Has anyone done this.

 

I found this while browsing on eBay. Seems like too easy a solution!

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cruise-Control-Retrofit-Kit-for-Skoda-Octavia-MK1-Petrol/272946111989?hash=item3f8cdb25f5:g:UygAAOSwHaBWjrdb

Link is not working for me, but yes I had cruise control fitted within a year of buying my car. I got someone else to fit it though and you will need to enable it in VCDS (or similarly capable diagnostic kit).

Fairly easy to do. I did mine a while ago. Just a case of changing the indicator stalk for the cruise control one and then plug in a loom from the stalk to the bulkhead and then the bulkhead to the ecu. Once you've installed the hardware, it just needs activating. I only have VCDS lite (the free version with a cheap ebay cable) and it worked straight away.

 Fantastic. For 100 quid I will definitely go for it. 

 

 Thanks for that. 

£100?!

 

I'm sure the kit I got was about £60-70, but that was 6 odd years ago.

I fitted one to a Mk4 golf about 5-6yrs ago.

Was about £70 for the kit, I also retro fitted heated seat loom at the same time so had wire everywhere. 

VW charged me £15 to activate cruise with VAGcom 

 

As long as you dont have an aftermarket stereo its easy enough

Okay, thanks.

I know this is an old thread, but here goes. Just installed a cruise control stalk on my 2007 octavia, and everything seems fine, haven't programmed it yet. But I think I managed to turn the steering sensor a bit during the install, and now I've got a steering wheel lamp lit in my dash. 

 Is this something that I just have to program out? Like reset the sensor or something? Or do I have to take it all apart again and adjust it manually somehow?

Its thrown up the steering angle sensor.

 

Same happens if your tracking is massively out

 

It thinks the steering wheel is off line

 

Wheel back off, turn the ring back and wheel back on im afraid but at least its a free fix

It worked itself out! Took it for a little drive, and the lamp went out after a short while. Free fix indeed