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    Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

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    2012 Octavia Elegance 1.6TDI Kawasaki GT550

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  1. Hi, after 11 years of ownership, my rear windscreen wiper has just developed a life of its' own. Operating itself whenever it chooses. Can anyone help please?
  2. Thanks Mike, that's great. We don't normally leave the dogs in the car (because the alarm goes off) but we've just booked a holiday in Dorset and will be taking them with us, so it will be useful to be able to leave them in sometimes. Thanks very much for your help.
  3. When the dogs are left in the car the alarm acvtivates when they move. My wife says it didn't used to happen when we first got the car 8 years ago. Any ideas how to stop it happening please?
  4. Thanks mac11irl. That's sorted that out for me. Thanks for the advice on the respective merits of the different manufacturers.
  5. I am looking to buy spare H7 bulbs. What is the difference between 499 and 477 types please?
  6. Thanks Roottoot for that. But I know they are lying because the VIN Checker is saying there is a recall out and I know it is for the CAT to be 'sorted' and I'm not having it done, because my car is running fine and it probably won't be when it comes back from having it done. The only thing I am confused about for now is ...what is DQ200? Thanks for all the information. Think I'll go out and buy myself a Morris Minor. We were poor but happy in those far off days!!!
  7. DM Keith didn't get back to me on Monday, so I phoned them this morning. The girl on the service department asked for the registration and after checking she told me that there are no recalls outstanding on my car. The question is....do I believe her? After all she's working for Skoda!!!!
  8. Thanks Phil-E, there are no such stickers so nothing has been done and I've had this car since it was 11 moths old. I'm supposed to be getting a call from the dealer in the morning to sort this out. I'll keep you informed of the outcome. Forgot to post this on Sunday (2 days ago)
  9. Just been reading through the links posted by Roottoot and 'stickers' are being mentioned. Where and what are these stickers situated please? Never heard of them before.
  10. Thanks again for that Roottoot. I'll see what happens on Monday and take it from there. What is the 'flashing spanner' that they claim to know nothing about?
  11. Just been trying to see if my car is eligible for the update. It was registered in Sept 2012 and I bought it Aug 2013. On an old service invoice they had the car down as a 2013 car, so maybe it didn't have the problematic synthetic oil in the gearbox (which isn't a gearbox), but the service department from DM Keith are calling me back on Monday to see if I'm in the clear. If I'm in the clear, how easy is it to change the oil in the gearbox? Thanks.
  12. Oh great!! Thanks for that Roottoot, at least I will have a bit of leverage to deal with them when it goes there. I just don't want the emissions 'sorting'!! I've heard too many bad stories about it.
  13. Thanks everyone for your interest and replies. Since I put the post on I have found out through a search on one of the posts that my car is on a recall list, but doesn't say which one/s. I know it is on the recall for the cat. converter to be modified, part of the world wide emissions scandal and I don't want that doing. It runs fine thankyou!! But it just says to take it to a dealer and I'm afraid they might do the mod. anyway. My gearbox code is: NTT LF8L-2G2G CS. Does anyone know if this is in the gearbox oil recall? Thanks
  14. I've had my Octavia 2 for 7 years (first diesel and first automatic.) it has been pretty faultless, except for one day last December it decided to stop and refuse to start, at a traffic light. After recovery home before waiting for recovery to a garage the next morning, I tested it and it fired up, and has been fine ever since. However, after a conversation yesterday with a friend, he told me that his father once told him that automatic gearboxes are fine as long as the oil is changed regularly. As far as I know my gearbox oil has never been changed, 73000 miles and he also told me that garages do not like changing automatic gearbox oil, (often refuse to touch them). My question is, how easy is it to change my gearbox oil please? I'm not averse to doing the job myself, done it enough times on manual gearboxes.
  15. Okay Rustynuts, just what I had been told. I'm not surprised at anything that happens with this modern technology these days. John999boy, no mate it was in Wakefield, but 'scrotes' are everywhere.
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