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OBD fault code Starter motor has an intermittent fault. It is fine for weeks and then will not start. The fault clears somehow if the car if left or the DSG lever is moved or the fault code is cleared. The fault description is mechanical or electrical malfunction. If the motor does eventually start does this suggest an electrical fault, or not necessarily? I’m having the motor replaced this week or next but this may be only part of the problem. Any suggestions?

Hi SteveF, temptation beyon endurance as they say. Great car!

Hello, I’m Steve and I’m going to be collecting my new Octavia in 3 weeks. I’ve never personally owned a Škoda but, as the family’s official petrolhead, I’ve been instrumental in the purchase of several Skodas, by various friends and family members. I helped my late father buy his first ever brand new car, back in 2006. A Fabia. I helped my son source two MK3 Octavias. (First one was unfortunately rear ended!) Advised a friend to look for an Octavia, when replacing an aging Toyota Avensis. They’ve had their MK2 for approximately 8+years now and it has, this week, been relegated to 2nd car duties as they didn’t want to part with it but wanted a newer car. I, personally, have lusted after an Octavia vRS for the best part of 15yrs. Somehow, when it came to buying a replacement car, I always ended up buying something different. There was always some other consideration, whether practical, financial or logistical, which meant a different purchase was made! As I retired a year ago, we have decided to change our current car for a brand new “something that I promise to keep for longer than my usual 3-5yrs” (I’ve had to sign something to that effect!). Having thoroughly researched possibilities, I kept coming back to the fact that I’ve always liked/wanted an Octavia vRS! Upshot is, I found a lovely 8 mth old example, 2hrs drive away and organised a test drive last week. It was lovely to drive and a good deal was struck. However , they had a lovely, discounted, new example in the showroom. I casually enquired about it and we pick it up on Sept 1st! It’s a tad more than I wanted to spend but the discount and Škoda pcp deposit definitely brought the two closer together and being as this car must be a keeper, I thought we’d make the stretch! Can’t wait! Look forward to learning lots of stuff from you guys on here!

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Left tail gate strut failed - lots of beeping not much moving. Popped it off to find the wires have broken. Quick + dirty repair to make it work again whilst I order replacements.

I`ve attached pics of the unit and as you can see when you look at the second pic, the bluetooth audio is greyed out and press it as much as you like that doesn`t change. When paired with the car andI check the phone settings it`s set to play blutooth audio through the skoda pairing so I really am at a loss to undestand why this won`t work..

@nbramwel Is that a place that is not VAT registered you use? Fluid & a very very low hourly rate, very low if there is VAT included and only £35.

I have discovered my 2006 mk2 Octavia 1.9 tdi hatchback has a factory fitted tow bar with detachable swan neck. (Manufactured by a Czech company called PROF SVAR.) The swan neck, however, is missing. I am hoping someone out there has one of these lying about that they do not need and are willing to sell it. TIA. I have attached pictures to assist identification.

@Coral-C Dundee has a Courtesy Transport Driver, or a Courtesy Car. Victoria Garage good for a stay over and maybe a Courtesy car.

Hmm, this may be the issue then as although the option is there to play bluetooth media the button is always "greyed" out?

That's another option. Maud looks excellent, but Dundee is probably easier for public transport if I need to leave the car with them for any length of time.

John Clark Skoda Dundee are considered by some including me much better for Customer services than they are in Aberdeen or Perth.

That's not a million miles away 😀 I'll check them out. Thanks, @Evolution13

@Coral-C Are you in a part of the Scottish Highlands too far from the excellent Victoria Garage Maud, Peterhead. (Skoda) Aberdeenshire? http://victoriagarage-maud.co.uk

Hi Arianne Just picking up on a sidebar comment in one of your posts... you mentioned that your dealership is "a smaller, family and privately owned franchise as I wanted to avoid the big car dealership groups like Arnold Clark or Lloyd Group". I'm also in Scotland (Highlands rather than the Borders) and have to suffer with a national dealership that is, shall we say, "not excellent". Can you share who your dealer is? Best wishes for Rosie 2 - not long to wait now until you have somewhere to put that USB stick 😉. I recently moved to a 2025 L&K 4x4 and the drive is perfect for me. Rosie will be a joy for your long-haul trans-Europe journeys; Superbs are magnificent on the motorway. I wasn't sure about the massage seats on the L&K, but after a 600-mile-in-a-day run, I wouldn't want to be without them now. And I enjoy the understated power on the rare occasions when you need it: sub-6 seconds to 60mph leaves the boy racers open-jawed at the lights.

