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Hi there, any joy on this? On my mk.3 the limit appears to be about 30mph (probably actually some figure in km/h) but I'd love to be able to change it. I started looking down the list in VCDS, German dictionary in hand(!), but not found anything yet. It's quite probably a safety feature and no override, but like you I live in an area with loads of narrow roads and corner-cutting eejits!

I missed your sunroof reference, sorry.. if there's anything plastic you probably need to watch for mineral oils and more solvent things, but I'm sure such lubricants are easy to find.

WD-40 is great for freeing up seized or sticking bits, but I'd use heavier stuff such as engine oil in locks, probably similar or lighter grease as you said in hinges, by way of routine maintenance. Smear of vaseline for electrical contacts.

You mean in the infotainment? VCDS it is, then. Again mk.3, but here's one thread on here.. https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/484250-headlight-wash-vcds-coding/ If you don't want to go down that road, ask at your dealer, or maybe another NZ member has vcds and is moderately local to you.

I'm on mk.3.. I just got VCDS, and while having a first exploration I'm pretty sure there's one or two settings in there for the headlamp washers. If no VCDS, Might be something in the infotainment menus.

Mine is early.. battery is week 6, 15.

I'm on 1.4TSi petrol. As my battery is the original 2015 I know it's worth keeping an eye on it, and mostly it sits between 60 and 80 percent even first thing in the morning, occasionally pops up to 90 after a long motorway trip Just occasionally I look in the morning to find it reading "SOC 0%", which awakes a little frisson of panic, but it starts and runs beautifully with no problems beside the usual of the stop-start not always kicking in. I assume it is just a glitch, but has anyone else come across this?

Hi again, back on the right laptop now, so here goes.. it was on here all along! Go to this overall thread: https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/299424-octavia-iii-vcds-adaptations-tried-and-tested/#comment-3567267 Then in the first post, which has the menu of adaptations, click on Enabling both rear fog lights and follow what's said there. i read something recently which referred to UK service personnel needing to change the foglight side for the continental roads, so I wonder if perhaps some previous owner of yours either disabled them completely or did it wrongly.

From what I understand so far re VCDS, it's working the computer switching, so sounds like your bulb and wiring are ok. Onto the switch, then.. amazing how a little bit of muck can interfere with such things. It seems unlikely to me that the rear fog would have been disabled, unless someone was messing with VCDS and saved the wrong setting - I was looking for information and there certainly is a setting for both/left/right/none. I'll need my laptop history to check, but it was either on here or Ross tech forum. If you already have it (just ordered mine by way of a very late birthday present) you'll be able to check.

Excellent work.. I've used similar for the last couple of cars, ground clearance seems to be such a passé idea. Length of decking timber for each ramp, and a suitable reinforcing piece halfway along the length. Could well be the same model of ramps! 👍

I was intrigued, so just had a look. Bear in mind this is 2015 Elegance so might be different to your 2016 Greenline. As @Breezy_Pete said, the fog H21W comes on but dimmer as a sidelight, as does the brake P21W.. FOUR rear sidelights! P21W goes to full brightness when brake pedal pressed, and H21W goes to full brightness when fog switched on. The 5W sides stay on. I then took the H21W out to simulate a blown bulb, then very briefly got a message on the MFD to "Check rear right fog light". That message disappeared after a few seconds, but a little yellow triangle remained on the dash, and in the Car bit of the screen the warning remained , although I had to go looking for it. Edit: Top.. yellow triangle on dash Mid: fog and sides Bottom: sides only Those three pics filled the 10MB upload limit, was going to put up a pic of the screen for completeness, but we know what that looks like!

My 2015 Elegance has a separate bulb for rear fog, H21W which I'd never seen before.

Could be the bulb (always my first choice!), wiring, fuse, switch, and of course nowadays possibly even a tick not in a box in the software! I'm still looking at the bulb first.. dunno if it gets flagged up for you in a 2016.

If it's just a flat fob battery, have you tried a new battery? Ought not to be flat, but I can imagine replacement fobs sitting on a shelf for a fair while.

Ah, yes, not so much snow there! 😀 You're on quite different size to mine.. maybe either your specific model or an Australian spec? I've got 205/55/16 for the cold season and 225/45/17 for warmer times. 0.1 inch different. Your 225/40/19 are over an inch larger diameter, so I can imagine that being more problematic. Mind you, even a space saver has to be the same diameter or it would be like wearing only one shoe! Tire Size Comparison https://share.google/k2U9g6Mk0cILPBvc5

I'm in a mk.3, but the principle is the same. I bought a used alloy wheel matching the existing four,, as even a steel full-size attracts a 50mph limit because of changing the balance of the car. Outside diameter will be pretty much the same otherwise your speedometer reading will be off, so most anything recommend will fit in the space. Try one of your existing road wheels in the well. It'll give you an idea of any difference in boot floor height due to tyre width. In my mk.3 I've got no real difference in floor height using 'standard' sizes for the car. If the floor gets lifted a bit you can just pack it accordingly.. I was going to make a wooden frame but ended up not feeling the need.

Anti-roll bar bushes seem to be a frequent VAG thing.. took mine, with a suspension creak on uneven bits like speed bumps, to my regular MOT garage who said they'd seen it on a number of VAG cars. If it gets too annoying the bushes can be changed, but if there's no play they will pass MOT.

+1.. Far too many drivers either forget or ignore this bit.

Ah, I stand (sit) corrected. Mine's a TSi so I've concentrated on that. Cheers for further clarification, all good information longer term.

If you DIY, have you any official Skoda records for your car? It's usually mentioned there. If you're in the habit of annual changes, which does feel like the better option to me, then you're effectively on Fixed, but as @Warrior193 said above it's xx time orr yy miles, whichever comes sooner. Your description sounds like you're most likely ok. Different grades of oil for the two schedules, but using the longer life (Variable) one and changing more frequently just costs you marginally more.

Owner's manual and infotainment manual are on skoda.co.uk, in the menu go to owner and service then owner's manual. You'll need your VIN. For workshop manuals check out eBay.

Thanks for that snippet of information, @daveo138 , not seen it said anywhere before. When I worked in a garage we always would scribe the mm/yy on a new battery both for information and in case of warranty. If this is ww/yy then mine is still on the original battery at 06/15, which is probably why stop-start is an occasional event these days. Still starting and running fine with no unexplained glitches, so will do a while longer.

If yes they'll often say AUTO on the button, also there's a soft click partway down and up the travel of the button so a gentle press does manual but going past the click does auto.

I've just come back to this thread, and see my last comment link is no longer active.. are links banned, or do I need to redo it?

As @Zelinski said above, keep wiggling.. took me ages as I didn't want to break the pegs and didn't know just which direction to pull them out. On refitting I lubricated the pegs and grommets with Vaseline to hopefully make the job easier next time.