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Daughter had the vw UP with the 1litre mpi and it was a great little car. Ideal for around town and surprisingly nippy and gave her no real problems apart from a flexi exhaust failing. Check its got a reasonable service history and also have a look on MOT history to see if its failed on anything and if underbody corrosion is mentioned. We were looking for a car for my son a few years back and its amazing the amount of cars that looked good but had failed previously with things like tyres down to canvas, brake pads worn out ,no handbrake, One even had dangerous fault due to subframe loose which I reckon points to a car that;s not been looked after or serviced regularly. We went for a mk1 1.2 fabia with very low miles. Alasdair

I don't know. Now at the mercy of the garage☹️ Just count myself lucky this is the first time its had to go into the garage with a problem.

Not sure on the suberb but on my octavia the handbrake mechanism on caliper was stiff and making it difficult to pull handbrake on. No sticking calipers but only one side was working properly. It could also be a failing handbrake cable thats got corosion inside and seizing. Get someone to pull handbrake and make sure the rear calipers mechanism and cables are moving and returning freely. You can adjust the handbrake to take up stretching etc but doubt it would help with the stiffness. Alasdair

2Q0 Camera? TSR have SwaP Protection

Hi everyone, I have a 2021 Škoda Kodiaq with a working camera (I have Lane Assist) but it has PR code QR8 (no Traffic Sign Recognition). Because it's a 2021 model with an MIB3 system and SFD protection, a standard VCDS tweak won't cut it. I need someone with VCP or ODIS who can flash the correct camera dataset onto the A5 Front Camera Module to enable TSR. Is there anyone near Thatcham, Newbury, or Reading who has the kit to do this? Happy to travel and cover cost for your time!

They will help keep it clean if slightly sooted but wont work if its heavily sooted up or a high ash content. If your DPF light is coming on its normally that the dpf is blocked. My 1.6tdi revs increase at idle if doing a regen but if the rad fan comes on after engine switch off its a failed regen. Never had a dpf light. Problem with dpf is you need to do regular long runs to keep them clean. We used to but not any more so if I notice rev increase at idle around 950rpm I give it a 20-30 min blast down the road at 2500rpm if I caan until idle drops to around 750rpm. Reckon the next one will be petrol. Alasdair

Good afternoon all. My handbrake has been quite stiff the last few days, on applying. No rear sticking calipers. Can it be adjusted/slackened slightly? Any advice welcome.

Just getting back here.. Everybody can take a breather for a couple of days to think, reflect, and question whether this particular discussion is actually going to resolve to a consensus or is it going to spin in circles for another 4yrs of back and forth polarised views that will never be changed and whining. I fear the latter, looking back through the pages and pages of this thread full of personal digs, unsubstantiated claims (from all sides), fear mongering and anecdotes masked as evidence it gives me ptsd to the brexit threads.

That advice seem strange - wasn't 'component protection' started sometime after 2017?

@thamestrader That is the point. Oranges & Lemons or Peaches & Pears. DSG,s from different eras & evolutions, Pre WLTP and Post WLTP. Different engines from different years, and it matters if the vehicle has a e-Brake or manual parking brake. There are differences from 2008-2026, or from 2013-2026. Someplace a few years back there were some features and characteristics that to me seemed perfect on some VW Group models.

Alright, first things first, feedback after a little over a week with the TVS Stage 2+ tune! For someone who mainly does city driving, it’s been a massive improvement. Since it’s almost always a gear lower than the stock logic, the car is much more responsive to your throttle input. It hovers closer to 1800-2000rpm during city driving, meaning there isn’t much of a delay when attempting to make a quick overtake at low speeds. There’s no downside in terms of fuel consumption or noise, it’s merely closer to how you’d drive a manual car without lugging the engine. As you get to ~90km/h, you’re back in 7th gear as you would’ve been before. Shifts are slightly quicker, and 1-2 shifts when cold are seamless. I went with the following options: 1st gear disengaged, manual kick down disabled, auto-downshift deactivation in manual mode, and of course, gear indicator enabled. If you’re not planning on upping the power however, the drivability tune will get you most of the way there and you definitely won’t be disappointed. I’ve confirmed that the Revo sale is applicable at my local dealer and I’ll be there in a couple of days for a Stage 1 flash.

If the filter doesnt help then found post I mentioned https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/481670-p1553-and-p1504-coming-in-and-going-out/

Small update. Got it into my local garage. They diagnosed the fault as the steering angle sensor which is in the steering wheel assembly. This part is apparently component protected so has to go to a main dealer. Booked in for 10th August.

