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assuming its the same general arrangement as a mk1 octy door mechanism... did you carefully count how many rings/grooves the external pull cable was seated in before you took it off? it seems mental, but if your are a smidge too tight or too loose on that cable it affects the tension inside the latch release from both sides and it wont open. you need to get that external cable adjusted, tighten it 1 groove at a time first, if no joy work your way back in to loosen it off until it releases. yes i did the same thing 10yrs ago on my octy 🤣

cars struggle to reach high mileage these days because theyre all crap and badly made? 🤷‍♂️ more importantly, where the hell have you been hiding for the last couple of.... years?!

Interesting about the reliability rating... BIL hasnt had any issues with his that i know about 🤷‍♂️

2 from the week before my procedure.. the work van just after its slightly early (19,860km) 20k inspection i got this the next day. They claim the brakes are fixed this time.. found an issue with spring position causing binding. likely to be a design issue. see how long it lasts this time. And Missus Mac's Arona - i dont know why the photos have uploaded upside down...

Hi skayler, welcome to briskoda. i cant help with the problem as its waay outside my wheelhouse. but.. giving the following information will help the smart people solveyour issue more quickly Engine code gearbox code/type error codes from a diagnostic if you can exact symptoms

youre lucky then :D Id still be checking the base of the antenna for water damage first though

does the the satnav show your car as being in the right place, or is it in the middle of the sea/ another contry? im guessing theres water after getting in to the connection base between the cable and the roof antenna

oh my good man, its not the end... the battery should survive after a charge, worst case scenario is a new battery. but.. your other issues remain - youre going to need to into the wires and start looking for damage

this would make sense.. 🤣

can you not climb over the centre console into the passenger seat to reach the bonnet release? didnt think the door needed to be open to pull it anyway?? wait.. is your car a pre or post face lift? because the bonnet release is on the drivers side - Right hand side - on my 2013 hatchback. and definitely works with the door closed

Next job - tackle those electrical gremlins..

you may have to hit the panel several times. fuel flap should be locked .. so, more evidence of the wiring failure. i dont know if theres a key barrel hidden in the passenger door

okay, definitely pointing towards wiring issue in the doordoor loom or a dead control module then. does the boot have a lock barrel on the estate? i cant remember

im also thinking you may have wiring loom issues in the door panel or the pipe between the the door and the car body. frayed/broken wire in there can cause a short or stop the door module communicating with the rest of the car

okay, that definitely says its not communicating with the car. so... do you drive the car much? is it possible the battery in your car has died? that the short move earlier was enough to flatten it. might explain the lack of comms. but.. given the key also wont unlock it, says to me the deadlock has stuck. try the following - key in the lock and turn it to unlock. while turning it, use the palm of your hand, or side of fist, to hit the door panel between the grab handle and the door edge. thats where the lock mechanism is located. could get lucky and loosen it enough to release manually.

are the indicator lights flashing on the car working though, when you press the fob buttons

Are you completely locked out? have you tried the boot? are they lights flashing when you hit the fob buttons? that sounds like a really unlucky case of the bcm/ecu losing its connection to the key. but if even manually turning wont do anything thats very odd

you might also post what the solution was in case anyone else pops up with the same issue in the future. you investigation and fix could be the help soneone else needs 👍

Hi and welcome @superbly4x4 i have no answer fir this, but if you check the octavia iv sub forum and ask there you will get better engagement and more chance of a response from others wh .ay have had the same issue 👍

shame.. i drove a Crossland a couple of months ago very very briefly for my neighbour. my god it was horrible in conceivable way

my new work van has it too, and because its a 2024 build its programmed to come on EVERY time you turn the key.. stop for fuel? its all back on... jump out for 30seconds to unlock a gate and take the keys with you out of habit... all back on again. i turn it off everytime because a) the speed warning bings at you for 1kph over the detected speed limit even though the gps speed shows the indicated speed is higher than actual.. b) the evasive steering twice sent me hard right to "avoid collisions" with cars turning left from filter lanes towards oncoming lorries.. c) the autobraking kicked in one damp night because i was approaching the bottom of a hill.. on a motorway... d) the lane departure tries to either push you into the ditch or onto the wrong side of the road on narrow zroads depending on where it picks up a faded centre line or the ditch.. i hate it all...

I ended up here because literally 10mins after i picked up my mk1 i was parked in the tesco car park 200yds up the road from the dealer, moving my stuff into the octy from my dads Tucson id been driving as a stop gap for a couple of weeks after the cordoba died, when a guy pulled in beside me in another black mk1. he complimented me on how clean it was and the alloys (15" 5 spoke wolfrace ones, they were lovely tbf) that were on it. i laughed and said it should be clean, id only bought it 15mins ago. he told me about briskoda and i signed up that night... thanks Dave! Actually... i must check something.. edit i checked. its now the 12th of Jan, I joined on the 21st of Jan. 9 days to my 13yr Anniversary 🤯

the above little exchange is why i love this forum and the mk2 vrs seats will look lovely. does the lumbar support still work in your current seats? glad the evrymod-ectomy has made such an instant difference. on the boost drop, is it wheel speed dependent, or engine speed dependent? is it only doing it in 5th, or will it do it in other gears too at the same rpm? if you can rev it on in lower gears, id sacrifice fuel economy for a longer trip and dont go past 3rd gear but at high speed. the good old italian tuning run could really help clear it out after the evrymod likely coked it all up.

sorry, i completely forgot about this one... from what you describe, it sounds very similar to when mine had a failed injector. keeping the revs up it sounded and felt fine but low down it was awful.

I got a carista last yr and its very good for clearing codes and doing extra settings and stuff. i also have a elm 327 and torque pro. the dongle seemed to have died thus getting the carista. Torque is much better for live logging data as carista only seems to do snap shots, where the torque pro app will log continuously for what ever parameter you choose and can be saved as a text file iirc. much better for diagosing a problem and isolating when something is happening.