Cottesloe

Well, 2 and a bit months later. I "jiggled" the accelerator connection back in June, but did not disconnect or otherwise tamper. The issue has not reoccured. I will report further if I do get a recurrence. Now dealing with an indicator stalk that flashes left when I lift to turn right...! I am replacing the stalk...

Thank you Micmac, Picpilot and Erindad. In order, I will check and clean the pedal sensors first, and then do the battery disconnect reset/ reboot, for elimination.

Hi Andri, 6 years later. I have a 2008 Octavia 1z5 1.9 TDI 5 speed manual wagon/combi (185k km's) with exactly the same symptoms as you described. While cruising at constant revs 1800 to 2200 rpm in 4th gear the accelerator pedal electronically disengages and if left the motor decelerates to 900 rpm, and will continue to run at these revs. As soon as I change down a gear the accelerator immediately reengages and away I go. This does not occur when using the cruise control (which I use a lot!). I have a good quality ELM327 and have tried a number of OBD2 Apps. The diags on all give no fault code numbers. This is clearly an electronic glitch. My initial goto, the EGR valve, is clean as a whistle. So, how was your issue ultimately resolved? Many thanks Kevin

G'day, from wintery Cottesloe, in the antipodes. Think an early autumn day in the south of England. My wife and I are both Octavia owners, a 1Z5 wagon and a 1Z3 sedan. Both 2008, both from new. Sedan for the city, wagon for the country. We did a 3,000k round trip about a fortnight ago. The TDI did not miss a beat. I have been servicing the two cars since they came out of warrenty. I have been an avid reader of your forums over the years. Time to ask some unanswered question (or rather answers Ihave not been able to locate!). Thanks for having me... Kevin