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Since you're on SW v.1806 I'm afraid you can't update directly to the so called "new and improved" 1941 - that's as far as I know... If I'm wrong maybe someone can correct me. However, it was surely mentioned before on the many pages of this topic. So you should definitely go to your dealer and invoke the TPI which was mentioned here several pages ago, since you have (your car has) many of the symptoms fixed by that TPI via the 1941 update. If your dealer continues to play dumb, try to contact/notify Skoda Belgium... ...the alternative being that you "manually" update from v.1806 to some intermediate version, and afterwards from that version to v.1941. But I cannot advice on where to find the proper software versions, unless indicated here in the past. That one you can "manually" update yourself, avoiding the ignorance of your dealer: Go to the link below, enter the VIN of your car, download the latest Navigation maps (I see now that the latest version was released week 45.2023) and follow the installation steps indicated there... https://updateportal.skoda-auto.com/

For sure there's a setting for that, the only problem is I can't guide you through the Octavia Menu. My Octavia had an ICE. However, on the Formentor which has the identical hybrid system from VAG, I can "reserve" a certain percentage of battery, or even more, if the battery is low or depleted, I can ask the system to charge the battery using the ICE. This is surely possible on Octavia too. L.E. check the posts on this other topic... (I see you already visited that topic): You'll find in my post of November 2nd a link to a video - I think at minute 19:05 in the video there's all the information you need.

- after you turn the engine off you need to HOLD DOWN the wipers stalk for a couple of seconds -> wipers will go to service position - on the infotainment, in the Car Setup Menu there's a line saying "Wipers in service position" - tick/untick that when needed.

https://tirewheelguide.com/sizes/skoda/octavia/2022/

Plenty of post on this subject... "Search" is your best friend

Normal behavior; the one at the base of the infotainment still works until you open the driver's door and the MiB switches off.

I see what you mean... and it sounds a bit strange. I didn't notice anything similar on mine, and I'm almost sure it would be the same management SW on both cars, since the entire hybrid system is identical. As I mentioned before, the numbers seem to add up quite nicely in terms of range and real mileage. I even checked against the report of the charging App and things do make sense if one takes into account the charging and discharging efficiencies. Agreed, but that's also the case when driving an ICE - so all in all, the real-world mileage should include everything.

Ok, so Octavia SW is a bit more optimistic when it comes to consumption evaluation... 🙂 What you're saying is that (since you left with 100% battery) at 15 kWh/100km you would expect 7.5 kWh used over 50 km, which would mean the battery should still have about 25% at destination? That's assuming a total usable capacity of about 10-10.5 kWh... Which actually means that the trip computer report is close to the WLTP, but doesn't make too much sense when you crunch the numbers at the end of your trip, right? On mine - as far as I can tell - the math it's pretty consistent. I have a 12 km trip to work (same trip back in te evening) on flat urban landscape; the car uses on average 25-30% of the battery each way, depending on temperature, traffic (or my shoe 🙃). So I generally have 40-50% of the battery when I return home after 24 km, which translates into 40-48 full electric range from 100%. That's actually very close the 20-22 kWh/100km the car is reporting, but really far from the WLTP (which I never believed anyway).

I was wondering the other day what is the average electric consomption you guys get on Octavia; by average I mean per EV trip, since it's too complicated to calculate on long term with the ICE sometimes kicking in... I'm asking because on the Formentor I never saw anything below 17.5 - 17.8 kWh/100 km, and those are really isolated cases, with ideal temperatures and nice traffic. Most of the time I see values between 19 and 22 kWh/100km, urban commute over 12 km, moderate traffic with an average speed of 20-25 km/h over the entire trip. Cupra mentions 14-15 kWh/100km WLTP and I'm constantly getting some 33% above that, without pushing the car and using regen most of the time.

That's so funny! The Skoda and the Cupra servers are down at the same time!!! Hold on to your pants guys, we're in for a treat... complete overhaul! 🤕

Mine needs about 4h to charge from empty to 100% with charging set to "Maximum", and a lot longer when set to "Reduced" charge current. Even with the "Maximum" setting I've never seen the car taking more than 3 kW per hour (average over the charging time) from the charging station, while on the "Reduced" mode it will charge at an average of about 1 kW. p.s. same battery and hybrid system as the Octavia...

