BigBazza38

Oops. Forgot to check back after I sorted it out. Given mine was the facelift version with LEDs and three halogen bulbs, it was around £220 for the OEM part from Citygate Slough.

Finally solved it. The solution is to apply leverage on the "ledge" roughly half way down and it comes free.

Here are a few pictures of the connector in question. Couldn't get any more detail due to the amount of plastic surrounding it, alas.

Having had an incident whilst my car was parked which resulted in the cover on my Driver's side rear light cluster - being a facelift vehicle, it's the part-LED version too - ending up in pieces on the ground, I duly ordered a replacement light cluster (as Škoda will only sell you a complete unit, not just a cover) from my usual dealership (given the part on its own was cheaper than my insurance excess), expecting it to simply be a case of removing the old one, swapping the bulbs into the new one and fitting it. Rookie mistake there, as all they've supplied is the bare shell! I've managed to get most of the wiring out of the old one, but can't for the life of me work out how to extract the socket that the plug from the car's wiring connects to. Short of extreme violence (given said socket needs to remain in one piece) does anyone have an idea as to how to remove it?

Having been swayed away from Skoda when the Mk4 Octavia came out (tl;dr version being a ~£100 a month increase in finance payments compared to the Mk3), I find myself coming back after my Hyundai got nicked on Bonfire Night. 😡 My new car is...another Mk3 Octavia Estate, more specifically a 2019 1.0 SE Tech (with the 85kW/114bhp/115 PS engine) with fewer than 8,000 miles on the clock. 😀 It'll be interesting to compare it to the 2016 1.6 litre Diesel version I previously had, which was the same trim level and roughly the same power (81kW/109bhp/110 PS.)

Sadly my PCP deal has ended and I'm having to return my Mk3 Octavia Estate to Skoda as I'm having to tighten the purse strings with what's going on in the world right now. It's been a fun four years, but it's back to using public transport for most of my travel needs for the foreseeable future. Hopefully I'll be back once (used) Mk4s are available for a reasonable price.

Having downloaded both the VW version of the maps linked in the OP and the latest one from the Skoda Update Portal, it appears that the Skoda version has newer maps than the VW one, despite the date given on the download page. The VW files mostly have a timestamp of 11:30 or thereabouts on 10th December 2018, whereas the Skoda one (specifically ECE A1 2019/20) is mostly timestamped around 10:15 on 9th May 2019.

It's had two minor services and one major, so it certainly should have been changed as part of the major one. Current plan is to get the next major service done at the same time as it needs its first MOT.

Yup. Happened again earlier in the week, after they changed the fuel pump about a month ago. I've just dropped it off again for them to have another go.

For the sake of completeness, here's what VCDS found: 1 Fault Found: 28242 - Fuel Pump P3043 00 [032] - Mechanical Malfunction Intermittent - Not Confirmed - Tested Since Memory Clear Freeze Frame: Fault Status: 00000001 Fault Priority: 2 Fault Frequency: 1 Mileage: 64355 km Date: 2018.11.17 Time: 17:01:51 Engine speed: 1152.75 /min Normed load value: 100.0 % Vehicle speed: 9 km/h Coolant temperature: 84 °C Intake air temperature: 38 °C Ambient air pressure: 1010 mbar Voltage terminal 30: 14.953 V Unlearning counter according OBD: 37 Air mass at air mass meter 1: 72.0 kg/h Standardised airflow ratio: 1.062 counts Exhaust recirc.valve 1 bank 1: posit.feedback - Act.value: 0.18 % Throttl.valve adapt. 1 bank 1: posit feedback - Act.value: 0.00 % Charge air pressure specified value: 1.540 bar Absolute intake pressure: 120 kPa abs Mean injection quantity: 23 mg/stroke Index of current engine mode: 0 Index of next requested engine mode: 0 Index of engine target mode: 0 The one thing to note is that the "Fault Frequency" is 1 as the dealer presumably replaced the pump when it was in about a month ago. The car had been parked for about half an hour when it happened and I had the Driving Mode set to "Eco" as usual.

Just to cover all the bases, I went for a run down the A12 earlier at a sustained 70. Spent about an hour there and back. I've also booked it back in to the dealer for Thursday, so hopefully that'll turn up something.

Hey all, I've got a 16 plate Octavia Estate (first registered late March 2016) with the 81kW 1.6 Diesel engine and 7 speed DSG box and 40000 miles on the clock, and it appears to have developed an aversion to supermarket car parks over the past year or so! On four occasions, I've parked in a supermarket car park (different ones each time, so it's not like it's got a thing against a specific chain) and upon starting the engine again, the glow plug warning light has started flashing and the Start-Stop system has been disabled but there's been no noticeable loss of power. In each case, everything's been fine again after leaving it parked overnight, with no warning light and the Start-Stop system working normally. Took it in to my usual dealership a couple of weeks ago, where they changed the fuel sensor, rain/light sensor (as the Light Assist wasn't working either) and water pump (as a recall) and thought that was the end of it, but I had a recurrence on Saturday afternoon. Given the vehicle in question was built before there was a separate DPF warning light, could it be something as simple as the DPF needing a regen, rather than a sensor or fuel system issue? Cheers, Barry

All sorted...kind of. They sent a driver out with a (Manual) Fabia to replace the DSG Rapid (which is still clamped...and is gonna be "fun" if it gets taken to the pound, but that's the Dealer's problem, not mine). Hoping they'll swap it out for another DSG model when they get one back in, as there's a two week lead time on the replacement unit.

I was driving to work on Friday afternoon when all of a sudden, the gearbox disengaged and a "Gearbox Fault" came up on the display. Pulled over to the side of the road, turned the ignition off and on again but no joy, tried to manually select a gear, but still no dice. One call to the RAC later (patrol turned up in 15 minutes, compared to the 45 they'd guessed) and he told me the car had decided to dump all of its transmission fluid. Also called my usual Dealer whilst I was waiting, and they said I could drop it off but they wouldn't be able to look at it 'til today. Fortunately the RAC guy could hook it up to his van so I didn't have to wait for a flatbed, and off to the dealer we went. Got a call back this morning to say the Mechatronic unit had failed and needed to be replaced (this is a 13 plate Mk3 with 46k miles on the clock). Luckily, as I'd always got it serviced through them, they were prepared to put it through as a warranty job (which is a good thing, as it'd cost the best part of £2k if I had to pay). When I dropped it off, I wasn't expecting a loan vehicle given it was an emergency booking, but they'd had one back in that very morning so were in a position to loan it out again. Unfortunately, I went to go shopping today only to discover it had been clamped by the DVLA for no tax, and dhecking on GOV.UK revealed it had been SORNed! So I'm waiting another call back from the dealer to find out what's going on there...

Afternoon all, Had an ex-rental Mk3 Octavia for a couple of years now, but only just found about the forum. Would post pics, but it's currently in the bodyshop after an argument with an Astra at a roundabout, resulting in damage to the rear bumper and destroyed parking sensors. :( The Astra came off worse though, managing to cave in his radiator when he hit me. Bodyshop offered me a Micra, Aygo or i10 as a courtesy car...At 6'3 and built like a brick you know what, that wasn't exactly feasible, so a trip to a local car hire firm later saw me drive out with a brand spanking new i30, courtesy of a free upgrade. (Insurer would only pay for a Corsa, but they bumped me to the category above). Anyway, that's enough waffle, I'll go and hide back under my rock now Cheers, Barry