To highlight the hour displayed at the top of the screen when your car is turned on, push the menu clock button in the lower right corner of your instrument cluster. Press the set button to advance the hours. You only need to tap it once to advance the hour.
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How do you adjust the time on a 2016 Volkswagen Golf?
- At the left-bottom corner of the instrument cluster, press the Menu/Clock button. This will make the hour stand out.
- On the instrument cluster’s bottom right, press the 0.0/Set button. If you need to put the time back, press once to advance it by an hour, or hold to advance it quickly.
- Once more pressing Menu/Clock will highlight minutes. The 0.0/Set buttons are once again used to alter this time.
- For the process to be finished, press the Menu/Clock button.
The quickest and easiest way to change the time is using the steering wheel controls. To do this, pick the “Settings menu, then scroll down to time. In addition to changing the hour and minute values, you can also activate the daylight saving time and 24 hour clock modes here.
Setting the clock in the infotainment system
The specific procedure may vary slightly based on the model year as models evolve over time. You might want to go into the infotainment system and alter the radio display even though many vehicles will change it automatically. For the Volkswagen Golf, do this by hitting the Menu button, choosing Setup from the touchscreen, and then selecting the Time and Date settings. The video shows the entire procedure.
The time on a 2011 Volkswagen Jetta can be changed.
There are a lot of things about DST that we dislike, but one of the things that aggravates us the most is probably having to remember the time on every clock in our lives. However, if you follow these easy procedures, changing your time won’t take more than a few seconds:
- Press the button on your instrument cluster to the right with the ignition on. The Beetle features it beneath the speedometer, but other cars have a Menu/Clock button in the bottom right corner of the panel.
- To change the hour, click the 0.0/Set button on the left. The clock advances with a single press, while holding causes the numerals to advance more quickly.
- To change the minutes, press the Menu/Clock button once more.
- Press the 0.0/Set button once more to make the adjustment; press twice to change quickly.
- For the process to be finished, press the Menu/Clock button.
The multifunction buttons on the keyboard can also be used to locate the Time settings in the Settings menu, but this is the quickest way to adjust the time on your Volkswagen instrument panel. The clock can also be adjusted to 24-hour mode or to automatically adapt for daylight saving time by turning on the feature. In some models, changing the time with the steering-wheel controls only affects the time as it relates to the key that was pressed.