BobTroll

My 2019 Octavia was first registered on 29 October 2019. I purchased the car from a Skoda dealership towards the end of September 2020, when it was 11 months old. The vehicle was previously a demonstrator and before I accepted delivery, the dealer carried out an oil and filter change. After 12 months, the instrument display reminded me that the next inspection service was due. Although I had covered reduced mileage (due to Covid restrictions), the dealership wanted to perform a very expensive major service. I insisted upon a cheaper interim service, with an oil and filter change. The invoice shows that the dealer used Castrol Edge 5W-30 Long Life Engine Oil, which is approved to VW 504 00 / 507 00 specifications. The dealer also recorded brief details of the service on the Skoda Digital Service Record. The three year manufacturer’s warranty will expire on 28 October 2022, when the car will also require another service and its first MOT. This time, I shall opt for a full service. Before I purchased my Skoda, all of my previous cars have been serviced by a reliable non-franchised garage. I should like to use the same garage for my next service and in readiness for that service, I had the opportunity to purchase 5 litres of the same Castrol Edge oil (which cost a fraction of the price that most garages charges for that oil). Unlike the Skoda franchise, the independent garage will be happy to use my oil and charge for the MOT, parts and labour only. The owner of the garage has assured me that he will perform the service to the full Skoda specification and says he can record details of the service on the Skoda Digital Service Record. I would prefer to preserve the full digital service history, so can anyone confirm whether independent garages have access to the Skoda records? And if so, is there any other reason why I should not use the independent garage for the last major service, before the warranty expires?

Sorry, but I am merely the car owner seeking advice. I don't have access to any diagnostic equipment and I would even know how to scan the ACC module, whatever that might be.

It would be better, if Skoda hadn't added this feature to the stop start system I have a manual gearbox, so i would be perfectly happy to delay the re-start until I depress the clutch.

Thank you Kenai. I was not aware of that feature. But yes - when I selected the info button, the infotainment display confirmed the reason for the restart was "car in front moved away". So this definitely is not a fluke. But unless someone knows better, there seems to be no way for the driver to disable this annoying and unnecessary feature.

I purchased an Octavia 1.5 TSI SE Technology 5dr Estate, which the dealer described as a 2017+ model. The date of first registration was 29 October 2020. The controls include the stop / start mechanism, which works well, most of the time. When I come to a halt and place the gearshift into neutral, the engine cuts out. Then, it re-starts as soon as I depress the clutch. However, the re-start mechanism also seems to be linked to the front motion sensors. So if I am waiting in a queue at traffic lights, the engine will re-start, as soon as the driver of the car in front moves forward, even by a few inches. This happens very frequently and means my engine restarts unnecessarily. Is there any way to disable the link between the front sensors and the stop start system?

I purchased a used 2019 Octavia SE Technology Estate model in September 2020. The car has the Amundsen Infotainment system. The SatNav maps on the 32GB SD card with the car were out of date, so last year, I visited the Skoda update portal at https://updateportal.skoda-auto.com/en-GB. I had no difficulty downloading and installing the latest maps. I also have a portable TomTom SatNav, which receives new map updates every 3 months. I believe TomTom supply the maps for the Skoda Amundsen system. When I visited Skoda's update portal today, I discovered that it has not been updated since last year and still offers map version ECE A1 2020/2021 (for the 32GB SD card). That version has been valid since CW25 2020 (I believe that means July 25th, 2020). Am I looking for the update in the right place? If so, I am surprised and disappointed that the update portal does not show more recent updates.