Relatively new to Skoda [have a Octavia Le Tour de France]  With past vehicles I would disconnect the earth, this vehicle is different. Just had a new battery installed [smart stop n go] Course they had to 'program' it in.

If I just disconnect one pole can it still monitor, I ask as not sure whenever disconnecting battery needs reprogramming each time [bloody nuisance]

Just follow any instructions in the 'Owner's Manual' about disconnecting the battery and what might be required when reconnected (not all or just one thing they list might need attention).

 

Bear in mind how you are going to get back into the car to reconnect the battery, again follow what's in the 'Owner's Manual'.

 

If you don't have the paper printed copy you can get a free VWSkoda pdf download copy from the following link, if you read the Owner's Manual' and refer to it (even for what should be simple jobs until made more complex) then you will know more about your car than many long term owners or some at Dealerships and garages. - https://manual.skoda-auto.com/004/en-com/Models 

 

The battery only needs 'coding' when renewed and possibly not even then if changed almost exactly like-for-like, the first page of the following will explain. - VCDS How to adapt a new battery.pdf

 

You'd probably get more and faster replies by posting in the Skoda Octavia Mk III (2013 - 2020) section of the site. - https://www.briskoda.net/forums/forum/235-skoda-octavia-mk-iii-2013-2020/

 

Good luck.

 

 

Strangely had a new battery fitted last week [had to be coded] Guy that fit it said earth lead only if disconnecting.

Vehicle wont be left at home while away [parked in a secure compound] The 8 weeks could turn into 12, without being driven at all.

18 hours ago, Dogsb said:

Guy that fit it said earth lead only if disconnecting.

Vehicle wont be left at home while away [parked in a secure compound] The 8 weeks could turn into 12, without being driven at all.

 

All the more reason to follow my previous post advice, last thing you want when you return is not to be able to get into your own car or have hassles to do so.  Alternatively there will be threads on this site about leaving a car parked for many weeks and what is required with disconnecting and reconnecting the battery (no 'coding' required) but the relevant 'Owner's Manual' to your car (model, year or better still VIN) will be much more specific, unless the car has been change from factory standard.  Despite what many big-boys might say it's not weak to read instructions before doing stuff but weak not to.

 

On 16/06/2023 at 08:54, nta16 said:

Just follow any instructions in the 'Owner's Manual' about disconnecting the battery and what might be required when reconnected (not all or just one thing they list might need attention).

 

Bear in mind how you are going to get back into the car to reconnect the battery, again follow what's in the 'Owner's Manual'.

 

If you don't have the paper printed copy you can get a free VWSkoda pdf download copy from the following link, if you read the Owner's Manual' and refer to it (even for what should be simple jobs until made more complex) then you will know more about your car than many long term owners or some at Dealerships and garages. - https://manual.skoda-auto.com/004/en-com/Models 

 

Your battery or vehicle is not going to know nor care which battery lead has been disconnected or both of them or what order it was done in.

On 12/06/2023 at 08:36, Dogsb said:

If I just disconnect one pole can it still monitor,

 

Of course not, the electrical system will be dead.

 

1 hour ago, nta16 said:

the relevant 'Owner's Manual' to your car (model, year or better still VIN) will be much more specific, unless the car has been change from factory standard.  Despite what many big-boys might say it's not weak to read instructions before doing stuff but weak not to.

 

This seems to be your latest obsession, you would save a lot of forum space by typing RT(F)M.

5 minutes ago, J.R. said:

This seems to be your latest obsession, you would save a lot of forum space by typing RT(F)M.

No, I've been putting such for many years and if you check you'll see I've put RTfM before and others didn't like it, you're not the only one I have to try and please.  Just putting RtFM could on occasion be rude as a reply plus some may not know what RTM or RTfM means.

 

Whilst you may frequently see text repeated to the various posters it'll be a first time, and if not a reminder.

 

Many confuse owner's manuals with workshop manuals and/or have no or little idea of the scope of very useful information in the owner's manual and even those that think they know sometimes need to check the book as various models and years have little variations of VW's added complexities to what used to be very simple and obvious little jobs.

 

Even my longest posts take a fraction of a second to scroll past, this site isn't restricted to FB or Twitter type very restricted posts.