doughobbs

Hiya - yes I'd spotted both of those, and they were kind of the reason I posted (I didnt mention the 2022 - mk4? boot), thought is best to consult the colletive wisdom rather than taking an expensive punt!

howdy all, I need to replace the boot on my 2016 tsi estate after someone kindly damaged. Does anyone know if the hatchback boot (of the same model) fits? Am also looking to know if there are any specialst Skoda breakers in the UK as looking on eBay etc. boots for an estatejust dont seem to be for sale at all, they all seem to be hatchback boots. thanks Doug

I remembered on the way home from work this eve why I originally unplugged it, things like Aircon and air blowers wouldn't run more than half speed etc. With it connected.

no, only my car and probably other family members as an when the time comes. Yeah it was left connected for a goo week or so after I replaced the battery, I read somewhere that disconnecting it prevents/removed the annoying message on the dash/infotainment telling me that electricity usage is high etc. - it made no difference with it off and I;ve not been under the bonnet to reconnect it, that was back in July time😆

Thanks for that - I ended up getting the Crista tool and it seems to do half a job in that I could enter details and get it to save however the stop-start function still isn't working on the car, I have a feeling its down to the serial number or the 3 digit manufacturer code being mis-matched. I left it as above as I'd spent more than the same amount as just taking it to a main-stealer and getting them to recode it 😆 Id love to get the stop-start working again but am sort of defeated with it unless I can sort the coding out

Didnt even know these existed! for £25 I'm going to try this for sure!

Hey all, I've just changed the original Moll EFB factory battery on my 2016 Fabia 3 to a Bosch AGM one, then I found out about the coding process then bought a Draper 81282 tool (nothing like learning as you go!) which I found out after buying it that it only does upto 2014/15 models, it can read the battery details but can't re-code it Has anyone updated their Draper 81282 to work with battery registration on a post 2015 Fabia/Fabia 3 Has anyone used/got a Ancel VD700 and used this successfully with battery registration on a post 2015 Fabia/Fabia 3 Does anyone have a recommended tool for a Fabia 3 if the VD700 isn't good enough? thanks