Hi all. I have a bulb failure light come up on my dash but having checked, everything is working as it should. Any ideas anyone? Car is a mk2 Octavia 1.6

 

Any bulbs been replaced with LEDs?

My Son recently had the same on his 2006 Touran.  On double-checking it turned out he'd missed a blown sidelight bulb inside the headlamp unit.  Just a thought.

 

Gaz

1 hour ago, PetrolDave said:

Any bulbs been replaced with LEDs?

Nearside repeater, but like for like.

1 hour ago, Gaz said:

My Son recently had the same on his 2006 Touran.  On double-checking it turned out he'd missed a blown sidelight bulb inside the headlamp unit.  Just a thought.

 

Gaz

Nope, checked and double checked. Even fog and reverse lights.

Doesn't have to be the bulb (with later cars at least) - though have you taken the bulb out to see if it's gone silver/smoked/black at all for incandescent or not all wotsits lit for LED?

 

LED bulb quality varies a lot, incandescent replacement bulbs are generally poor quality and don't last now. 

 

Could it be a fault at holder, cluster board, connector, wires, computer program brain-fart(?)?.

 

If it's a repeater try putting the hazards on without the engine running and check all are working OK, better still do that with the headlights, fogs, reverse, lights all on and pressing the brake lights on and off, to really test things, check all the lights remain bright and no changes with brake lights on and off.

 

6 minutes ago, nta16 said:

Doesn't have to be the bulb (with later cars at least) - though have you taken the bulb out to see if it's gone silver/smoked/black at all for incandescent or not all wotsits lit for LED?

 

LED bulb quality varies a lot, incandescent replacement bulbs are generally poor quality and don't last now. 

 

Could it be a fault at holder, cluster board, connector, wires, computer program brain-fart(?)?.

 

If it's a repeater try putting the hazards on without the engine running and check all are working OK, better still do that with the headlights, fogs, reverse, lights all on and pressing the brake lights on and off, to really test things, check all the lights remain bright and no changes with brake lights on and off.

 

I'll give that a try in the morning.

BTW (not that it matters and no need to reply) did you realise you've posted in the 'Hellos and Goodbyes' forum and not 'General Maintenance' or 'Skoda Octavia Mk II (2004 - 2013)' forum. ( https://www.briskoda.net/forums/forum/28-skoda-octavia-mk-ii-2004-2013/ )

Just to finish this off. I found a trapped wire where someone had possibly replaced a bulb in the NSR cluster at some time. Made good the almost severed lead and everything is hunky dory.