Sure, charging the battery via the ICE will clearly (and seriously) impact the mileage. On the Formentor I had the opportunity to play just a bit with the battery options: To keep the charge at a certain level - there's no problem, even if I decided to drive a bit sportier. It will give the electric boost anytime I need it and it will recharge quite fast via ICE. Once I tested the charge while driving option; I was down to about 15%, on the highway returning to the city and asked the system to charge to (maybe) 30% - it's hard to say, 'cause the CUPRA menu is different to the Skoda one, so all I can see are level bars instead of percentage. In about 20 km on the highway it got to about 25% - enough for me to cross the city in EV mode. But that was just to test the way it works, otherwise I'm able to charge daily, and for the really long trips I'm reserving some battery percentage from the start of the trip. Too bad you have to remember to set again the battery reserve if you have a stop along your trip... it would be nice if it would remember that setting for short stops. The same way a short stop will not reset your current trip mileage for example. I don't have a picture of that menu on Cupra, but I found something online; if you press the "=" symbol the system will preserve the current charge level...

If you're changing asphalt texture (roughness) - which is quite probable on longer trips or across towns - and the noise that you hear doesn't change tone and/or amplitude, it means it's not coming from the tyres. I personally considered the GoodYear Efficient Grip that were fitted to my Octavia to be very noisy, but one could clearly hear the noise changes with respect to asphalt texture.

I didn't know too much about the hybrid system on Octavia, but it's the same one that I now have on the Formentor - it's the one VAG uses across several brands and models. Long story-short, this PHEV IS ABLE to charge itself. I had to search the web for a while and find a video for Octavia (to make sure I'm not wrong correcting you guys), but there it is: Sorry for the French, it's the first I could find... At minute 19:05 you'll find the setting in the infotainment that allows the user to set the car to charge the battery to a certain percentage when needed. Assuming you're on a long highway trip and you depleted your battery on the first part of your journey, but there's a town ahead of you that you want to cross in EV mode, this setting will allow you to either preserve a certain battery level, or to charge it to the desired level using the ICE if the battery is too low.

Not sure if the Octavia hybrid system behaves the same as the one I now have on the Formentor, but AFAIK it's identical. So, what I've been able to find out so far: - using the left paddle will switch the DSG to Manual Mode, if you press more than once you're actually changing gears down - which in turn means more regen. So it somehow emulates the system that I've met on other EV or hybrid cars - stronger regeneration. - resuming DSG Automatic Mode will be seamless - once you press the accelerator it will go into Auto quite soon. But NOT if you're in Sport Driving Mode; if in Sport, one needs to keep the right paddle pressed for 1-2 seconds and the DSG will go from M to S (not D, obviously). - driving in Sport Mode is almost like driving in one-pedal mode. The regen is automatically set to "Strong"; I've been using it a lot on the winding mountain roads and I barely needed to touch the brake pedal. It's quite nice. However, if I'm not mistaking, when I engage Sport Mode the car Automatically switches to Hybrid - it will not stay in EV mode. - I personally think it's a bit stupid to allow a hybrid car to do "coasting", but over 1 month (since I have the car) I've learnt to go out of coasting using the left paddle when I think it's needed. On the other hand, the CUPRA SW allows the user to set the Regen Mode to Strong, Low or AUTO - I hope the Octavia has the same option. If one uses Strong - it will be almost one-pedal drive, as in the Sport Mode I mentioned above, but without ICE. I tested Low regen setting, and it is too low for my taste... Auto Regen will allow coasting (annoying for me) but the car will start regenerating energy once it detects that the car in front is slowing down or is too close - which is quite a nice feature! And the Regen strength is variable, adjusted by the car - according to the distance to the car in front, or how strong the car in front is braking (BTW - NOT to be confused with ACC!) That is actually showing you what gear is engaged in your DSG. It is really changing gears when you're using the paddles.

