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Hi folks, I have a 2016 Skoda Octavia with Amundsen MIB2: Device part number: 5Q0035874A Hardware: H25 Software: 0245 Current software train: 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? 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.

Allegedly there are only 2 brands authorised by VW group for newer vehicles. There are VCDS OBD11 3 As it’s only their new devices that can change more than the basic settings on cars 2 years old and newer (generalisation here of course ) If your car is new is with the latest software version, you’ll need to cough up the bucks. I’ have been looking at these off and on for 19 months (before I bought the Superb). Still haven’t made the decision (I’m not likely to be fit enough to do stuff myself for a few months yet tbo)

Can anyone explain this entry in the workshop manual? Am I safe to say the torque setting for the spark plugs is 28Nm? I don't know what the rest of the text is referring to. It doesn't appear anywhere else in the manual.

So Skoda Connect has always been a bit flaky for me, sometimes connecting and sometimes staying 'stuck' (offline with the red globe). When it's not connecting, it requires a system restart or unplugging and replugging the Skoda CarStick (it has an O2 SIM inside). I renewed my Skoda Connect subscription in August 2026 and since then it now seems a LOT worse. It's not connecting most of the time, and system restarts or unplugging and replugging the CarStick have no effect. I can tether to my mobile phone (Vodafone) instead of using the CarStick, but even this seems to drop connection randomly and I lose all of the live traffic flow data. I've tried different SIM cards to no avail. So I'm at a bit of a loss as to what is at fault here, but the common denominator seems to be the car itself. AI suggested it may be to do with the CarStick being a Huawei device that doesn't handle IPv6 properly, but I'm skeptical given that I get similar issues via mobile tethering. I contacted Skoda Connect who have advised me to book the car into the workshop. Wondering if I'm just throwing good money after bad at this point. I can use Android Auto, which I don't really like but better than having no live traffic data. If I hadn't just paid for another year old Skoda Connect I wouldn't mind so much... Anyone else had similar issues or any idea what could be done to resolve this?

Al I can add is that when ordering several new cabin trim parts for my 2016 mk3 vRS, I had to go to my local Seat dealer because Skoda's ETKA showed these parts as no replacement, while Seat had them freely in stock. Perhaps for the Scout you may find correct parts with correct colour there, but no guarantees. HTH.

For maximum positive improvement in comfort at minimum complication, you could go down to 6J to 7J wide x 16in wheels and use 205/60/R16 profile tyres (Octavia Scout wheel/tyre size), they will fit without suspension changes and provide big improvement in comfort, speedo will be exact. Note you need narrower and smaller diameter rims as well as narrower tyres. If you want to do more changes, as an example below is a setup for a 2016 Mk3 vRS that I own: It rides on narrow 6J x 17" black "Crystal" winter alloys (that are actually approved even for 340mm petrol vRS brakes) with 205/55/R17 all weather tyres (Michelin CrossClimate 2). Rear springs have been uprated by 2 groups to 5Q0511115AF (currently Lesjofors 4285741), and the rear shocks to Bilstein Sport B6 B6 24-229890. Note by far the easiest way to install new springs and shocks on multilink is to take out (and replace) 3 outer bottom arm bolts each side rather than mess with spring compressors. Also note front assist radar needed to be adjusted upwards by 1/2 turn. The 205/55/R17 tyre size is a Mk3 Scout tyre size. The higher springs together with slightly higher profile tyres make for about 1in higher ride height at front, and about 2in higher ride height at rear compared to stock vRS, I guess it'd be 1/2in over stock front and 1in higher back at rear when compared to Elegance. After 70k+ miles, the setup offers comfort, durability and robustness, even on very poor quality roads, it also offers somewhat increased ground clearance. Behaviour on motorway is actually better than stock, both for stability and comfort. Cornering is still good, unless you want track driving . Additional bonus is that when the car is full of luggage, it still has a good stance on autobahn which helps with air drag and fuel consumption, as well as stability at 120mph+ speeds (autobahn). This is not the first time I made similar changes, on my previous Mk1 Superb TDI V6 I had B6s all round, sport front springs, and HD rear springs and the effect was similar, drove over 200k miles in that one, significant part of it on shockingly poor roads. HTH

Getting this repeatedly in my Karoq. Typically use CarStick but even using mobile tethering it's still either not connecting or regularly dropping. Have contacted Skoda Connect who want me to book into a dealer. .