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I’ve had two Fabia estates and now have a 2019 Scala that I’ve had from new. Apart from one electrical meltdown a few years ago the Scala has been a good car. I’m thinking about its replacement. My wife is disabled so we have to have a car with a low easily accessible seat. Not an SUV. We also need a large boot for a wheelchair and other bits and pieces. I think that I might stick with what I know and get another Scala. But I am tempted by the Octavia and its bigger boot. Also if I decide to have an auto gearbox this time the Octavia has autohold which from the reading I’ve done makes driving easier. However, I’ve been following this forum for a long time now and I’m being put off the Octavia by the horror stories that some of you have endured with infotainment and electronics problems. Having to dismantle screens and volume sliders to get them to work! So, are there any happy Octavia owners with recent cars? Have Skoda sorted out the problems on newly built cars? I would be most grateful for your opinions. I’m getting on a bit now and this may be the last car I buy so I don’t want to make a mistake. We looked at the Corolla estate but the distance between the sill and the seat edge is larger than the Scala and my wife's disabilities made it hard for her to safely access the seat. The choice of cars that suit our needs is limited.

For a while, just in case any of the new ones decide to fail.

I put this into ChatGPT

You will keep the original coilpacks as spares, right? Seems wrong to throw away functional items.

I'm thinking about a new or nearly new Karoq 1.5 and would like to make sure I get the best ride comfort available. Would this be with an SE l or the Sportline with DCC on its softest setting? Any comparisons or comments on either model would be appreciated

Bit moist today, but changed the PCV valve as the original one had a blow on it. Whilst I was there and had two coil packs out I figured I may as well replace them all as they're the original ones from 2018 and the plugs at the same time as I think they were last done 30-40k ago. Aftermarket coil packs as they were cheaper than OEM and being red they'll easily add 10hp each 😂

Hi folks, I have a 2016 Skoda Octavia with Amundsen MIB2: Device part number: 5Q0035874A Hardware: H25 Software: 0245 Current software: MST2_EU_SK_ZR_P0245T Does anyone have the correct MST2_EU_SK_ZR_P0253T firmware? And is that the route I should go down? Or is there an extra/different process that would get me something more up to date? I have an Android phone, so it would be handy to get it to the point where it could do Android Auto. Many thanks! Adam

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As above.. it's telling you that the seat backrest isn't locked into position properly so have another go with a bit more force

Ahh sorry I missed that part, I thought that he is about to grease the spark plug threads 🙂

It is the coils getting greased to make removing easier.

Just to add to this, albeit my knowledge is minimal, I've used Car Scanner and Carista quite happily to change settings using a basic ELMe27 dongle on my 2018 Kodiaq but it won't do the same on a 2017 Citigo. Which seems strange but there you go.

On my Mk 2, this used to happen if I didn't really "whack" the seat backrest home. Try releasing it again and whack it hard against the stop when you put it back.....

Wouldn’t greasing the threads mess up the torque? I’ve been learned that the torque is different on lubed and dry threads.

Sorry, I was wrong. Varioflex rear seats are listed under 'extra equipment'. When I was looking at 23 & 73 reg Karoq SEL some had Varioflex rear seats & some didn't. My car also has a full sized spare wheel that lifts the boot floor. This means that when the rear seats are tipped forward the revealed extra floor space is lower than the boot.

My August 2024 registered Karoq SEL has Varioflex rear seats & the digital spec sheet shows they were part of the standard spec.

Thanks for your reply. I'm not sure if yours is thesame issue as mine, but as soon as I got back to the UK mine connected and worked again and has done everything since. After further investigation it turns out that France have aggressively been switching off 2g (and possibly 3g) and that's why mine didn't work as being a 2018 model it relies on these older data connections and can't be upgraded. So at some point in the UK when they switch off older 2/3g it will lose this functionality. Hope you get yours sorted, maybe it's a software update they have to apply.

Hi, I have an Octavia IV with 5E3035816B, H56, currently on MOI3_EU_SK_R6680L / 1668. I need the intermediate package SK20220307SEQSW96 for the 1668 → 1762 → 1896 upgrade path. Could anyone please send me a working download link by PM? Thanks!

I have the same leave only in P warning. It’s been coming on for around 9 months now every time we start the car. I’ve lifted the cover to see what type of aftermarket micro switch sensor I need and I can see the yellow tab, but the rest is covered by this foam, which I’ve never seen on any other videos or photos on this his forum or YouTube. It seems well and truely embedded. Is this something that can safely be ripped out and put back in? Also based on these images, is anyone here able to confirm the aftermarket sensor type. I appreciate any help/guidance on this

I saw multiple lanes on my display while driving up the A1 earlier this week, the first time since I got the car 18mths ago. It was a two lane road, I was in the inside lane using ACC set at 70mph. Multiple cars passed me in the outside lane, no indication of multiple lanes or cars in the display when they passed. When I approached a car doing about 60mph in the outside lane much to my surprise a second lane showed up in the display with a car icon in it. My car automatically slowed to match the speed of the car in the outside lane obviously complying with the no undertaking rule. The second lane indicator went away when the car pulled into the inside lane and it didn’t come back when I then changed lanes and passed the car…

Topic moved to 'Performance & Tuning Upgrades' section where hopefully other members with 1.2TSI engines will also be able to help/ advise.

I had a similar thing happened to me I was suffering in the car looking at a faulty speaker in the center console with the ignition on driver's door wide open no seat belt on and being told I must have knocked it into drive and off when the vehicle I mean discussions with Skoda UK as this is a safety concern if the door is already open handbrake does not stay engaged if the door is shut and you open the door it engages the handbrake I am waiting on to see what Skoda UK have to say about this problem being told by the dealer but the vehicle will move off if the door is open

Well, a nice dry trip both ways. Sadly no change on my screen still only showed One lane on both the m4 and M5 outbound. The return journey was via the A40 and M4 both only showed One lane. My Superb is a June 2025 build and on the older hardware/software. This must be the issue 🤷‍♂️

Don't you have to tell the car that they've been replaced? Also you need to know what you're doing for a start. I wouldn't have a clue what to do, so leave things alone! If you aren't trained to do it or know what you're doing leave it alone, otherwise you could either kill yourself or someone else as it's brakes or give yourself a bigger bill.