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Job Done! Took me 10 minutes, the sensor clipped back in and all is now working. Can't thank you enough; I thought I was going to have to take the whole rear bumper off. Cheers, Chris

I sympathise with your situation entirely. I don't know what would entitle you to reject but if you are correct I think it would be good to get a clean start if they provide you a car in the meantime. Once is unfortunate and yes maybe twice is a simple coincidence but with such few miles on the clock it doesn't paint a good picture in your mind as the owner. Perhaps another option is to get it in writing that if you accept now and go beyond the rejection timing criteria and it happens again that they honour rejection option at that point. But I'm not sure they would work like that, manufacturers seem to isolate whats going on as a single event where ever they can but worth putting out there. Good Luck.

I recently asked if anyone could help to identify the location of the transmission control unit on a 2009 1.6 petrol automatic roomster,as i have experienced intermittent loss of drive and vehicle goes into safe mode,with obd reading ou101 and po753,I have now found it,if it helps the tcm is fixed to the rear of the battery cover and the ecu is fixed to the bulkhead behind it.

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Wonderful skies this evening ............

Haldex 5 was serviced with new oil, o-rings, bolts and plugs. The sift/filter thoroughly cleansed. Car is at 42500km now. At 25000km only the fluid had been changed back in 2021. Also changed the long life service interval from 30k to fixed 15k oil change intervals. New brakes fluid. New Ravenol 5W30 VMP with filters change.

A few more updates! So this is the majority of the interior wiring for DCC as well as a photo of 4 brand new wiring looms for each of the arches, the 2 fronts with DCC plugs and level sensors, the rear just with additional DCC plugs. On top of this there is about 15 new wires through the firewall into the engine bay, lots and lots of work! Some more areaview updates - The control module arrived, 5Q0907556C is the most common module for datasets and is also the earliest revision used so should be compatible. The 4 HSD connectors for the cameras and the 1 coax for the output to the infotainment unit. The poor quality camera was sent back and a used genuine one was sourced instead, much better quality! As you can see, no wires coming off the back of it, instead a HSD connector type A waterproof. We are now going to talk more DATA CABLES! Again.... So there are two types in play here, we will start with the simple ones. Often called Fakra, but this is the connector type, instead they are Coaxial cables, a single copper core with a braided sleeve around it to prevent interference, used for video signals and for radio/antenna signals. These are quite easy to make up - a wire stripper, soldering iron, crimping tool and a magnifier glass. The cable choice was RG174 as this most closely matches the OE RTK031 but without the huge price tag! Ive used around 40 meters of the cable so far - tv tuner, phonebox and amplifier, areaview output, parking heater remote signal. Quite straight forward compared to the next type.... LVDS HSD Fakra so this type of cable luckily isnt used too much for my retrofits, but it is a low voltage high speed data transfer setup - very similar to a USB port. It contains 4 individual cables surrounded by a metal film, surrounded by a braided sleeve, surrounded by insulation. These 4 wires are power, ground, RX, TX - meaning with this single connector a component can get all it needs and send and recieve data - such as a tiny areaview camera. The OE connectors and cables are made by rosenberger - but they dont want to sell me any parts in quantities less than 10,000.... so ill stick with the RFDOTOP ones at £4 each the quality is very good and matches rosenberger ones exactly. The cable type im using is a Dacar 535 and the tools im using are a crimping tool, soldering iron and terminal crimping tool down to 0.03mm Now you would think each end of the cable goes pin 1 to pin 1, pin 2 to pin 2 and so on.... but no. These cables crossover, so pin 1 at one end will become pin 4 at the other end, heres a chart to make it easier. Every fakra HSD cable does this, side A and side B so it gets more complicated. Now if you have a single cable run its easy because side A in, side B out, but if you connect 2 together you go side A, side B, side A and it wont work. So cables always need to be in odd numbers - like they are on all VAG cars - or if you dont want to do that, you get a A to A cable, so when I run too cables it goes side A, side A, side B and you still get the switchover. So now we have solved the issue of keeping the crossover but with less cabling and connectors. Now building the cables is a different task all together.... very hard and as i learn to do it, ill post more details. The only other thing to note - there are around 10 different colours/codes for the connectors and they are not interchangeable (except code Z/water blue which is universal) so for the connector for the cameras themselves, they are Code A/black but they must be waterproof connectors (even inside the car) as they are longer to reach inside the camera.

