freemansteve

So, for the OP, there is no reason to not have a nice LED number plate light, like many of us have fitted - how's it going now that the "extra cable distraction" has gone away?

The sensors are probably fine. Your engine is either running a little rich or is burning oil, or the catalyst is below par. Sometimes taking the car on a long high-speed run can help the catalyst. As Gyp says, a cleaner may work sometimes too.

yes, but it depends on many things.... Like what kind of fitting the satnav needs, how much power it needs (is USB enough?)... The elbow that clips into the "mounting plate" on the dash top is unique - the best place to search is on the Up! Owner's Club website - it is the same car, but many more people using it.

I assumed that, but I meant on the piece of loose wire!

yes but what turns on and off with headlight switch?

Seems strange to me. Has a previous owner added something electrical in the past? Are you certain this wire came off the number plate bulb assembly? What happens when you check all combinations of the three wires against each other and to earth with a voltmeter, when you turn the lights on & off?

yes - we'll reconvene in December

Knocking sound over bumps is often a worn bush, the ARB swivels worth checking first. Could be lots of other things.... Squeaking may be just a dry bush - try some silicone spray on a few rubber bits. The noises stuff shouldn't cost a fortune to locate an fix at a decent local independent. Same with a general service for say oil & all 3 filters - just be careful to specify what you want changing (oil filter is a must with new oil, air filter & pollen filter easy to check, or just replace no matter what)

I'm not sure what LEDs on an Octavia had to do with it all (I've had two Octavias) but on a Citigo, two H7 nightbreakers per lamp unit work pretty well for a budget runabout car. I have no problem with mine on badly lit Cornish roads.

Could be something else going on with the lamp unit in question.... I have the twin bulb (2x H7) units, changed to nightbreakers and it was pretty simple to swap the bulbs. Is there any sign of corrosion on any of the parts?

yes - a menu of 100 bullet points doesn't narrow the solution down much. Bad quality hubs is a known problem on some early cars. No number of new disks or pads will fix that.

Is it not a W5W-type fitting? - I don't recall... I have LED versions on mine and they are fine. These are 2-wire, but usually have each wire folded up on the base.

I assume the technical definition of "range" is probably based on some minimum level of illumination of an object (or the road surface?).... I can say, based on my own tests, the beam pattern of the nightbreakers is slightly better defined than the OEM bulbs fitted on mine. There is a particular stretch of road near my house (no street lights) where I can see how the well the beam falls onto a pole by the road! Also, having done back-to-back driving in a couple of Citigo's at night on the same roads, I can say that when you are on main beam, the quad H7 system on mine is far better than the 2x H4 system on other models. Anyone wishing to upgrade might check with a breaker's for twin lamp units instead of (or as well as nightbreakers!) the H4 systems. Be careful about FL versus pre-FL models though, as I'm not sure they are interchangeable (and you can't use any FL Skoda lamps on Up!s or vice versa )

I bought the 100% more version - still working after 2 years and the light output & beam pattern is pretty good. Bear mind, like dB's and watts on a stereo, it's a diminishing return - I probably wouldn't notice the difference in the real world between +100 and +150. My guess is +200 is pushing reliability. I can't help wondering if in fact these may be all the same bulbs but "binned" during the production test process - some brighter, some less less bright, so they go into different packaging. I don't really know about bulbs, but this is standard procedure for things like CPU or memory chips of varying speeds or power consumption....

Then you have the excellent twin-headlight lamp units. These were not available on any Up!, AFAIK, so a score for Skoda (not sure about Seat) Your best legal course is Nightbreakers or similar. Stick to Philips or Osram - works out cheaper in the long run. The brighter these bulbs claim to be, the shorter their life, so don't max out.

You probably need to add a sub-woofer with its own amp. The door speakers - no matter the brand - won't give you any more bass. It's their size and the effective "cabinet" that they live in that limits LF extension. Unless you are handy with things like tapping into existing wires and providing a fused power feed to the new unit, I'd talk to a local car radio installer (NB AFAIK the radio may not have a pre-amp out, so you have to grab full speaker level through a small transformer)

AFAIK, a dealer might be able to turn it on in software, for cash. I don't think you can do this with home OBD tools, as it's likely to require some encrypted access that they won't have.

Bui But even that is wrong! There is a specific 240k km mileage specification. They make it up as they go along!

Well, one is Korma, and the other is more Madras.

yes I see it says 240K km, but I cannot see where it says "15 years"!

Skoda seem to have changed the definitions of the service types - rear brakes have no mention in the service book that came with mine! Of course, newer models don't have service books!

Check the oil filter housing. A small oil overfill should not cause a leak.

15 years? Do you have an official document? I was of the view that there was a mileage recommendation (160K was it?) but no time limit. Nevertheless I'd change after 15 years!

Rear drums off/clean are not, AFAIK, on the official list of "full" service items published by VAG last time I looked, but obviously they ought to be! You can ask for that to be added though. There may a service definition that includes drums - but it's all semantics about what is meant by "full"!

I'm not sure what the Citigo uses, but generally a powered booster ought to be as close to the antenna as possible, but some other cars have the booster in the tailgate or in the dash, while some have it in the antenna base... If on a Citigo it is near the antenna, you'd have to drop the headlining unfortunately... There's not much on the 'net about Up!/Citigo boosters at all - there are quite a few reports of poor radio reception however, and very few fixes reported, but I'd probably try the new (genuine) antenna base first to see if it works in your case (seems to for some people but not all) - https://www.upownersclub.co.uk/threads/poor-radio-reception.7843/