I have a 2022 VRS Octavia fitted with 19 inch Wheels and 225-40-19 Summer Tyres and I am proposing to fit it with 18 inch Wheels and 225-45-19 Winter Tyres.

 

The question I have is do these vehicles have direct battery powered sensors within the wheels or do they rely on the ABS indirect system.

 

A tyre Dealer has told me they are ABS driven.

The main Skoda Dealer seems confused and reluctant to answer.

The Tyre Valves look to be standard.

I cannot read any codes from the Valves with my Autel MaxiPad programmer which works well on my Ford.

Does anyone know the real situation.

 

Any help would be appreciated before I commit to new Wheels and Tyres for Winter driving.

 

Thanks

Ask your Skoda dealer, or UK Skoda (if UK) and they could provide you with a list of the PR codes for your car.  One of them will tell you what's fitted.

 

Sounds like ABS style TPMS type from your own tests.

Edited 6 January, 20233 yr by varooom

Your tyre valves and your tyre monitoring display will look like this if you have the direct tyre monitoring system.

As far as I know Octavia doesn't have direct TPMS even as an option. 

I finally got some sense from the main dealer and the answer is no Skoda do not fit sensors in the wheels but only use the the ABS to sense tyre diameter. Good news.

 

1 hour ago, David Heavey said:

I finally got some sense from the main dealer and the answer is no Skoda do not fit sensors in the wheels but only use the the ABS to sense tyre diameter. Good news.

 

Not strictly true, maybe in the case of the Octavia, but Skoda do fit sensors in the wheels

( direct TPMS) as is on my Kodiaq.