Always find it amazing that these days with the on board telemetry garages are still unable to resolve an issue like this.

The PIP money is the persons that receives it, it does not need to be used to have a car, but you can use as you want, buy or lease a car or Lease from Motability. A Charity that has just given a nice pay rise to the heid yins. I pay full amount of the weekly Disability Civilian payment. Military disabled get a higher rate. Current payment £71 a week, so £3,692 a year, 3 years being over £11,000, but the annual benefit increase is taken. There are cars at the fixed rate, or ones that are a few quid a week less and fixed for the term of the lease. 3 years, can be extended, or more expensive / adapted vehicles 5 years. A couple can pool their PIP towards more expensive vehicles, adapted etc,. eg

If ambient light is below a certain level, the dash illumination - which is normally always on - turns off to remind you to put your headlights on. If your car has DRLs, these are always on, but at half brightness if the headlights are on or if you are parked up an on sidelights. When driving, turning sidelights on simply tuns on the tail lights. There are obviously many driving conditions where bright DRLs and tail lights are fine (sidelights) so that you are visible.

My issue of constantly asking for the S-PIN and then hanging the system seems to have magically fixed itself. Suspect it was a backend server issue all along, and the deleting accounts, factory resets were a waste of time.

I shed a tear or 3 for the Character that is 'The MacMaster', really Lee Alexander Davey AKA Rodney the Plonker. Tears of laughter! He was fooled by the Media, by people just like him. They spin any old guff often that does not actually have a grain of truth. He got a car for Business use and it has cost him dearly to run up and down the UK while he supposedly uses expensive chargers as often as he can as an alternative to the ones he can use that are much cheaper. https://themacmaster.co.uk

The rear parking sensors r located on the lower diffuser section. U can easily remove this bit alone without removing the entire rear bumper. It's got 4x torx screws underneath, and then clips across the top, and either end.

IMHO it's better hard-wiring in as there are no unsightly cables (OCD - yes please). I'm probably in the minority but I wouldn't be able to 'un-see' the cable if it was wrapped around the front of the mirror housing. Not a complex job to do - took me 30 mins but that included crimping the wires that fed into the fuse / earth point.

Mine was in the boot along with; a lidded insert that acts as a bin for the door pocket; the nets for the boot; the Velcro backed retainers that attach to the boot floor; four foot-well mats.

Exactly! The rims are from a 2018 limited edition and my car is a regular 2020 MonteCarlo, so I don't think we can do much with the VIN...

Thanks for the 'heads-up' on how to get to the sensor. I have ramps and long, skinny arms, so I'll give it a go. Many thanks, Chris

Round trip completed. 210 miles travelled approx, 35 miles showing on range left. Miles per kWh showing 5 m/kWh so faily spot on for Zoe range ie about 240 miles. Oddly the Zoe odometer seems to under record as Google said about 215 miles but Zoe instrument slightly less than 210, usually to over report mileage than under so range would look better than it real is, weird. Will charge up tonight of the cheap lecky at 9 p per kWh so I reckon cost for the 210 mile trip £4 ish. Car showed stats of around 48 Kwh used but over 5 kWh of regen. Use of lecky for climate was only about 1 kWh for the whole trip. My £12 heated seat cover worked well. Average temp was about 9C so quite warm for this time of year. Well done Zoe, be interesting to see how the Renault 5 spec will be. I hear there will be a smaller battery LFP version and a more expensive pure lithium version and similar for an Alpine A290 lithium version.

