PetrolDave

VAG no longer issue map updates for the MIB1 systems fitted to the Octavia until 2016, when questioned they admitted that they only issue map updates for the MIB (and similar) systems for 5 years after they are no longer used in production. It is the MIB systems that they class as end-of-life not the vehicle. If they follow the 5 year rule then map updates will no longer be available for the MIB 2 and MIB2.5 systems after around 2025.

Correct, I took my MIB1 Amundsen equipped Octavia 3 to France many times and each time it picked up French TMC data and displayed it correctly - even if the data was not totally up-to-date (on one road it was a year out of date!).

Is it an AGM or EFB battery, and has the car been coded to tell it a new battery has been fitted? If not it could still be load shedding to protect the old battery!

IIRC the Octavia 3 1.5TSI was only ever sold as the ACT version, but as you say toot it's very important to mention it's the ACT version especially when talking to a non-Skoda dealer.

French TMC data will only be looked for when the GPS signal shows the vehicle in France, so I think this was an interesting but ultimately pointless test.

TPMS analyses the pattern from each WSSS not just the speed, so something on the rear hub is causing an irregularity in the WSS signal - like stickig caliper, failing wheel bearing, etc. You say you swapped the tyre, I'm assuming wheel and tyre not just tyre?

A different MOT tester might not even mention them... Unnecessary "upselling" of replacement discs and/or pads has been commonplace for many years.

This is the way things will go long term, especially with the (often delayed) plan to turn off FM radio completely and only have DAB and DAB+ transmissions.

They have different engine ECUs, so coding, adaptation and measurement blocks aren't going to be the same. Hopefully someone with a Mk3 vRS will chime in with the correct channel to log.

What engine? Depending on the engine the cost can be anything upwards from £500.

There's a pad wear sensor on the front brake pad.

Without a fault code scan to understand what is causing all those warning lights all we can do is a blind guess in the dark. Get someone with e.g. VCDS or OBDeleven to scan your cars and post the results here. List of VCDS owners on Briskoda

Many of the card sold in online auction sites do not have the latest maps installed, so what you're downloading is the latest maps - which can be installed on an existing Skoda SD card after removing the older maps on it (either by deleting the files or quick formatting the card).

Multimeter on battery terminals is the best way. "Battery starting to be sluggish" on a 2015? Is this the original factory battery, if it is then it's due to be replaced IMHO.

... and what are they doing to restore RDS-TMC to their customers?

Many of the systems now have their own independent Sport mode - DSG being one of them, but AFAIK that's not linked to DCC mode?

Physical size, flow rate, diameter of pipes, position of differential sensor ports, ....

Taken in Clanger Woods near Trowbridge on Saturday

Either SD card slot can be used for maps or music on an Amundsen unit.

For me the other way round - SD Card 1 for music and SD Card 2 for maps. The truth is that it makes no difference.

That would leave MIB1, MIB2 and MIB2.5 owners without traffic data on the inbuilt sat nav, not only is this unexpected loss of a service without prior notification to all owners but is also an environmental issue as that means we could end up in traffic jams causing extra pollution that could have been avoided if TMC was still available.

They are not colour temperature changeable bulbs, only way is to change the bulbs.

VCDS is a diagnostic tool, it can only enable what Skoda have written into the firmware.

They played the obsolescence card on the MIB1 units when new maps stopped being uploaded 5 years after they were no longer used in production, so they have a history of obsolescence. Since INRIX say they are still broadcasting the TMC data it would be interesting to see the TMC related adaptation channels in a MIB2 unit and compare them to the equivalent ones in a unit that is still receiving TMC data, here's the onkly onw I can see in my MIB2 Amundsen: "IDE05111-Fee-based traffic information (TMC)" is set to 1023

Don't the EA888 Gen3 1.8 and 2.0 TSI engines used in the Octavia 3 have both direct and indirect injection? This provides fuel in the inlet manifold which will 'wash' the inlet valves.