1 hour ago, ANALOGUE said:

The replacement alternator did not fix my PDC (battery discharging) issue, as previously reported. The fault is still under investigation by the dealership - I'm now expecting a software update, possibly to 1969.

It will be very interesting to see if the 1969 update makes any difference to this issue as my current guess is still that it's something to do with insufficient time being allowed by the software for the relevant modules to start up properly before checking the parking sensors. 

3 hours ago, JammyUK said:

My infotainment screen has totally died now, along with a permanent warning on my virtual dash about PDC not working, and SOS not working. I have no navigation (including compass) or parking sensors, and obviously all functionality accessed using the screen is inaccessible, such as driving style, a/c, etc. Strangely, adaptive cruise still works. It’s going into Skoda tomorrow.

This sounds similar to a problem I had while on holiday in France last year under the previous (1900 I think) software, where the infotainment got into a constant reboot loop every 3 mins or so and after repeating this about 10 times just shut down completely with all the warning lights on you mention, no sensors, no reversing camera, SOS error etc. Leaving the car locked for a hour or so caused it to reset and start the cycle again. It didn't affect how the car drove physically but made me realise how interconnected the infotainment screen is with parking sensors etc. 

 

After spending a lot of my holiday on this site/Google I managed to trace it to it trying to auto-download DAB radio station logos (presumably for the 'wrong' region in my case) and turning off that setting in the Radio app settings stopped the reboot cycle. Not sure if this problem still affects the 1941 version though as I've had the setting turned off ever since. 

On 16/02/2024 at 10:33, ALBACORE said:

So an update on my previous post on PDC errors and Infotainment System instability. After a bit of personal research I changed the start up sequence I had been using from Day1 which was foot on the clutch and press the Start button (vehicle is petrol and manual gearbox). I now press the Start button till the Virtual Display boots then foot on the clutch and press the start button a second time. Since changing to this start up sequence I have had no more PDC errors.

The infotainment saga continues and it looks like the car will have to go to the dealers for an extended investigation. However the After Sales Manager at the dealership told me that the Infotainment system was designed to run on the same hardware platform as the Eniaq but due to the component shortages during and after Covid other components were substituted to allow orders to be delivered to customers. Possibly my car has some substitute hardware. We will wait and see.

It doesn’t work.. at this moment I’m in the dealer cause my car (Octavia mk4 2024) faults again. I was here las week; and came again with the same problem.. is very annoying, I can’t use my car properly 

Mine was looked at today. Apparently the car needs a new MIB control module, which they can’t get for a month 😞

It's called floppy disc syndrome. Remember when we all had 3.5 inch disc drives? Or even 5-inch drives if you're over 60!!! Then these were usurped by CD-rom players. Then the CD-rom players started to vanish. The same principle applies to car software and hardware systems...and be afraid! Anyone with a Skoda that is 6 or more years old and mostly "analogue" should hold on tight - they won't have to worry about whether the software company responsible for some parts of the system will still be in business in 5 years, or if other bits of software have been updated and are not compatible with the now-unsupported parts of the system. Life is grand when it is all working, but I fear that all vehicles from all makers could start to be real trouble in the next 5-10 years. The bigger marques like BMW, Mercedes, Tesla etc, probably less likely. But the rest? We shall have to wait and see...

 

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On 09/12/2023 at 10:27, dazzaT4 said:

Have a 2020/70 SE 1st Ed estate, 1.5TSi. Often the PDC unavailable comes up when engaging reverse. It will always work if I switch car off and back on again.

What's going on with it? Any ideas? I've recently gor the 1491 sw update but it's made no difference. 

Thanks 

Hello

 

I want to ask you something... 

 

What kind of PDC do you have?

4k (rear)

8k (front & rear)

12k (PAL)

 

I have the same problem.. My car is at the workshop (official dealer) from Monday, and they don't have any idea  about the problem. My car is a Octavia 2024 Sportline 2.0TDI

Edited 24 July, 20241 yr by manuelin

I can report months after the repair that mine has not done it again. They replaced the battery with a different brand (Banner).

