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Looked online for SWF. Noticed most/many sites selling them said they were for LH drive, is this an issue?

I bought blade refills for my MkII for the past 10 years from a VW garage. They are overlength and need cutting to size. Much cheaper and "environmentally" friendly. Anyone know if this can be done with the MKIII ?

Just had my MY2007 with 165,000 miles MOT'ed. Passed but had advisories of rust in various places on the underbody. Inspector was surprised to find that level of rust on a "modern" car, he did not think it would cause a failure for a few more years. There are no issues on the upper body, and the car has seen a below average level of winter salt. Anyone else have a rust issue or know if Octavias of this age have a known issue?

Have you tried replacing the battery in the key. Apparently they may only last 6 to 8 months.

Did you press the button for a couple of seconds in the fully open/closed position? This recently worked for me.

J.R. glad the push/pull worked for you. I did that for a couple of years but found soldering was the final solution.

I also had this problem on a 2007. Mine was also the yellow connector under the drivers seat for the side airbag. Not the connection going into the floor. Suggest you confirm it is the side airbag with VCDS. The connector looks and seems OK. The warning light can be cancelled but will come back within an hour or a year. The answer is to solder as above. The connector is 3 wire and I think is spring loaded to allow it to earth when disconnecting preventing premature deployment. But allows it to momentarily break the connection when stretched or vibrated and activating the warning light. There is a very long detailed description of the problem on an American VW site. Took me 10 years to finally fix the problem, main dealer was absolutely totally useless!

We looked around a number of cars when replacing our old Mk2 estate. We took our dog crate around to Skoda/VW/Seat/BMW/Volvo/Merc and tried it in "equivalent" sized estates. The Octavia was a clear winner. Surprisingly non of the dealers batted an eyelid when we asked to try the crate in their shiny new display cars! Its a crude test but an effective way of measuring real world space.

My vehicle is a Mk3 Octavia but believe Yetis use the same sunroof and many Yetis have a pano. I can't get my sunshade to fully close. It will fully close then opens about 1/5th. Tried closing with a single press and a continuous press, makes no difference. Battery has not been disconnected. I had left it in the open position for a number weeks before trying to close it. It will fully open. Car is still within warranty but before going to the dealership I was wondering if I am missing a trick or if this is a common problem?

I can't get my sunshade to fully close. It will fully close then opens about 1/5th. Tried closing with a single press and a continuous press, makes no difference. Battery has not been disconnected. I had left it in the open position for a number weeks before trying to close it. It will fully open. Car is still within warranty but before going to the dealership I was wondering if I am missing a trick or if this is a common problem?

Can anyone tell me how/if I can check the remaining adblue range. Car is MY19 SE L with Amundsen and virtual cockpit. Manual seems to say I have to wait for the low adblue warning. Thanks