I can totally understand why you want to do it. I'm a bit of a sucker for all the latest bells and whistles myself, and if there's a way of making the car do something that a higher-spec model does, I'm usually the first to start wondering how it can be done! 😄 Having looked at what would potentially be involved with the Mk4 though, I'm not sure I'd actually go ahead with this one. The thing is, what you've already got isn't really a "lesser" TPMS system in terms of what it's there to do. It uses the ABS/wheel-speed sensors to monitor for a loss of pressure and, if it detects one, it tells you about it. So the important bit — knowing you've got a tyre that's losing pressure — is already covered. To get the actual numbers on the screen, you're potentially looking at four direct TPMS sensors, a receiver and possibly another module/wiring, plus fitting, coding etc. And then, at some point down the line, you've got four little batteries in the wheels that are going to run out and need dealing with. All of that just to change the information from: "There's a problem with this tyre" to: "This tyre is currently at 2.1 bar." And I completely get why you'd want the second one! 😂 It's just that I'm not sure I'd want to spend potentially quite a bit of money and introduce extra hardware into an otherwise perfectly happy car purely to get that information. A decent digital pressure gauge will give you the actual figures whenever you want them, and you can check all four tyres in a couple of minutes before a long journey. If I'd been speccing the car from new and direct TPMS was an option, I'd definitely have ticked the box. But as a retrofit, I'd probably put this one in the "nice to have" column and keep it on the bucket list for the next car. Then when the next Superb comes along, you can tick the box for direct TPMS from the factory or make sure thee used car has it and enjoy watching all four pressures appear on the screen without having to retrofit half the car to make it happen! 😁 That's just my take on it though — if seeing those four numbers on the OEM screen every time you get in the car is going to make you happy, then I completely understand why you'd want to do it. Sometimes that's reason enough!

I bought a new Kodiaq SE L 7 seater in February this year. Like you, I wanted a space saver wheel. I found the 2 best sources were Skoda Parts Direct and Caffyns Parts. Decided to go with Caffyns. Bought the space saver wheel and the foam kit on their ebay site because delivery was only £12 on eBay but more than £30 if I bought direct from Caffyns!! Fitted everything myself although some parts are a bit tricky. Guess you won’t have that problem with a factory order.

Thanks for reply. Yes, that does look straight forward. But video doesn’t quite show how the old key fits into the new hinge though.

Does this help? - looks like you might only need the chromed hinge corner piece: Appreciate it's a different style, but if your key blade isn't broken it looks relatively straightforward to me. Gaz

Is there anyone who knows the exact number of tire pressure monitor sensor that i should buy?

Thanks for reply. It doesn’t seem the actual key is broken, it’s the metal casing the key goes into, where there is a crack in it, hence the key falling out. So not sure how you go replacing that, do you just get a new fob and the key slides in from the inside going outside somehow maybe?

Hello Richardos Glad to hear 👍 These are important cars and deserve to be looked after 😎 Gaz

I can access the user settings, though at least once it has reverted back to guest from my own profile during an application update. One way to stop the updates is to set the user profile privacy to high which stops the esim from connecting except for the sos function. On the Karoq Facebook group someone with the same problem has received an email from skoda saying that they know it is a technical problem and will be fixed by an OTA update they are working on.......

I completely agree, we have experienced the extremely dangerous braking problem twice and now always turn it off. I raised several complaints with Skoda UK, including the above; the rest relate to the customer service at the branch I purchased from, and I have had generic responses to all. I imagine that a neutral answer avoids any potential liability, but it also avoids actually addressing the problem. At some point, some road users are going to get seriously injured (or worse) under an emergency braking scenario, and I very much doubt my "Customer Relations Manager" will be able to use generics at a formal inquest. Luckily, my local branch, Trancity, is very customer-focused and have just serviced the car and resolved a few problems. But they did say the braking scenarios are as expected from the position of the sensors. Like you, I would have hoped Skoda UK would be collating customer reports for researching and eventually releasing a software improvement or update? I would look closely at the reliability of the Honda; not so sure it is what it was in the pre-electric days? Another contender for me has been Toyota, 'dull but dependable", if they release a plug-in Corolla estate, I personally would seriously consider that instead. They also have the extended warranty periods for the car, 10 years and 15 on the hybrid system (if you service it annually with Toyota). Toyota GBToyota Warranty | Toyota Car Warranty | Toyota UKAt Toyota, we take great pride in the quality and reliability of our vehicles. Discover Toyota Relax - up to 10 years (100,000 miles) Toyota warranty.

It's so annoying that they don't give spare wheels on cars, where possible. Those foam kits are a waste of time. I have a Sportline TDI 4x4 with the 20" wheels, and I use the 19inch spare wheel that I'd bought for my previous Octavia VRS. It'd picked it up as a kit off of eBay, including a jack and wheel brace. Only bit I had to buy then was the genuine Skoda plastic locking screw that holds the wheel in position. You can lever the rear sets up after releasing them to get to the original foam insert that has some of the tools, inflator and foam kit. I stored that in the attic and laid the spare wheel in there, and the jack/tools in the centre wrapped in bubble wrap. Works fine for me. I'm sure you can get a genuine kit it'll include the proper foam insert that surrounds the wheel and holds the tool. Some links you might find useful: https://skodapartsdirect.co.uk/product-category/spare-wheel-and-toolkit/ https://shop.wingsskoda.co.uk/products/skoda-spare-wheel-kodiaq-2024 https://shop.parks.uk.com/products/skoda-spare-wheel-kodiaq