Rifleman

I’ve given up trying and learnt to live with it. Added it to my ever growing list of software faults.

Be aware that the messages I got were transient. If I remember correctly they appeared after turning on the ignition but before starting the engine, after which the message went away until the next ignition on.

I’m retired and my key fobs are hung in a metal key box mounted on the wall in a walk-in cupboard about 5m from the car for the vast majority of the time. The factory fitted key fob battery lasted a few days short of 15mths after delivery. As an indication of usage I’ve had the car for 19mths and only done 3000miles so far…

I got repeated warnings over a few days recently, probably 4 or 5 journeys during that period, that the key fob battery needed replacing. As you say it’s quite easy to replace them…

Info for anyone interested when travelling from UK to France, just completed the Eurotunnel crossing. I can confirm that the clock doesn’t change automatically, speed and distance units do not change automatically. You have to change them all manually and don’t forget to manually change the light settings for driving on the right too (although as someone else mentioned I suspect the light settings is more to do with the detection technology rather than light pattern). At least doing it manually I could set speed and distance units to kph and km but leave the fuel consumption units in mpg. Still would prefer it to change automatically though…

Took delivery in February 2025.

Had a real brown trouser experience this afternoon on the M20 approaching Folkestone. I was doing 70mph in the middle lane, just passed a lorry in the near side lane, nothing in the outside lane. The car suddenly decided there was some sort of emergency, slammed on the brakes and turned the steering wheel slightly to the right and brought the car to a stop. It would not respond to any manual input from me to either the steering wheel or pedals! Thankfully there was a gap of 300-400 yds to the following traffic which all managed to avoid me. After a few seconds I managed to restart the car and get it to the side of the road. From there it restarted as if nothing had happened and I managed to get it to the Eurotunnel terminal. I’m due to drive 500km through France tomorrow, I’m not looking forward to it…

The house is filled with speakers in my SONOS music system. Lossless format is essential to get the most out of it. All of my files are stored on my home server so makes sense just to copy the files I want from the server onto a usb stick and plug it in to the car… It took quite a while to rip all those cds but well worth it. All the original cds sit in my loft now gathering dust.

My mk4 2.0 TDi 190hp, split is about 60% rural, 30% city, 10% motorway. Results from from last year…

All very well if you want to subscribe to streaming services but as the owner of 2000+ cds, all of which I converted to flac (for my own personal use) I can’t justify paying for the music all over again. All my favourite music is pre-mid eighties so not interested in any newer stuff other than a few exceptions. Every other car I’ve owned has managed the very simple task of playing back the music I choose in the order I choose so why can’t Skoda manage it on the mk4? My mk3 Superb had no problems with this..

Is it a single channel dashcam (front only) or two channel (front+rear)? If it’s twin then the rear cam could interfere with the antennae, had that problem on my previous car (Volvo XC40) and fixed it by clipping a ferrite core to the rear camera cable a few inches from where it plugs into the camera. Tucked the core into the headlining. Having said that, I have installed a VIOFO two channel dashcam in my MK4 which didn’t need a ferrite core, no problem with the DAB…

You might be hearing the ping you get when the system detects a change in the speed limit, when you transit from a 40mph speed limit to a 30mph speed limit for example. That would be why slowing down and speeding up in the same speed zone doesn’t trigger it.

It’s a pity that the car doesn’t adjust them automatically based on its sat nav location data. Not rocket science, my previous car (Volvo) did just that.

It’s a fault I’m afraid which Škoda seem to have no idea how to fix! I had the same problem from the day I picked up the car in Feb 2025 until January of this year. In January I spent some time in the car trying to document the problem so I could present the document at my first service (23/02/2026). During the process the infotainment system suddenly went blank and eventually reset itself. That reset seemed to fix the problem so I couldn’t recreate the fault and consequently I had nothing to submit to the dealer. 4 days after the service the fault returned!! When its faulty a press of the “next track” button results in it going to the next album rather than the next track. You may find also that playlists don’t work either, same effect. Also it went through a phase where if I selected an album to play and that album was also present on my phone then the infotainment system would play track 1 from the usb stick then the same track from the phone then track 2 from the usb stick etc. etc. A cheap £5 mp3 player from China does a better job than Škoda. Not very good considering it’s a £45k+ car. Needless to say I won’t be having another Škoda…