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Apologies my old car was 2015 mk3 scout but I have amended profile yet!! Now have 2026 VRs

I was able to use vcds so it’s not an sfd2 issue I don’t think. As in you don’t need to go through that security to read and clear the code. But my eBay special odb2 reader didn’t communicate with the car.

I actually have vcds via hexv2 from my last car but wasn’t sure it was going to work due to sfd2 etc … But happy to say I was able to read and delete the codes!! For a new car, there was a ton of error codes showing lol.

I’ve just done the same on my new Octavia 🫣 Reckon I can still clear it using something as the car is SFD2 as I understand it …?

Thanks for all the guidance on this. Does this apply to both cars with and without towbar prep? Or if the vehicle has prep, is it as ‘easy’ as plugging the towbar in? Or is there still a bunch of coding to be done …?

@East_Yorkshire_Retrofits so what needs to happen in order for you to start doing them again? i.e. how will you know? Anything I can do from my end?

Was this an electric towbar or just manual detachable one?

I’ve spoken to them and they have said that post-march 2024 is the issue. They can fit but it’s connected to canbus and some features are disabled. Kind of their words. I don’t pretend to understand this in any details …

so i can't assume that a car out of factory is going to be up to date then? No, I suspect not - why would it be that easy!!? 🫠

Ah ☹️ so it seems there are some coding issues then? why do things have to be so difficult? lol

Assuming you got all this done and it’s as good as OEM??

Hello! I know this is a few months old but wondered if there’s an indicative price foR a 2026 vrs combi? I haven’t bought it yet but the car is out of factory already and I don’t think it has towbar or prep done. I’m potentially travelling from south to Crewe to collect. Thanks in advance!!

Hi all, Hope you’re well and can help please! I have one of the relay bypass kits and also the wiring diagrams for the Octavia 3. I’ve checked the diagram for the left side and there are 2 black and white wires shown but on the can I have 2 black and white wires but one has red dashes as well. Does anyone know which is which please? It doesn’t differentiate on the drawings. Also this is in addition to the white and black wire!

Thanks - yeah it turned out I didn’t have one and was able to just ‘ping’ the wire off from the pad. Discs and pads all done today and wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be. Hardest thing was getting the wheels off that had clearly been air bolted on from when I had the tyres done!

Hi again all. I ordered my discs and brakes and all seem to be good. The only query I have is that the front pads do have a wear sensor/cable but I don’t seem to see that on my vehicle. I see a wire on both sides front but assume that is something related to abs and/or the awd system …

That great thank you. Must just be how the disc sits then. It looks like it’s under the main hub nut but I did think Rhys would be weird!

To double double check I measured the discs. 272 rear and 288 front as mentioned. I’m assuming I need a star socket for the middle hub but - is that right??

@Breezy_Peteno I didn’t see that but might check it out. But thank you for the info!

Hi there, where did you find the code please? I have this sticker in the back and can see 1KS which refers to rear brakes but nothing that aligns with the codes for the front … The car is a 2015 Octavia Scout …

I was worried about this too but it really was quite simple. Not a plastic clip in site which is good! I bought a kit from Ali and express and it came really quickly and included oem led lights and a descent wiring loom.

Sadly this didn’t work and I’m totally stumped. I’ve remembered that the sidelight bulbs/drl are: 12)-Leuchte4TFL (12)-Leuchte5 TFL this is from when I disabled them for drl but even these don’t have any reference to ch/lh so who knows. maybe the sidelights are coming on because of another setting when I disable the alarm/turn the ignition off

Interestingly it still said drl for the sidelights but I disabled those as I’m running the dogs as drls so that’s also weird

This is so helpful so thank you. I’ll try this to night and see if it works!!

Also is it weird that the 2nd two, one is B and one is E?

Thanks - I wondered that as well but then thought maybe these are the rear lights? maybe it’s trial and error on these??