very452001

I took a photo of the front of the fusebox: The wires look fine and I don't see any burnt marks on the silver contacts/nuts/bots. As you can see my engine is not super clean but kinda dusty as I dont jet wash my engine bay as I know water can possibly damage the electrics so we can rule out water damage from this thread. Today the car was driving fine with no problems whatsoever. I didn't hear/smell/see any problems with the car today when I did a 45min round trip. Also I don't feel any performance issues with the car as well. I was driving with headlights on, radio, heater, electric windows and no battery issues I have noticed. It's been a week since the problem and electrics work fine so can we rule out the alternator? Finally how many earth straps the battery has?

Ok I just checked all the coloured fuses in the fuse box next to the battery and all fuses look ok. Are the fuses in the interior of the car relevant to the issue? Do you mean the wires coming up to the front of the fuse box that is next to the battery going into those silver nuts/bolts/washers? If so I can see black fuses with numbers on them. How do I tell they are broken?

Ok that picture is a in line fuse, the whole black plastic housing is called a inline fuse containing smaller fuses? If so where do they be? I thought the main fusebox next to the battery is where all the main fuses be.

Yeah I meant the engine just cut out and died. I don't recall slowing the car down to stall. Regarding the one way clutch in the starter pinion if it is that fault then would the clutch pedal feel different or changing gears would be difficult? What tests I can do to rule out this pinion fault?

Ok at first glance the Earth Strap looks fine not dirty. Battery terminals look fine too no dirt/rust on them and also checked and found nothing loose on its terminals. Ok hopefully we can narrow it down soon, what are the next most likely causes?

Update: I was driving today and halfway during driving at 20mph speed the car stalled and the light I mentioned above came on as well as the battery light then a moment later lights went off dashboard and car resumed driving normally then few moments later same problem happened again so I had to pull up to the kerb then tried starting straight away however just hearing starter motor and not the engine turning over. Waited a few mins like in the 1st post mentioned above then started car and it started fine and I was driving normally to the nearest garage as I was concerned and dont want the problem happening again you know what I mean, the mechanic took it for a test drive around the block with me in the car and found no problem and handed back my keys so that didnt help so I drove back home normally for 5 mins with no problems. I believe this intermittent problem will happen again. What's the most likely cause of this?

Ok the latest is I scanned the car and it found nothing. So what can it be ?

Ok my battery is just under a year old bought from tanya batteries. I believe I have no problems with my battery as the battery was never flat. I have a OBD diagnostics error checker scanner tool I remember buying off amazon years ago. Question is if a tool like this cant be updated via internet then does it become useless? Ok I scan the car and come back here with the results. Before I do is it best to do the scan after car started while engine is running or do the scan with just keys in the ignition? Which way gives the best readings?

This morning when I put the keys in the ignition the stability/traction control light came on the dashboard as usual however the light remained. So I tried starting the car however I didn't hear the engine turning over just the starter motor. Tried turning off the stability/traction control light however did not turn off. Tried starting the car again but same problem where engine wont turn over. Took the keys out waited a few mins then tried starting the car again however I noticed this time the stability/traction control light went off as usual which is normal and the engine turned over and started fine. Took the keys out and started again and it was fine again where the car started. I owned this car for nearly 4-5 years and never experienced the above problem. What is the likely diagnosis that caused the above problem? Is this a early sign of something that's going to fail soon or shall I be not be concerned and everything will be ok and ignore it as it's just a one off strange issue?

Hi, When I bought the car this device was already fitted: https://www.parrot.com/uk/car-kits/parrot-ck3000-evolution?utm_source=Cj_Affiliate&utm_campaign=common&utm_medium=Affiliation&utm_content=Logo FR_150x40&xtor=AL-2-[2617611]--[]-[7098995]-[12560793_Logo FR_150x40]&CJEVENT=7d01b42ba8a111e8822300bd0a18050c#technicals Problem is red/green light stay on all the time draining the battery. Instead of removing this device totally from car how do I just stop this device consuming electric or turn it off? Or shall I attempt to fix wiring so it turn off with keys out of ignition? I removed the radio head unit and took photo behind it. So many wires don't know what to do. I took photos seen below. Also note I have a multi CD changer in boot.

Hi is it possible for the relay to fail and what other electrical problems I can rule out on before visiting diagnostics? Where is the rear wiper relay?

Diagnostics code reader device can pick up a non working rear wiper? It was working fine since I own the car few years ago, now it just suddenly stopped working dead, no noises at all? Rear washer still works, I can hear noises for that.

Suddenly the rear wiper decided not to work. I changed the fuse but still the same problem. How do I diagnose and what can I rule out? Cheers,

Ok got it, so you have to adjust the right mirror first then left correct? What I ordered from ebay is a wide angle mirror, do skoda officially use wide angle mirrors or normal mirrors for my car?

Ok to summarise my understanding so far you can only get gearbox oil from TPS or Skoda dealership? Can I buy it online? And also do I have to jack the car up to get the code under the gearbox to find out which gearbox oil it uses? Is there any other way to find out without going underneath the car? Also how many litres it takes? Finally when draining the oil from the gearbox will I be able to tell the remaining life or current condition of my gearbox?

The seller said its normal part of skoda simply clever solutions? I never had this problem before replacing the wing mirror.

I tried adjusting the right mirror first but it adjust the left mirror as well. Still have the same problem. Please advise.

Ok thanks, my car does not have maxidot so has to be vcds as you suggested. Forgot to mention in the 1st post that my car has heated wing mirrors. Like to know what triggered this problem as I never had this problem before with the car.

Hi, The glass part came off and smashed on the floor so I ordered this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Right-Driver-side-Wide-Angle-Wing-mirror-glass-for-Skoda-Octavia-04-08-heat/280621241349?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 I fitted it today no problem however when I adjust the mirror by turning the control knob to R first it also controls the left wing mirror which is strange. I only get this problem in position R not position L. Please advise,

Anyone can advise?

Yeah mine is a 5 speed manual, what gearbox oil I need?

Great, who are TPS? Are they like kwik fit?

Hi, My car nearly done 100k miles and requires a gearbox oil change. Which is the best gearbox oil for my car and how many litres shall I order? Also is there a picture/video guide showing how to do this? My car is a 2006 manual Octavia II 1.6 petrol Much appreciated, Cheers,

Ok they should have made it a single pin bulb to avoid the confusion :| Thanks,

Hi, I tried a couple of new double pin bulbs but only 1 filament lights up instead of 2 filaments when I put on the fog light. Why is that?