i have just bought a 2nd hand skoda octavia estate facelift 1.0ts 2018 and the battery needs replacing. my local garage wants a radio code beofre the repalce the EFB battery so i phonw skoda main dealer 60 miles away and the say no code at your car has Automatic Component Protection  My localgarage still says it wants a code How does battery changing with component protection work, i know a new battery number needs to be added but anything else 

 

Battery will need coding in and if component protection has come in then it may need u locking at main dealer:: this helps to protect against using stolen parts 

 

51 minutes ago, geoffrye said:

My localgarage still says it wants a code

They don't need one; ACP has stored the radio code in EEPROM in the main body ECU since the Octy 1 was introduced. The fact of a new battery does need programming to the car though.

5 minutes ago, KenONeill said:

They don't need one; ACP has stored the radio code in EEPROM in the main body ECU since the Octy 1 was introduced. The fact of a new battery does need programming to the car though.

The radio in my Octy 1 always asked for a code, I think you'll find it started with the Octy2 that was full canbus rather than the partial canbus on the Octy 1 ??

5 minutes ago, nige8021 said:

The radio in my Octy 1 always asked for a code, I think you'll find it started with the Octy2 that was full canbus rather than the partial canbus on the Octy 1 ??

My Octy 1 has never asked for a code. It has the OEM Skoda radio-cassette head and CD stacker.

Component Protection only happens when certain modules, those that VAG think are most likely to be stolen, are replaced.

 

If you don't replace a module then component protection is irrelevant.

 

When changing the battery if the battery type and capacity are the same as the old battery then all that's needed is to change the serial number by one digit - that's enough to tell the BMS that a new battery has been fitted.

 

For many years the radio had stored the VIN of the car it is first installed into, now the radio is included in the component protection items so if it's the same radio in the same car there's nothing to do.

Edited 10 January, 20224 yr by PetrolDave

30 minutes ago, KenONeill said:

They don't need one; ACP has stored the radio code in EEPROM in the main body ECU since the Octy 1 was introduced. The fact of a new battery does need programming to the car though.

thanks, i understand now what ACP is, my 2012 Golf plus needed a code so was surprised the skoda didnt, i understand the concept of coding in the EFB battery which is totell the interligent charger it has a new battery

 

 

Thanks All

5 hours ago, KenONeill said:

My Octy 1 has never asked for a code. It has the OEM Skoda radio-cassette head and CD stacker.

 

Very strange as mine had the OEM satnav unit and every time I removed it to do something it needed the 4 digit unlock code, unless yours was a late mk1 ? where the mk1 &2 overlapped and had effectively mk2 setup ??

1 hour ago, nige8021 said:

 

Very strange as mine had the OEM satnav unit and every time I removed it to do something it needed the 4 digit unlock code, unless yours was a late mk1 ? where the mk1 &2 overlapped and had effectively mk2 setup ??

52 registration. So post facelift but a ways from the mk2.