Wildman

Thank you for this, really helpful. Something I noticed when last week I was having an MOT done - they put the hazard lights on whilst they jacked the car up and left them on for about 1/2 an hour. Have no idea if this could be connected to anything and I can't think why it would but to my mind, the clicking in the relay sound is a new sound so something may have triggered it to start working very recently.

Thanks - the tow bar guy has just called me. He said that it always makes this click sound i.e. even when not connected. (There is an indicator "dinging" sound only when the socket is connected. However he said he'd come and take a look......? It's completely stumped me as I'm pretty much 100% certain I haven't heard this clicking (when touching the break peddle) before Friday. I'll let you know what happens when he's been out. Thank you again for all your help - really appreciated it.

thanks again. i'm waiting for him to call me so I'll let you know.

Just one other thought - maybe a stupid one! I use a powerhose to clean my car. Just before taking the car to have the brakes done, I hosed the car and always hose under the bumpers and around the wheel arches. Could there I have created a trip in the socket with water getting in? That said I didn't notice the clicking on the drive to the garage but of course I can't be 100% sure.

Just checked. Yep when you flick indicators on it makes the same clicking from the same area. Obviously this clicking is in time with the indicators. I wouldn't have been able to hear this when driving as you it's in time with the normal indicator sound you hear when sitting in the driving seat. In other words it's quite difficult to tell if this indicator click from the same area has always happened or just started to happen along with the new click for the brake peddle. Just a note: you only have to very slight press and depress the peddle to make it click.

Thank you. I'll go and have a look now. I'll also check the socket to see if there's anything untoward going on. Again, I think you might well be correct in what you're saying. I.e. the towbar module thinks something is connected to the towbar socket. I've only connected the socket a handful of times when towing a trailer and cannot remember if, when braking, it creates this same clicking noise. I have a feeling there's some sort of noise when you indicate though (i.e. indicate when the socket is connected (when towing a tailer). My 13 year old thinks it's that same loud clicking sound.....

Sorry, I can't get away from the fact that this happened just after the brake pads were done on Friday and not before - even though I understand the sensor is a loop of wire that gets worn as the brakes get worn and simply connects to existing loom. The clicking noise is quite loud and I would definitely have noticed it; I get irritated by the slightest buzz from the dashboard, so I'm more than sure this clicking wasn't around before I took the car in on Friday.

...... yep - I reckon you've probably got that dead right: i.e. that it's a new issue with the towbar electronics. Just to check, when you say that the towbar electronics "might think something is plugged in" and this in turn might make it "turn on/off the brake light pin on the towbar connector" can you expand on this - if you have time. Might this have anything to do with the front brake pad sensor? Have just emailed the guys who did the towbar and will call them so it's great to have some ideas/thoughts about it. Thank you again.

It does seem very odd. Maybe it is just a weird coincidence. Below is a link to a little film which my 13 year son just helped me make to show the noise and location of the noise. When it clicks I'm pressing and releasing the peddle. Forgetting the fact that I had the front brake pads changed, if this just started occurring, would you say that it's most likely connected to the after market electronics from the towbar? I can chat to the guys who did the towbar - he's a decent guy who called me back the other day when I couldn't get the towbar to locate properly! https://we.tl/t-i38WqvapwY

Thank you for all this. I'm just wondering if I shouldn't take it straight back to the guys who fitted the front brake pads? (i.e. before taking a look myself). There was no click before I took it in and then literally as I drove out of the yard, the first time I hit the brake (going less then 3mph) "click"! Actually it goes "click" as you press down then "click" as you release. So it's a double click. i.e. one click as you press the peddle down, then a second click as you release the peddle - "Click -Click". Surely it must be related to the sensor, it's too much of a co-incidence?

Yes that's exactly it - i.e. it's motion related. The single click is in time with me pressing the break peddle wether moving or stationary. 1 click per press of the brake not a continuous clicking. I haven't looked at the relay but I did have a tow bar fitted about a year or so ago. You mention the pad wear sensor. When they fitted the new pads yesterday for the front brakes only, could the sensor for the front brake pads affect the relay located at the rear? (The relay is located on the off-side at the top side of the boot). I had Pagid pads fitted in the end, they're not the very best but I think are pretty decent.

I had the brakes done a couple of hours ago. As I was driving away in slow traffic I noticed that every time I pressed the brake peddle there was a click on the back left of the car. I drove it back and the guys who correctly found the noise was coming from the Relay located in the top panel in the boot. They said it couldn't have anything whatsoever to do with them as they'd only changed the front brake pads. I had to go and collect my son from the train station so left it at that. Brake lights work fine. Is it just a complete coincidence that the noise started after they changed my front brake pads? What causes a relay to click like this? The click sounds just like an indicator click which is annoying in slow traffic! Any ideas - I'm flummoxed!

Thank you again. Have the sticker in Boot so will take a look. All advice massively appreciated.

Thank you flybynite. One garage, (in the South West not far out of London), have quoted £100 including the new pads which he said would be Pagid. I've seen them during my on-line searches but when I put in my Reg they don't seem to come up. Apologies for my lack of knowledge, but I just wondered if I found out the part number from Skoda, does that then correspond to part numbers of other brands as well. Or is a part number only specific to each brand.

thank you ScoutCJB - I just asked a Skoda Garage and they retail at £ 89.34 in VAT - which seems pretty steep to me. I don't suppose you still have a receipt for you Brembo pads with the part number do you?

Have just been online looking at front brake pads for my 2015 Skoda Octavia Scout. There's quite a bit of choice and quite a difference in prices. Can anyone make a recommendation? Taking the car to Kwikfit, Halfords, Protyre I've found they are not particularly transparent about what brand of parts they'll use. A mate has a garage who'll happily stick on what I bring along.

I have the exact same problem with my 2015 Skoda Octavia Scout. Dash warning light flashes for brake light (I think it specifically says which side). I've checked over and over again. All the lights work. It's got an MOT in 3 days and it'll be more than annoying if it fails due to the warning light - maybe I should just change the bulb anyway. Could it be that the break light is failing when I drive the car? This would perhaps correspond to a lose connection as currently I'm checking when the vehicle is stationary and therefore there is no vibration.

The last time I checked Haynes weren't doing a manual for the Octavia Scout MkIII (2015) but this might have changed. Does anyone know how to get hold of the repair manual - I might have found one on emanualonline - anyone heard of it? Thanks.