PetrolDave

Did they use any heat when fixing the dent? Maybe the clips that the bulb plugs into have relaxed?

Which resulted in 2 recalls as Vauxhall attempted to fix the problem, I had to accompany my brother to the local vehicle dealer twice to get his Zafira sorted. Apparently the heater blower resistor was too close to some sound damping material which then caught fire.

I have the same problem, I plan to just put the Data Plug in the back of a cupboard somewhere and forget about it - shame as I find the Connect Lite app really useful.

SIM cards and eSIMs are available that support roaming between UK networks not just when abroad.

@pab567 Any ideas?

A wire damaged during the dent repair, the ground wire not well grounded due to corrosion or paint or loose bolt?

Not in my area, 2G Vodafone is still active (and is planned to be until at least 2030) but 3G Vodafone was turned off last summer - making it impossible to open the Lidl Plus app in-store as there is no 4G coverage yet! And there's no planned date for 5G rollout in my area. Made me very puzzled when I read in IET News last spring that research into 6G has already started, as an IET Member I had a letter published the next month suggesting that instead of spending on 6G research they should be spending on 4G/5G rollout to get rid of the newly created not spots by turning off 3G!

It was pretty obvious that with the (forced) move to EVs then any Government would have to make good the shortfall in revenue by, at some date, making EVs pay VED - so to not expect to have to pay VED on an EV is very naive.

You can apply that argument to all VED changes, the VED on my ICE Octavia is way more than when it was first registered in 2016. The VED on my previous Audi more than doubled in the 10 years I owned it! Perhaps I chose the wrong word when I said "retrospective", what I meant was that it doesn't cancel the existing VED registration (for £0) for EVs on 1st April 2025, and like all VED changes it applies from the time of next VED renewal.

Same here, only runs continuously while the rear washer is active (and a few seconds after).

Possible but unlikely IMHO, retrospective orders/rules/laws are very rare in the UK.

The transponder needed to turn on the "ignition" is passive so will work even with no battery in the key, the battery in the key is only needed for remote locking/unlocking.

Manual or DSG?

You could swap the coilpack from cylinder 3 to cylinder 4 and see if the misfire moves to see if it's coilpack or spark plug/cylinder related?

You might be better posting in the Fabia 2 specific forum here

Does 5F appear in the VCDS scan even when the MIB2 appears to be dead? If so posting the VCDS scan will be helpful even if there are no errors.

In easily accessible places where there are likely to be few people around at night and where a quick getaway is possible...

IIRC only software updates, but not all Skoda dealers are aware - one Mk4 owner even sold his car recently because his dealer knew nothing about the fix! You'll need to search through this Octavia IV forum to find the details.

@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.