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Hello from Kaohsiung, Taiwan! My Octavia Combi MK4 in graphite grey.

I echo what @varooom said, also maybe do what I have done and buy a "plug in 12V DVM" and keep that in the "ciggy lighter" power socket, then only cost roughly £5 in UK money, good enough to keep you up to date with what is happening and maybe allow you to provide your Skoda dealership's workshop with some extra info. For the record, the charging system tries to keep battery charging to a minimum to save waste/emissions and dump lots of charging into the battery when on the over run/braking, so that means "seeing" 12.4V > 13.2V normally and just under 15V on the over run. I allow auto stop/start to do its things now and again and always if I've just missed a green traffic light. Having the AC on and requiring it to run the compressor will always disable the auto stop/start as other things will - but you have also included a high power usage, so that would certainly disable it. My wife's VW Polo is a 2015 car and has already changed the charging characteristics once from "as little as possible" charging to "always cramming in as much charge as possible at all times" lucky for me I had bought and was using that plug in DVM before that happened, as that car was out of warranty when that happened, I changed the battery serial number and that altered the charging characteristics back a bit towards what they had been before this happened, going by what my battery tester tells me, that battery, when well charged and after 6 hours of the car having been used, has dropped down in capacity ie in terms of CCA, from 640A EN down to 500A EN, but still gets classed as "battery good" and if left with auto stop/start enabled, will auto stop within maybe 1 mile having been travelled summer or winter! New AGM battery is waiting for when things start to go wrong and the original EFB battery has run of life - but that has not happened yet, mileage is almost 40K miles, that car's battery was connected to a CTEK smart charger during Covid lockdown periods, so it has been well looked after I feel.

Some useful insight can be gained by reading of the SSP files from erWin. Here are some extracts from SEAT SSP174 Concepts of Electromobility (aware this is Skoda, but the underlying tech/terms are shared) Forgive the terms used, but does say the "electric machine" is in charge of starting the engine as necessary Slow and Medium charges HV & 12V Fast charging will only charge the HV battery The software inside the various control units will decide as and when to charge up 12V, but there could be bugs as always or some parameters we are not aware of that decide when to keep ICE running when we want to run in e-mode, or when the ICE seemingly starts for no aparant reason (more than likely the 12V hit a limit and needed top up)

The rear screens cannot de-laminte as it's a single pane item, what happens is the window adhesive eventually shrinks back enough to pull the black coated surround with it, highlighting a now clear line in the black outer part, especially when viewed from outside. The only cure is a new screen, which is why i fitted a Sundym SE tinted rear screen in my Yellow one. It's not a UV problem either, my Dad's 54 reg Fabia (40k miles) has been garaged from new and that's gone the same as well. It affects Octavia MK1s as well

The selector might not have engaged Drive correctly and been in N. Watch for it again, they can have a brain fart. Maybe better that you Select N and put on the e-Brake if you do not want to just use auto hold with it in D or have Stop / Start enabled.

Happy for the first service for the Zoe at £99, incl VAT. Clio TCE 0.9, only 3 cylinders, needs to go in for a B service so plugs change and air filter as well as oil and filter, £257, hmm. Running cost so far in 8k miles about £100 cost of electricity. Overall running cost then pretty damn low. PCP payment £288 a month. Cheap motoring. Works car allowance 9k a year before tax. Shame my company does not do EV salary sacrifice. Oh and Skoda Fabia just cost me £750 for cambelt, thermostat and water-pump replacing, thank God it is zero tax and 75 mpg else that would be going out for sale.

Yes as @Breezy_Pete mentioned, some kind of algorithm. Assessing the oil level and oil quality The Flexible Service Interval Display obtains information from the new oil level/oil temperature sender G266 in order to calculate oil level and oil quality. On diesel engines, the oil quality calculation includes a parameter which indicates the average content of soot particles in the engine oil. This parameter was calculated in trials and is stored in a map. So on a diesel the DPF soot is also a factor too.

I'm no battery expert, but do wonder if the deep discharge has killed off your battery life? Hopefully someone can reply at some point, with the car still in warranty, I'd be sending it back in myself, and they had better do a better job. Wonder if the car has parasitic drain somewhere all this time.

Another small change. Trying to get rid of that chrome. 😅

With my car the speedo could not display KPH which is what alerted me to the issue as I was planning a European road trip. By the sounds of it @Mark Hiscock has the same issue hence the conversion table - a quick scan of that is a lot safer than the mental arithmetic.

