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Not going to be much help, here, as the only fix I've heard of is the bypass kit. However, mine has been doing it for 2 years, on and off, and I just ignore it. I did read of a suggestion to move the lever back and foward from P to D 50 times to "unstick" the faulty switch, but it didn't work for me. Sorry.

I had that problem maybe 5 years ago and it seemd to go away after I charged the battery. Further, following a new battery about 2 years ago it has never happened again. Worth charging your battery to see if it helps?

I had that sort of problem, which seemed to be related to the battery's state of charge. Charging the battery made the fault disappear for few months and it has never happened again after getting a new battery 2years ago.

My best guess is that it is the battery level of your mobile phone, which is Bluetoothed to the car. Did you charge it overnight by any chance? :-)

Doesn't need to be coded. I changed mine for a used one from Ebay and all buttons worked immediately and without problems. Possibly a faulty switch, even though it's new?

I had problems with the parking brake which turned out to be a faulty switch - the one to apply/disengage the brake manually in the centre console near the cup holders. The parking brake still worked automatically, as normal, when shifting into/out of park (DSG gearbox), but didn't respond to the switch and threw the error message you're getting. I seem to remember that it caused the cruise control to stop working too. Replacement switch (which is a 3 switch panel, including the Auto hold switch to the left and the door lock?? switch to the right) solved everything.

You can also give it a little dab on the throttle and it will ignore the slow car leaving the motorway exit and/or allow your car to undertake another. I thought ACC was pants at first, but now I hate driving my wife's car with only basic CC. Adaptive is brilliant (once you learn it's quirks).

Along the slot on either side where the flat tab slides when the blind retracts.

A spray of silicone lubricant will work wonders to make it slide easier.

Ok - I just did this job about 4 weeks ago. In my case, the electronic brake would apply itself when the engine was switched off and released itself when the car moved off in gear, all as normal. What did not work was the switch in the middle of the panel of 3 just aft of the gear selector (DSG). I also had the dashboard warning message and another one about the cruise control not being available. The handbrake switch cannot be replaced without the other 2 (Auto-hold and door locks?) - it is all one panel with the 3 switches. I was quoted £135 for the panel by a dealer, but I managed to find a second hand one on Ebay for £42, which worked fine. It's not at all difficult to swap, but getting the shiny black piece which surrounds the gear stick off is a bit tough. I started by pulling out the bank of switched and blanks on each side of the gear selector. These are removed by prizing them up from their forward edge (nearest the dash board) and are quite easy to remove. It is probably not essential to pull these out, but it gives you a view into the shiny black piece helps to see how it might come off. If memory serves, the gear stick surround is held on by 3 plastic prongs along each side and is just prized off with a bit of brute strength. I have a set of plastic trim removal tools which are less damaging to the car and I used these to get under the front and back edges to force the black panel up enough to get fingers in to pull it free. Once you've got that out the way the handbrake switch panel is easily accessed and has a single electrical plug to pull off. (there's a little hook/trigger thing to one side which needs to be pressed in to release the plug) Reassembly is very simple as the pieces all just snap back into place in seconds. Edited to add - the replacement switch solved all the problems and removed the error messages

I got an "Electric Parking Brake Fault" message last week, which also caused the ACC to refuse to work. Using Carista I got the fault code for the ABS section as 32833, and the internet provided the suggestion that the parking brake switch had gone faulty. Since the brake still went on with shutting the engine off and released when moving the car, it seemed like the only way it wouldn't work was from the switch. Skoda wanted £135 for a new switch assembly (includes the auto-hold and the central locking button) so I found and ordered a used one at £42 from the well-known auction site. Arrived today in excellent condition, was fitted to the disassembled centre console in minutes, and did the trick! Carista cleared the fault codes, which did not return, so I am a happy punter. Take that, Skoda, and your overpriced spares!

Just to confirm that mine stopped working a few weeks ago. Damned annoying for a recent trip to Southampton and back. I checked each major section of the route for hold-ups using Google maps as we went along. If TMC doesn't get resolved I will probably abandon the inbuilt SatNAv completely and use Google/Waze permanently.

You are a gentleman, and a scholar, and a connoisseur of good whisky ! That's exactly what I was after. Now to grope about and try to figure out if all these parts are still there.

The other night travelling at a steady 60 I started to hear a flapping noise which lasted for about half a mile then stopped. The noise coincided with another car, maybe a Range Rover or Discovery passing me. My wife thought the noise was from the passing car, but I'm not so sure. There was no bang or clatter as if a part had fallen off - the noise just stopped. I've no way of getting the car off the ground to look properly, so I can only see in from the sides. Most of the underside has plastic covers, but it appears that there is a narrow longitudinal section in the centre which is uncovered. Does anyone have a link to a parts diagram of the undertrays or a picture of what it should normally look like? The car is a 2016 2.0 TDI 150hp Combi. Many thanks.

I may be preaching to the converted here, but the car (on Acc) will start to accelerate a bit when you put on the indicator to overtake.