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Skoda Octavia Dash failure

  • 14-11-2013 2:58pm
    #1
    fpm
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭


    Folks,

    The dash panel in my wifes 2009 Octavia has died. Of course thanks to 'advances' in car design, the dash panel also includes the immobiliser, so now the car won't run.

    From what I can find out, I can't use a secondhand dash panel, since the panels are 'coded' one-time only.

    So, 3 options

    1) 500 euro odd for the panel from Skoda

    2) Send it to one of the repair places in the UK (180 euro odd for repair, or 50 euro inspection fee if they deem it non-repairable)

    3) DIY. If I could get the pin-out diagram for the connector on the back of the dash, (or a complete schematic), one of the electronics geniuses in my work will have a look at it. But of course he needs the pinout/schematic to see where to safely apply power. I have found pinout diagrams online for 2001 and 2004 model, but not for the newer one. Don't suppose anyone has such a thing?

    Any other suggestions gratefully received.
    Thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    joefish1
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭joefish1


    I have a number for the chap that did mine .. he is based in the east and was very fast and thorough ... You can pm if you want his number


  • #3
    enumbers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 552 ✭✭✭enumbers


    kc systems in cork have done a lot of cluster repairs for us and have found them very good.


  • #4
    George Dalton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭George Dalton


    As above. Give KC Systems a try.


  • #5
    fpm
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭fpm


    Thanks very much for the suggestions guys.

    Actually, one of the electronics guys here in work managed to figure out which pins were for power, and got the dash powered up on the bench. We took it back to the garage, where we asked them to plug it back into the car...and it powered up and the car ran fine! Cue much headscratching...

    Now we didn't actually do anything to 'fix' the PCB, other than look at it, so either there was some moisture in there that dried out, or in handling the board we managed to bump a solder connection which had become cracked, or the contact in the dash plug was bad...or something. Anyway, the car is running fine now, but my wife is nervous about driving it, since we didn't actually fix anything, that the same thing will happen her again, and maybe not so lucky again that it happens in our driveway like this time! So I took the dash back out, and have completely split the instruments down to the bare PCB, to try to have a really good look. I'll post again if we make any discoveries, just for the sake of the next person who has something similar.


  • #6
    shamwari
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,142 ✭✭✭shamwari


    OP, is the battery in the car ok? There seems to be something of an emerging trend for oddball faults being caused by a duff battery.


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  • #7
    fpm
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭fpm


    Yes, the battery in the car seems to be OK, voltage reads good. On Monday the guy in work resoldered all the contacts on the back of the header on the PCB. He couldn't see any broken tracks, but he resoldered them anyway just in case. I gave both the pins in the PCB header and the contacts in the car plug a good dose of contact cleaner, and put it all back together. Have been driving the car all week since, and no problems to date. Fingers crossed...


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