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Thanks for the detailed tips, Jorgeminator... not sure I'd have had confidence it was coming off otherwise, feels like it's just going to bend the plastic and slip out. Absolutely awful design.

Left side door, doh🤦‍♂️ Cheers Zetzet, will try that out in the morning!

Quite surprised I can't find anything by googling or searching on here... maybe I'm just being thick! How do you use the "manual" key inside the fob to unlock (and ideally start!) a MK4 Octavia? My Mk3 had a little slot you could access by pulling the door handle, but can't find any such thing on this one. The fact that there is a key inside the fob makes me think it must be possible though?!

Please to report that I have also got it working wirelessly with an Android. Had to plug it in initially, to get it to recognise the phone and set itself up with Android Auto, but now it's setup I can just leave the phone in my pocket and it's happy to use my google maps, spotify etc. Galaxy s10+ running Android 10. You'd think between them one of Skoda or Google might want to publicise this, rather than underselling it!

Think this has pretty much led me to the reason for the problem... The drainage holes aren't actually blocked by wax / grease, but there is a lot around. If I poke a bent paperclip around inside the holes, a whole load of wax comes out on it... and, tellingly, a little more water tends to dribble out while I do this. So I think it's a case of there being so much wax inside the door that moving it, and so changing the angles etc (my drive is on a bit of a slope) frees up water to flow out. And possibly there's enough wax on the outside that when closed it's hard for water to drain out at all. Assuming this is the sole cause, I'm clearly not planning to go and leave it at the dealers for 48 hours while they investigate. But equally I'm not sure there's much I can do to clear the was out without taking the door apart. I would assume that given time the wax will work its way out (can already see build-ups where it's flowed out of the holes) and the problem will resolve itself. So thinking I'll leave for now and see how that goes. I would phone the dealer and talk this through, but I've already tried previously, including emailing them videos and photos of the issue, and the mechanics are never available to talk to.

There is a lot of wax on the underside of the car, but didn't seem to be any blocking the holes.

Do you have Android 11? I've heard it supports wireless auto

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Ah thanks E-R, that sounds like a very similar issue. Definitely starting to think that the issue isn't so much with water getting in, as with it failing to get out while the door is closed. Cannot work out how that's happening, the drainage holes are outside the rubber door seals, so it's just metal door against metal sill... how can that be watertight?!

In case anybody else has any thoughts that may speed up the process of getting my local dealer taking two days just to inspect the car... Having tried pouring some water onto the car from a watering can, I'm pretty confident that it is getting in through the bottom corner of the window, where the seal meets the pillar, ie here: I'm not sure if that area is meant to be watertight, or if it is designed so that water will go in there, but then immediately drain out the bottom of the door? On the rear doors, the latter is what seems to happen - water gets in the same place, but can immediately be seen trickling out from the sill / bottom of the door. Whereas on the front door, the water builds up, and only comes out of the drainage hole when the door is opened. I recorded some videos demonstrating all this, which hopefully help to make the issue clear... This is the amount of water which came out when opening the passenger door after only a brief rain shower this morning: https://photos.app.goo.gl/oJZLiCKu2vAMJc2d7 This one demonstrates how water which I poor onto the window does not run out while the door is closed, then comes out once I open it: https://photos.app.goo.gl/vYppu3e2DgDGnKf17 And this one shows the same thing on the rear door, in which you can see that the water trickles out while the door is shut, and so there is barely any coming out when the door is then opened: https://photos.app.goo.gl/qbXswT8izJjVSMEq9

Just spoke to them... apparently they need it overnight to check water ingress issues, and because of covid they aren't doing courtesy cars. So God knows how that works, it's miles away. Great start to my mkIV ownership.

This is a confusing one with my 5-day old SE 1st Ed Estate... after a bit of rain during the day, I opened the passenger in the evening and a whole load of water came pouring out of the hole in the bottom. Like, for about ten seconds or so, enough to flow down the drive for a few feet. Then opened the drivers door and exactly the same thing. More rain today, and the same thing happened when my wife opened the door apparently. I assume the holes are there to drain any water that gets in, but surely it's not expected to do this... certainly never seen it on any other car, and risks soaking your shoes if you're not careful! I can't work out where the water is getting in... can only assume the window seals, but they look OK on a quick inspection. I'm also puzzled as to how it's staying in there... the section of door with the holes is just metal, and closes against metal sill, so nothing to stop it running straight out even with the door shut in that I can figure (unless the door and sill are such an incredibly accurate fit that the two pieces of metal are watertight!). Might be able to solve that question by looking at it more carefully next time it's "filled up" I guess. Anybody experienced similar or got any ideas?

I was equally confused about all this. Apple works with Blueooth, Android does not... fair enough. But the stuff about wi-fi in the manual is clear as mud. Anybody got the wi-fi connected successfully, and if so what can you actually do with it? I'm not sure if it's just for hotspotting (which presumably is only a thing if you have a SIM for your car)?!

Just taken delivery of an SE 1st edition. It does not have keyless entry, only keyless stop/start. I believe the SE L has it though.

Got the MkIV now and can confirm the old spare seems to fit fine (both on the wheel and under the boot)!