PetrolDave

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Sounds like a problem with one of the heater air distribution flaps, you need to get a fault code scan done as that will tell you which one.

If driving standards don't improve someone is going to get seriously injured or even killed - the race stewards need to read the rule book and properly enforce it IMHO.

Bad wording on my part - the sensor is separate but the ring that is sensed is integral with the bearing.

Mostly bug fixes - but as Skoda don't publish a list of bugs or fixes or feature enhancements it's all based on owner experience.

That depends whether the feature needs a FEC (Feature Enabling Code) as well as a coding/adaptation change - VAG are making more and more features require a FEC.

Most people look at the registration plate rather than the year of registration - since it will be a 71 plate until 28th February I don't think it's worth waiting (unless you want to wait until 1st March 2022 for a 22 plate!).

Had a similar thing happen when driving through a puddle leaving the Covid vaccination centre in Barnstaple, the right rear ABS sensor had failed - and as it is integrated into the rear wheel bearing meant we needed a new wheel bearing at a cost of over £500 (hope the front ABS sensor is a stand-alone item!).

There are at least three different stories re cambelt change interval: - Cambelt is for life (EA211 SSP) - Change after 5 years or 50,000 miles (Skoda UK) - Check annually after 120,000 miles

I think that's a given - VAG have to have an obvious differentiation between their different marques. Compared to my previous Audi A4 Avant (actually and RS4) the Octavia Combi had much more rear passenger space and boot space but much louder road noise.

You seem to be the only person saying that any of the interior lights are monitored... It's definitely not my experience - when I changed both the door lights and the rear boot lights on a 2015 Octavia Elegance to LEDs (with no special 'CANbus' circuitry) I did no recoding and no fault codes or bulb warnings appeared.

Petrols have EGR too.

You sure about that? Many of us have replaced the interior lights with non-CANbus LEDs and had no faults reported - because the general knowledge is that the interior bulbs are not monitored.

I wouldn't be so sure, reading the full small print of insurance policies will often show a limit on the replacement payable for even a factory infotainment system - just checked my policy and that limit is £500!

Totally agree , you very often have to look at a touch screen to use it but a 'proper' hardware button can be felt using fingers so there is rarely a need to look.

That's been commented on before a few times, the only suggestion has been that if the keys are in a place (pocket, drawer, etc.) where they can be accidentally pressed for several seconds that will unlock the doors and open the windows, then if a door isn't opened within around 30 seconds the doors will relock leaving just the windows open.

Failing that could be an airlock (had any work done recently on the cooling system?) or a stuck servo that controls the temperature flaps in the HVAC.

Because first deliveries of the Octavia 4 started in 2020 plus so you only said you've only had it for a week? I take it that it wasn't new when you got it a week ago?

You must live and drive in unusually safe areas.

AFAIK the inbuilt mic is an electret mic so there will be power supplied to it by the infotainment, best to check whether the Android unit will supply the power needed by the electret mic.

I suspect you may have an Octavia 4 since it's a 2020 model and a company car - probably better to ask in the Octavia 4 forum?

No, the replacement unit will need CP (Component Protection) removing and any optional FEC (Feature Enabling Codes) restored which will need a dealer or someone with online access to the Skoda servers, then it will need the coding and adaptation channnels checking/correcting to match the configuration of your car.

It's not changeable by coding or adaptation, to change it you need to remove the relevant fuse in the fusebox and replace it with a piggyback fuse adapter into a switched fuse positon. That or as @gumdropsays use a hardware adapter that plugs into the OBD socket under the dash.

Best place to ask is in the Superb MKIII forum 😉

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