That shirt is just one of my running shirts 😛

Unfortunately AA warranties from used car dealers aren't really worth the paper they're written on. The warranty states that it is valid for up to 90 days when driving in Europe, for example, that it will pay for a hire car and any travel arrangements and recovery. So we called the warranty provider (not the AA), who told us that we have the 'light' warranty which entitled us to: 1) Recovery to the nearest approved garage (although they have none in France, so would accept any that we deemed fit) 2) Payment of up to £50 per day towards a hire car upon validation of the claim 3) Payment to repair the original part that broke up to a value of £1,000 upon validation of the claim but not a penny for any subsequent damage 4) Contribution of up to £150 towards travel costs upon validation of the claim The garage in France did a diagnosis (€250) and a costing (€9,800 for a new engine from Volkswagen and €1800 to fit it). This took 2 weeks. Because... France. Car hire in France during the first week of the French and British holidays is a bit of a challenge, all the more so when you need to pick up locally and drop at the port. Nobody would accept a booking of less than 7 days and the best deal I got for a car that could transport family and self and camping equipment was €1500. The car was a Peugeot 2008, which is big on the outside but supermini on the inside, meaning that I had to drive the family and bags to the campsite, then drive 2hrs back up to the garage to retrieve the camping equipment and 2hrs back again. I then had to take the camping equipment back to the garage to put it back in our car, then go back to the campsite to collect family and bags before we could leave the country. We had originally booked a return crossing Dover-Calais but with two children, 10 bags and two bicycles, my in-laws said they would pick us up if we could get to Portsmouth, so I booked us on as foot passengers at Caen. Then we had the hard decision on what to do with the car... leave it in France and write it off, pay to have it brought back and write it off or pay to have it brought back and pay to repair it. As things stand, the warranty has paid for us to be recovered from the roadside to the garage in France. We've paid for a diagnostic, a hire car, an unused return journey Calais-Dover, a return journey Caen-Portsmouth and the repatriation of the Skoda. The claim is not yet validated by the warranty company, so we may get up to £500 back towards the hire car and ferry, and they may pay for the replacement of the timing chain, but that's as much as they will ever commit to. All told, we're in for just over £4,000 before any work is done on the car, which then limits our options on what to do as we're now out of funds. All we can really do now is pay for another diagnostic by an AA-approved garage to see if the timing chain was faulty - or even if the garage which did the work last year did exactly what it said on the invoice. Once we have that information then twe will have to see what our options are legally, because the warranty company will do nothing. The work wasn't done for us per se, it was done for the dealer. When the piston rings went on the way home from the dealership, we returned the car as unfit for purpose. The dealer then got the work done, presented us with the bill and gave us a 6-month warranty for the work done. That seemed fair and as you can see it looked comprehensive! The car has been great and gave us 10.5 months of trouble-free motoring but was clearly a timebomb. We'll get the engine inspected first by an AA-approved workshop to confirm which parts were faulty and whether all the parts listed on the original job sheet/invoice to the dealer were even done. Only after that will we (or our solicitors) then approach either party (or both). It may also be worth going to Skoda UK given that the car has suffered two known faults (piston rings in 2021 and now the timing chain) which according to this 75-page thread (and many others) it denies exist with the TSI engine.

Welcome. Makes total sense that the engine should fire up and charge the 12 volt system battery. It really is necessary to make sure you are running the ICE occasionally especially is extremes of weather, hot, cold or even inbetween.

There's no pressure sensor, but simply a pressure switch (open circuit when pressure is below threshold, short to ground when above). Test the warning system by unplugging the single wire connection and driving the car, expect red warning light above 1500rpm if not before. Location:

I think I'd prefer if Skoda focused on making sure some of the features I've already paid for actually work 😂

HALT! Before you go to lots of effort, first you speak to the Owner of the workshop that did the work for you. Maybe the manager first but ultimately the 'Owner' . The person the buck stops with. It is them that have to pay attention to their companies reputation, pay to be in the Trade Association, pay the Insurance and any legal fees incurred by their company. They might be dead helpful. Be sure to keep a record of all communications, maybe even record stuff or have a witness.

Looks like you’re still within the original 12 month warranty period, which is good news. I hope the solicitor can help with an approach to sort this out for you. Keep posting updates and let us know how you’re getting on.

Those 19" Becrux are standard equipment for 2.0 TSI in Taiwan.

@roottoot Don't know what's going on here but I can't get rid of the @ or the quote! @MarkyG82I checked the service plan and it's only one oil and filter and one oil/filter and scope. So I guess I'll be paying a fortune at main stealer for a major service!

Stunning (and full) Moon this evening ...........

Sensor in the sump just measures level and temperature of the oil. It can probably feed into an algorithm that infers things about probable oil condition using oil temperature, ambient temperature, total run-time since last change and journey durations, I guess. Probably rather a crude 'guestimate' though.

Now when custom tailights are done something new is commung for the headlights Custom biled projector 6000k for low/hight, custom morimoto shroud and led projektor 60000K for fog light, Morimoto halo led ring on both 6000K, full led strip 6000k for DRL and several small led strips for DRL and turn signal That's how I corrected their drawing -elongated strips and added triangle at the end

In the third picture it looks like you lost your head over this car!!! 🤣 You still had it in the first picture. And btw - matching colour t-shirt - nice touch!

