Skoda Connect woes

So Skoda Connect has always been a bit flaky for me, sometimes connecting and sometimes staying 'stuck' (offline with the red globe). When it's not connecting, it requires a system restart or unplugging and replugging the Skoda CarStick (it has an O2 SIM inside).

I renewed my Skoda Connect subscription in August 2026 and since then it now seems a LOT worse. It's not connecting most of the time, and system restarts or unplugging and replugging the CarStick have no effect. I can tether to my mobile phone (Vodafone) instead of using the CarStick, but even this seems to drop connection randomly and I lose all of the live traffic flow data. I've tried different SIM cards to no avail.

So I'm at a bit of a loss as to what is at fault here, but the common denominator seems to be the car itself. AI suggested it may be to do with the CarStick being a Huawei device that doesn't handle IPv6 properly, but I'm skeptical given that I get similar issues via mobile tethering.

I contacted Skoda Connect who have advised me to book the car into the workshop. Wondering if I'm just throwing good money after bad at this point.

I can use Android Auto, which I don't really like but better than having no live traffic data. If I hadn't just paid for another year old Skoda Connect I wouldn't mind so much...

Anyone else had similar issues or any idea what could be done to resolve this?