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I bought a new battery at the weekend as I had my doubts about the condition of mine and following the advice of a couple of briskoda members but to no avail. Still dash light faults but it did cure my flickering driver side xenon on start up. And car starts better to. I am now convinced that this is a component failure on the instrument cluster itself. I hope skoda replace yours under warranty dude.. No such luck for me

Mine started intermittently on Xmas day. Went of day after Boxing Day but been on since. The only thing that's changed is that the left hand ind dash light was staying on while driving day or night but dimly it flickered one night on and off quite a few times on way home from work and then went off. Not happened since like that. And stayed off, Just got left hand ind on when ignition is cycled before starting car then goes out as batt light does but only comes on when driving now and using indicators right.. Or when low fuel or washer fluid lights are lit. http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/303790-vrs-2-fl-dashboard-lights-doing-some-wierd-things-help-please/b

Cool beans chap, I hope they don't charge you a fortune and I'm sure suk will know of this fault but deny it. Mines a 59 plate 38k fssh but have seen a few 11 plate cars with same faults now so it's not a specific build year or supplier issue although it seems to be a vrrs specific issue.?? So could be a stocked item with inherent faults maybe. I've done some more tests tonight using vagcom (genuine one) to control individual warning lights on the dash. If I turn on only the signal for the low fuel level light then all the other dash functions are off and I get the left indicator and low oil level light on too. This also happens with low washer fluid light. When doing this if I indicate then I don't get the cruise control light on. So my thinking is that one of the electrical components on the dash maybe a triac or transitor & diodes which mostly control voltage flow across circuits for current flow/ direction ( if that makes sense as a non contact switch maybe fault and allowing voltage to get parts of the dash lights it shouldn't.. That's why other lights come on. I've had my dials apart before and visually inspected the components but there was nothing obviously at fault like has been seen on the mk1 dashes that fail. You tube etc.. So next step is to possibly try and individually test the pcb components.. Ooh what fun there's hundreds. lol. Or just admit defeat and by a new instrument cluster. Cheers.

Hi Mate How did it goes at the Dealers any joy with resolving the Dash lights issue.?? I had the back end of my Vrs apart to fit a towbar and electrics didnt find anything untoward with the electrics back there either defo at a dead end now. Only thing i`ve noticed is i quite often get one of the little rear side lights down the outside of both rear lights to not function correctly. but thats not causing me any issues even cleaned up the bulb holder connections. Cheers.

Cheers Chap that`s what worries me as my car has run out of warranty from the dealer i bought it from and guess what the electrical faults started 3 days after this ran out. Booooo Spoke to my local skoda dealer the have said maybe dash cluster at around 600 quid. or indicator stalk i`m not so sure its the dash as some of the tests i`ve done. But don`t want to be £1000`s into it going down the skoda dealer route to find the cause unless im 100% sure its the dash cluster. Tough choice i`ve only had the car 3 months and bought a low miler 59 plate mint because i didn`t expect any probs as i traded in my 220k 07 tdi sport passat for that reason all though had been very good to me.with no faults apart from a electronic hand brake failure still has all orig clutch dmf and turbo :-( But My vrs drives so much better and goes like stink..

Fuse box all Ok mate ta did find a dodgy looking earth connection under Air box removed and cleaned it up but made no difference. Doh I`m fitting a tow bar tomorrow night so will be doing electrics at the rear of the car so will have a look there behind the interior panels. Thanks

Thanks bud that would be gratefully received. i have managed to upload a couple of vids today. For the record i have factory fitted corner reactive xenons and f&r parking sensors. And the sensors play up to when it rains hard.. but a little blow clears the water out and they behave. very odd.

This is the second one with the engine running. Thanks for any advice and help all other Skoda peeps :-)

Right today i have managed to get some videos up This is the first with the ignition cycled on and off. I have noticed that the low oil level light also comes on but goes off almost immediately. And if my washer fluid level low or low fuel light come on then the indicator lights come on again even when driving and not being used..

Hi Mate ive had a simular fault with my misses vw t5 1.9tdi i removed the starter motor and stripped in down . found that the brushes inside had worn away and all the carbon deposits were shorting the com out inside. All stripped cleaned and back together now been working sweet for another 12months. The symptoms were occasionaly the van would not start just click when key turned.. thought batt was faulty but all other things worked ok. noticed that battery cable to starter motor was getting hot. leave for a few mins all would be ok. Hope this helps. Cheers

Had it load tested by ATS on there Batt tester they say its all good but i have my doubts as while in the garage dismantelling the car yesterday trying to find this fault whilst using the indicators and ign on with drls the battery went flat in about 2.5 hrs only to find my battery charger was u/s heavy car to push lol.

Chap thanks for the heads up. im and Engineer by trade mech and elec and im lost with no idea.. my oil light only comes on dimly when my washer fluid level light or fuel light comes on. also with the idicator problems.. what concern me the most is that it shouldnt really be a earth fault because the lights in the clocks are led. Led s only usually work at the controlled voltage ie 12v 3v 6v so if voltage is not 12 on that specific led then it shouldnt be lit up. confused.com Good luck with the dealer mine didnt really want to know unless i paid them £106 per hour. gulp. My old 1.9tdi octavia 2 had from new put 140k on it in 3 yrs no probs at all apart from service items. My vrs got 38k on it . once i work out how to post vids and pics will put some up. Oh and if it helps even if i pull the relay for the dash cluster so dials and maxi dot are off the hazzards and indicators still work but i still have the same fault when indicating. im sure its not the switch as vag com says all signals are correct .

Hi peeps Just wanted to say Hi. recently Got my self a nice loaded Vrs 2 fl tdi to smoke round in. After trading in my B6 07 plate passat estate with 220k Before that had an octavia 2 1.9 tdi ambient put 140k on that. I liked to drive for my job. now doing 15k a year instead of 45k But now want something to keep sweet So thought id go back to skoda. Hope to see a few of you guys around. Cheers Gareth.

Hi Chaps Hoping some one can help me as im at my whits end with my beloved vrs fl 59 plate. Ok here i go,, My dash is playing up with regards to the indicators. and a couple of othe lights. I have a Gen version of vagcom and nothing shows up error code wise. This lights i have faults with are all dash indicator lights. all external lights work correctly 1. with ingnition on switch/engine off all clocks work fully etc but i have the left hand indicator light on dimly and also the little door open light is on dimly. 2 i start the car as normal the battery light goes out and eml light so does the indicator light and door open light. All good untill i indicate right upon which the Left indicator light and cruise control light come on dimly and the right hand idicator light comes on fully and bright as it should. 3. The hazard light switch turns on both dash lights correclty. Ive also noticed that on start up my drivers side xenon factory fit with corner lights goes out where the pass side stays lit. my be of no significenece. For a while whilst driving the Left hand dash indicator light was on then one night it flickered and just went out, thats not happened again since. Ive looked for bad earths etc had the clocks, headlights out and in pieces checked battery and connections,relays and fuses im completly lost So am hopeing some kind person can help me please. Cheers Gareth..