Hello guys, I ve noticed that for some reason, my 05 Octy pre-fl won’t unlock using the button on the remote. Now, i have a few a info to share that might help you

 

1. i’m not sure if the central lock is oem or it was installed by the prev owner as i have a blue led right next to my ESP button that s flashing when the car is locked, although i have the original skoda key with the remote, not an aftermarket one for the central locking

 

2. as i said, i have that blue led that s flashing when the car is locked. if i lock the car using the remote, that led starts to flash, but when i unlock the car using the remote, the blue light stops flashing, as it should, but the doors are still locked and when i press on the lock button again, the led will start flashing and the sidelights will flash just as normal, thing which is not doing on the unlock part.

 

3. when i m inside the car and try to lock/unlock the car from the remote, it locks just fine, but when i press the unlock button, i can hear like a click click noise, led light stops flashing and the doors are still locked unless i turn on the ignition

 

i already tried to turn the key to position 1 in the ignition and press the unlock button, which worked, the remote worked for like a day after that and then went back to not unlocking the car and the ignition thing does not work anymore

 

i have also tried a new battery, still the same issue

 

any help/advices are more than welcome as i don t know what to do anymore

strangely my o8 octavia estate 1.9tdi just developed a similar issue ,key fob for its last two days would not unlock the car i had to place key in lock and manually open and had to put key in ignition and turn ignition on to prevent alarm going off and to press the unlock button in front of handbrake . wasnt too bothered as i have stopped using the car now and parked it up .I wonder if some gremlin has got in as i kid you not i was driving with drivers window open about 3 inches and without touching anything driving along the window just shut itself .i also had some noises coming from fronty passenger door some kind of actuator kept trying to do something for several mins and then stopped  it did that several times over the two days.