PetrolDave

Are there maps for India available for the MIB3? If not then that would explain why sat nav is not available. Are there any Octavia 4 (or any MIB3 equipped cars) in India with the sat nav working?

Someone should tell the NHS that, two examples in my own family: - my older brother has cataracts in both eyes but the NHS refuse to operate to cure them as "they're not bad enough". - my uncle had one cataract operation done in March 2022 and was told to expect the other eye to be done "within 3 months". It's now 6 months later and there's no sign of his local hospital calling him in for the other cataract operation.

This is an important factor that nobody has yet commented on. According to 1 ophthalmologist I have the very beginning signs of a cataract in one eye, and it's been very clear that I notice oncoming headlights slightly more than I used to even when properly dipped. So it's entirely possible that even with Matrix headlights working properly an oncoming driver will perceive them as glaring.

I've had this on every car I've owned over the last 40+ years - fuel gauges are not linear and the mileage to 'first movement from full' is usually large. On both my Octavia 3's it's been 80 miles before the gauge moves, and on my previous Audi RS4 it was over 100 miles - even on my previous Toyota Aygo it was 70 miles.

So the new unit is coded/configured for Canton, does your Octavia have Canton?

Terraclean can only offer at the very best only a short term improvement, so it's not value for money IMHO. Get a scan done with a VAG specific fault code reader (e.g. VCDS, OBDEleven, etc.) as generic devices often miss many faults and usually give limited information.

The climate control uses servo motor controlled flaps for air temperature and distribution, these are all under the dash. These can get stuck due to problems with either the gear mechanism (which is what I had happen) or the actual flap. The one you need to look at is the one that controls the amount of airflow to the front vents. You'll probably need a section of the repair manual to locate exactly where that is. BTW VCDS can run an output test which tries to exercise all the climate control motors and is worth running even if only to hear where the noise comes from when it tries to exercise this flap.

You will have to do a lot of rewiring too, to move the speakers from the amp to the main unit.

Do you have Canton, and do you have a MIB1 unit currently (MIB2 was introduced during 2015 so an early 2015 - like my previous Octavia - will have a MIB1 but later builds will have a MIB2)? If you have a MIB1 then IIRC you will also need a new Canton amp.

I first heard this back in 2002 when I was given an A2 loan car while my S3 was in for service - I commented that it sounded like a diesel and learnt that it was typical of a direct injection petrol system so any FSI, TFSI, etc.

What matters for drag is CdA i.e. Cd multiplied by effective frontal area - so a low profile car and an SUV might both have the same Cd but the SUV will almost certainly have a larger effective frontal area and hence less range for the same battery capacity.

Android Auto in wireless form does an initial connect via Bluetooth but then switches to WiFi - the data transfer rate required is too high for Bluetooth.

For several years both dealers and independents I've used in Hampshire, Devon and Wiltshire have charged £10 day for a loan car "to cover insurance".

Would be helpful to know what the coding is and what codings you have tried.

There are 2 lists - one for those active, and one for those compatible. If it's not in the active list then it's not enabled.

It sounds to me like that popping sound happens when the infotainment system turns on (it does so when the car is unlocked to allow it to 'boot up' while you're getting in the car), this suggests a possible problem in the power output stage of one of more of the amplifier channels - which is unlikely to be covered by diagnostics. So I would be surprised if a diagnostic scan shows anything, but I would like to be proved wrong so please post the results of the diagnostics.

To understand the risk of any particular car being stolen what we really need to know is the number of that model stolen as a ratio (percentage?) of those actually on the road. For example, if there are 10 examples on the road and 1 is stolen then that makes it a very high risk, but it would never appear in tables that only show the number stolen. Given the very small number of reports on here of stolen Octavias I would have to say my assessment of the risk is low. For 10 years I owned an Audi RS4 Avant which was, at the time, a moderate risk (cars were being stolen and sold on at a profit due to limited supplies) but I never fitted any extra security devices (the data on devices such as Tracker is incomplete as they refuse to state the number of vehicles fitted with a Tracker that are NOT recovered so it's impossible to assess whether they actually reduce the risk) but just took sensible precautions such as parking under street lights when not at home, when at home parking behind another car on the drive, etc.

Is there any non-Skoda amplifier or sub-woofer fitted to your car?

Do the pano roof and rear windows now close one touch using the switches? If they do then it's likely a coding/adaptation issue. Please post exactly what changes you made - if you use VCDS then it keeps a log of changes in C:\Ross-Tech\VCDS\Debug as CodingLog.csv and AdpLog.csv which you can open with e.g. Notepad.

It should do, I've never had a panoramic roof (just a 'normal' sunroof) I expect a similar issue of resetting the end points will be needed, time to RTFM I suspect.

Does the one touch work on the rear windows using the switches? If not you need to reset it by winding the windows down and up but hold the switch for a few seconds even after the window is fully up and down.

Press and hold the MENU button.

Posts by customers since Brexit have said that anything too large for Royal Mail is the problem. Weight & size guide

A 2015 Octavia could have either a MIB1 or a MIB2 AMundsen depending on the production date. So first thing is to check which maps you need, easiest way is to visit the Skoda update wbesite and enter your VIN. As it's an Amundsen you need a genuine Skoda SD card, there's no need to pay SKoda prices as they are on eBay for a lot less.

Exactly, aftermarket radios such as the Alpine do not respond to the diagnostic messages from the CAN gateway hence the fault code.