Danoid

Indeed, the thing is the higher up people if they get given a car it’ll always be the latest so they won’t see a problem or care. I personally see it as a fault and dealerships should not be selling a car with a known fault

I’m due to have my car in soon for something else and they’ll look at TMC at the same time and report back to the Skoda exec I’ve been talking too. p.S I don’t think the person im speaking to is an exec at all just higher up than the previous person

Your money but it would have been fine

If you get an automatic (maybe manual too but not sure) there is another level of security you can have which is to have a lock fitted on the gearbox inside the cabin. It’s an official part but no idea how much it costs to have it installed

Until recently I’ve not had one single problem with my car and would still highly recommend one. If the car you’re looking at has xenon headlights then and around 2016 check the headlight cable isn’t touching or anywhere near the high pressure coolant pipe as mines split on such a young car and only around 40k miles. Other than that I’ve not had any issues and I only do around 3k miles a year in my diesel TMC the traffic alert system has stopped but that’s for all VAG cars pretty much not including mib3 radios which is from 2019 onwards or so

No drilling or dismantling required for the above option? If no to both that seems to be a winner

I just rang and the executive will be checking a different system to see if this has been reported, I said if nothing is there it’s the issue everyone is having with getting this escalated. I mentioned this is not just Skoda but the entire vag group (probably even older bentleys too) If I hear anymore I’ll let you know

Me and the sales rep had the same problem on a brand new octavia which I’m assuming is mib3? I’ll be sure to tell the Skoda exec about which ones are effected* * I wrote affected earlier, I need to rewatch the confused.com advert again

Can anyone confirm model year this is affected to? Eg cars to 2019 or is it as simple as Mib1,2,2.5 affected but mib3 isn’t?

Hopefully you don’t have the same issue as me, it’s still on going and with a Skoda executive now because of the potential fraud that goes on at my local dealership grr Saying that my issue seems to be a design flaw but should have been picked up by my dealer when it was serviced and they should be doing a fully diagnostic as part of a service

Just thought another alternative is for us to register “interest” in a second hand car at a dealer Go for a test drive but say “it’s got a problem with the TMC not working, if you can get it fixed let me know” 😀

I’m having a call with a Skoda executive on Monday about something else but I’ll mention this too and see what they say

When I visited my local dealer (for the last time I think) I asked one of the sales reps to check an octavia and he wasn’t sure why but I showed him and he said “yeah that’s going to be an issue” We did check on a brand new car and they seemed to work but couldn’t find the traffic option

A pheasant flying on its own accord is surprising. If your insurance uses AutoGlass insist on an OE windscreen, I did after reading the pain people have gone through on here. I’m still not sure how Autoglass make money because the chip repair was done which I guess they claimed from my insurance, but as the work is warrantied the complete replacement was free and Skoda OE stamped which wouldn’t be cheap

I replaced the rear with a Bosch one as the rear wiper made a horrible sound and yeah it was silent again, so I bought Bosch fronts too but I’ll fit them after Autoglass guy goes just so I know the old ones still work okay after windscreen replacement. New ones I got is A864S but there was another one for my car so hoping I got the right ones first time

Back in October I had my first ever chip in my windscreen, out of view thankfully but got it repaired by Autoglass then in March I noticed the repair had another hairline crack so rang Autoglass thinking they could repair it again, nope whole new windscreen required. I told the person I wanted OE replacement and he went on his way because he had a non genuine, he said he’d let AutoGlass know then a week later it was organised again to fit a new windscreen and was a different brand yet again, I said no again. Then it got reorganised for today and it’s genuine 😁 so that’s going in now I also bought some new wipers as still on the good 2016 originals but best time to change them

If you do get a new wheel from Skoda be sure to get it from the accessories brochure as it’s much cheaper than a direct replacement from the normal part system

Surely if they say it’s obsolete then they will have to upgrade all our devices so it works? No where in any of the manuals does it say TMC will cease to work from March 2023. I’m already going through Skoda UK about something completely different, otherwise I’d chip in but don’t want to annoy them just yet

It’s a shame this hasn’t happened in America as there would be a lawsuit by now. It is annoying though because nowhere does it say the traffic reports would stop after a certain date, so it’ll be interesting how VAG UK will handle this

Yeah I saw those but couldn’t see any here specifically (Superb section), so just wondering is it all VAG cars or could some still be working. What I can’t tell is if brand new cars are affected too, or wether it’s just MIB2’s and possibly 2.5

As this seems to be a large problem and should be affecting all cars, can you let me know if yours is working? thanks

I have this issue on my 2016 Superb too, pressing the Traffic button says 0 reports and TMC logo has a red line through it 😞

That’s fine, the cars not 20 years old though it’s a 2016 it may have had a recharge before I bought it in 2018 not too sure, be in the paperwork somewhere though

The garage to my house is roughly 1-2 minutes, so it’s become evident it was leaking before they even touched it, which is why my ac didn’t run. I can’t actually see the hole, the picture is from the top but if you looked from the front of the car the hole is there. p.S I’d have a grip if I had my car worked on and didn’t end up in a&e having all sorts done!

As your car is 2015 it might be worth ringing your local dealer as there was a semi recall about this, essentially it’s just a software fix they need to apply