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If a light comes on a fault will be recorded, if the light goes out on its own the fault will be there, but it will be downgraded to sporadic.
The reason that the other dealers did not see a code is because it's extremely likely that Simpsons erased it.
The code that they retrieved would have pointed them to the general area, which when looking, they found evidence of the cause being a non warrantable cause and advised you of the repair costs.
Why did you go to all the trouble of trawling around the dealers, when, presumably, the car drove all the way back from the South of France with no recurrence of the light coming on?
Plugging into the car takes time, which costs money, so what did Simpsons charge for this?, also as there was no fault to be found afterwards, what did the other dealers charge you?, as certainly they would not have got paid to do it by Skoda.
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It looks like you're missing a fuse to the right of the bright yellow mini fuse, there are two contacts in that vacant fuse position.
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I keep a small aide-memoire printed out on an index card and tucked under the strap on the driver's sun visor. Any time I need reminding - especially when I've just changed tyres - I can just flip the sun visor down and there they are. The kph speeds are as indicated on the MFD. These figures have been checked vs GPS. The red percentages show the error between indicated and actual:
225/50R17
70 mph = 119 kph 5.6%60 mph = 102 kph 5.6%50 mph = 86 kph 6.8%40 mph = 69 kph 7.2%30 mph = 53 kph 9.8%205/55R1670 mph = 125 kph 10.9%60 mph = 108 kph 11.8%50 mph = 90 kph 11.8%40 mph = 72 kph 11.8%30 mph = 55 kph 13.9%20 mph = 38 kph 18.0%This suggests that my car's speedo is technically illegal when I have my winter tyres fitted. Hmm...(I have recently installed a NextBase dashcam which displays speed measured by GPS, so the card is now basically redundant.)We had an Octavia Diesel in which had been fitted with a gearbox from a petrol model. A quick spin up the road and a play with VCDS to adjust the speedometer constant and it read within the permissible error limit.
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Hold pressure on the brake pedal and start the engine, if the pedal does not drop, the servo isn't working correctly.
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I had to drive a Yeti for 50 miles in reduced power mode once, there was no chance of me getting a speeding ticket and coincidentally enough the same applied to everyone stuck behind me.
Nothing for me in 33 years of driving, which is a surprise as 30 years ago I wouldn't have given a second thought to driving at well over the speed limit.
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There seems to be a lot of discussion about the inaccuracy of pointing a speed measuring device at a moving object. Post #1 makes a reference to GPS as though it's the last word in accuracy, so how exactly does GPS take into account the extra distance driven in the vertical direction when it is based on a two dimensional system?
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My MK3 Octavia has heated front screen, heated washer nozzles and heated front seats.
I've fitted all of those to my Ford Sierra
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It's not a MOT issue, at the worst it'll just get an advisory.
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Pull the bellows back on the a post and look at the yellow plug, chances are you'll find a broken wire to it.
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It will also show --- when on the over run as no fuel is injected and you can't divide by 0.
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Whenever I test them, if I want to look at them closer I hold a sheet of white A4 paper up to them, the white bits shining through are more obvious. If you've ever been behind a car at night with a white flashing indicator, you'll know why there's a failure for them.
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Just file the pins a little and they'll fit.
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The life of a clutch is quite dependent on how the vehicle is driven, I've seen a clutch burnt out on a 1200 mile car on a 7 mile trip. You can't warrant against poor driving or abuse of the vehicle.
Clutch defects can be caused by other components which will be covered under the warranty, clutch slipping due to a faulty oil seal and oil contamination will be covered, as will the operating mechanism, the only down side is in the oil contamination case, the cause wouldn't be known until the gear box is removed, which if it was a burnt out clutch would leave you with a bill for labour and a car in bits.
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So Skoda can't supply the part and VW can, that's how it works. At TPS you don't have such constraints as you can order parts from all the VW brands. Try ordering a front caliper piston for a VW Caddy pick up, VW can only supply the complete caliper, whereas Skoda can supply a separate piston for the Felicia pick up, which was built on the same production line as the VW, only differing in the badges that were fitted.
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Odometer readings can be corrected by the testing station within a few days of the paperwork being issued, after that it can't be done by the testing station. The certificate does state that the details should be checked by you so that mistakes such as incorrect odometer readings can be quickly rectified.
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The Passats with the motors protected by plastic covers that crack and allow the water in, which in a way is good news if you're a repairing garage.
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Check the fluid level first, then check to see that the sensor is giving a plausible reading as the steering wheel is turned. If it was the pump, you may get a warning light or errors in other control units reporting communications problems with the steering. If the power steering completely fails, they are very hard work to drive.
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We've had success with Cat a Clean, plus getting the cat needs get really hot.
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Also if you want to get rid of the selector lever and all wheel drive faults, which is equipment that your car doesn't have, refresh the gateway coding as in recode it with exactly the same coding it has now.
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Assuming this is the Tees mk60 problem there is a repair kit available from Skoda for about £180. IIRC replacement does not require bleeding the system.
Your shouldn't handle any differently unless you do something that would normally make the esp kick in.
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The repair kit is basically the ABS unit without the electronic control unit attached to it. This requires removing the ABS unit from the car and splitting the hydraulic system, so it will require bleeding.
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I work in IT, it shouldn't take to much to get a developer to fix this bug given that the longer it goes on the more MOT's they are going to have to re-issue.
That sounds a lot like common sense to me, the DVSA don't seem to do that too well. The testers have had no formal training or instruction on how to use the system and they've suspended all the refresher training. Post dating of certificates has been automatic since computerisation in 2005, the testers have no control over it.
It was a nightmare when we first switched over to it, we were had writing the MOTs on photocopied certificates.
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However, the experience with this (disappointing) Skoda makes me wonder how many other new cars have incorrectly set high beams, which I guess don't get checked until first MOT, which might explain why we hear moans about modern super bright headlights dazzling oncoming traffic.
The MOT checks headlamp alignment on dipped beam only, main beams just get a check to see if they work.
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Most cars have special test procedures that are to be followed during an MOT test. The governing body in charge of the test at that time will release and approve ways of testing certain systems.
I wish!, there is no vehicle specific information available on the new computer system as the DVSA have to pay for it. We're lucky if we get brake testing weights and even luckier if they're accurate, I had a Focus the other day that gave a weight of 9Kg.
I follow the rule of thumb - 'If in doubt, get the Tapley out'.
Smart cars are should be roller brake tested with the engine off and then using the engine to replenish the vacuum.
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I came across that exact same noise on a customers 2012 Octavia, it just needed the rear pads removing and the brakes cleaning and the sliders greasing.
vauxhall at-6 six speed automatic transmission (new)
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From what I've read the GM 6T40 is a torque converter gearbox. I've just got a 2017 Astra with the 6 speed auto and it drives like a torque convertor gearbox, hardly notice the gear changes and it certainly isn't as jerky or gear confused as some DSG cars that I have driven. in the engine bay, there is what I presume to be a gear box oil filler pipe.
Vauxhall use another type of automatic, usually with the lower displacement engine, which is an automated manual.