So the waiting game has ended finally! Drove about 20km today and took it to public charger. More driving later when i get the winter wheels off the boot etc! First impressions are.. well, not sure if excited about the car or the color 😛

Ducks in a row: Gaz

The manual for my MY2019 gives the following. Hope this helps and is relevant. Driving abroad When driving in countries with opposing traffic system (traffic on the left/right), headlights may dazzle oncoming traffic. Therefore, the LEDFront headlight setting must be adapted by turning on travel mode in infotainment in the  /  →  → Light menu. In this mode, there is no automatic adjustment of the light beam in front of the vehicle.

CANBus issue; I've seen similar faults on other makes too.

Hello Feri Gaz

Time for a scan I would say. Check list for a local user that can plug in. Place your bets, you probably have a broken wire I'm afraid.

Being a 2014 mk2 youll be looking for the below section of the forum https://www.briskoda.net/forums/forum/136-skoda-superb-mk-ii/ A moderator should move your thread over shortly

Not battery temp in OZ just now then, or the ambient temp and requested temp being more the 16 degrees difference.

Yeah I bet it works it's socks off in hot climates, car sorts out what it likes as always.

The experiment was made less risky by having a fully charged traction battery to haul me back to the petrol station

We will never know obviously implies that we don't already know!

Good to see dealerships are being warned not to Milk it with EV's by hiking the labour rate to try and make up for the loss of income from marking up on engine oil or consumables. http://www.am-online.com/news/aftersales/2022/08/12/dealerships-warned-off-labour-rate-ramp-up-to-mitigate-ev-service-savings

I also meant to add, when I put I'd give up on the Dealership for now I only meant with regard to the battery charging, they ought to replace the battery if required given what's been done so far but don't hold your breath and they probably throw in the cheapest they could get away with. Also recharging the battery fully and properly, if it can be, or fitting a suitable new battery doesn't exclude any other underlying problems like with the charging system, or as before the battery control module, or any other computer component or programming. But having a battery that is properly fully charged, or new, will help with any sort of diagnostics. Just properly fully charging the battery, or if required replacing with new, will often sort many issues, then perhaps deleting error codes can speed up getting back to normal running and where they appear without warnings or codes. You may also need to check for any constant draws, like a dashcam that never rests, and any drains that should be there, not so easy with the very modern cars but a Dealership should know an expert to bring in if they haven't one of their own - or they don't allow their staff enough training, time or equipment to do diagnosis properly.

Thanks Varoom. I did what you said and figured out the problem. It was a towbar cap. It wasn't on correctly and slightly hanging in the direction of the sensor. I straightened it up and the problem went away.

How dumb do you think Skoda drivers are Thats not so distinguishable I was looking straight at the camera on the other one.

You have PM

If the garage is a member of the Motor Ombudsman you can also go that route as that is what l did .

I take it you're using a mobile device?

Best of luck. Fingers 🤞. Do post if we can help further. Don't get riled or angry. It is not your fault. This is the most recent thread I could think of. It's the 2.0tsi version but the issues are the same. Ea888 gen 2 engine. Just capacity is different.

Standard 12-month warranty with an additional 6-month warranty on the work done. Consulting solicitor now on that

Thanks, I probably have a few before the tyre change. Not that it's square on but the one at the top below my list of previous cars is definitely before tyre change. If you are considering it I would do it, MPG hasn't been affected, road noise is less (my rears were heavily stepped anyway) and with the larger tyres being a more standard size they were cheaper per tyre too. I didn't drive it like Damon Hill before the tyre change so I can't say if its made a difference to handling but it wouldn't have made it worse. And from an aethestic perspective it looks better, the tyres fill the arches a bit better. Once I figure out the best way to host a few more photos I will get some comparisons up. Here's a few from a drive with a mates MK5 GTi recently. and the replacement boot handle.

🙂 ɯnɹoɟ ǝɥʇ oʇ ǝɯoɔlǝM

Necessity is the mother of all invention. In what respect do you feel the vehicle is a mess or un reliable? The import laws in my country mean, we can only import RHD cars, and after that need to pay 150% import tax.

Yes did it this morning. had to undo 2 nuts that held water bottle so i could release and get to the 3 bolts that held the fuel filter case and hold everything out the way with a bar rather than disconnect. Horrendous design and you will need T45 bits Thanks all for your input much appreciated

1: Main Stealership or TPS 2: Makes no difference it's relative to sitting in the car so it will be a R/H regardless 3: Only come in primer

I'm pleased that there is at least one other person around with common sense and a healthy dose of scepticism!

But your start/stop button is on the wrong side (like the steering wheel 🤣), the buttons on that side of my car have longer cables too.