LarsKC

Does anyone have longtime experience with just ignoring the DSG gear selector fault? The one, where a yellow light comes on, and the text says something like (in my translation from Danish): "Fault in gear selector. You can continue driving, but should consult your workshop". Judged from this forum, and a Danish forum I participate in, this fault is quite common. For me, it started about 4-5 months ago, when the car was about 2½ years old. The error-light comes on 1-3 times in a row, when the car is started. Then it disappears, usually for several weeks. Then it might come on again for 1-3 times - etc., etc. I went to the workshop, where I was confirmed that this was acknowledged by Skoda as a common error. Therefore I was offered a discount on the spare part. But changing it is apparently complicated, and the workshop will charge me 8.500 DKR / 1.100 € to do that. Now I wonder what will happen if I just keep ignoring it........

Have you ever experienced that your iV won't charge, but the red error light flashes when you plug it in? I first had this problem when the car was about ½ year old. The failure was intermittent but gradually got worse. I made a complaint to my Skoda dealer, who changed the charging plug in the car. It didn't help much though. Then I complained to the company which has delivered the charging box. They sent a technician who could not measure any fault on the box. Anyway, I managed to persuade him to change the cable and plug on the box - and that helped. Now the problem has come back after approx. 1½ years. It seems like its something mechanical - there is a series of clicks, as if the a lock is trying to engage but then gives up. And if I squeeze hard downwards on the plug I can sometimes get it to work. When I'm using a public charging station, with the cable that came with the car, there are no problems. All in all, this leads me to conclude that the problem is with the charging box - probably the plug from the box - and not with the car. But before I call the company that has delivered the box and makes a (serious) complaint, I just want to be sure that this is not a known issue, related to the iV 😉 charge error.mp4

Well - I've been driving a manual gearbox for 20+ years, and never missed an automatic. Now I can't imagine life without it...... I've also driven 20+ years without ACC. Now I can't imagine life without it. And I've been driving 20+ years without even knowing the existence of Auto Hold........... Well, you can guess the rest 😎

I'm driving an iV (hybrid), so that doesn't really apply.

Not sure what you mean by start/stop?

Me too. But that is what Auto Hold is for: when approaching a red light, you press the brake - and lift you foot. The car is at standstill. When light turns green, you press the throttle, and on you go. No need to touch the gear selector - and even less the handbrake. But I agree: to each his own 🙂

I would just do what the manual says: keep it in D/S.

For some reasons my comment was posted twice. Cant figure out how to delete one of them 😞

According to the manual: "Stopping temporarily (e.g. at a junction): Leave the selected mode D/S and secure the vehicle with the brake pedal. (Also se autohold below) Stopping: Keep the brake pedal depressed. Secure the vehicle with the parking brake. Choose the P mode. Turn off the engine. NB: When turning off the engine in mode D, S or R then mode P is automatically selected. Autohold: With Stop, the vehicle is automatically secured using Auto Hold. Auto Hold lights up in the instrument cluster. The brake pedal can be released. With Start, the vehicle is automatically released using Auto Hold." Seems simple enough. No need to complicate it. If following the manual would actually damage the car, I guess Skoda would be looking into some serious legal trouble....... According to the manual: "Stopping temporarily (e.g. at a junction): Leave the selected mode D/S and secure the vehicle with the brake pedal. (Also se autohold below) Stopping: Keep the brake pedal depressed. Secure the vehicle with the parking brake. Choose the P mode. Turn off the engine. NB: When turning off the engine in mode D, S or R then mode P is automatically selected. Autohold: With Stop, the vehicle is automatically secured using Auto Hold. Auto Hold lights up in the instrument cluster. The brake pedal can be released. With Start, the vehicle is automatically released using Auto Hold." Seems simple enough. No need to complicate it. If following the manual would actually damage the car, I guess Skoda would be looking into some serious legal trouble.......

A harddrive would be a bit old-fashioned and unpractical by today's standard 😉 But I would have liked an SD-card reader hidden in the glove compartment, like my Fabia had. Instead, I'm using a USB-stick - I just bought the (physically) smallest one I could find, and it now permanently occupies one of the two USB-C ports. However, I must admit that I don't use it much. Spotify and Android Auto is just so much more convenient. Even though the audio quality is marginally better from the USB stick.

