Blank MFD screen

[fabman]

Hi forum members , 

MFD centre display between the two dials failed to come on this morning , tried restart and was still the same then restarted car an hour later and it’s back , anybody heard or seen of this before ?

[jst_at_home]

Just happened on my Octavia.  I'm hoping when I go back everything will be as it should be.

 

John 

[OldKaroq]

On 28/07/2019 at 08:07, fabman said:

Hi forum members , 

MFD centre display between the two dials failed to come on this morning , tried restart and was still the same then restarted car an hour later and it’s back , anybody heard or seen of this before ?

 

Happened to my car just once about a year ago `- exactly as you describe. Its been fine since then.

[Pauldubs]

Happens to me occasionally usually when there's some dew in the air.Clears within 30minutes.

Car has been back to the dealers 're this under warranty but they were unable to recreate the problem.

 

[silver1011]

Software glitch, there are hundreds of niggles reported on here across all models. As cars get more complex they're only going to get more common place unfortunately.

 

Turning off the ignition and restarting the engine is essentially a re-boot.

 

As long as the issue doesn't happen regularly I suspect it might be something we have to live with occasionally.

[Theotherjohn]

It happened on my Golf SV & eventually, after demonstrating it to the dealer several timed, the entire unit was replaced.  It's been OK since

[MJ1]

Just happened last night on my Karoq, just googling to see if it is a common fault. I will keep an eye on it. It came back on when I left it turned off for a few minutes and restarted it all.

[Merseyman]

Happened to me today. Everything normal at first, traveled about 6 miles then parked. On starting again after 20 mins or so the display was blank and remained so on way home. Tried page buttons and scroll wheel on steering wheel but nothing. Parked in drive, ignition off then on - nothing. After ignition off for another 2-3 mins tried again and all was well. It had changed pages though, so I assume it had registered the button presses. Car was serviced yesterday but this may just be coincidence.

[Gabi4]

The systems will shutdown completely in 2-5 minutes after Key Off, so you have to way a while for a complete restart.

[MJ1]

BTW after it happened to me when I next wanted my phone to work via bluetooth that link was lost so I had to re set up the phone, might have been un related but if (when) it happens again I will check my phone to ensure settings still in place.

[MobileChicane]

Had this on an intermittent basis in my previous Passat and once since acquiring the Karoq. Pressing and holding in the power button for quite a few seconds (cannot recall how long) performs a reboot and returned things to normal for me.

 

Not ideal and been an issue for VAG for quite some time; it is a pity that the system cannot be made more robust

[OldKaroq]

On 29/08/2019 at 16:42, OldKaroq said:

 

Happened to my car just once about a year ago `- exactly as you describe. Its been fine since then.

 

No recurrence since my post above, all good.