Yes all the dealers needed to do to add the menu was run software configuration on the BCM however even such a basic task seems to complex for them

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What so many of you all are wilfully ignoring is the many Luddites, as you call us (which is disrespectful; we don't call you evangelists, do we?), are that we can see that BEVs or something similar will eventually take over as the fuel of the future. There is plenty of evidence of that being the case, other than the one that you all keep eluding to, that of global warming and its causes. You all love to claim that it is the result of us burning fossil fuels and putting toxic emissions in the air, when there is evidence to suggest that actually is not true at all. Let's look at the one that so many of you keep referring to, that of air quality leading to loads of premature deaths as a direct result of tailpipe emissions. So how do you square that with the fact that life expectancy has risen dramatically over the years? It is a fact the UK has far better air quality with lower PM. 2.5 in the air than Hong Kong, which also has a far higher average temperature than the UK. UK life expectancy is 80.208 as opposed to Hong Kong's figure of 85.68 years. I was born in 1949, and following the graph across, I have already exceeded the expected life of 1950 by something like 2.5 times that figure, hmm. The UK has an average of 8-11 microg/m³ of PM2.5 compared to Hong Kong's average of 15-17 microg/m³ of PM2.5. The UK has 2.1M BEVs, while Hong Kong only has 80,000. The average annual temperature for the UK is 10°C, while for Hong Kong it is 23°C. Density of population per sq. kilometre: UK = 258; Hong Kong = 6,755 So the UK has an annual lower temperature, better air quality, lower population density and far more BEVs but a way shorter life expectancy. Hmm, something is not quite adding up to support the claims that more BEVs, fewer emissions, etc. Clearly, there are other factors at play here.

Code reader showing no signal to both G65 & Air quality sensor, I’ve replaced both sensors with Skoda parts from dealership and still error code is showing, Aircon is non operational. Any help would be appreciated

Might do - I had similar codes and limp mode on a Civic Diesel I had a number of years ago that I could never seem to get to the bottom of, assuming it was a MAF sensor issue - until I found that someone had failed to replace the air filter when it was serviced and hence it had been in there a long time - a new filter and no more codes!

That might do it... Wasn't me, guv. I've just bought the bloody thing. 🤣

if is a 1.2 tsi cbz my suggestion is that it could be a coil pack, look also for the ignition leads, being a 2015 it could be already equipped with the upgraded one (the difference is the heat sheild on the cable), a known fault that can cause a limp mode is the turbo actuator, in my 2013 fabia a faulty coil pack and later a worn spark plug never caused a limp mode 'just' the epc light followed by tcs ecc., (a completely worn ignitoin lead did cause a limp mode once). A faulty wheel sensor normally dosent cause a limp mode, in my fabia I've broken one wile replacing a front wheel bearing and no limp mode just abs tcs tpms warning, also on a 2016 octavia scout 2.0 tdi 184 bhp a snow chain sliced the wheel speed sensor causing all sorta of faults but again no limp mode.

Hi all, I heard that Skoda have released a bug fix update after 1800, 1804/1806. Is that available with anyone here? If yes, can you please share the link for the download?

What make of oil filter do skoda use as standard, Bosch, Fram, Mahl, VAG or are they specifically marked Skoda.

Indeed. Salary sacrifice does not always look great as those quoted deals don't seem to be anywhere near what the tax relief should provide. We, at Bollore and CMA/CEVA were told we were going to get SS EV deals but time passed and they never materialised. The EV grants have been nice from both the Con government and current government but both are icing on the cake and I was always buying cake rather than bread (ICE). ICE cars loads of bread to run and don't taste as nice to take the analogy a bit too far.

my wife looked at salary sacrifice and worked out that because it included tyres and maintenance costs it was actually cheaper to buy cash and haggle. My employer refuses to provide salary sacrifice.

Like climate denial there are those that cannot see the clear mass of evidence in front of the them for what ever reason. BEVs are already great and improving rapidly. ICE cars are pretty much stuck in the doldrums. As my fellow converts we gave driven ICE for decades, in my cases done about 1M miles and owned about 50 of them. Sadly many Luddites still around or maybe it is an initial purchase, credit obtaining thing but clear to me that BEVs are the future, whether that is LFP, Na or whatever battery chemistry. I too am tired of this thread and will try and not contribute any more as it seems flogged to death. Am looking forward to even cheaper running from October 1st though when VAT on charging at home goes to zero. Just bought £33 public charge charge from Gridserve so about £5 VAT, not nice compared to home.