DonCezar

Hello. I was looking at the bottom buttons on my O2FL, was thinking about how I only have 2 of the 5 slots occupied - one for the ASR and one for the airbag light, and I was wondering, what are the options that my model is missing? I know that for ESP equipped cars, the ASR button will say ESP I also know there's a tire pressure sensor setting button for cars with TPMS I'd like to add a charging port in one of the buttons and change the location of the lock/unlock button from next to the cupholders, maybe even retrofit an option or two, like the TPMS. I don't feel confident enough to do these jobs without first knowing what are all the possible buttons on there. Photo for reference

Hello. My car is a 2009 Octavia 2 Facelift, FWD with the 1.9tdi and the Rough Roads Package - raised suspension. My question is simple: does anyone know if the 4x4 or Scout versions came with different suspension parts? Or are they the same? And if so, has anyone installed a more offroad-oriented aftermarket suspension to the car? I'm unable to find any and I don't know if it's a search issue on my part or there just isn't any. Thanks fellas

Last update: The used steering rack was faulty too. Working, but with the persistent yellow error. Ended up getting another used rack and throwing it in. Error gone as soon as it was installed. I feel like the steering wheel is a bit heavier than it was before, but maybe I'm just tripping. Everything is working well, just had to pay for another alignment. A new steering rack is about double the price of the used one, although for just $150 I'm not sure if it was worth the hassle. Should have just bought new.

Ended up replacing the steering rack with an used one for $160 in parts + $90 mechanic fee + $25 front alignment. However the issue isn't completely gone, I'm back to working power steering but yellow steering wheel light in the dash with the same 00573 error popping up shortly after deleting it (10-15 mins of driving). Tried reading steering values, tried doing the max left - max right steering technique, nothing works, so I'll end up returning the used steering rack and buying another. Headache.

All the fuses are intact, tried switching them around, issue persists The yellow light appeared right as I gave it the first key after doing the suspension work. So I'm inclined to think it's something related to the actual rack. Hoping it's some plug, wiring or something like that

Every time I want to start modding this car to my liking, something expensive breaks. Long story short, weeks ago I brought it to a small local mechanic because something was squeaking when I was steering. It was just snowing recently so threw the car on the lift, took the wheels off, sprayed some degreaser stuff at the shocks, manually steered the wheels (by grabbing onto the brake disks) to work the degreaser stuff in, clean the salt out, rinse and repeat a few times. I think we also replaced some bushings? X shaped bushings, unsure what the part they attach to is called Ever since I've had the yellow steering wheel light lit in the dash. Everything was fine so I said no biggie, when I have time I'll throw a tester on it, see what's up Today that day forcibly came when the yellow light turned red, bomb ticking started playing in my speakers and the power steering completely went out. One arm workout later, I'm at the laptop guy and he's giving me these codes: 00573 Steering Torque Sensor (Implausible Signal) 00569 Current, Power Steering Motor (Upper Limit Exceeded) He can't really tell exactly what they're about, telling me something about the steering rack? Call a steering rack shop, they give me a quote - over 500 USD, **** me! The car's worth like 2 grand. So here I am, hoping someone more brilliant than me will say "that's exactly what I had" and save me from skipping another summer vacation. Extra info: The issue is intermittent. Sometimes I start the car and it's gone, then after some driving the bomb starts ticking again and I'm going head on with the truck from the opposite lane because the lack of power steering caught me off guard. So it must be some wiring stuff right? Not the whole rack What I'm thinking: Guy who did my suspension work few months ago dislodged some wire / sensor and it's now coming undone The car's had plenty... A LOT of electrical issues - central locking working only when it wants to, fuses killing themselves every few weeks, lights burning out, A/C working intermittently, so I'm thinking still something wiring related? Computer? Maybe bad ground? Whole steering rack needs replacing (please no) Thanks lads

I just made a recording that should show the issue better. -6 degrees outside, cold engine (came home ~8 hours before the recording). I let the key in the ignition for ~10 seconds before starting the recording. You can hear at 0:11 how I twist the key.. few seconds.. 0:13 starter kicks in, instantly turns on the engine. Then, second startup, instant So the battery isn't weak, the starter doesn't have any signs of failing - after the first startup the delay is gone until the engine is cold again, my best bet is something glowplug related?

