HamishP

ah ok... i've just Googled it, makes sense. Thanks

Hi, yes! that's it! What are they meant to be for?

its a Mk3

Recently bought a 2020 Octavia vRS estate and noticed there are bright LED's on the side of the main headlight cluster that come on randomly when the headlighht is on and when i select reverse (it's a DSG gearbox). They are super bright and light up the side of the road which is handy butu there is no rhym nor reason to when they come on! Sometimes when turning and sometimes when on a straight road! Very odd. Any ideas?

mine looks like it's got a very light blue hue - very odd... Couple of pictures attached, ignore the black patch in Bumper 1 - that's been fixed by the seller.

that's what i thought! lol

Hello troops - i've just bought a 2020 octavia vRS estate in Meteor Grey, lovely lovely car, however, the back bumper looks like it's been painted and the colour match is slightly off. Quizzed the sellar about it and they said it's kinda normal that sometimes the colour is very slightly different on plastic compared to the metalwork. Weird thing is it's only the sides of the bumper and not the rear! Is the seller correct? (seller being a VAG specialist - a respected garage in the North of England)

So, as you would expect it's the expensive bit - comes with belts etc as a kit, i'm assuming that's the TMCU @TheClient... My local garage has quoted £875 in total for Parts, coolant etc & 6hrs labour.

2014 octavia vRS - leaking coolant quiet badly! 😞 Been told it's the water pump (drivers side of engine) Not sure if that's the expensive part quoted in this thread or the cheaper part! Going in to get fixed this week - Price should be interesting... Wish me luck!!

No, I’ve got the estate, I just pulled the boot lining open and fed the cable through the inner wing…

Bought the part in the link you sent mate, fitted in 10 mins, 20 mins to feed the pull cord through - works a treat! Cheers for the help! 👍 Part on the right - OEM £48 Part on the left - after market - £12 Identical parts! 🤷‍♂️

lol exactly! Have you ever tried changing a front indicator bulb on an Octavia 3? Needs bumper off, cluster removed, the buld is behind a sealed pastic housing that needs to be melted to get access then you need to buy a cover kit to cover the hole! Ridiculous!

Thats good enough for me! I'll buy it see how it goes. Looks pretty easy to fit, or am i in for skinned knuckles? Is it fiddly to feed the red pull cord through to the boot?

Thanks for this, however, it's saying the part doesn't fit a 2014 Octavia 3 Estate

ah ok, so the flap closes but doesn't clip shut, it's only the spring in the hinge keeping it closed? I bought a new actuator, seems a pretty easy fit - my local Skoda dealer quoted £144.50 per hour labour!!!! Sod that i'll do it myself lol

Hi, i've started getting the dreaded intermittent filler flap not opening on my 2014 Octavia vRS estate.. What part of the locking lug did you cut? Woukdl it be possible just to disconnect the motor, just unplug it so it doesn't lock but still latches when pushed closed? Seems to be a common issue.

Got the same error message on my 2014 Octavia Vrs. Checked the bulbs etc all ok. Lights do the up / down / left / right thing with no issues. Not done a diags yet but just wondering if you've any thoughts?

Hi mate, as far as I know you need to have a phone connected before you can delete previous or current paired phones! I know seems a bit odd. I’ve tried resetting the head unit & the Bluetooth module but nothings working!

Hi, i have a 2011 Octavia Vrs DSG with Bluetooth, everything was fine until the other day when i had to disconnect my phone from the car, now it won't reconnect, infact the car won't connect to any phone! When i turn the ignition on the MFD says connecting to Hamish's iphone then says input code into phone - i.e 1111 2222 3333 4444. I've tried 2 other iphones and a couple of Samsungs and the phones can't find the car.... Any idea's?

Folks, Just an update re the DSG issue - glad to say there has been no recurrence of the issue (so far), the car is running great!

Thanks for this, appreciated. all sounds a bit serious, if the fault happens again and again I’ll probably sell...

DSG serviced 29/08/17 at 76,444 miles. No evidence of DSG servicing before this. Millage now is 105,780 Got the car scanned today:- Trouble codes: P2711 - Unexpected Mechanical Gear Disengagement Upper limit exceeded Intermittent Priority: 0 Frequency counter: 255 Driving cycle: 39 Mileage: 170238 km

Hi mate, Not scanned for errors yet but not fault showing on the dash at the time. DSG serviced 2 years ago. New battery / alternator this year. I’m hoping it’s your last point! All seems to be good today, like nothing happened.

Hello folks, Something odd happened last night with my 2011 Octavia VRs DSG. Engine was warm, started no problem, put into Drive, pulled away and got stopped at lights, felt a very slight jolt and a spanner symbol started flashing alternate with the D symbol. Seemed stuck in 1st gear, paddles wouldn't work, changing to manual didn't help. Pulled over, no info on the MFD re car status. Switched off, waited 5 mins and restarted - all cleared, drove perfectly!! Any ideas? Thanks guys Hamish