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Thanks. Wire swapping no problem but the loss of fog light makes it a bit over complicated. Had not realised the Up was different tbh.

Hello Do these take the same connectors as a 2013 Citigo? Thanks Mike

Should update this - just in case our misfortunes can help anyone else in the future. On investigation the gearbox was jammed solid so had to be removed from the car for stripping and examination. Basically the failure was caused by general wear a tear in the gearbox (on a car that has only covered 55,000 miles and has mainly been driven on long journeys without frequent gear changes)! Not stop start city driving requiring frequent changes. Two pinion main shaft bearings were excessively worn / excessive wear in the selector fork with the result that something over travelled in the box and locked it in reverse. So I have had the gearbox rebuilt with the following new parts: 5th/reverse sychroniser hub assembly 2 pinion main shaft bearings shift fork group (can't replace individual) Cost of the box re-build by a specialist (NOT a Skoda dealer) £600 inc Vat £200 + VAT for labour / £300 + VAT for parts. Box currently awaiting re-installation. So allowing for the labour and the fact that I felt obliged to shell out another £100 on a new Sachs Clutch Kit while the box was out - I'll be looking at a £1,000 on this using independent specialists. Suspect a lot more using a Skoda dealer? So to the people who have commented on this post to the effect that this is a great gearbox - well you are entitled to your opinion. Perhaps you all change your cars prior to 50k miles and if you don't perhaps you should. I suspect that as these cars get older and accumulate higher mileages this won't be an uncommon failure. Mike PS And regarding the comment by Barnie above I had a similar conversation with the Skoda dealer in Darlington just before this car went out of warranty in July 2016. 'We don't mind having a look as long as you agree to pay for it if we determine nothing is wrong'. Which is what they no doubt would have said because for certain they wouldn't have opened up the gearbox!!

Just for the avoidance of doubt - I do know how to drive a car. Owned 30+ cars since 1977 and never had a gearbox issue with any of them. There is a quite a bit of stuff on the Up! owners website relating to gearbox issues - particularly selection of first and reverse. In fact there are even records of dealer comments to the effect that it is a 'characteristic of the car' which of course is dealer speak for '**** off - we are not interested'!! The CitiGo / Up! / Mii is a cheap car and built to a price and not a quality. Hence the lack of synchro on reverse gear referred to above - for example. We pay our money and take our choice. Yes - tried moving the gear lever with the engine running / not running; car stationary / moving. It won't budge from reverse. Any greater force would be sure to damage the plastic components at the base of the gear lever. Speaking to a gearbox guru later today so will find out what issues he has come across. Whatever - this looks like a gearbox out job and repair or replace with second hand gearbox.

Anybody had this one before? Car was being reversed out of driveway. Went to select first gear and gear lever won't move out of reverse - car stuck in reverse gear. Looked at linkage under centre tunnel and all appears ok. No issues with the cables where they attach to gearbox either. Tried to get it out of reverse while freewheeling (backwards of course!). No way will the lever move! I have read plenty on the internet about Up/CitiGo gearboxes being cheap and nasty units prone to issues and our car has always been one which only went into reverse 50% of the time (common Up/CitiGo fault). It is the older gearbox which does not require the lever to be depressed before selecting reverse. 75bhp model with stop / start. I think the Gearbox code is NGZ? Clutch operation seems normal. Being stop start you have to depress clutch on start up. Letting clutch up engages drive as usual - backwards only of course!!! Be interested to hear if any other owner has had similar failure - or any theories on what might have happened from those more mechanically minded than me. Looks like a recovery job as I don't fancy reversing 28 miles to the Garage ....... Mike

*****CAR NOW SOLD***** I am selling my top of the range Octavia Estate with DSG. The car has the light grey full leather interior and has factory SatNav and front parking sensors. Black Magic metallic - 37,400 miles. First registered Nov 2007 so in warranty until November. I am located in North East England near Barnard Castle, Co Durham. I am looking for £11,000 ono. For more information please email me on [email protected] Full specification on the car: Black Magic metallic paint 17" Alloy Wheels + steel full size spare TDI 140 with 6 speed DSG box - 45mpg real world fuel consumption Self levelling Xenon Headlights with washers Light Grey Full leather interior. Electric adjustment on drivers seat with 2 memories Front, Side and Curtain Airbags MFD 2 SatNav with steering wheel audio controls Dual Zone Climate Control Full ESP (electronic stability programme) - not just ASR traction control as on lower spec models Parking sensors front and rear Laurin & Klement trims - sill kickplates etc False boot floor + boot protector IPOD socket in armrest Mike Skoda Front.bmp Skoda Rear.bmp Skoda Int.bmp Skoda Int 2.bmp

There are a number of reputable companies who will remap a TDI DSG - for example Jabbasport for one. I believe that the power is raised to 170/180bhp and the torque delivery improved through the range. The makers of the DSG box (Borg-Warner) do 'put it about' that the box is near it's maximum torque limit - no doubt they don't really want to see people doing anything that might result in failure and a warranty claim. Mike

I just bought an Octavia 2 (2007) with the above factory fitted. Can anyone explain (in simple terms) what the Tele button is for? I thought there might be some kind of bluetooth system in the car - but the manual just says for this button 'reserved for future use'!! Pressing the button just gets the message 'no active calls'. What is the procedure for activating this / getting the phone through the car speakers? Mike

Yes - these flasher units seem to be crap quality - got the same problem on my car. Removed the unit and cleaned the contacts with fine 'wet and dry' paper. It's better but not perfect. New part is about

These air compressors have an electo-magnetic clutch on the front of the pulley which, for some reason, seems to shear off and deposits itself on the undertray. Result - aircon compressor will not cut in and out as required. We had the same problem with a TDI Octavia at at our company. Solution; We bought a new genuine aircon compressor off ebay for

Just read this thread. Many dealers are primarily interested to sell what they have in stock or what they can get hold of easily. Suggest you try and find a dealer who is genuinely interested in finding what you want. If they want your money they should work for it!!!

I think the part now costs around

I had a similar sounding problem with a Passat 110 TDI a couple of years ago which was rectified by fitting a new air mass sensor. Has that been checked?

Recently became an Octavia owner - Y reg 4x4 Estate. Only downside so far is that this car has the most inaccurate fuel guage I've ever come across. Two days after getting it and for the first time in over 25 years driving - I ran out of fuel - before the fuel guage had even entered the reserve! The fuel computer was also confidently predicting a range of 25 miles when it glided to a halt. Has anybody else got hopelessly optimistic fuel guages / fuel computers - or is it just mine? Anybody know if they can be simply re-calibrated by the dealer?