BobFrapples

Most likely to be the clutch release (“throw out”) bearing. Cheap part, but a gearbox out job. If you get it changed, depending on the mileage on it you’d want to renew the clutch at the same time.

Okay, I’ve discovered that if you tap the pencil, it allows you to drag the “Interior Monitoring” bar down the screen… and it promptly returns to the top! I’m guessing that if they are multiple bars on the shutdown screen in future that this will allow you to change the order in which they appear on the screen. Mystery solved.

First time I’ve noticed this on engine shutdown. The ability to shut off the interior monitoring I understand, but what is the pencil for on the same page? Please let me know as I don’t fancy scrolling the owners manual screens… Nothing happens when I select the pencil, but it must do something! So confused…

Old thread revisit - here’s photos of the inside of an £85 headlight switch: The black bit on the bottom is rubber with blue plastic pins pressing on the PCB when you push a button. I now know why the switch was unrepairable. That’s a lot of stuff crammed into a small PCB. Just thought I’d share.

Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to provide such a comprehensive answer, it’s much appreciated! In the end, it was #3 that sorted the problem, although Heaven alone knows how it went silent on me to begin with! Very frustrating but a happy outcome - thanks again 👍

When using the sat nav app (Maps) on my iPhone linked to Apple Car Play in the car, the spoken directions have stopped working / sounding. I’ve explored the settings on my iPhone and the Infotainment centre and can’t find anything that helps. The Škoda sat nav voice works absolutely fine. Any ideas or directions to sort it gratefully received - thanks in advance.

Follow up: It was a duff headlight switch, which is ironic in that it’s the one switch that almost never gets used thanks to automatic headlights! £85 switch! Sheesh! I’ve kept the old switch to take apart and try to find the fault inside it.

2020 Octavia IV 1st Edition On startup, error code comes up as “headlight control range”. Switch panel for headlights and fog lights not functioning or illuminated. Used the OBD11 but codes for that could not be cleared. Booked it in at the dealership for expensive diagnostic next Wednesday. Service agent said “That’s a new one.”, which is no comfort at all. Headlights do work automatically, blue high beam indicator illuminates on dash when engaged. Any experience or ideas?

I’ve tried five separate times this month to download this 29 Gb file (which takes between 1-2 hours) and all goes well until it reaches about 22 Gb downloaded, at which point it kicks me out and won’t let me restart from the point it cut off. Very frustrating!

I’ve updated my sat nav this way as well, and also my radio station icons. However, it’s an incomplete list of icons, quite a few stations still without an icon for some reason or other.

Replaced the rear wiper blade myself for £5, got it from Halfords (UK car parts store), took about 2 minutes, stupidly simple. i keep seeing people in here wanting to turn the rear auto wipe feature off because the blade is squealing - that’s because the blade has perished - replace it! A new blade can sweep dry glass without squealing.

Great advice, thank you and yes indeed, on 1941 and got a 64Gb USB-A + USB-C stick ready to go! Thanks for taking the time and effort to help. 👍

Perfect, that’s exactly what I needed. Mines on 23.07 so a bit behind. Many thanks for your help!

Agreed, but one doesn’t need to press the button for wireless entry and keyless starting.

Thank you for that. I wish it showed up with that info on the screen in the car in the menus, but it doesn’t so I have no idea what the version installed in the car is. I bought my car from the dealer last August and they did a big software update at point of delivery, but there’s definitely a few updated road missing so wanted to be sure it’s as up to date as possible. I’ve downloaded and unpacked that file ready to go, though. I’ve got an iPhone and can use ApplePlay for that satnav of course, but where I drive in the New Forest, particularly near Beaulieu, the signal on my O2 network is non-existent thanks to Lord Montagu’s understandable desire not to spoil the place with phone masts. Only 3 Mobile is available and even that is extremely sketchy.

Can anyone please tell me what the current Navigation Version Number is please? Thanks in advance.

Also gone Panasonic but kept old batteries to test the voltages to see when the Low Battery warning is triggered, and when it stops working altogether. New Panasonic battery: 3.2v New Duracell battery: 3.1v 3 month old Duracell battery: 3v, low battery warning triggered (ridiculous - it’s a 3v battery!) Duracell battery at 2.8v: No system response at all The temptation is to keep and extra Panasonic battery packaged and in my wallet.

The dealer did a big software update on the car and afterwards when the ACC was on, if I tried to overtake someone on a dual carriageway or motorway, it would brake gently and throttle back to prevent me doing so unless I overrode it by pressing the throttle myself. I’ve got an ODB11 and using it to scan the modules, I discovered that in the ACC module that “Overtake Right Prevention” had been activated again. That’s the standard setting in Europe as it’s illegal to overtake (undertake) on the right in Germany. Deactivated it again and all is fine now.

Thanks all. In my case, I had no prior audio warnings at all and if there a visual warning on the dash, I wasn’t aware as I was keeping my eyes on the road! Just normal driving to BANG! full-on braking, solid warning beep and big red symbol on the dash. Will be more aware in future.

Just occurred to me as well - my ACC, while not set to a particular speed, was on ie. the lever was in the forward position - would this have contributed to it?

Driving 30 mph on a single carriageway in town that had a pedestrian refuge in the centre (no painted zebra stripes on the road, no additional lighting or signage, just the refuge). Four pedestrians crossed casually from the offside towards the near side about 5 seconds before I got there, stopping and standing in the central pedestrian refuge to wait for me to pass. I noted their presence and continued as normal. As I got close to the refuge, the Front Assist kicked in with a vengeance and slammed the anchors on hard. (Luckily, no drivers were behind me at the time.) I don’t know who was more surprised, the pedestrians, my passengers or myself. I managed to recover myself and waved the confused pedestrians, who must have thought me a moron, across the street and then carried on. Has this ever happened to you? Any tips on how to avoid repeating it, apart from slowing down and waving pedestrians through? I can see this being something that will happen again in future.