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(Message started by: lesterlad on Dec 14^th, 2009, 1:50pm)

Title: Trip meter change to Miles/Gall
Post by lesterlad on Dec 14^th, 2009, 1:50pm

Silly me left an Interior light on over the weekend (slaps self across face)and of course the battery went rather low so as not to start the car(slaps self across face again)
The trip meter changed itself from Miles/Gall to Km/L can someone please advice me of the sequence of button presses to get it back to Miles/Gall.
I have seen the procedure somewhere on here before but for the life of me I can't find it now when I need it. :-[

Anyone who feels I need another slap please form a queue over there > > > ;D

Title: Re: Trip meter change to Miles/Gall
Post by tonyboy on Dec 14^th, 2009, 5:23pm

Normally you would just press the S button. But someone on here said ( can't remember who ) But said that pressing the S and R buttons together also does it......... !!!! SLAP, SLAP, !!!!

Title: Re: Trip meter change to Miles/Gall
Post by scorpio_man on Dec 14^th, 2009, 7:14pm

on 12/14/09 at 17:23:49, tonyboy wrote:

Normally you would just press the S button. But someone on here said ( can't remember who ) But said that pressing the S and R buttons together also does it......... !!!! SLAP, SLAP, !!!!

hi there

that would be me! ;D

anyway, to my point.

your light should only have stayed on for 20 minutes or so as the battery saver should have kicked in.

something you should check out. :-/

hth

Title: Re: Trip meter change to Miles/Gall
Post by gost on Dec 14^th, 2009, 7:41pm

Both together works for me as well

Title: Re: Trip meter change to Miles/Gall
Post by lesterlad on Dec 15^th, 2009, 3:44pm

on 12/14/09 at 19:41:04, gost wrote:

Both together works for me as well

Sorted, thanks fellas

on 12/14/09 at 19:14:00, scorpio_man wrote:

your light should only have stayed on for 20 minutes or so as the battery saver should have kicked in.

something you should check out.

Checked out the battery saver today.

After 20 min's
Front & centre interior lights go out
Estate load light stays on when switched to constant on. (that's the one I forgot to switch off)
Cigar lighter stays on. (sat nav connected)
Parking lights stay on. (switch to the left)

After 1 hr (with no key in Ign)
Radio turns off

Title: Re: Trip meter change to Miles/Gall
Post by ottopmh on Dec 17^th, 2009, 10:31am

And if you still can't change the setting, try to perform instrument panel reset.

http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/instreset.htm

My Scorp does not let me to change the setting either by pressing S or S and R. But - I just happened to notice this - after a reset S button will change the setting between miles and metrics. Sometimes it works for weeks after reset, sometimes only couple of days.

Who knows why...