Everything posted by PetrolDave
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the truth about electric cars
To pass Type Approval they are allowed to over read by as much as 10%, but most manufacturers calibrate them to read between 5% and 7% over to allow some margin for different tyre options and worn tyres. That is also what I've seen comparing the speedo and GPS on all the cars I've owned in the last 20 years.
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Oil leak driver side
You need to upload them to a video sharing site and post links here.
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Door rattle while playing music
I think that may only be true of a FL, my 2016 PFL L&K has an Amundsen.
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Rain sensor confusion.
Thr things stand out on that scan: 1) There is no 20 or A5 module, so you don't have any forward facing camera. 2) If you had auto wipers then under module 09 there would be a Rain/Light Recognition Sensor but there isn't - but there is a Humifity Sensor G355. 3) Your 5F module has corrupted memory and reports a very strange component name of MU-E--ER. So the module you have fitted is an interior humidity sensor and not a rain/light sensor. This why you have no Wipers section in your Car settings.
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Replace third brakelight
Then you need to update your profile information as it says you have a 2006 Fabia.
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Full Size Spare Wheel is limited to 80kph
And you've demonstrated an inability to consider that regulations don't cover every aspect of using a vehicle, and an inability to think about the effect on handling of different weight wheels on the same axle. You're blocked too for your seemingly arrogant and inflexible attitude.
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Starting issue, cutting out
Please post the VCDS scan data.
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Full Size Spare Wheel is limited to 80kph
Try Googling mixing tyres on the same axle... you find lots of hits, this quote is from Protyre
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DPC
GRU is the colour code for Urban Grey.
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Full Size Spare Wheel is limited to 80kph
It's not a regulation thing, just something that two very experienced former racing drivers (F1 & Group C sports cars) who became ride & handling experts for a well known sports car manufacturer said to everyone prepared to listen to drivers with their level of skill.
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Help needed, DIY car battery replacement on Octavia MK4
Ross-Tech are negotiating with VAG to add SFD unlock into VCDS, they've jumped through all the hoops and paid VAG a princely sum so now it's down to VAG's glacially slow procedures to make it happen. You don't need to keep power applied when changing the 12V battery on an ICE version (can't comment on iV versions), the errors that will appear when the new battery is applied will clear after a short drive. If the thought of errors appearing upsets you then by all means use one the easily available backup leads.
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Android Auto/Smart Link
Maybe the firmware update has scrambled the FEC code that unlocks AndroidAuto? Was AA unlocked by a dealer applying the correct unlock code, or by someone else doing a 'hack'? If a hack then it's possible the firmware update has caused the hack to be lost - which is why I haven't updated my MIB2 as I had CarPlay unlocked by the 'hack' method.
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Android Auto/Smart Link
Tried a different USB cable? Some are power only.
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Safelock not working
If you can find the car data sticker and use an online decoder that will confirm whether or not they are fitted to your car.
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Full Size Spare Wheel is limited to 80kph
When you fit the spare wheel there will be mismatched wheels (one alloy and one steel) on that axle, this is why it has a 50mph sticker - it's not the tyre that's the issue it's that it's not the same as the tyre/wheel on the other end of that axle which will make the handling less predictable.
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Adding Maps and Reversing Camera
You can't add maps to an infotainment that doesn't have the software and hardware (GPS antenna), you probably have a Swing.
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Safelock not working
Are deadlocking and alarm fitted to your car, not all markets have them as standard.
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Adding Maps and Reversing Camera
Do you have a NAV button? If you do then I "think" that's a MIB2 Amundsen? An Amundsen needs the correct maps on a Skoda/VW SD card (NOT a normal SD card) which is inserted all the time. You can add a reversing camera, there are two versions - a basic one which just shows the view when reversing and a high spec one which shows trajectory lines and comes with a CAN bus connected module.
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4x4 Octavia Rear Seats
.. even on the FWD versions.
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Original wheel/rim characteristics
The first link is a complete wheel AND tyre set, so it comes with directional tyres which must be fitted on the correct side.
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Start and stop disable permanently
I've had 2 Octavias with start/stop, first one was on original battery when sold at 7 years old and second one is still on original battery at 8 years old - start/stop worked/works correctly on both.
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lost radio and central locking after VCDS mistake
VCDS keeps files that record both coding and adaptation changes , CodingLog.csv and AdpLog.csv in C:\Ross-Tech\VCDS\Debug - open those in Notepad and reverse the changes you've just made.
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Rain sensor confusion.
The one in your hand only has 2 dots? Dashboard dimming is done by a sensor in the dashboard itself, not by one on the windscreen. I think you need to get someone do do a scan with VCDS, OBDeleven or similar to solve this question - that will show what is actually fitted to your car. My feeling is that the scan will show a module 20...
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Recommended tyre pressures - are they too high?
There are usually several recommended tyre pressures shown on the fuel flap for different loads (one person, 3 people, three people plus luggage IIRC). @mccririck Which recommended tyre pressure were you comparing against?
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Rain sensor confusion.
I'm trying to remember what the basic #20 camera I had in my previous Octavia looked like and I'm 60% it looks like your picture. That gave HBA (High Beam Assist i.e. auto dipping headlights).