Change default Imperial to Imperial
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Racer
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From: Brooklin Ontario
Change default Imperial to Imperial
I am trying to change the default display from showing as imperial - miles to metric - kilometers.
my car is a 98 coupe.
A dealer told me to hold the e/m button down for 7 seconds and it'll stay in that display - sure, as long as the car stays on!!
I've even tried holding the e/m button for upwards of 30 seconds - turn the car off for a few minuites and when come back on it's back to imperial.
Can I fix this??
my car is a 98 coupe.
A dealer told me to hold the e/m button down for 7 seconds and it'll stay in that display - sure, as long as the car stays on!!
I've even tried holding the e/m button for upwards of 30 seconds - turn the car off for a few minuites and when come back on it's back to imperial.
Can I fix this??
Safety Car
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From: San Rafael CA
There is only one place in the car where it knows in what country it was originally sold. That is in the BCM, it knows if the original country of sale was the US, Canada, Japan, whatever.
My understanding is that if you have a car built for a "default" of KM/H then your speedometer reads from 0 to 300 .... and if your car was built for a default of MPH, then your speedo reads from 0 to 200 ....
There is no way to change the "default" according to the Service Manual (there may be some "hidden" procedure .... but it isn't in the Service Manual).
By the way, as an aside, the vehicle is not displaying in "Imperial" units, as an Imperial gallon is different from an "American" gallon ... and though the switch is marked E/M for English/Metric the fact is that the UK adopted metric some 20 plus years ago ....
The biggest problem ????? The G**damn French who came up with this whole metric system anyway (and as usual, got it wrong) .... can't we just vote them out of the UN ????? Please ?????
My understanding is that if you have a car built for a "default" of KM/H then your speedometer reads from 0 to 300 .... and if your car was built for a default of MPH, then your speedo reads from 0 to 200 ....
There is no way to change the "default" according to the Service Manual (there may be some "hidden" procedure .... but it isn't in the Service Manual).
By the way, as an aside, the vehicle is not displaying in "Imperial" units, as an Imperial gallon is different from an "American" gallon ... and though the switch is marked E/M for English/Metric the fact is that the UK adopted metric some 20 plus years ago ....
The biggest problem ????? The G**damn French who came up with this whole metric system anyway (and as usual, got it wrong) .... can't we just vote them out of the UN ????? Please ?????
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Racer
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From: Brooklin Ontario
Also - sorry for my post title - I ment it to say Imperial - now English -to Metric.
I ain't beens no goods at spellin and crap for a lotta whiles now. And I think proof reading is for geeks. hehe
I ain't beens no goods at spellin and crap for a lotta whiles now. And I think proof reading is for geeks. hehe
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Interesting, my first was a '00 that was a US car, it always stayed on metric even after turning it off. Then again that may explain all the speeding tickets I got. J/K, weird how it doesn't stay on metric.
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Melting Slicks
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wow, this is strange. mine always stays in whatever I put it in until I either hit the button again or disconnect the battery (even then...I don't know) I can set it for metric and it will stay that way for as long as I want until I hit the E/M button again. not all vettes do this?
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From: South Western Ontario
I think the older C5's don't "stick". My 98 starts in metric every time no matter what I do.
Lots of people with newer cars seem to be capable of keeping the display they select.
Peter
Lots of people with newer cars seem to be capable of keeping the display they select.
Peter
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Try this:
Set all the controls the way you want them (including the ENGLISH/METRIC to metric) and press and HOLD the MEMORY 1 & MEMORY 2 functions until the little yellow light on the memory switch flashes THREE times.
That way, when you unlock the car with the FOB, everything will revert to your personal settings.
Make sure you set BOTH memory settings just incase your using FOB -1 and set memory #2 or visa versa.
Have you scrolled through the FUNCTIONS pages and seen if there is an ENGLISH / METRIC SELECTION??
If it doesnt stay after that, your on your own!
Bill
Set all the controls the way you want them (including the ENGLISH/METRIC to metric) and press and HOLD the MEMORY 1 & MEMORY 2 functions until the little yellow light on the memory switch flashes THREE times.
That way, when you unlock the car with the FOB, everything will revert to your personal settings.
Make sure you set BOTH memory settings just incase your using FOB -1 and set memory #2 or visa versa.
Have you scrolled through the FUNCTIONS pages and seen if there is an ENGLISH / METRIC SELECTION??
If it doesnt stay after that, your on your own!
Bill
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By the way, as an aside, the vehicle is not displaying in "Imperial" units, as an Imperial gallon is different from an "American" gallon ... and though the switch is marked E/M for English/Metric the fact is that the UK adopted metric some 20 plus years ago ....
The biggest problem ????? The G**damn French who came up with this whole metric system anyway (and as usual, got it wrong) .... can't we just vote them out of the UN ????? Please ?????
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Racer
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From: Brooklin Ontario
Tried the memory thing - when you first hold the memory button it's a solid light for a second or 2 then I get 1 flash then nothing - I even held it for 30 full seconds and no other flashes - it didn't set the default display to what I want.
I even tried setting memory 3 times and that never worked - then I tried turning the car on and of 7 times - nothing. Anyone know an indian rain dance that might work??
I even tried setting memory 3 times and that never worked - then I tried turning the car on and of 7 times - nothing. Anyone know an indian rain dance that might work??