If you have small ramps or any mean to raise rear wheels by 4-5", you can lay under the rear bumper and you can access to the sensors. If it's one on the opposite side of the exhaust outlet, you first need to unscrew a kind of small undertray. Of course, if you have thick hands or Schwarzenegger's arms, the official method is highly recommended... 😁

If you carefully prise it out, be careful plastic breaks easily, you will be able to see if water gets in that way and consider sealing options. After cleaning the area first to remove any crud, muck, grit, that might hold parts in I like to spray plastic parts with a good lubricant like GT85 (with PTFE) to help to ease them out and back in again.

Errrr, no. You do it because you’re INSANE!!! 😊 All I’d be left with would be a wonky dash with nothing working and a pile of “leftover” bits in the footwell.

The octavia is on the MQB platform which covers skoda, vw, audi, seat. A lot of the parts MAY be cross compatible but not all. Body panels will be specific to that make and model.

Karoq 1.5 TSI booked in for 5 year cam-belt change, car left at dealer. Two days later get a message that the cam-belt change is not required due to change in the Guidance removing the 5 year interval. It is now 15 years or 180k miles. I asked for copy of the change and they gave me the attached document for my records. Collected car, no work and no bill. Cam Belt Guidance change.pdf

I work full time as a roadside tech nowadays but before that spent around 10 years working on cars in workshops (mainly VAG but also JLR). My hobby is working on my own car doing all these fits and running SK Retrofits to offer bits to others too. Some information can be sourced from others who have done the same bits, other retrofits that are new or haven’t been done by anyone involve countless hours of looking at wiring diagrams, parts diagrams, comparing car logs, finding parameter files, writing a plan of the process, checking if parts are compatible (sometimes by trial and error) as well as just giving it a go and finding the outcome as you go! then sometimes parts don’t exist so you have to start looking elsewhere at other cars, then if still nothing, designing and creating your own parts. Like what I’m doing with the areaview for the front camera mount and all the cabling. someone’s got to give it a go for others to give it a go themselves 😛

Reckon it could be how they do maths or shaving a year off... Signs are so far VW have not put up their navigation releases so far for November 2023 for mib2 standard (that's this one), mib2 high or mib3. So a positive sign they haven't got the mib3 one out yet, may be they have fallen asleep on the job. Mib2 high and Mib3 has been secured by other routes. Direct server. That leaves the VW mib2 standard release for November that hasn't been found. The German community Skoda board aren't saying anything. On the maths the 5 year rule would put 2025 as the point. 2024 being the last. They might have shaved a year off but where is the mib3 one ?. We believe mib2 high will go on for a couple of more years due to Audi using that on the TT after 2020 for a couple more years. Could be production issues. So in summary: MIB3 and Mib2 high have been located but not indexed onto the VW web page Mib2 standard hasn't been located or indexed.

You should have kept that one back for April Fools day John. It'd have been a cracker. The car was fit for purpose, the road surface wasn't. Hope the claim goes thru but the pesimist in me says the council were unable to repair the road due to the dangerous conditions in recent days. " The weather has caused issues on almost every road in our district and we're doing the very best we can to repair them as fast as we can, but obviously we do everything at once". ( use legal term - Act of God ).

God, what next, we are losing the ability to do stuff ourselves and use our own brains. lights are way to bright now, and I really hate people with front fog lights on when it's not foggy. It's actually illegal and classed as misuse of lights, fine and 3 points if your unlucky. Rear number plate lights being changed to led. They are too bright and don't light up the plate. They just reflect white light off the plate or body paint. That again can be an MOT failure for white light on the rear of your car. Some cars the lights on the front and back can be so bright you can't see the indicator straight away. I've been driving 30 years and never needed fog lights coming on to go round a corner. What a load of sales gimmickry. What is this world coming to. Sorry ... Rant over.... 😕

Latest Updated Speedcams - January, 2024. Here's the latest update of my customised version of EUR Speedcams ( January, 2024 ). They consist of the full EUROPE speed cameras which I've split up into four consolidated poi categories i.e. Fixed Speedcams, Average Speedcams, Variable Speedcams and Redlight Speedcams. They come supplied with my own preferred personal choice of icons, shown below, to match each of the speedcam categories. Remember to Install them as I explained in the first post in this thread i.e. after extracting the zip file remember to open the newly extracted folder and place only the PersonalPOI folder and metainfo2.txt file onto your sd card ( Please Note: a usb stick will not work! ). Also, please remember to select/tick the relevant newly added poi categories and the poi audible warning alert in your infotainment map menu settings after performing the update or they will not display on your map or audibly alert you. Hope you all enjoy them! EUR Speedcams - January, 2024.zip

