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@BigJakk You don't say what year your car is, is it an earlier year? The old door seals used to hold water really bad, if you look in the middle of seal on the bottom there may be two holes, if not then you have the old type and the best idea would be to get them replaced with the new ones. If you have the holes then maybe there's a blockage that's holding the water? I clicked the topic expecting to say 'use gumtree plfedge' so was surprised to see you have already tried it. If the seals are still freezing ot suggests there's a fair bit of water sitting about still. Best of luck

@varaderoguy I suggested to a guy in the Facebook page for ovrsmk3ovrs to do what you've tried to do there a while ago and someone else came along and sorted the problem by suggesting removing the little lenses. I'm sorry it didn't work for you

The misty lenses on the part of the light surround that you take off just pop out. The round bit of the light goes between the lens and the silver reflector. Someone on the mk3 VRS Facebook page had the same problem a while back

You didn't check it when the light came on? I've only ever had TSI engines with skoda and not had any warnings but seen my coolant drop well below the minimum. In 20 years of driving prior to owning my 2016 VRS I've never seen a car lose coolant or drink its oil between services. That one did both though.

Normal lane assist activates when approaching the line. Adaptive tries to keep the car centred to where the driver seems to want to be and is therefore making more adjustments and will be more intrusive. Really don't see the big issue here, its an assist. In general the driver should be the one keeping the car between the lines. I rarely have it activated

As per above. I had one of the first VC on a factory order and I put a video on YouTube showing how it worked. Got challenged all the time on 'why normal car not VRS you liar'. It shows a normal octavia when you shut down as standard🤣

@CookieMonster87The adaptive option means it has a limited ability to learn your road position and use that as the datum. Its not a sensitivity adjustment.

I dont have it written out in english but here is my process I used for my MY19 Vrs with virtual cockpit. This worked for me, no guarantee it will work for you. Take a backup before you start. All done at your own risk 1. Connect to car and go to 'control units' 2. Select control unit 5F (multimedia) 3. Choose adaptations 4. Look for Cr Function list BAP Gen2 'Traffic sign recognition' 5. change 'not activated' to activated 6. Still in 5F, find car Functions Adaptations Gen2 'menu display road sign identification' 7. Change 'not activated' to 'activated' 8. Go out of unit 5F and into unit A5 (Driver Assistance) 9. Select long coding (this a bit more difficult) 10. There will be a little switch at the top with a 0 and a 1, press it to go to 1 11. You will now see a log line of numbers, you are going to have to change some of these by ticking boxes 12. activate byte 16 bit 4 13. The long code should now change from 0203070100000401000213408150 A80084000E200000, to A8009400E200000 14. Exit 5F and go to module 17 (Dashboard) 15. Got to long coding, press the little 0/1 button again 16. Activate byte 5 bit 2 17. The long code should now change from 25A5110879808600010A6302100 to 25a5110879848600010a6302100 18. Exit all and then turn on TSR in the car menu and you should be done Thats why I couldnt tell you last night from my mobile!!

I think I might have the coding written up on a word document on my laptop, I will have a look. I have the history on my app but theres more to it than just the steps. I might also have hba written up somewhere too. Let me have a look...

I'm just about 2 years into my current VRS, so I've had whatever the wonderful original ones which lasted from January to November, and a set of the bosch ones which have lasted November to November it seems. The bosch ones on amazon are £22 delivered for a set.

I'll check my lights tomorrow now youve mentioned it. I lifted the adaptation straight out of my history so I may have all the rear lights on all the time, I've never thought to check! It doesn't bother me but for accuracy I'll double check 🤣

Hi, sorry but its quite complex to type out here, its 4 or 5 changes and some long coding. It would be best to check the guides for accuracy.

If you mean Scandinavian DRLs, you are looking for unit 9 central electrics and change... Tagfahrlicht-Dauerfahrlicht aktiviert zusaetzlich Standlicht From: not active To: active Thats what I did for my my19

The Bosch blades are 33.30 for a set of 3 on amazon. They take around 30 seconds to a minute for each, 30 seconds to put the wipers in maintenance. You can understand then how dealer prices plus the time they will quote, minimum 15 minutes say, and bobs your uncle £68. On another note, never been through as many wiper blades on any car as my last 2 octavia VRS, although I live in Cumbria and it rains 356 days a year here 😀

Over the last 5 years I've had a 220 VRS and 245 VRS, both have been around 30mph overall average. Heres the result of my longest trip for a while, made up of motorway, A road and some local town driving. Overall my 245 seems to be slightly better than the 220 was, its DSG but I dont know if that's a positive or a negative for economy

I always found it frustrating that my FR leon without electeic seats had mirror dip as standard and worked perfectly yet the Octavia doesn't have the capability as standard. I didnt mind having to lift the mirror back up now and again. I might put it back on my FL now I've thought about it again 🤔

You are talking about mirror dip, not folding mirrors! Two completely different things. Folding mirrors turn themselves in when locking and unlocking the car. I had mirror dip put on my previous VRS but haven't missed it on my PFL

I dont think the folding mirrors is just as simple as coding it in. You will need to have the correct configuration of mirrors with the required motors and I think you even need particular door modules. The windows up or down on a long press should be standard depending on which model you have. It has been standard on my last 2 VRS models. I have activated the chirp on locking/unlocking, HBA, virtual subwoofer, traffic sign recognition, cornering fogs, turned off the sound aktor, changed the comfort blink cycle and adjusted the intervals on the speedo on the virtual cockpit.

TL:DR - fuel pump (suspected) making large droning noise at a standstill, is this normal? Long version... Hi! My 2019 VRS TSI has always had a drone at a standstill, until now Ive been thinking it was some.sort of auxillary cooling system for the turbo or some such. Ive been getting more and more suspicious of the fuel pump until someone mentioned theirs on a facebook group today! So when I got home and parked up, with my foot on the brake (DSG) I can hear this very inrusive droning mechnaical noise. Sounds like the aircon fans are bad or similar to bad tyres on a rough road. Its not 100% constant it kind of oscillates a bit. If I let the DSG engage and start to move it stops straight away, although I have noticed it at low speeds some times. I put the car in P, disabled start stop and got in the back of the car. I noticed straight away that the rear bench seat was vibrating. Putting my ear to it I can hear the noise much clearer. Today I have 80 miles ramge left so the tank is quite low. I dont know anything about these fuel pumps, if they are submerged in the tank or whatever. This does seem an unusual noise. My previous MY16 didnt do it and neither have any of my other cars for the last 20 years! The nearest dealer is now 45 miles away and I'd need to take time off to get it there, plus likely pay a diagnostic fee ao I'm hoping someone can ahed some light on this for me? I may be able to record it but might have trouble isolating the noise. I could perhaps get the bench seat out at the weekend if anyone has any tips? So yeah, does anyone else have a really loud droning noise when stationary (mother in laws etc discounted)? Are the fuel pumps known to be noisy?? Any help gratefully received!!! Car is a MY19 VRS Petrol 245 DSG (GPF) with 4k miles on it for reference!

Hi all! I've seen a website mentioned a few times that allows you to see any TSBs that are applicable to your vehicle. It's a paid for service and users have stated it's a few euros for a limited time access. I can't remember it and I can't find it in the search function, can anyone please put me out of my misery?