Immelmann

Hi, recently our Roomster has developed an intermittent fault with the reverse parking sensors. When we select reverse gear we get a permanent beep and the display on the radio is blank instead of the usual graphics. Thanks

Hi All, I joined Briskoda back in 2015 but let my membership lapse and hardly ever dropped back in as life and serious illness took over. Anyway this week I happened to notice that my Roomster wasn’t locking the drivers door, no idea how long that’s been happening as the last two years it has hardly moved. Anyway I found a fix on here for the door wiring loom and sure enough exactly what it was so not a bad fix. So I figured that Briskoda had saved me a bob or two no idea how much so that paying a years subscription has to be worthwhile way of saying thank you. Fingers crossed the car doesn’t need anything doing for a while nor me for that matter. Jim

I think vehicle manufacturers have missed a trick by not building a Roomster type of vehicle but looking at it from a business point of view the Roomster didn’t sell in enough quantities or at least in the UK. It could be argued that Skoda missed a trick by not marketing the Roomster, I don’t remember seeing adverts for it. I’m sure if the Roomster was publicised it would of been a huge success. Unfortunately manufacturers seem hell bent on building overly expensive hybrid or full electric vehicles to meet future restrictions. Im no fan of modern diesel engines with their DPFs and Adblu systems either, you really need to be running high miles to run one of those without DPF problems. our Roomster was meant to be my daily driver when we bought it and eventually replacing an aged Nissan Terrano that my wife drives but the Terrano is now 21 years old solid and passing MOTs. No plans on getting rid of the Roomster anytime soon, just fixed the door wiring loom which is the first fault in 5 1/2 years.

Well it’s surprised me that people find the Roomster headlamps to be poor. Mine is a 2015 with projector headlamps and actually seem great, bulbs do seem to be lasting a long time but have got a pair of Osram Night Breaker Next Gen in the boot ready for when I have a bulb fail. Had the car from new so know the headlamps are standard. previously I’ve owned Nissan Terrano’s with round headlamps and they were so popped a pair of Night Breakers in which made some difference though still not as good as the Roomsters. I’ve also got a VW T6 and believe me those are shockingly poor, people on the forums refer to them as Ikea Tealights. As that is still in warranty I’m not changing those yet, several options with that including redesigned after market lamps with LED bulbs. So I guess basically what I’m trying to say is my experience of the Roomster headlamps is great. You do have to be careful with bulbs and replacements as they can be illegal but also dazzling to other road users.. Has anyone tried fitting extra lighting such as LED light bars, granted will only supplement high beam but probably advantageous for country lanes etc.

Thanks for the reply, there was a break in the weather this afternoon so ended up as you say removing the door card again. All sorted out and it turned out to be the cable was disconnected.

Hi All, does anyone know if there is any sort of Bluetooth module that integrates into the factory fit Swing Radio that is fitted into my 2015 Roomster. Seen a few on eBay that connect into the CD Multiplayer socket on the back of the radio. I’m not fussed about DAB and would rather stay stock as I want the reverse sensors to work. I’m guessing that the Media menu seems to have a blank section where the multiplayer could be selected, see the attached photo. Does anyone know the RNS model number. Thanks

Turned out to be the wires broken on mine too, a bit fiddly to fix but after watching a YouTube video I had a good idea what to do. First real fault in 5 1/2 years of ownership, not bad really.

Hi all, thanks to this awesome forum I’ve managed to repair my door loom as the drivers door had stopped locking. only problem is that the mirror switch no longer operates the mirrors and doesn’t even light up with the headlights on. I’m guessing the plug just isn’t seated correctly so rather than taking the door card off again does anyone know if it’s possible to remove the mirror switch as an easier way for me to check the wiring. thanks