PetrolDave

This is exactly how all the music on the SD card I use in my Amundsen MIB2 is formatted.

@TimGoddard Given that it's clear you have a Mk3 Octavia, it would be far better to continue this discussion in the Mk3 Octavia forum where fellow owners can better hellp you. https://www.briskoda.net/forums/forum/235-skoda-octavia-mk-iii-2013-2020/

That's not going to disconnect the module from the CAN bus and it might remove power from other components too so I wouldn't recommend it.

13kWh of which 10kWh is usable.

If the alarm has triggered then the alarm will store a fault code which you can read with e.g. VCDS or OBDeleven.

IIRC there are 2 versions of the rear wheel sensors depending on whether the vehicle has park assist. Mechanical malfunction sounds like there could be a problem with the magnetic ring that the wheel speed sensor uses?

If the actuator is sticking and the feedback is saying it's not moving then the ECU could be trying to move it to the desired feedback value by 'bouncing' the voltage up and down?

My 1.8 EA888 Gen3 uses at most 0.5L in the 8,000 miles between annual services, so I would say there's no general problem with the EA888.

Look at the scan for modules that cannot be reached, and unplug the connector on them one at a time doing a new scan after each one. The main culprits being Engine, ABS, AWD and Steering Assist.

Could be one dead module on the Powertrain CAN dragging it down? Maybe worth unplugging one module on that at a time to see if it unfreezes the Powertrain CAN to localise the fault.

Who last worked in that area? - the garage that changed the timing belt. Who should have noticed loose bolts or didn't tighten bolts correctly while working in that area? - the garage that changed the timing belt. As @EnterName says it's very suspicious that they don't want to put it right. I also agree that you should get an expert second opinion and if he/she agrees with us then "have a discussion" with the garage that changed the timing belt. BTW the Skoda UK advice to change the timing belt every 5 years was withdrawn earlier this year - it was totally out of step with the rest of the VAG empire and made no engineering sense.

The latest beta of VCDS can now scan SFD2 modules for fault codes - one 'feature' of SFD2 over SFD is that even scanning for fault codes is locked without a workaround!

Which ECU there are many? Do you specifically mean the engine ECU?

Have you checked whether the fuse for the blower motor is OK?

Hint: Use a meaningful title for your threads not your name! For many years fitting a new battery has required telling the car it has been fitted by recoding the Battery Management System.

Since manuelin is in Ecuador I really doubt that East Yorkshire Retrofits did it!

I've been running iOS18 beta since WWDC in June 2024 (and iOS18.1 beta in the last week) with no issues with CarPlay.

Sounds like an intermittent problem with a wheel speed sensor (or the wiring to it) to me - all those systems rely on accurate vehicle speed data. Time to do a fault code scan (with VCDS, OBDeleven or similar) to get a clue which wheel to look at.

What are you trying to do/change?, there are dozens of long codes for the many electronic modules in a Mk3 Octavia!

I gave up using Mac mail on my MacBook to access Hotmail as it seems to regularly have problems due to changes by Apple, Microsoft or both. I use web based Hotmail via Safari, but even that failed for 2 days a few days ago so I had to use Firefox temporarily. Seems to me that Apple and Microsoft are deliberately making life difficult for each other!

Slightly off topic but how easy would it be to fit a vRS exhaust to a 1.8 L&K, the 1.8 and 2.0 are the same basic engines and I do like the twin rear exhaust look (I even had a custom twin outlet exhaust made for a Citroen C1 so it 'matched' my RS4!

I love technology and touchscreens (my work nickname was Inspector Gadget!) and wouldn't be without the many IOT devices in my home and my touchscreen tablets and smartphone, but context and place is important. In a vehicle having to look down at a touchscreen to change a driving setting is much more of a hazard than with physical controls as your fingertips get feedback to help locate the physical control without the need to look down and take your attention away from the road (and change the focus of your eyes which adds further delay re-focussing even when you look back at the road). IMHO in vehicles touchscreens should only be used for comfort and convenience functions, with all driving related functions having physical controls.

Just asking We returned from France on Saturday on the Brittany Ferries Roscoff to Plymouth route. At check-in in Roscoff there was a notice asking drivers of hybrid or EV vehicles to inform the check-in person who would then give them a round "EV" sticker (even if it was a hybrid) to apply to their windscreen. BTW there was no such notice on the outbound trip from Plymouth a week earlier? While waiting to board we spoke with the driver of a Toyota RAV4 hybrid in the queue behind us who said that when he asked the check-in person why they needed to know she replied she didn't know. When onboard the ferry we looked around and saw that vehicles with the EV sticker were not segregated and just parked in the lanes with all other cars, SUVs and vans. So why the need for the EV sticker last weekend and not the weekend before on the same ferry, the Armorique?

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