Hi Folks,

I've just had some pretty extensive work done on my 2016 Skoda Octavia VRS Estate (2.0ltr 220bhp).

It's now showing an EPC intermittently and other warning like Number Plate Light Fault. Before I take it back to the garage and get them to charge me an arm and a leg to find the fault I want to check what the fault codes are myself. I dont want to buy something that wont give much detail and I want to buy something that I can use for the car longer term with any fault or issue.

What would you recommend?

I bought one of these back in the summer:

AUTOPHIX V007 OBD2 Scanner Compatible with Volkswagen VW Audi Skoda Seat

I paid around £60 from Amazon but they seem to have gone up a bit since then. It reads codes and enables fault deletion but I havn't got around to finding out what else it can do.

OBD Eleven is the best option, gives you all the VW codes, allows you to code in hardware.

I had an Autel DIY scanner worked fine but missed so many codes, so many times it came up as no codes. My first OBD Eleven scan gave me something like 15.

My brother had an oil pressure light that was coming and going on his Seat arona, he used an Autel scanner no codes, used OBD Eleven found an intermittent oil pressure fault and a digital dash control module failure.

Always worth mentioning VCDS for things like this - it can scan and delete fault codes, read values, graph readings and change countless settings in the car - if you have a look on this forum you'll find all sorts of VCDS adaptations.
The OEM cable is expensive, but it's a one time purchase and you can unlock all sorts of stuff.
There are some shady options on facebook marketplace, ebay and the like for knock off versions of VCDS cables, and I do have one, it seems to work fine, but it does require disabling your antivirus when you want to use it 😬

6 minutes ago, SpaceWalrus said:

The OEM cable is expensive, but it's a one time purchase and you can unlock all sorts of stuff.
There are some shady options on facebook marketplace, ebay and the like for knock off versions of VCDS cables, and I do have one, it seems to work fine, but it does require disabling your antivirus when you want to use it 😬

At around £100 per dealer diagnostic session, it soon pays for itself.

BTW if you have a clone/rip-off copy then don't expect any help either from Ross-Tech or on here - we only support the "real deal".

2 minutes ago, PetrolDave said:

At around £100 per dealer diagnostic session, it soon pays for itself.

BTW if you have a clone/rip-off copy then don't expect any help either from Ross-Tech or on here - we only support the "real deal".

Quite correct

I have both, originally got the Ross-tech one, and then bought the knockoff on FB marketplace for £50, it turned out to be quite useful as my work got a fleet of Mk3 Octavias at an absolute base spec, and I only had the 3 vin ross-tech version

That being said, I'd recommend the proper one - you will get proper updates to the software and firmware.

OBD Eleven is fine for pretty much what most on here are likely to need