NormanE

No problem since it was done by Caffyns in Tunbridge Wells. I actually bought my car from Maidstone Skoda as they had it pre registered.

I have had diesels since 2001, (SAAB 9.3, 2010 Seat Leon 170bhp, and now Octavia Mk4 200bhp). I love the torque of the diesels, but increased cost relative to petrol now makes now makes petrol a better choice unless you are doing very high milage. I used to do 15,000 a year when I bought the SAAB, and towed a caravan with it, but on my current mileage and relative fuel costs the choice would be petrol. Another downside of newer diesels is the emissions system, which will immobilise the car and cost a lot of money if it fails, or you run out of AdBlue. As for high daily mileages, you can do more in a car than you could in a lorry with a tachograph. I once did about 600 in a day, on a 650cc motorbike, by I was young and still immortal then. More recently I did over 800 miles in a day in the Seat Leon. I had set off early from Miranda de Ebro in Spain, intending to drive home via the Channel Tunnel in two days, but it was the first Friday of the "Gilets Jaune" protests in France. I stopped for fuel near Bordeaux and was warned that nothing would move much on Saturday or Sunday, so I drove home in one go.

I think you have done the right thing. You might have had a better result by getting the car fixed, but you might also have had a bigger bill than a 13 year old car was worth, even with that low mileage. Better luck with whatever you buy to replace it.

The car was fixed by Caffyns today. They replaced the entire plastic part holding the gear selector. Photos of the part that came out are attached. It took about two hours, but that included them washing the car.

Same message I had. I was in France and the temperature was high 30s I have used OBD11 to enable me to see oil, coolant an gearbox temperatures, with the latter often in the 90s. The fault message however appeared when the car was started from cold.

Seen by caffyns today. It needs a new part, which is one that needs the exhaust removing for access! Booked for 13th October. i will try to get a look at the removed part, and a photo if possible.

My car now booked to Caffyns in Tunbridge Wells on 29th October, for diagnosis. It is under warranty, so why not?

That is 58.22 mpg. I managed slightly better than 59mpg, full to full over 2,325 miles, including autoroutes at 110 and 130 kph and a lot of ordinary (and hilly) roads in a tour via Eurotunnel to the Department of Aude and back. One of my previous cars was a Seat Leon with the 170bhp VW group diesel and 6 speed DSG. This 2024 Octavia Vrs with 200bhp and a 7 speed DSG beats it hands down for economy, as the LEON used to average about 48 to 50mpg on similar trips.

Clearly an old issue. I had the "error selector lever" message twice whilst in France about 10 days ago. It has not re-appeared in about 1200 miles driving since. I will call the dealer on Monday. As an aside, with diesel now costing the equivalent of more tha £2 per litre in France, its a good thing that the VRS diesel averaged over 59mpg for the trip!

Thank you all. I had been looking at the wrong screen and forgetting the steering wheel buttons. All is now good.

Road test. Lane assist off Good! Daytime running lights on. (Skandinavian, with rear lights on) Cruise control still adaptive, with no visible means of switching it to work as a plain cruise control. On the screen, in Assist Systems it only shows up as ACC.

Device came today. After a lot of fiddling to get my credit and subscription to load, I have coded the Lane Assist, Cruise Control and Daytime Running Lights as shown above. Thank you W.....10

I have now found it. It is easy if you can get on your back with your head in the driver's foot well, not so easy if you are 80 and not as flexible as you used to be. Mine has no cover and is coloured mauve. I had been expecting to find a pull off cover, probably black.

Now I really need help. I have ordered the OBD11 device, and went to the car to locate the OBD2 port. I cannot find it. I was told it is in the drivers foot well, above the foot rest. It is not, nor can I find one anywhere else. Can anyone point me to the correct place. Is it behind the dropdown cubbyhole? I have tried and failed to look behind it. Every other car with OBD that I have owned (Saab, Jaguar and Seat) has had the OBD2 port clearly visible and accessible, but not this Skoda, which is a 2024 Octavia Vrs diesel.

Thank you. I have a CTEK MXS 5.0. When I had my Jaguar XK it had to be connected 24/7. When not in use they are notorious for discharging their batteries due to all the electronics that never switch off.

To my surprise, having steeled myself to pay £119 for the device with a year's subscription, there was a code to get 30% off. I tried to order from the website and pay by card, at £90 and some pence including postage, but their website would not accept my full address, so I changed to PayPal, and paid £88.22 because postage was less that way!

Thank you for that. I am going to order the device with the Pro Pack.

Where do you find the security code?

I have recently contacted Kieran Walkington at East Yorkshire Retrofit Solutions, and he told me that my car does not have SFD2. Hooray for that. I was going to buy an OBDeleven device and use the one click app to sort out Lane Assist, but the on line reviews of OBDeleven are horrific both about things failing to work and the company's mercenary business model. It also appears safer to code the changes I want. I would take the car to Kieran, but that is a 500 mile round trip. Is there any company near to me (on the Kent-Sussex border) that can code the Lane Assist function to be off or on at startup, according to its last state? The alternative is, what do I need to code it myself? A bit of a last resort.

Nduja's problem was down to the fact that USB-C is not just a single standard as far as cables are concerned. You just have to find a cable that works. My final thoughts on the Viofo dashcam are that it is a very good one, and that Viofo were responsive and helpful when I had a problem.

My mistake and big typo. The car was first registered in March 2024 and apparently used by Skoda to train technicians to work on the electronics, and it had only 25 miles on it when I bought the car in September 2024. The fact that the electronics had been worked on was revealed when East Yorkshire Retrofit Solutions installed my reversing camera and found that access screws under the dashboard had been removed and replaced. Everything I want now seems to be working, so I am inclined to leave it alone. P.S. A big recommendation for East Yorkshire Retrofit Solutions, who did a great job in installing and setting up the reversing camera.

As the car is 1994 and the updates are performed automatically I am not sure if I can even do a factory reset, or whether the updates are actually themselves a reset to current factory specification.

Yes, it is 1989. I have found out that if I touch the screen at the correct point between the camera view and the other view, and swipe right I get the full screen camera view back. I now need to make that the default. I still don't know why the car did an ET, and phoned home.

Whilst in France last week my car received an infotainment update, The car is a 2024 Octavia Vrs diesel hatchback, with a reversing camera retrofitted by East Yorkshire Retrofit. After the update two odd things happened. Firstly the reversing camera did not work at all the first time I reversed the car after the update. Then it worked, but instead of the full screen showing the camera view, it is now two thirds camera view and one third a top-down outline of the car with curved lines showing the steering angle. I can still select normal or wide angle view, but the split screen remains. I want the full screen view back. Anyone know how to do that? The other oddity is that three times the system made a phone call to Skoda for no known reason.

I am sorry you have had the experience as well as me, even though it is good to know that I am not alone in this. I must admit that the first time there may have been a small change of level in the road, but the other day there was nothing as I was careful to avoid a drop-off at the edge of the road and the rest was quite level.