The issue happens when it's warmer outside too, 10-20 celsius, but it does only happen at the first start up - when the engine is warm, no delay, so you might be right Next week I'll try getting a diagnose read but until then I'm open to more suggestions.

For a few weeks I've got a strange issue going on with my 1.9tdi Octavia 2. I get in it in the morning, rotate the key, lights turn on, radio, all normal, I rotate it again to start the engine - nothing. Not even the slightest attempt to rotate, it's doing absolutely nothing for a few seconds. Sometimes just 1-2 seconds, sometimes up to like 10 seconds of nothingness. After this delay, the starter kicks in and the engine starts instantly. The battery was changed about a year ago and it's in good shape, always charged. There's no 'failed' starter attempt as in hearing it slowly start to turn over or something similar so I don't think the starter is at fault either, since after the delay it just starts instantly. I'm thinking it's some sort of electrical issue but nobody knows where to start diagnosing something like this, so I'm praying that other octavia owners encountered the same issue.

That's what I did, lil bit of flux, heat up the wire, coat in solder, wait to cool, insulate. The wires themselves seemed fine though, I thought the 'corroded' part you saw was just glue residue because it was sticky, cleaned with isopropyl and looked brand new, orange copper.

Well.. that's kinda what I did I bought something similar to the second link but used, from a parts octy, since I can't find new in my area Twisted them wires together, added a bit of solder, rubber.. shrinky thing on top, heat up, add some electrical tape as well (didn't have black color, hope that's not why it's not working), better safe than sorry, no change 😞 Ignore my crapped out disk, it'll go to the bin soon enough

Octavia 2 Facelift The previous owner decided it's cheaper to just cut the cable of the plug for the brake pad wear sensor and glue it together than to buy new brake pads. Fast forward to today, I stole a plug from a crashed octy and tried my best soldering the new plug onto the old cable. Fresh brake pads, contact, oooo no error light. Drive a bit, damn light popped it's head up again. Now I'm wondering, maybe there's some way of resetting the brake pad wear sensor error thing? Because the other alternative is that I'd have to hire an electrician to do a proper solder job for the plug and my wallet wouldn't quite like that.

Now that was a fast reply, wow. 🤩 This is the guy that did the Passat swap in his Skoda (in the video it's a Skoda Laura for the indian market but I assume the only difference to the Octavia is the name) He's also doing an AWD swap and more mods to the car, his content is pretty cool I'm having a hard time choosing because I really dislike how the Passat & newer Skoda seats look, I can't find any A3 / S3 / Golf seats with all the features and as you said, the other models have different plugs. I found a lot of Audi A5 8T seats that look beautiful, not too old / boring, not too sporty. Do you think it's a lot of work, changing the wiring and plugs to fit the Octavia? Also have you changed the rear seats as well? Or other interesting quality of life mods to your Octavia?

Did you end up doing this? I was browsing through the internet and found something similar, RS4 seats fitted inside the O2 FL. I'm not sure about the heating though https://auto.ru/cars/used/sale/skoda/octavia/1120574650-ab1af8b4/ I was looking for a similar retrofit myself, I want leather seats with memory, heat and ventilation but I have no idea what seats to look for. I heard that Passat seats might be a relatively plug & play mod

I'm out on vacation and my O2FL decides to crap itself. Suddenly a lot of my lights won't work. The whole right headlight is not functional besides the stationary lights, the fog light on that side doesn't work either, the right stationary tail light isn't working as well as the left rear signal. The bulbs are okay, checked some fuses, fine as well, when I lock/unlock my car all the signal lights work but when I actually signal / turn on hazards, they don't work. I'm in the middle of the mountains with a toolbox and no services nearby, plus it's a sunday. Any thoughts?