Everything posted by PetrolDave
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No Heating Drivers Side
Sorry no, but I reckon someone on here will know and post details.
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Rear wiper settings weirdness
It was also there on the previous Octavia 3 from 2013, VAG seem to think it's a useful option ⁉️
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No Heating Drivers Side
I suspect the B109515 fault code is the clue, and suggests that the servo motor which controls the right side temperature flap is not operating correctly as it's unable to correctly sense the flap position.
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Porsche Boxster 2025
That's assuming the driver sees the pedestrian, who may be hidden behind parked vehicles. As with all road safety issues there's no easy answer, but if the injury/death rate of pedestrians is seen to rise involving EVs compared to ICEs you can be 100% sure that the media will get onto the story, so better to not even get to that point.
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Porsche Boxster 2025
What about the villages with 40, 50 or even 60 speed limits? Pedestrians need to hear an oncoming vehicle not just see it (especially if they are blind or partially sighted)? IMHO as well as a maximum noise level (been part of Type Approval for years) there should also be a minimum speed related noise level for ALL vehicles and if that can't be met by tyre & wind noise then a fake sound is necessary.
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MK4 CarPlay
Since the Waze app works fine with cars not on the MQBEvo platform, I don't 100% agree with that statement on erWin. There's an incompatibility with Waze but whether it's poor software design/implementation by Waze or by VAG is an open point.
- Bolero MIB1 Update Help Please!
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Wheel sensor/bearing or CAN Bus issue
Mine was the offside rear wheel speed sensor which is integrated into the wheel bearing so it was £500 at Marshalls Barnstaple. Not sure about the cost if it is a front wheel speed sensor - you need a proper scan to know which wheel speed sensor is faulty.
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Wheel sensor/bearing or CAN Bus issue
As I said in the Octavia 4 forum:
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Help with occasional non starting
That's perfectly normal for all Octavia 3's - it's the battery management system operating as designed to keep the battery state of charge to 80% to allow headroom for some minor regenerative braking.
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MK4 CarPlay
Sounds like a Mark 4 Octavia specific issue as I use Google maps and Waze with CarPlay in my Mark 3 Octavia with no problems.
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Infotainment not showing radio station logo?
If you enter your VIN onto the Skoda update portal you can download a file with lots of station logos.
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Can VCDS codes be used for Obdeleven long coding?
I prefer VCDS, yes you have to learn about details of the changes, but at least you know what you're doing and VCDS keeps logs of all the changes to coding and adaptations so if you make a mess you can fairly easily revert back.
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Cooling fans stays on everytime after shutting off
... according to the diagnostics, but as some of those 'calculations' are not based on measured data but estimated the values may not reflect reality especially if there have been other sources of soot/ash i.e. engine oil.
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Front turn signals always on
Sounds like you need to take a thorough look at the Leuchte adaptations in the BCM, these control the lighting and it sounds like they could have been messed with.
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Cam Belt for 1.5 TSI in East Kent
Intrigued why the 1.5ACT cambelt change would be so much more than a 1.4 non-ACT since they are both an EA211 engine?
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Delivery times?
Typically the change of manufacturing takes place during the summer factory closure, which would mean that the facelift would be a MY24 available in autumn/fall 2023.
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Permanently disabling Engine Sound Generator
One of the reasons that cars have 3 rear brake lights - the CHMSL (centre high mounted stop light) was introduced so that it's easy to tell the difference between rear side lights, rear for lights and brake lights. If a following driver cannot see the third light coming on when the brakes are applied, then you have to question whether they should be driving at all...
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Canton sound (surround sound grayed out)
I've never bought the nav SD card for an Amundsen from a dealer, always from eBay. Just got a 32GB one so I can use the 'all Europe' maps on my MIB2, cost? £26.09
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Infotainment Model Numbers
I use this with my MIB2 Amundsen to get wireless CarPlay.
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Is my DPF regen too often?
I think you're going to have to be the guinea pig here...
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Park assist, only 50% functionallity?
It's the same kind of display (but not as nice) on the Octavia 3, it extrapolates between the side sensors as you drive slowly along searching for a suitable space.
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Park assist, only 50% functionallity?
16? On the Mk3 Octavia Park Assist only had 12 sensors, 4 front, 4 rear and 2 on each side (one by the front & one by the rear wheel arches).
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Banging sound from rear, like boot is open
What's the level of fuel in the tank, some owners have reported that when around 3/4 full they hear fuel banging around in the tank.
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Is my DPF regen too often?
By way of getting the DPF clogged up, by producing extra oil ash.