Well, its easy to operate, does what it should, and its sturdy enough. I like it - and I like the design. Yes, its plastic. Metal would have been nice. The same could be said about other details within the otherwise rather good looking (at least to me) cabin. But in the end, its probably a question of price point and place in the market. If the gear selector is a definite showstopper, you could always go for an Audi A3. Its pricier (and smaller), but I'm sure the gear selector is nice 🙂

Exactly. My wife and I have the same phone, with the same AA version, and she got the update several days before me - how unfair......... 😉 I think the changes are more evolutionary than revolutionary, since we already had the split screen, which is the big new thing for most others. The biggest improvement for me is the ability to expand Google Maps to full screen. But there are also numerous minor improvements, making AA an overall more polished experience. For those who want to know more about the details, try googling Coolwalk UI Anyway, the new version just confirms even more, how superior AA is to Skodas own navigation - sadly......

This is set by Google and can not be changed - unfortunately..

OK, I see your problem then. There seems to be quite a lot of confusion about updates 😞 All I can say is, that mine didn't support wireless AA from start - but after a major update (at the dealer) it does. So at least in some instances, it is possible.

I actually find Skoda Connect quite useful, as long as it works. With the app I'm able to check the status of the car (battery charge and gasoline level, locked/unlocked, etc), remotely lock it, set it to charge (or programme it to charge at a night), control the heating/airconditioning (or programme it to start heating at a specifik time every morning), etc., etc. The problem is of course, when it stops working - as it typically does with 2-3 months interval. It seems to have something to do with the cars internet-connection getting f*cked up. The "solution" is to remove fuse 19 for a few minutes. However, this is not only cumbersome, it also means that I'm loosing all the driving data for the period since I last saved them. Skoda definitely needs to work on this.

What do you mean by screwed? As described above, hardware version H56 can be updated to support wireles AA. Apart from that, the question was about updating AA.

Had a chance to test it today. And you are right: its possible to disconnect by pressing right scroll wheel, even when making calls with Android Auto. Either I've missed it before - or there has been an update, since I last tried 😉 BTW Android Auto works fine for me. Most importantly, voice control understands my commands, even in Danish - which is far from what Laura does.

Maybe with the built in phone app. But AFAIK it does not work when Android Auto handles the call?

My car has lost its internet connection twice in a year. The last time I solved it through a complicated trial-and-error process of deleting and re-establishing my account and setup, off which I have deliberately suppressed any memory. This time I decided to try the fuse removal trick. I took out number 19 only, left the car for five minutes, and then put the fuse back in. Internet connection was magically restored, and so was my apps ability to get in contact with my car. As others have reported, I lost my driving data for the last two weeks - you gain some and you lose some..... Now I'm just wondering: would there be a market for a third party ALT+CTRL+DEL button to be mounted somewhere on the dashboard? 😉

AA in itself should update automatically, as any other android app. Updating the software in your car that connects to AA is a completely other matter. That can only be done by a Skoda dealer.

Good news! Last monday I had my Octavia iV infotainment updated. The main reason was to get the mediaplayer to work. I haven't been able to play MP3 files since I bought the car ½ a year ago. The update solved that - hurrah. Then, a few days ago, when I picked up my unplugged phone in order to leave the car, it dawned on me, that I had actually had Spotify playing. And yes: AA was now working wirelessly, and had simply connected itself, without me even noticing 🙂 I have an early unit, which originally came with a version B device number. Consequently, I had abandoned any hope, that it could be updated to wireless AA. But now its version F - proving that the lack of wireless AA on early models is not a hardware related thing, but can be solved by software. These are the details of the update:

Good news! A few days ago my Octavia iV had a software update. And wireless AA now works! Details about the update:

Finally: Last monday, my Octavia IV had a software update. And now the media-player works flawlessly - for the first time, since i bought the car 1/2 a year ago. And as a bonus, I now allso have wireless Android Auto 🙂 Details about the update:

Sadly, it lastet only for 24 hours. Then the system refused to play music - and decided to restart itself. After several attempts, including removing and re-inserting two different usb-sticks, it finally came back to live and startet playing mp3-files again. Meanwhile it had restarted itself several times, shut down completely at least one time, briefly disabled the online emergency system and displayed at text saying "Please contact dealer". I'm not sure I even dare to try to play music anymore........

OK, so now I'm finally able to play MP3. My car was at the dealer for some other issues, and I asked them to fix the MP3-thing too. When I picked up the car, they told me that it had worked the first time they tried it. I was a bit baffled. But it does work now. And after returning home, I see in the papers that they have actually done som sort of software update. So probably it wasn't just me and my bad karma.....