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Hard to see how a garage and another auto electrician aren't able to get to the bottom of this. If you have a good battery and starter motor - one new, one tested, then the relay output to the starter motor (terminal 87?) is simple to check. But both of them say the relays are fine. The only clue I can see is your initial difficulty with your ignition key. This is driving a switch behind the lock components which tells the ECU what to energise. here, it might be that the final switch turn to energise the starter motor has failed. Cheap enough part to change.

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OK. I'll have a try tomorrow. VCDS is now up on 22.10 so we'll see. Of course if I played the vid I would see it was an old RossTech vid.....

I am using VCDS. I do not know how to make a full scan of central electronics - and log it to pass to you. I can see the coding for individual addresses and probably would be able to copy the values you are interested in.

My wife's Rapid has BiXenon headlights. If you could specify which bits of code you need I could have a look for you with VCDS. Bear in mind this is a UK RHD car.

I don't believe I had the OCU changed to fix my Pop Pop SOS issue. After "charging the battery of the SOS unit" failed to achieve anything, "the software in the unit was updated". Which appears to have fixed the issue (4 weeks now.....). In another thread, Varoom refers to the TPI relating to this fault not being correctly applied. Perhaps this is the case here but you do have to take dealer statements with a pinch of salt. The complexity of the issue may be beyond some dealers... . The number of faults JamesK reports does seem to indicate a more difficult issue than I had. But my car did have the mad bonging of the "Front Assist not available" fixed in April.

If changing from a dying battery to one of the same type and Ah, there will be no perceptible impact on the cars electronics. The battery management system will work out that the (new) battery responds to charge slightly differently and will alter the charge parameters to suit over a period of time. There is no absolute necessity to recode the battery. On the other hand, if changing battery technology (from EFB to AGM, say) or putting in a battery with significantly different Ah capacity, then coding in the battery is advised. There is a map of VCDS users and someone local will be happy to help for a few beer tokens.

My pal swears by his Wurth one. Misters won't deliver enough liquid.

That looks like the Swing system. In the handbook; should enable the change from mph to kph. Bolero pretty similar and Columbus identical

Well, 40 miles from the dealer and it did it again. Several times. Including the exciting "call workshop" message and the wonky nav screen. Back in on Wednesday. My scepticism about what I was being told was well founded.

Into the dealers for its first service and to address the pop pop issue. I was told "The battery in the unit was low and we have recharged it. That will fix it." Well, I understand the unit has a small battery in it to power the emergency call if the normal 12V supply has been disrupted in a crash, but..... the car is being driven normally and yet this battery is not holding charge. Sometimes it occurs after a good couple of hours of driving by which point you might have thought all subsidiary batteries would have been fully charged. So either the battery in the unit is defective or the unit itself is defective. I have no confidence I'm not going to see the issue again. We shall see. 30% of the time it pops the navigation falls over if I'm using it.

Unless it's parked on the harbour slip in Whitehaven, you just might be having your leg pulled by the dealer. And - even if he's right that they're FUBAR'd - why would you want to replace them with the same OEM crap which hasn't lasted 2 years / 12K miles since rolling out of the factory? Having now done two Rapids, a Fabia and an Octavia for terrible rear discs within 2 years of leaving the factory, I can confirm the discs are truly bad quality. The replacements - nothing special, often Mintex - have easily outlasted the factory fit. The last Rapid I did was actively delaminating chunks of disc surface as it was driven! Get to a good independent for a second opinion.

You can get the list of PR Codes by signing up to Erwin and spending 7 Euros https://erwin.skoda-auto.cz/erwin/showHome.do Also take the opportunity to get hold of as many useful workshop procedures that you think you might need, and check for outstanding work waiting to be carried out on your car.

It's not obvious from my post but a control unit / SOS module was also replaced with the steering wheel. It was unclear to me whether that was to do with the front travel assist unavailable fault or the ACC fault or the pop pop SOS fault. Amusingly the pop pop SOS fault has returned.

This is complete BS from your dealer. Skoda Germany have been replacing steering wheels for a year for Octavias with this issue. Mine got done in Carlisle with no particular need to put pressure get on the dealer in April. When I get to a proper computer I'll try to dig out the conversation we had back then.

Finally had a chance to look at the Rapid. This 2018 UK Rapid does have a cover over the intake. More amusingly - having accused Joller79DK of living on a farm - found about a tennis ball's worth of mud in the plenum which had accumulated in there over the past 4 years. So that got cleared out. I am reminded of Matthew 7, verse 3; Og hvorfor se du den mote, der er i din broders øje, men ikke overveje den bjælke, der er i dit eget øje??

If you have access to VCDS you can see the fault count increasing. This will pop up under Address 19: CAN Gateway These two readings are taken about a month and 300 miles apart - that's how little I was driving it because of the annoyance. 8786912 - Control Module for Steering Wheel Touch Detection B17B8 F2 [044] - Sensor Malfunction [Control_module_for_steering_wheel_touch_regulation_malfunction_sensor_1] Intermittent - Confirmed - Tested Since Memory Clear Freeze Frame: Fault Status: 00000001 Fault Priority: 4 Fault Frequency: 71 8786912 - Control Module for Steering Wheel Touch Detection B17B8 F2 [047] - Sensor Malfunction [Control_module_for_steering_wheel_touch_regulation_malfunction_sensor_1] Confirmed - Tested Since Memory Clear Freeze Frame: Fault Status: 00000001 Fault Priority: 4 Fault Frequency: 236 After being fixed I could see two relevant modules changed; from: Multifunction steering wheel control module: Subsystem 3 - Part No SW: 5E3 919 719 D HW: 5E3 919 719 D Component: E221__MFL-PR6 H02 0100 Serial number: PR6-0440061177202521 Steering Wheel Touch Recognition Control Module: Subsystem 4 - Part No SW: 5E3 959 542 D HW: 5E3 959 542 D Component: KLR 074 0019 to Multifunction steering wheel control module: Subsystem 3 - Part No SW: 5E3 919 719 M HW: 5E3 919 719 M Component: E221__MFL-PR6 H02 0110 Serial number: PR6-0440061067221393 Steering Wheel Touch Recognition Control Module: Subsystem 4 - Part No SW: 5E3 959 542 H HW: 5E3 959 542 H Component: KLR 082 0020 Serial number: 3133273AB22075068003

Yes, this fault will get worse and drive you mad. The solution is a new steering wheel. One unfortunate in Germany has had seven replacement steering wheels....... I had to wait a month for a steering wheel to become available.

Not a First Edition but an SEL delivered in Oct 2020 - currently on 1896.

Can't look for a few days but based on your photo, I'd check that your plenum drains are clear. Seems to be a bit more sediment than normal - or maybe you live on a farm.... Easy enough to check it's all draining as it should.

These engines had significant timing chain issues from new. Yours is young enough to be built after the major revision at the end of 2011 but the revised engine also had timing chain wear issues. Plenty of info here - most of the early pages relate to the 2011 and earlier engines but some useful information on the post 2011 engines later in this thread.

The mirrors in the Se L are heated, and adjustable, with folding always or on command. It's the memory function they don't have (which is really part of the memory seats)

Sep 2020 brochure

Autotr***r looks like £6k - £7.5K for your car

Not the reply you want - seems like your DMF and /or clutch are dying. Bit more expensive than engine mounts - which tend to be single clonk type noises as you go on/off power.