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Update. . . . I managed to get to the local dealer and we were able to identify the part, it is the full assembly so I got it on order last Saturday, but the guy was new and couldn't work the till, so another chap called me on the Monday and as I had to pay on order they sent me a link and £242.40 was transferred, they called me two days later saying it had arrived. I picked it up today and decided as I'm now off work I'll get it fitted. It was a bit of a faff with the car up on one axle stand, but I removed the ns rear wheel, a short section of undertray and it made it quite accessible, using a stubby screwdriver and torx bit I got the old one off and the new one plugged in, bolted in place and the undertray refitted etc. A few pictures below. Notice it's a VW part, no wonder it was so expensive 😂 Started the car up, the headlights did their little dance up and down and no error on the screen, so a winner. The old one was seized up good and proper, but after 8 years and circa 108,000 miles I don't think it was that bad.

This might help it might not, it would seem like the winter cold weather demons are doing their work again, I got in my car to go home after work one day last week and I noticed that the clock was at 00:00 so I checked the settings and it was still on the auto time zone so I changed it to manual, went back to the home screen, no change. So as with most things these days, turn it off and back on again, however there is a reset you can do, with the unit on, simply press and hold the on/off button and it will eventually reset and come back on. Give it a try, it's worth a punt. . . .

Cheers Warrior193, I found a video on YouTube an American guy had an issue with this on his A3 and the ball socket joint bust or seized up and snapped, so I know where I need to look, it just depends on finding a replacement, ones I've seen so far are for xenon lights so I'm wondering if they will be ok as I have led lights all round? I'll get under it at the weekend and take a look. I'll also look up some of the previous issues on here 👍

I've finally got around to plug in the OBDeleven and there were 10 faults, and unfortunately I reset the lot of them but this fault came straight back, in the central electrics section. I've added some screenshots as there's 3 faults and it seems to be a module or sensor that is grounding out. . . The task I think is going to be locating the part and seeing if I can get a replacement.

I've started getting this error message while driving and it will disappear after a few minutes then a little later it will be back again, has anyone else had the same issue? Is it easy to fix? It's on my 2017 Octavia estate 2.0D SEL it has the full LED lights Thanks in advance. . . .

Not sure if this helps, I have changed my auto headlight using my OBDeleven and it allowed me to 1, change the speed that the HL comes on and 2, it allowed me to change the LUX value that the sensor picks up to turn on/off the HL main beam. Iirc I set the speed so the HL come on from 28mph and I dropped the LUX value down by 20lux so as not to dazzle oncoming motorists with my LED full beam HL. This is on my Octavia estate 2017 (67 reg)

I wired mine to the same fuse with a fuse tap, then ran a aux power socket lead to it. I have the power socket in the knee high drop down cubby.

I'll take your word for it lol It wasn't fun trying to get a bucket under the plume of screen wash solution when I pulled the old pump out, it went all over the shop 😂🤣😂🤣but I caught the most of it 👍

Quick update to say that the replacement pump from ECP has done the job, the front and back washers are both working again. The pump came with a new rubber grommet/seal fitted and I noticed that when I fitted the pump with the seal on the pump it didn't quite seat all the way down, so I drew it back out, took the seal off the pump, fitted the seal into the hole in the bottle, then fitted the pump into the seal and it was all nice and flush. I've added a picture and I'll be checking with ECP and the dealer for availability and price for the headlight washer pump in case that starts acting up. Thanks again for your help 👍

Thank you RoddersUK, the new one I have is the replacement for the rusty one. Cheers J.R., I'll have to replace the rusty one first and hopefully it'll fix the issue. Thanks for the info.

My Octavia 2.0D estate 2017 (67 reg) has stopped squirting water onto the screen and having checked the forum it looks to be a simple swap job, or so I thought. I purchased a new pump from euro car parts as Skoda wanted £90 plus the cost of the seal on top of that. I stripped it back ready to change the pump and saw that there are not one but two pumps in my washer bottle, despite the dealer saying, this is the one for your car. How do I know which one needs changing? All I could do is swap one like for like and still have nothing working if the other doesn't work. My car has headlight washers and I'm wondering if it still doesn't work after swapping the one I have, I'll have to take the other pump off and see if ECP has one in that is the same. Any ideas or suggestions welcome.

