Snowflake symbol appears on MFD when outside temp hit 4 Deg C.

[triode12]

My GT beeped/dinged once and the MFD displayed a snowflake symbol next to the outside temp display this morning it registered 4 Deg C. What is the significance of that? I checked the manual but could not find anything about it.

Anyone know what the symbol is there for apart from telling me that it was bloody cold this morning? Something I already knew.

[NickZ]

Always get this question around this time of year! I think it warns you once it hits 4 deg that the roads may be icy etc.

[triode12]

Always get this question around this time of year! I think it warns you once it hits 4 deg that the roads may be icy etc.

LOL - thanks Nick.

[jettapilot]

It's to remind us to book our ski holiday.

[TazzyVR6]

Haha, yeah black ice warning. Pops up quite often down here!

[hooba]

It the car's way of saying - dude, move to Queensland.

[Stoney!]

It the car's way of saying - dude, move to Queensland.

HAHA too true!

Anyone know why the car will occasionally make a single ding when cruising along motor ways. I put it down the temperature change but then it proved me wrong. Nothing comes up on display either.

Straaange.

Stoney!

[Treza360]

It the car's way of saying - dude, move to Queensland.

Still appears up here in Brisbane. Still gets bloody cold too. I miss heated seats.
Oh and you can only move here if you naturalise and renounce your Mexican origins.
Cheers,
Trent

[triode12]

still appears up here in brisbane. Still gets bloody cold too. I miss heated seats.
oh and you can only move here if you naturalise and renounce your mexican origins.
Cheers,
trent

Arriba!

[Maverick]

Anyone know why the car will occasionally make a single ding when cruising along motor ways. I put it down the temperature change but then it proved me wrong. Nothing comes up on display either.!

Do you have a bag on the passenger seat?

[Rybky]

Anyone know why the car will occasionally make a single ding when cruising along motor ways. I put it down the temperature change but then it proved me wrong. Nothing comes up on display either.

Is it a speed warning?

Adam

[Stoney!]

Do you have a bag on the passenger seat?

Yeh, suppose you can call my friend that lol.

We only really ever heard it when traversing to F3 late at night, temp around 17 so I dunno....

Stoney!

[dieterbohlen]

Hi all,

This morning it was +1 degrees in Perth (yes, it's not all sunshine and wet t-shirts over here ), and even though it was +7 in the garage when I started the car, when I went outside it dropped to +2 and of course it went "ding" once the temp gone below +4.

The question is: Do I need to do anything in "driving sense" to my Golf?
Do I need to drive it slower without overreving the engine above 2000rpm?
Or do I need to let it warm up before driving? (even though I read that all modern cars don't need warming up anymore: just sit and drive )
Feel a little bit cautious about wrecking the engine (it has 1600km on it).
I read about breaking in the engine, so I drove without overdoing it for the first 1000km, then closer to 1500km I began overreving the car, letting it go up to 4000rpm on the gear change. Hope I'm doing it right.

Thanks for advise.

[Transporter]

What does the owner's manual says about it?

[maxrob200]

No snowflake - just cold, with snowflake - damn cold <4 degrees! freeze ya socks off