Danayess

Hi - yeah OTA update. Once completed it did a spinning wheel on the main display for about half hour while driving and then after a stop and a start all seemed to be working. I only noticed the HUD not working when I was about an hour into a 4 hour drive. When I got home I also noticed the boot kick thing also not working and the keyless entry also failed. The next day the car briefly went into limp mode which cleared as soon as I stopped and started the engine again. Booked it into Škoda for a repair. Later that afternoon the car failed completely - flashing screens, e-brake cranking in on start and then releasing, Christmas tree of cautions on the display and then complete failure.of all power. Seemed like a dead battery which would have set me back £200 but obviously everything had been working absolutely fine until the OTA update. Wife came home in our ‘good’ VRS and I did a jump start. Car lit up absolutely fine first time. All warnings went out after a bit of a drive, the HUD is now working, all the extras are working and the car has been running absolutely fine for the last couple of days. Pure mental. Apparently garages are saying the system can sometimes have a sh@t fit and just meltdown. However - I’d have had it towed if I didn’t have another car to jump it from and then I’d have probably forked out for a new battery which while possibly compromised seems to be working okay.

My hope is that the battery is goosed - there are similarities to when I’ve had a dead battery before but the normal signs aren’t necessarily there. Every start has been immediate or ‘strong’ until now so it’s odd that it would just cliff edge like it appears to have. The only thing that is different to my normal usage is the update which killed off the HUD and some other optional extra electric items; and the cold weather. I’ll update when my good VRS gets home and does a jump on this niggly new one.

My car appears to have developed a bit of a similar fault. I posted on here yesterday saying the HUD on mine wasn’t working but since then it has developed. Yesterday while driving it went into limp 1500rpm mode randomly. I stopped and switched off the engine, started and immediately was okay again. Last night I observed random lights on the back coming on and off while the car was parked. And finally today when I went to start the car the e-brake engaged and dragged the pedal forwards and backwards a few times then displayed a red warning saying get to garage before the entire display and infotainment system went off. Now the car is completely bricked and I cannot start, stop, lock or basically anything, I don’t suppose this has happened to anyone else has it?

Hi all - I know it’s a bit of a first world problem but here it is: I updated the software in my Mk4 VRS Petrol (if that makes any difference) yesterday. Now the HUD doesn’t work and is displaying a ‘Sorry this function is unavailable’ message when I try to change any of the settings within the Vehicle menu. Is this happening to anyone else? I’m happy if it is a brief glitch which will be repaired by another update but if not I’ll need to book the car into the garage (yet again - it’s not the most reliable VRS I’ve ever had (my 2012 is still running like a steam train)).