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I had mine go flat recently when I was off grid for the weekend. Key opened the door then placing the tip of the fob in the forward cup holder silenced the alarm and allowed me to drive home. No battery needed.

The trailer is very tail down, first time I drove it off the drive I smashed the 2 rear plastic foot plates (good job I had spares).

Hi All, I (unfortunately) have a tow trust towbar fitted and apart from the Skoda coding debacle, I am concerned about it's height. I know the centre of the tow ball is supposed to be between 350 mm and 420 mm when loaded with 4 people and luggage but even with lots of weight in the boot and the trailer hitched, mine is still nearer 50cm. If anyone on here has the factory fit tow towbar and an L & K estate on 18" wheels, I would be interested to know what the height the centre of your tow ball is unloaded, mine is about 55cm. Thanks Tim

This is a useful link for info VAG Vehicles and Towbar Fitting - Ultimate Towbars

Also had a TowTrust detachable fitted in the Midlands. Good job. As the towbar electrics aren't coded into the car due to SFD2 mentioned earlier, all the clever car stuff is not enabled (e.g. alarm linked to connected trailer, gearbox aware of trailer so may change gear differently, reversing sensors being disabled and other stuff I am sure) So far it's been 2 years I think that Skoda have not managed to provide a way for 3rd parties (or dealers?) to properly code in a trailer. I tried Skoda customer service, but they just seem to acknowlege the issue, then let you know in 10 different ways how it isn't their fault and they don't need to do anything about it. I think I read somewhere that the new Octavia can even report the trailer nose weight from the suspension sensors! The other issue I have found is that unladen, the towball is very high. When I went on a test run, I smashed the bottom of the rear steadies getting off the drive. I will either have to make sure the car is full, or motor mover it off the drive first. On the plus side, I can hardly feel the 1 ton extra weight on the back - 2.0 TDI 193PS DSG 4x4 L&K

Do you know, until this thread, I hadn't even noticed them 🤣

Yep, mine 25 plate does it too, very annoying so I disabled online personalisation too.