I suggest you avoid Brembo brake pads with the 340x30mm front brake discs because many owners have reported noise problems over the years. The Octavia MK3 VRS pre-facelift has 340x30mm front brake discs and 272x10mm rear brake discs. The Octavia MK3 VRS petrol facelift has 340x30mm front brake discs and 310x22mm rear brake discs. The Octavia MK3 VRS diesel facelift has 312x25mm front brake discs and 272x10mm rear brake discs. Here's a complete list of TRW brake pads and ATE brake discs for the Octavia MK3. ATE brake discs have the superior coated finish whereas the TRW brake discs have the inferior painted finish. So ATE brake discs should be more resistant to corrosion than TRW brake discs. If you're looking for a cheaper aftermarket alternative, perhaps look at Jurid. Like ATE, Jurid use coated brake discs. Notice that there are two versions of the 253x10mm rear brake discs. One version is for the pre-facelift model and one version is for the facelift model. Surprisingly, both versions have the same build code 1KD even though these two different rear brake discs are not interchangeable. Octavia MK3 Brake Pads and Brake Discs TRW Front Brake Pads 1ZF 276x24mm TRW GDB2080 1ZE 288x25mm TRW GDB1956 1ZA 312x25mm TRW GDB1956 1ZB 312x25mm TRW GDB1956 1LG 340x30mm TRW GDB2114 TRW Rear Brake Pads 1KD 253x10mm TRW GDB1330 1KS 272x10mm TRW GDB2042 1KT 272x10mm TRW GDB2042 1KW 310x22mm TRW GDB1622 ATE Front Brake Discs 1ZF 276x24mm ATE 24012402581 1ZE 288x25mm ATE 24012501451 1ZA 312x25mm ATE 24012501581 1ZB 312x25mm ATE 24012501581 1LG 340x30mm ATE 24013002251 ATE Rear Brake Discs 1KD 253x10mm ATE 24011002771 (pre-facelift model) 1KD 253x10mm ATE 24011004201 (facelift model) 1KS 272x10mm ATE 24011003561 1KT 272x10mm ATE 24011003561 1KW 310x22mm ATE 24012202191 As you can see in the below diagrams of the two different 253mm rear brake discs, it's the "D" dimension that is the difference between them. So they are not interchangeable. 1KD 253x10mm rear brake disc ATE 24011002771 (pre-facelift model) 1KD 253x10mm rear brake disc ATE 24011002771 (facelift model)

These are the areas that need attention. Both sills need rubbing down, treating and painting and the wheels could do with a refurb. But just look at it though. won't take much to sort out the aesthetics.

This is still available. Now been valeted and had a new windscreen fitted. I was asked about service history - Skoda main dealer until 03/07/09 @ 38,413 then indies since. The book is stamped and there's a wodge of receipts right through to the last service on 11/12/23 @ 133,119. Cambelts at 49,978 (22/04/10) and 133,119 (11/12/23). As far as I can tell it's still on its original clutch but the bite point is good and low and the gear change slick and smooth. North Wales is a great destination to collect a car from with wonderful roads for you to try out your new purchase... I'll even chuck in some Welsh Cakes!

Be aware that as you have a 2015 model it's a MIB1 Amundsen and that the latest maps available are 2020 maps - no newer ones will be available.

Apologies, forgot to mention that the car comes with door handles in the title - I hope this clarifies things

Common fallacy, potholes do not start in bad weather, they just become enlarged with water/ice. There used to be old saying, stitch in time saves nine. Applies to roads too, fix a crack or small hole to stop water getting in (which is quick job with hot liquid tar) then nothing to get bigger. Leave it and got bigger job to do. That's why don't see potholes in roads with good continuous tarmac.