Hi Guys,

I have an SOS warning light issue that has come up on my car. I've tried to reset the fault by switching the infotainment on and off. I called a specialist in London who wanted £180 to do a diagnostic scan and said the repair will likely cost £1.5k but there is no guarantee that it will not rematerialise again.

Has anyone come across this issue? Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks Davi

I’m fairly certain Skoda needs to do a software update which is chargeable I think

Hopefully someone else will come along but have a search in the forums, might be able to find someone else’s issue

6 hours ago, Davi said:

Hi Guys,

I have an SOS warning light issue that has come up on my car. I've tried to reset the fault by switching the infotainment on and off. I called a specialist in London who wanted £180 to do a diagnostic scan and said the repair will likely cost £1.5k but there is no guarantee that it will not rematerialise again.

Has anyone come across this issue? Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks Davi

As already mentioned by Danoid this was a fairly common problem a couple of years ago (although the cause in your case could be different, a diagnostic check should give the problem area).

I've ordered an OBD11 VAG OBD2 diagnostic checker. I will see what that tells me and update you guys.

What is scary is that mine is not an intermittent issue; it's permanently on. I've tried to reset the infotainment, but that hasn't worked. After I read the fault code, I may clear it and see how long it takes to reappear.

I watched a video on YouTube of VWwizard or volkswizard repairing this issue in an Audi A4. He ended up fixing it by changing the antenna cable. I fear that may be my issue, or worse, a replacement control unit.

The avenue of Software updates may be a solution I'm happy to explore.

I'll share back what I find.

Edited 11 July, 202511 Jul by Davi

Mine comes on from time to time but the dealer I bought it from is going to get a software update done

Edited 11 July, 202511 Jul by Guil

Hi @Guil thanks, please let me know if that works