered driving and consumption values from the time the ignition is switched on until it is switched off. |
| If the journey is continued within approximately 2 hours of the ignition being switched off, the new values are also taken into account. The memory will automatically be deleted if the journey is interrupted for more than 2 hours. | |
| Since refuel | Display and storage of the collected driving and consumption values. The memory is deleted automatically when the vehicle is refuelled. |
| Long-term | The memory collects journey data for any number of individual journeys up to a total of 19 hours and 59 minutes or 99 hours and 59 minutes journey time or 1,999.9 km or 9,999.9 km distance travelled. If one of these maximum limitsa) is exceeded, the memory is automatically deleted and reset to 0. |
- Select the memory that you wish to delete.
- Press and hold the
button on the windscreen wiper lever,
or the
button on the multifunction steering wheel, for approximately 2 seconds.
Personal selection of displays
You can set which MFD display should appear in the instrument cluster using the
button and the
and Multifunction display function buttons
in the infotainment system .
Examples of display
| Display | Function |
|---|---|
| Consumption | The current fuel consumption is displayed in litres/100 km while the vehicle is in motion, and in litres/hour while the vehicle is stationary. |
| Average consumption | The average fuel consumption will be shown after a distance of approximately 300 metres has been travelled. The display will show dashes until this point. The displayed value is updated approximately every second. |
| Fuel range | Approximate calculation of the distance in km that can still be travelled with the current fuel level under the current driving conditions. One factor used for calculating this figure is the current level of fuel consumption. |
| Driving time | Driving time in hours (h) and minutes (min) that has elapsed since the ignition was switched on. |
| Distance driven | The distance travelled in km since the ignition was switched on. |
| Average speed | The average speed will be shown after a distance of approximately 100 metres has been travelled. The display will show dashes until this point. The displayed values will be updated approximately every 5 seconds. |
| Digital speed display | Current vehicle speed displayed digitally. |
| Warning at --- km/h or Warning at --- mph |
If the saved speed (within the range of 30 km/h (18 mph) and 250 km/h (155 mph)) is exceeded, an acoustic warning will be sounded, along with a visible warning if required. |
| Oil temperature | Current temperature of the engine oil displayed digitally. |
Saving a speed for the speed warning
- Select the Speed warning --- km/h display.
- Press the
button on the windscreen wiper lever,
or the
button on the multifunction steering wheel to save the current speed and activate
the warning system.
- If necessary, use the
rocker switch on the windscreen wiper lever, or
the or
buttons on the multifunction steering wheel,
within approximately 5 seconds to set the desired speed. Then press the
or
button
again, or wait a few seconds. The speed is now saved and the warning is activated.
- To deactivate, press the
or
button. The stored speed will be deleted.
a) Changes depending on the instrument cluster version.
Questions & answers
Driving data — Volkswagen Golf Mk7