That's the one, it worked a treat, the pistons took a bit of getting going back but once they started they went in just fine.👍

Just a quick hijack of this thread, I'm in the same boat as you and I changed my front disc's and pads and now on the rears, just been and got a right handed wind back tool for the piston, is this correct or is it a left hand tool I need? The packet says compatible with Audi and VW but not Skoda? Thanks in advance

Thanks for your replies, I'll be removing the gunk and I'll be letting them know not to conjure up false add on's to bump up the bill in future. I would have been happier them trying to tell/show me that they were getting ready for changing, I could have done it much cheaper for the same Bosch wipers. If I felt they needed it.

I've recently had my 2.0D sel Octavia in for a full service as the indicator was coming up. I was quoted 280 quid by a local independent garage. To my surprise when I collected it, they had changed the wipers, now I should have challenged this with them at the time but I don't believe the old wipers were not working as they should, last time I used them they were fine. Are wiper blades a service item? And secondly, the car came without a spare wheel, it had the gunk and compressor, I've since added a spare wheel and tool kit. Do I need to leave the gunk and compressor in for the MOT ? I'm wanting to remove the gunk as I think it is close to the date not that I would ever use it. Thanks in advance 👍

Hi, my Octavia is pfl on a 67 plate, so I quite possibly followed the instructions you have found, it's a long time back now. If like you mentioned that fl models are different somehow, I'm not sure if you will be able to change it? Unless you can find another way in to the coding area where it sits for pfl models?

Totally agree with this, I never looked any more into getting a CD player, I just ripped all my cd's to a good quality SD card and never looked back.

Lovely motor Sasha, enjoy. I looked at a dragon green superb in the showroom back when I was searching for my Octavia estate, it was way out of my budget back then, but sadly I couldn't justify one now as I'm WFH and I have only been in to the office for less than 2 weeks in the last 12 months 👍

Fortunately for me, my car came with the heated front and rear seats, so mine has the panel with the switches and the USB sockets. Picture below from my 67 plate estate.

Lol, ramble away, people can choose to read it or not, some of us appreciate what is posted by others. I haven't been up (or down) that road in ages, iirc last time I was up that way was when I last went to the Magpie Mine. Interestingly Pott Shrigley now see's it's fair share of cyclists theses days. Tother night I was coming home and I passed a few cyclists climbing their way up to the top. They seem to ride up and over the top to the junction with the Macclesfield to Whaley road, have a breather and then go back down again, some summer evenings can be quite busy with multiple riders going for it.

I'm glad I searched back and found this thread, I'm noticing that I'm getting this condensation forming in my headlight lenses on both sides. This picture was taken after a 39m trip a couple of nights back. I was starting to get worried about it, but I'm quite reassurred now after reading this. I'll just be keeping a watch of this to be sure it doesn't worsen.

Snap Not much snow was had in town, however Alfreton had a fair sprinkling, but I never needed to go out in it (lockdown rules adhered too) There's a pretty steep hill up to Riber Castle, I don't fancy that in any car in winter Over the last few weeks I've been back at work over in Cheshire. Just a few days each week. Typical that after WFH since last march I get requested to go back on site during the worst weather we've had in months. I'm still glad I chose the Michelin cross climate+ tyre's for my Octavia estate. They really come in to their own in these lower temperature's. On my commute I go 'over' Pott Shrigley, that is one high up place. (Not sure what it is above sea level) They have had a lot of drifting snow and due to the sheer volumes of water running off the fields, its almost like a constant running slurry of slush running down the road. Nice and steady going up and down saw no dramas. (Traction control was on too) I will definitely try turning it off next time to see if it helps? It's interesting to see different people's views on this, especially locals who see the same conditions that I see.

Hi Mark, here is a screenshot of the long coding from my history, hope this helps 👍

Great, the junk can stay in the trunk 😂👍 it'll save me faffing about then.