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I replaced the Columbus Satellite antenna on my 2010 L&K Octavia and all went well at first but now the red triangle icon seems reluctant to leave home and sometimes it would stop at a destination and then refuse to start. At other times it would suddenly go off-road and has even been afloat in Findhorn Bay! I'd appreciate any help. Thanks Bob

Can I replace the windscreen in my Mk2 Octavia with a heated screen?

Just had the rear windscreen motor changed by local garage but now it doesn't wipe straight after pressing the lever. After two or three tries it will wipe roughly 3 times then park itself. It is also making a squeaking noise at both ends of its travel similar to rubber on a dry screen, quite loud and annoying. Took it back to garage and was told it sounded normal but it was never like that with the old motor.

Many thanks to rustynuts for fixing my Columbus so quickly and for lending us a unit to use during the rest of our long trek south. Excxellent service highly recommended.

Thanks for your replies guys but the mystery is solved. I pulled up outside the garage that I'd booked the car in for a diagnostics check when I noticed the little red switch that the first owner had fitted when he had front parking sensors fitted. I noticed the switch was in the on position so I switched it off and the noises ceased saving me a diagnostics bill. As we don't normally use the front sensors the switch must have been knocked by accident so all's well that ends well. Now to take the Columbus down to Rustyknuts next week.

First my Columbus started acting up with blank screens and loud thumps from the rear speakers so, on chatting with Rustynuts, I disconnected the unit. Now I'm getting random beeps seeming to come from near the passenger glove box. The beeps start as soon as I turn the ignition key, sometimes a single beep and sometimes a number of beeps. The beeps are similar to the reverse warning noise and are b....y annoying as they happen all the time and soon I have to make a 300 mile trip south! I've removed my phone from the car in case that was causing it but it wasn't.

Great, can you send contact details to my email address, [email protected] or pm me. Luckily I still have my trusty Garmin! Regards Bob

If I can't sort it up here I have to make another trip south next month but down the East coast this time is it possible to drop it off with you and, if possible pick it up a few days later on our way north?

Yes but is there anything I can do if it does come to life again as it did this morning?

Is there a way of reloading the software if the units not working?

Yes, it has a microphone in the top right

My Columbus seems to have an intermittent fault. During a 700 mile trip the interior got very hot due to the weather and the Columbus would not come on, just a black screen. Now I'm back home after another 700 miles without the unit but just now the splash screen came on and the unit worked perfectly for the next 20 minutes. When I restarted the car the display was black again and the unit is not working again. Any ideas please as to what could be wrong ?

Thanks Andy, I think I'll have to do that.

My dashcam is intermittent, sometimes comes on others not. I suspect the 12v cig lighter socket on the centre console may be the culprit, is it easy to remove or does the centre console have to be removed? Thanks

I plug my dashcam into the 12v socket in the centre console of my Octavia but the camera is very intermittent, often not coming on at all. I've replaced the cable to the camera and think the problem might lie in the socket so how can the socket be removed, is it simply a push fit or does the centre console have to be removed? Thanks Bob