PetrolDave

@arla70 Do you have KESSY? If so then if you have selected "Single door" or "Doors on a vehicle side" then you have to touch the KESSY handle (drivers door handle?) to unlock the boot.

I'm out of ideas then, if I've understood you correctly: the boot locks by itself and won't open using the handle on the boot until you have unlocked it using the key when you can then open the boot using the handle?

Some early versions of the charging software/hardware didn't correctly charge the 12V when plugged in only when driving with the ICE on - there have been several threads here on the subject.

Have you got the central locking set to only unlock the drivers door only? If you have then when you get out the car after driving it will leave the 3 other doors and the boot/trunk locked.

Which button? I'm talking about the one on the actual tailgate below the Skoda badge.

It's safer and easier to steal an unpowered cable from a driveway than a powered cable from the side of a railway track...

Lock obviously works, so it;'s a problem with the release button on the tailgate. You'll need to open up the trim on the tailgate and investigate.

The price of Copper has risen over 70% in the last 5 years, so stealing copper cables (even when live) is much more attractive. See this page on the Network Rail website Cable Theft

On the ICE versions there is a form of micro hybrid using the battery/alternator to only charge the 12V battery to around 80% capacity most of the time. Battery voltage of around 14.5V only occurs just after starting and when coasting/braking at all other times the battery voltage can be as low as 12.5V - so I would say that 13V when idling is NOt an indication of a failing battery.

Because the update portal is a poorly designed website!

16GB and 32GB cards with part numbers beginning 5L0051236 (currently 52 of them on eBay) WILL work with a MIB1 Amundsen despite what som eBay sellers say - I know, I used one with my previous MIB1 Amundsen!

The battery voltage is dynamically controlled, with the battery only being charged when needed to keep it pretty well charged - so a battery voltage anywhere between 12.5V and 14.5V is normal depending on the situation. Typically 14.5V just after starting and when coasting, when driving as low as 12.5V can be considered normal, and when idling 13V is expected and is not an indication of a failing battery.

First thing to check if those maps will work with your Amundsen, I'm pretty sure that as you have a 2014 model it will be a MIB1 and Skoda discontinued MIB1 maps in 2020.

A 2014 model will be MIB1, the MIB2 was not introduced until mid 2015 and the MIB3 was never fitted to the Octavia Mk3. The message you are seeing on the update portal is because Skoda stop issuing map updates 5 years after a MIB unit is no longer used in production - which for MIB1 means no updates after 2020.

@pab567 Can you help?

I also have Thule Wingbar EVO - first used on my Audi RS4 Avant, then my Octavia 3 Combi, then my Toyota Aygo and now my Octavia 3 hatch - same bars, just different feet for each vehicle.

My last 3 iPhones when charging overnight charge to 80% initially and only finish charging to 100% in the last hour or so before I've set as my wakeup time.

I'm not at all sure that the Amundsen can play videos, I *think* it's only the Columbus that can play videos?

The car includes a HV to 12V down converter so, in theory, the 12V battery is charged whenever the HV battery is being charged. I say in theory as there have been several owners complaining of the 12V battery going flat, but it appears that a software update to this system supposedly fixes the problem.

Even with AWD and sufficient power/torque you need to feed the power in as you describe - this was the only way to drive my RS4 without spinning all 4 wheels from an over enthusiastic standing start (true with Michelin Pilot Super Sport sticky tyres)!

You're assuming that the money is there to invest, many people are living "hand to mouth" each day with no ability to save or invest. After divorce when my ex stripped me out I'm definitely in that category - haven't been able to save or invest a single penny post divorce!

I think you mean 0% loans?

I have to disagree, there are many people (me included) not in your fortunate position of having a substantial income/pension and savings; for us the grants were a lifeline to the possibility of replacing our ICE with an EV but an effective price hike of £5000 shattered that dream.

One of the IMHO stupidest things was to reduce then remove the purchase grant on EVs, yes there are grants for home (EVHS), workplace (WCS) & on-street (ORCS) charging points but charging points without affordable vehicles are a long term investment that won't get more EVs purchased/leased right now. As for the Plug-In Car Grant (PICG) the percentages look good, but the caps are so low as to be almost pointless!

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