mcarden

Hi octaviani, The breaker that I bought the cluster from gave me the name of a friend of his who could code the new cluster to the car, the breaker initially hung in the other cluster with the engine running to see if it fixed my problem, it did, now I could put back in my own cluster until I could get the other cluster coded to the car, he said if I took out my cluster with the ignition off then the car wouldn't start when I refitted my own cluster, makes sense. I got the second hand cluster fitted and coded about a week later, my Bolero radio wouldn't work after I initially took out my original cluster, the guy that coded the cluster to the car needed the S/N of the radio before I arrived, so I pulled out the radio to get the S/N, he found the radio code online. I'm not sure what type of diagnostic computer that he used, I know it wasn't VCDS or Snap On, he was an ex VAG main dealer trained mechanic. Car is working fine since. Hope this helps.

I hung in a used instrument cluster in a beakers yard, same p/n from same car,the owner convinced me to try it even though the main dealer didn't think it was the cluster, and subsequently I thought it might be the SCM. The cluster fixed the problem. I now need to get it coded to the car. Hopefully the used cluster won't introduce other problems.

The battery is fairly new, just over a year old, the earth connections are all sound. There is no charging issue. I replaced the indicator stalk, which has the cruise control switch on it, no fix. I left the car with a Skoda main dealer, they thought it was a Body Control Module or a wiring problem, they wanted nearly 600 euro for BMC replacement, so I got a second hand one from a breaker and fitted it, no fix. I'm not sure how the BCM could be associated with the the power steering, so I've decided to get a second hand steering control module and fit that, the indicator stalk is connected directly to the SCM so maybe it's the problem.

The amber power steering warning light is flashing with the left indicator, the power steering amber light and the green cruise control and the green dipped light is flashing when the right indicator is used. All these lights are flashing with the hazard warning lights. The amber power steering light glows very dim when the ignition switch is on but goes out when engine is started. If the battery is disconnected and when the power steering light comes on when battery is reconnected (normal) then operating the indicators with the ps light on everything is normal,no abnormal flashing of any lights on dash. The car has 110,000 km very well maintained by main dealer, car failed NCT due fault, any suggestions for this problem. Thank you.