Hi,

I'm new member and I just introduced myself and just from the start I have one question

As I say in introduction I want to learn and to be able to do some easy maintenance on my car.

I have Octavia MK 3 from 2014 and I'm thinking to buy some good OBD reader.

I found that good one is OBDStar x300M but I saw that they mention different instrument type cluster.

I know that mine have this PN: 5E0920871D but I can't find name that is mentioned in this device page.

As I see it support:

For SKODA    ALL    OCTAVIA    -2006    
For SKODA    ALL    OCTAVIA    2007-                   CDC
For SKODA    ALL    OCTAVIA    2009-2010          NEC+24C32 VDO
For SKODA    ALL    OCTAVIA    -2012                   NEC+24C64 VDO
For SKODA    ALL    OCTAVIA    2014.06-             MQB
For SKODA    ALL    OCTAVIA                                 VDO K Line

 

and the closest that I can see from years is MQB, but my cars is from January 2014. and here it says 2014.06.

 

I tried to google PN:5E0920871D but still I don't know what is the name of this cluster.

I hope that I'm writing on right place and that you can help me.

Thanks in advance and have a nice day.

 

Jasmin

The OBDStar x300M seems to be a mileage correction tool rather than an OBD reader...?

 

All MK3 Octavia's are based on the MQB platform but there are various manufactures for the instrument cluster over the years. This shouldn't effect checking fault codes etc. For reference, 5E0920871D is made by VDO but I've no idea if odometer adjustment is possible using an x300M.

 

For general code reading/clearing, diagnostics and service resets, something like VCDS seems like a better choice as it's much more common.

Thanks for clarification. I read that it can be used for checking fault codes and also for odometer adjustment, but I need it for checking fault codes so I will check that one that you recommended.

I just know that my car is from 2014 (January 2014) and that it have PN that I posted, but if it is not so important for checking fault codes then everything is OK.

But it is nice to know that that PN is from VDO.

Anyway thanks for your help.