Hi all,
My clockspring died (I suspect a garage that worked on my car damaged it, but can't prove it).
After reading around the internet including on this forum, I decided to take the plunge on replacing it myself.
Mechanically that was a success, but many of the stalk controls and the airbag are still non-functional.
The clockspring I bought (from ebay) came with the stalks.
I tried talking to my local main dealer, and they refused to entertain the idea of recoding the clockspring that I've fitted.
I've read further (here:
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And it seems that even with the same hardware part number, there may be differences in software versions that can prevent a clockspring which is mechanically compatible from being logically compatible.
So my questions are:
1. Is it likely that some/all of the stalk controls would work if I replaced the original stalk controls in the car with the ones that came with the clockspring which I bought (I'd find this out by just trying it out, but my wife's out with the car right now).
2. If I want to try to recode the clockspring myself, is an OBDeleven sufficiently capable, or are more powerful (and expensive) tools (the one from ross-tech, or ODIS) needed? Would the first gen OBDEleven suffice (given my car is an octavia, I don't need the device to work with other brands) or would I need the next gen model?
3. Can anyone recommend any garages in London or the south east of England where they've had recoding done who I could talk to, to save me calling round loads of places?
Thanks all.
Tim.