I've never had any issues with this until this week. Started Saturday (I think) and every time I start the car I get the 'please clean front sensors' as well the emergency braking one. I tried the ignition on (but no start) but makes no difference; cleaned the sensors - no sign of any damage or stone chips. I updated to V 1969 several weeks ago so can't blame the SW version.

 

Really annoying - will keep watching this thread and (probably) have to go to the dealer 😞 

My PDC issue was eventually diagnosed by the dealership as a faulty infotainment display unit, which was intermittently draining the battery with the ignition switched off.

On 20/08/2024 at 14:09, Maxi24 said:

I've never had any issues with this until this week. Started Saturday (I think) and every time I start the car I get the 'please clean front sensors' as well the emergency braking one. I tried the ignition on (but no start) but makes no difference; cleaned the sensors - no sign of any damage or stone chips. I updated to V 1969 several weeks ago so can't blame the SW version.

 

Really annoying - will keep watching this thread and (probably) have to go to the dealer 😞 

 

Getting fed up now as have another fault. This has happened 3 times in the last week - after starting car (and getting PDC error), the infotainment screen does not come on. It's working, as music is playing and I can turn the silly exhaust noise off (knowing where to press on the screen). Screen comes on after 5 mins or so.

 

Booked into dealer and they (kind of) confirmed that PDC was related to infotainment unit - they will run diagnostics & stuff on it. I suspect that I will need their loan car for longer than a day but let's see 😉 

On 09/12/2023 at 15:27, dazzaT4 said:

Have a 2020/70 SE 1st Ed estate, 1.5TSi. Often the PDC unavailable comes up when engaging reverse. It will always work if I switch car off and back on again.

What's going on with it? Any ideas? I've recently gor the 1491 sw update but it's made no difference. 

Thanks 

I have got the same issue, my car is a Sept 2021 reg and everything worked well until I downloaded some updates and now, even after a service and raising the issue with the garage (The garage said it was the sensors but this is NOT the case!) it looks like it is the software update 1941 and subsequent updates have not been able to correct this. The PDC error occurs  every other time I start the car.

On 27/09/2024 at 11:16, Maxi24 said:

 

Getting fed up now as have another fault. This has happened 3 times in the last week - after starting car (and getting PDC error), the infotainment screen does not come on. It's working, as music is playing and I can turn the silly exhaust noise off (knowing where to press on the screen). Screen comes on after 5 mins or so.

 

Booked into dealer and they (kind of) confirmed that PDC was related to infotainment unit - they will run diagnostics & stuff on it. I suspect that I will need their loan car for longer than a day but let's see 😉 

 

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Edited 8 October, 20241 yr by Maxi24

8 minutes ago, Maxi24 said:

 

Quick update - car is currently at dealer and I've had 2 phone calls about the SW version. The car is running 1961 which (according to dealer) doesn't exist and Skoda are not aware of it. As the version isn't recognised by Skoda, not covered by warranty !

My car is running 1805 (I have a swing radio 🤦🏻‍♂️) but the dealer and Skoda say that is the last version (for me).. and I have the problems with the PDC or infotainment… at this moment, we are testing with different battery (since a week ago), so will see 🤷🏻‍♂️

On 27/09/2024 at 11:16, Maxi24 said:

 

Getting fed up now as have another fault. This has happened 3 times in the last week - after starting car (and getting PDC error), the infotainment screen does not come on. It's working, as music is playing and I can turn the silly exhaust noise off (knowing where to press on the screen). Screen comes on after 5 mins or so.

 

Booked into dealer and they (kind of) confirmed that PDC was related to infotainment unit - they will run diagnostics & stuff on it. I suspect that I will need their loan car for longer than a day but let's see 😉 

And to really p*** me off, the dealer technician says one of the parking sensors has a stone chip and likely the cause of the PDC error....so not covered by warranty.😡

 

They are currently swapping sensors from a 'donor' car but as the bumper needs to come off, going to be 2+ hours. Expensive 🤧

On 07/02/2024 at 11:10, Batez said:

Try not to start the car immediately, just press the start button, wait 4-5 seconds and then press the button to start the car. This way works for me not to get the error. I think it's software/firmware problem, it needs time to load. It's startet to show at me 2-3 weeks after update to 1941.

