Paulusc

Cheers Vrsbuddy, Valeo always made good lighting products (Cibie for example), so I'll take a look, thanks!

As a point of clarity, this is reading 114 - remembered it incorrectly..... d'oh!

Thanks for that Vrsbuddy. Curiously I looked at the rear wiper on a 67 plate VW golf estate and the wiper arm appeared identical to that on the Octavia.

Not near my diagnostics presently, but has anyone had numerals (in this case 115) come up in the trip computer (against the time elapsed (circle with 90 degrees as solid white)) symbol on turning on the ignition? This has happened the last two occasions on start up (my usual default read-out is MPG) and the symbols do not come up as a delineated time read-out (i.e. 1:15), but as 115, this remains through the ignition cycle and can only be removed by scrolling through the trip computer (R/H stalk button)?

Exactly the same issue as all of you; like Parsnipthecat I've had this problem since new, tried OE and quality aftermarket to no avail, came to the conclusion it was just as well I was taught to drive on door mirrors... Will look for a Valeo blade on the basis of what Vrsbuddy says by the look of it (tho I thought we'd tried that one..).

I'm agreeing with x-man on this one. Bought my Octavia in 2009 and within a matter of months the rear discs were starting to degrade so I mentioned it to the dealer; "nothing to worry about" was their retort..... Suffice to say the rears wore much quicker and the discs eventually showed such signs of degradation we had her up on the ramps and replaced discs and pads, I overhauled the calipers cleaning pistons and that infernal "wear compensator" which is the usual culprit. A quality (Sealey) wind-back tool makes life far easier and the application of a small amount of copper grease to the pads where they contact with the (cleaned) calliper. Needless to say, the replacements have lasted MUCH longer.. And with reference to comments on the brake proportioning valve; this reduces the amount of braking effort going to the rear brakes under heavy braking to reduce the likelihood of the wheels locking as load transfers to the front wheels (laws of physics).

Curiously, we can't charge 'phones on either the Octavia or Fabia from the front power socket. The test plug shows 12-14v (depending on whether the engine is running obviously) and we can run everything else from the front socket (sat nav, in-car camera, doubler, even an inverter) and we're trying to charge the phone using a high-end USB adaptor, has been a constant source of frustration and defies logic..