- go into the Clima Menu (physical button press or click/touch on the "Clima" text on the bottom of the screen) - go into "Classic AC" sub-menu (see picture below) - click the "AC" round button in the lower part of the screen - the one next to Air-recirculation and temperature-sync. If it's green - AC is on, if it's white - AC is off. When AC is Off, you'll also see a notification (AC OFF) in the bottom of the screen in the black square "Auto CLIMA" - the one next to the clock... see 2nd picture.

I had a several opportunities to check in the rear-view mirror - I noticed that the brake lights coming On depends on regeneration strength. For strong ones it's lights On, for weak ones not. That's on the Formentor, but since the hybrid system is the same, I'm guessing the coding is identical.

You're so right; that's the main thing that bothers me too - especially in dark rainy conditions. But that doesn't stop me from using the AutoHold unfortunately... and I hate doing to others what I don't like myself. However I find it really stupid that the system keeps the brake lights on at full power on AutoHold. There are solutions such as variable intensity - it could have those lights on at less power, especially since all these cars can tell if it's night, day, sun or rain. They just add a tone of sensors and technology on the car, but they're lazy-coding most of the systems; ☹️

Agreed, that's why I'll soon replace them with Cross Climate 2. I was planning to have a second set - winter dedicated, but since the Factory fitted is so poor, I would have changed them next spring too. I'll give it a go with all-season, the best I could find... On the other hand winters no longer seem to be what they used to, especially in the region where I live. And if I plan a trip into the mountains from time to time it's not too painful to watch out for bad weather warnings in winter. Anyway, CC2 seem to have a great score on snow, compared to some premium winter tyres.

I don't know about you guys, but on my recently arrived Formentor they fitted Continental Eco Contact, which is a LRR (low rolling resistance). If you sneeze behind the wheel, those tyres will lose grip... if you try to take off a bit faster (NOT sporty) they lose grip; if you brake a little harder (non-emergency brake) God forbid it would be a bit wet - they will lose grip. At this point I'm betting anyone that a premium all-season tyre or a premium winter tyre will outperform the Eco-Contact in most cases. For sure under 15-20 deg Celsius on any kind of surface, dry or wet... So before you take a decision concerning the winter tyre I suggest you have a good look at those comparative tests - you'll get a pretty good idea, assuming the tests are objective.

That's also the effect of "Auto Hold" usage, it doesn't necessarily mean the driver has his foot on the brake. Using this function will keep the brake lights on as long as it is engaged and there's actually no need to switch to Neutral or Park and apply the parking-brake. The clutch will be completely disengaged while on Auto Hold, so that's not affected either...

I can't say I know for sure they're different or not, but it makes no sense cost-efficiency wise for VAG to produce different version of Matrix-LED between different trims. And when I see how profit-oriented car manufacturers are nowadays, I doubt they would try to diversify - more likely to standardize across as many cars/brands they can...

I totally agree. I've seen that on most Xenon headlights, in most EU countries the homologation of the vehicle required that they had washers. I think that (depending on each country's road authority) there's a certain threshold for light output (lumens) above which the washers are mandatory - I wouldn't disable that... But on the particular case of Octavia, since you get the same headlight (hence same light output) with and without washers depending on trim level, I would conclude that the car homologation didn't require mandatory washers.

I fail to understand why you're making such a big deal about this story... I just checked the UK Skoda webpage, configured an Octavia SE (a trim without headlight washers) and added as an option the Matri-LED headlights. There is no headlight washers automatically added on the car as a consequence of this - therefore I can't see where you find the legal obligation to have a headlight washer for the LED-headlights. In most EU countries (imagine I haven't checked all) the washers are not mandatory on LED headlights (basic or Matrix), but they are somehow trim-dependant or in some cases optional. I had a Style trim Octavia with Matrix-LED and there was no washer installed, but I could have added it as optional. I totally agree with the idea you mentioned in the first place: IF it's mandatory by country-regulation, one shouldn't disable the washers. But since they're not mandatory in UK or in Australia (where @FillNill is) I don't see the problem...

There's an App in OBDeleven alowing you to turn off the headlight washing. There's also another topic around here (coding-related) where someone was posting that it is possible to code some DELAY for the headlight washing system - so it will only start if you wash the windscreen for more than several seconds...