Bigfish53

Hi, my Mk4 vRs had the 1896 software version installed on Monday. I had to be quite persistent to get the dealership to request it from Skoda UK. Noticeable changes are: SatNav now remembers previous destinations and my home address in 'Favourites'. Different male voice for directions in the SatNav. SatNav now remembers to show the current speed limit, were previously it lost the connection everytime the car was switched off. Headlight setting can now be set to 'Driving on the left'. 'Android Auto' doesn't seem to disconnect as it did regularly. I hope this is of help.

Thanks, it's due to go in the dealership again soon, I'll mention it to them.

Thank you for your reply. My car is not 11 years old, only 12 months old (9350 miles). I'll keep a check on it while the car is still inside the 3 year warranty.

Hi, My TSI vRS has just had it's first oil and filter service. I asked the dealer to investigate a slight engine oil leak from the air intake pipe joint to the turbo that connects to the air filter casing. Inside the pipe there is only oil residue and is not pooling, but it's enough to leak through the joint onto the mounting bracket. The air filter is dry and not affected. The response was that this is 'normal' and can be expected. Please, has any anyone with the EA888 engine got the same issue?

Hi, I have the same Sat Nav issues and was told today, on the car's first oil service, that no fix is currently available for this problem. However, a Skoda update is imminent and I'll contacted as and when.

Hi, My TSI vRS has just had it's first oil and filter service. I asked the dealer to investigate a slight engine oil leak from the air intake pipe joint to the turbo that connects to the air filter casing. Inside the pipe there is only oil residue and is not pooling, but it's enough to leak through the joint onto the mounting bracket. The air filter is dry and not affected. The response was that this is 'normal' and can be expected. Please, has any anyone with the EA888 engine got the same issue?

Hi BNB90, I hope you are successful in getting the 1803 software installation. Please let me know how you get on. 3 days in, and 7 trips mine is behaving on the 1803 update.

My advice is to press them into installing the 1803. I encountered a bit of resistance, the don't like being told what to do by a mere customer. Mine had the same errors on 1788!

Hi, your climate issues are exactly the same as what I experience. What software version have you got installed? I've just been updated from 1788 to 1803 at the dealership. As yet, 6 short trips later, all is well. However the climate issues were very sporadic and have only happened about 5 times since taking ownership in March. Time will tell if this latest version cures the problem.

Hi, they installed the 1803 software update. Previously it had the 1788 version. I've done about 6 trips and about 100 miles since and all is well. Having said that though, the faults (climate and limiter) were quite intermittent and not too frequent.

Thanks for your response. If you don't mind, could you explain what your climate issues were? I hope the dealership visit solved the problems. Mine is booked in on the 6th, it might be useful to have some information to pass on. Many thanks.

Hi, I'm new to the forum, only joined today. I have a manual TSI vRS, which was first registered in March 2021. I've had the car back to the dealership twice to correct a sporadic Climate and Limiter fault, without any success. The Limiter and the complete Climate functions are sometimes unavailable and are only reset when the vehicle is switched off and the doors locked and re-opened again. The faults are independent of each other and not, as far as I can see, connected. A software update was applied on the first visit, which didn't achieve anything. After the second visit I was told the data was being send up to Skoda, since then I've been told that Skoda have no records of any such faults. A third visit has been booked, but my impression is that they are totally clueless to a fix for the problems. It would be interesting if any other forum user has a similar problem.

Hi, Just registered on this forum site. I have just recently purchased my first Skoda, a MK4 Octavia manual vRS. I look forward to sharing and viewing topics concerning my model of car.