Hi all,

 

Has anyone been able to resolve the sync setting in the climate control to remember the setting?

 

Can this be done via OBD11? or Long codes?

 

TIA

It’s the climatronic module that needs a firmware update. The issue in getting it done is that Skoda have never officially acknowledged it’s an issue, even though on later vehicles the issues is resolved.

 

You will probably find your unit is at the following version:

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08 Air Conditioning

    System description: Climatronic
    Software number: 5WA907727P
    Software version: 0341
    Hardware number: 5WA907727P
    Hardware version: H02
    Serial number: --------------------

Getting it upgraded to version 0440, 0531 or anything later resolves the issue.

 

The problem you will have is convincing a dealer that it is an issue and getting them to do something about it. I had to produce a video of the behaviour of my car compared to a 2022 loan Octavia which worked as it should.

 

Here’s a link to a forum thread detailing the issue: Link to forum thread

 

if you’re still taking the car for work at Marshall Letchworth, it was their lead technician, Mick, that finally managed to get the relevant update applied to the unit. So this is definitely a dealer that has seen and dealt with the issue previously.

 

it really needs Skoda to formally accept this as being an issue and releasing a TPI.

 

 

Edited 9 June, 20241 yr by JamesK
Added further info

Thanks @JamesK

 

Did you have to pay for this?

 

They have had my car for 2 months.  Had I had know about this, I would have included it in the list of works. 😞

The car was under warranty so I didn't have to pay for it.

 

However, it is demonstrably not functioning as it should, therefore they should fix it free of charge - especially if they've had your car for 2 months!

 

I'm surprised they've had your car for so long. They had my car in there for 4 weeks in January last year as Skoda UK wanted a car an early car to work with for them to understand all of the issues the "First Edition" vehicles were having related to software, and why some software updates were being applied but not fixing issues. Given the issues I was experiencing I was more than happy to hand it over in exchange for a new Superb, and they could've kept it for as long as they liked. I was just happy to be driving a car that just worked!