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Is there no sticker in boot near spare wheel or sometimes in owners book/glove box? Alasdair

Thanks for the answers @kokosal but i m not sure that i understand, do i have to open the wheels again?

I have a friend who wants to retrofit cruise control to his Skoda Scala. He only has speed limiter. His current bcm (and gateway combo) is 2q0937087D. He is also looking at retrofitting 090 with 3q0 external gateway if it somehow helps. If someone has a solution for the missing swap code it would be amazing.

handbrake lever maximum down, put the nuts on the thread self adjusters up with screwdriver put the drums on pull handbrake lever and tight the nuts more if lever is max down cable must be a little lose

but now the cables are not too long i need more 3-4 cm if the 2nd picture is the correct

i use what utube says! maybe i have to go at the service garage , i m afraid that they are not good thats why i did it on my own , just money ! what is the correct?

Please read my post again; I said that you're NOT a green warrior, but you still misunderstand what I'm saying. I'm like you; I doubt I'll be around by the time ICE is banned, but then again, I could be. My mum never passed until reaching 92, so I could be. As to whether I'd still be driving, who knows that answer? I don't, and neither do you. But, like that professor told me, as an engineer, I have an inquisitive mind, and I'll never give up trying to preserve our rights to have a choice. As I have said before, when those at the top of the tree start proving their green credentials and actively do what they want us all to do, then maybe they might get somewhere. Like the lockdown when BJ was having parties and others were having police raids, they just keep on demonstrating how it's one rule for us and another for them and their wealthy backers.

Control Module is located on left side of boot under the trims. If you replace it it will need coding with odis. A decent vag specialist should be able to help.

so now lever down and tight the nuts until first touch. If you pull the lever self adjuster should sink down deeper and deeper. Shoes should expand. Its greased dont expect much braking.

Why electric? They're just so prone to failure. Just get a detachable one and you're done. ^^

I would be interested in the answer to this too.

To be honest I cant hear relay ON click because is masked by turning ignition. I can hear OFF only. What if you remove relay and try to turn the key to the ignition position? Still pump works without relay? If yes I would check cable from relay output to pump. Maybe there is just another jumper cable from lighter to pump.

Correction.. part number is 5Q0 035 842 B

Hi. My 2016 Fabia Radio went completely dead I changed the glove box unit with a second hand one. Got Component Protection removed at a Skoda dealer. Radio and most functions all ok, but Telephone not available message shows when selecting telephone. Part number is exactly same as old unit, 5Q0 035 842N. Any ideas on my best course of action ? Thanks.

maybe i m doing something wrong on handbrake installation ?

@Graham Butcher I have a BEV & 2 ICE vehicles. I am no green warrior. I am just raging against the machine. Or being a rebel without a cause. We are where we are and the motor manufacturers are where they are. No matter how much there is mumping and moaning from those that have not and what not a BEV they will still be getting built and purchased. I doubt i will be driving in 5 years so really could not give a monkeys what the UK government does. I am only here for the banter and to read some of the crap posted. PS. Please show any post ever from me where i say or imply that BEV,s are the only way to clean things up. You are making up your own story there.

Hello !! nice to be here again My felicia has no handbrake , so i ve change the cables , now the handbrake still free nothing happened , all job is mine DIY , many mistakes? can someone help me please ,

Today I learned... ... My Fabia has TWO off-side rear side light bulbs!!! 😒 Having nothing better to do today (well, nothing vitally important, anyway) I decided to check all the connectors to see if there were any loose wires or corrosion on the pins etc that might be causing extra resistance, since each light cluster was showing a working bulb. Thankfully I started on off-side rear, because, after removing the light cluster and separating the connector, I used a multimeter to check continuity. I looked at the different colours going to the bulbs and saw one that had black and brown wires, which I checked and they were OK. Then I happened to notice that there was another bulb with black and brown wires. I took that one out and, lo and behold, the bulb was blown!! I have no idea why I didn't spot this before when I was checking them, the only thing I can think of is that, having checked one (which was OK), I simply didn't consider the fact that there might be another one. Anyway, I replaced the blown bulb and, Huzzah!, I stopped getting the faulty light warning. So if anyone ever has this issue again and finds this thread, check BOTH bulbs...! 😳

You're doing a pretty fine job of misrepresenting what I'm saying. I never said that we are doomed or anything like it; this is you misunderstanding things. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you do have an EV and also a BEV, so what is it with you? Having a foot in both camps rules you out from being a green warrior who never misses a chance to point out to anyone who will listen that BEV is the only way of cleaning up the environment and saving the planet. I have said that as an electrical engineer, I have a greater understanding of electricity than a lot of people, and by the same token, being an engineer, I don't suffer from a closed mindset. I remember one of the professors at college telling us all that it is only when you begin to learn something and you gain knowledge that you actually realise just how little we actually know. He went to explain just what he said actually meant, which was that the true engineer does not just accept what he has been told but wants to learn more about why something behaves in a particular fashion. What if we change the circumstances? How does that behave then and so on? This is how discoveries are made and modern inventions have evolved from true engineers. If no one questions the status quo, nothing changes, and that is why we are not all still walking, cycling or horse riding; someone thought differently and tried something. Anyway, back to the hydrogen topic, all I actually said was, "Well, that's a possibility, but that too has serious complications in its use, storage and can be extremely dangerous when things go wrong, plus it also consumes massive amounts of energy currently to produce it." All of which I said is 100% true; it does indeed offer great potential. For a start, it is extremely plentiful; it is the most plentiful element in the universe. It is currently the most difficult one to handle and control; being lighter than air, it has to be bonded to something else to keep it from floating away. Hence, water is the richest source of it. Its atoms are so small that they can escape through most materials, so it has to be stored either at extremely high pressures or at extremely low temperatures, both of which make it difficult to store and also consume more power to store it. It also demands tremendous amounts of power to separate from water, making it overall less efficient than other means of energy. However, once those problems have been resolved, it is a very clean energy source, as its byproduct is water. So to recap then, I never implied anything about its fire capability or that we are all doomed, merely pointing out that it is one possible solution, but it is not currently at a stage for mass adoption and is not without its own significant problems.

Even if the 12v battery seems fully charged it may be on its way out. Check its reading 12.5-12.8v if you havent already. Alasdair

On one of my old cars there was I think a non return valve which was gummed up. Hopefully its that simple. Alasdair

so update. new turbo fitted, car was showing p0544 egt sensor ,then showed p02458 regen not completed, now showing p02463 dpf . so the egt bank 1 sensor faulty which is causing fault codes p02458 and p02463. my question is dpf obviously has been shut down by ecu to protect turbo etc, once the new egt sensor is fitted will that enable the dpf regen again or will it need flushed out.

Hard to say, because when I click to SW update/version in long Menu hold, there is a warning it will update.. but I don’t want to confirm because if I don’t have anything in there it can maybe search for some update and get itself in to some sequence. Maybe it is somewhere in advanced ID in VCDS but I am not able to do it now

The mechanic is currently stumped as to why there’s excessive suction. You’d hope he’s checked the breather pipe but you never know. I’ll take it off and have a check myself.

Hi chaps, I have had no problems whatsoever with the software and maps update over the past year, the maps are a bit (about 5 years I should think) out of date though, so every now and then I find myself driving on a new piece of road whilst the SATNAV thinks I’m in a farmer’s field. I think the unit and software I have were the end of the line for my 2013 Superb, but it is worth asking the question: is there any way if further updating the maps without changing the entire unit (which I really don’t want to do… I like the motorcar the way it is)? Alan