This is a handy tip for car owners in general IMO, no matter what the make or model, giving your car a few seconds for the components to ready themselves rather than firing straight up from turning the ignition on is something I've done on all my vehicles for a little while now. Once helped me fix an issue I was having with an o2 sensor with a heated circuit, if I fired the engine up too quickly the circuit would throw up a sensor error, by waiting after turning ignition on I got around this

Exactly the same with me, count 5 seconds after turning ignition on then start the car. Not had any errors since I began doing this 2 weeks ago, before that was getting lots of amber warnings on start up, front assist, parking brake, lane departure, parking sensors etc... this seems to be a valid work around .

This works for me 99% of the time 👍

Car in at Dealers this morning,  they contacted me as the errors were showing remotely in their system and as its only just over a year old should be fixed under warranty.  Errors never happened till after it's first service 7 weeks ago, assume the did a software update and this is what's causing it.

On 24/07/2024 at 01:44, manuelin said:

 

Hello

 

I want to ask you something... 

 

What kind of PDC do you have?

4k (rear)

8k (front & rear)

12k (PAL)

 

I have the same problem.. My car is at the workshop (official dealer) from Monday, and they don't have any idea  about the problem. My car is a Octavia 2024 Sportline 2.0TDI

 

Hi,

sorry for long delay 🙂

I just have rear sensors 

Cheers

On 07/09/2024 at 15:15, ANALOGUE said:

My PDC issue was eventually diagnosed by the dealership as a faulty infotainment display unit, which was intermittently draining the battery with the ignition switched off.

 

My intermittent PDC error returned about 4 weeks after the dealership replaced the infotainment display unit, battery and alternator, and updated the software to 1969. The fault is still occurring more frequently during cold weather. The battery terminal voltage dips to 8.4V during cold cranking, which seems acceptable.

 

Anyone else still having the same PDC issue or had it fixed by the dealership?

Edited 5 January, 20251 yr by ANALOGUE

15 hours ago, ANALOGUE said:

 

My intermittent PDC error returned about 4 weeks after the dealership replaced the infotainment display unit, battery and alternator, and updated the software to 1969. The fault is still occurring more frequently during cold weather. The battery terminal voltage dips to 8.4V during cold cranking, which seems acceptable.

 

Anyone else still having the same PDC issue or had it fixed by the dealership?

Hi

 

i still have that problem.. but i have a swing radio.. my dealership saids they’re going to change the communication unit (I suppose: gateway unit or maybe the BCM)… I’m waiting for it. 🤷🏻‍♂️

On 06/01/2025 at 02:51, manuelin said:

Hi

 

i still have that problem.. but i have a swing radio.. my dealership saids they’re going to change the communication unit (I suppose: gateway unit or maybe the BCM)… I’m waiting for it. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Skoda recently released a software update to fix the PDC issue. My car had the update done last week by the dealership - so far so good.  An OTA MIB software update is pending to fix some instability issues with the infotainment system.

the update was released in 24 december 2024

it will update the PDC unit to SW581/582

 

also there is un OTA update for MIB, SW1985.  Remember you have to be registered as main user in MIB, otherwise you will not receive the update 

 

 

Hello @andreiro221,

Can you share more details about this update to 76 - PDC Control Unit? Has the SK dealer did this upgrade? Is there any TPI released?

Now, with this cold wave I'm encountering some intermittent warnings and sometimes brute force stops at low speed.

PS: My current SW version is: 5WA919298B (0578)

Thank you.
RO: Numai bine!
 

The Skoda dealer applied a TPI software update to my vehicle 3 weeks ago to rectify the PDC issue. I don't have any other info, but assume PDC unit upgraded to SW581/582, as mentioned above by andreiro221). I've not experienced any PDC errors since. I also had an OTA update a couple of weeks ago for the MIB - now on version SW1985.