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Yesterday i was driving on the motorway on a hot day with a lot of stop start traffic. Near the end of my journey i saw the EML and 'coil' symbol appear on the dash. I've never seen either before. The car went into limp home mode with some power but very much restricted. I pulled over, turned off the ignition and ran my OBD scanner. It picked up a code of u140000 which appears to be a potential electrical / alternator fault. The manual seemed to suggest it could be a glow plug fault but then I've seen other info online saying the "coil" error which appears to be a glow plug error is actually a few different faults when combined with a check engine light. After scanning the fault, clearing the codes and restarting the car I've not had any further issues. Last night i read that it's sometimes a MAF sensor that triggers this fault so this morning i changed the air filter as i haven't had a service yet this year and I'm not totally sure the garage did it last year during the service (i usually do the servicing myself.) Drove home tonight at 70 with no issues. At times I'm getting the dpf notification but it appears to clear and I've not so far had the proper dpf errors. Has anyone had this error or can shed any light on this? I've replaced 3 out of 4 glow plugs fairly recently but struggled to remove the pressure sensor glow plug so far and so this is the original at 120k+ miles.

Finally did the RARB upgrade and I'm super happy with the results. Went for a whitelines bar, and the difference is night and day. Most obvious on sharp turns and roundabouts, but generally feels more planted and consistent.

Just wondering if anyone has experienced this or similar; The other day I was driving at about 5 mph on a very bumpy forest track, both off camber and rutted. I was also going slowly round a corner while this terrain was in play, then all of a sudden the steering complete locked, as though the key had been taken out. The engine was still on and we were still moving forward, the brakes still worked but i had absolutely no steering. I was wondering if this was some kind of safety / damage prevention thing? I wasn't ragging it at all, and didn't take the corner at speed, but the terrain was a bit mad (pot hole, camber, corner) probably on both wheels. I haven't had any issues since, and took it really easy on the way home just in case it was more serious. I've had similar experiences in a Peugeot before where the engine went into a shut off mode when I tried to drive up a 1 in 4 hill, so I'm just wondering if this is a thing on the Octavia.

Just had this problem for the first time on passenger rear door, this door has a dodgy seal on the door as it's already popped out once and I've reseated it. I emptied about a litre of water out yesterday after hearing it sloshing about. Can anyone recommend a vendor for the "modified door seals" that I've seen mentioned on the forum?

Wrong model!

I thought I'd see what adrian flux could do with a stage 1 remap...came in at £900 which is more than double my current premium (non-remap.) Are there any other insurers who specialise in modified cars? I was hoping to get a stage 1 but can't justify nearly a grand a year just for insurance!

I've already fitted 2 so not too worried about snapping them...just hard to find the buggers!

Any tips on where to get one? Euro car parts haven't had any for a (reasonable price) for a year or two, i did find a site selling them but they are now on backorder. Cheers

Yeah not an option for me on OBD 11 unfortunately, i already checked.

Yep from vision coding. I went for the SD, but only because i was feeling lazy.

Just arrived this morning, 5 mins to activate and works perfectly!

Sure mate, was planning to. I've ordered so hoping it will arrive tomorrow and I can let you know how it goes.

I also just found this https://www.vision-coding.co.uk/products/skoda-smartlink-activation Someone on another thread mentioned that an eBay option didn't work for them. 😵‍💫

Hi, Has anyone had their smartlink activated in Bristol (or south west / nearby) ? Heritage Bristol just quoted £395 for this, which from other posts looks to be way higher than before (around £150.) Is this the only option? Seems a shame to have such great functionality and then have to pay such a lot for it to be enabled. Thanks

Probably like 1-2 feet!