skoda octavia

vikes

hi guys , is there somebdy who can help me sort out of my problem please, i bought a car skoda octavia 01 reg 1.4 petrol, the problem is speedometer is not working.( which shows us the speed of the car) rest of the part is working, could somebody tell me wht could be the problem and how to solve it please!!:(

sean1141

get it scanned with vagcom

vikes

sean1141 wrote: »

get it scanned with vagcom

Vagcom ? Wht is it ? Sorry its my first car nevr had car before , nd where i can get this, pls

sean1141

what part of the country are you in? its a dignostic tool which will show up faults with the car. it might show a problem with the clocks. did you buy the car with no spedo working??

vikes

sean1141 wrote: »

what part of the country are you in? its a dignostic tool which will show up faults with the car. it might show a problem with the clocks. did you buy the car with no spedo working??

i am from dublin!! on that time i didnt look at the speedo i juz checck the milage. bt whn i was goin home from the place thn i noticed tht speedo is not working:(

JayReale

Oh man, the craic we had with this very problem. As mentioned above, you will need to get the diagnostics run. We were initially told it was a problem with the sensor- got it replaced, but no joy. The garage we were dealing with (main dealer in Castlebar & Galway) then told us we needed a full new dash clocks at a cost of about 800 EUR!!! In the end, we spoke with one of the mechanics in a North Side Dublin main dealer. He suggested it may be a loose wire somewhere behind the handbrake- fixed it in a few mins at a cost of about EUR100.... after about 6 months of having no working speedo!

sean1141

garage?? you should have went back...
try vagdrivers.net someone there might have more info or be able to scan your car. its an irish site..
also try briskoda uk site

vikes

JayReale wrote: »

Oh man, the craic we had with this very problem. As mentioned above, you will need to get the diagnostics run. We were initially told it was a problem with the sensor- got it replaced, but no joy. The garage we were dealing with (main dealer in Castlebar & Galway) then told us we needed a full new dash clocks at a cost of about 800 EUR!!! In the end, we spoke with one of the mechanics in a North Side Dublin main dealer. He suggested it may be a loose wire somewhere behind the handbrake- fixed it in a few mins at a cost of about EUR100.... after about 6 months of having no working speedo!

really?? i think thats the problem!! one mechanic told me to replace it with used one , i was tryin to find junk yards bt no use!! can u tell me it was showing you the oil light after few miles drives as well ? nd fuel gauge also moving( going up and down) whn i car taking turn??

vikes

sean1141 wrote: »

garage?? you should have went back...
try vagdrivers.net someone there might have more info or be able to scan your car. its an irish site..
also try briskoda uk site

ok thts grt!! thanx man!!! thnx for ur help again!!!

JayReale

Yeah, that sounds like what was wrong with mine... fuel guage was up and down like a yo yo and MPH needle was alternating between flying up and down and just doing nothing. Oh, and it wasn't clocking up any mileage. Got it fixed in the Skoda dealer on Prussia Street in the end.

Stoolbend

There is a fuse that you can take out and they should start working again. The clock and trip mileage will reset themselves every time you switch the car off but everything else can come back to life.

It's fuse no.15.

I've had this problem twice and it worked but they were both diesels.

selfbuilder1

JayReale wrote: »

Oh man, the craic we had with this very problem. As mentioned above, you will need to get the diagnostics run. We were initially told it was a problem with the sensor- got it replaced, but no joy. The garage we were dealing with (main dealer in Castlebar & Galway) then told us we needed a full new dash clocks at a cost of about 800 EUR!!! In the end, we spoke with one of the mechanics in a North Side Dublin main dealer. He suggested it may be a loose wire somewhere behind the handbrake- fixed it in a few mins at a cost of about EUR100.... after about 6 months of having no working speedo!

That garage just loves to go for the dearest option first instead of trying with the cheap fix and seeing if that fixes the problem. And yes I am talking with experience.

vikes

JayReale wrote: »

Yeah, that sounds like what was wrong with mine... fuel guage was up and down like a yo yo and MPH needle was alternating between flying up and down and just doing nothing. Oh, and it wasn't clocking up any mileage. Got it fixed in the Skoda dealer on Prussia Street in the end.

. Same here, ill see if u can go to tht place,thnx for ur help thnx alott,

vikes

barry81 wrote: »

There is a fuse that you can take out and they should start working again. The clock and trip mileage will reset themselves every time you switch the car off but everything else can come back to life.

It's fuse no.15.

I've had this problem twice and it worked but they were both diesels.

ok thts grt idea i should try this, thnx alot man, u guys are very kind,

vikes

selfbuilder1 wrote: »

That garage just loves to go for the dearest option first instead of trying with the cheap fix and seeing if that fixes the problem. And yes I am talking with experience.

Ok ill b carefull with ur advise, thnx man, ill see tomr if i can fix it thnx again

Henry Ford III

vikes wrote: »

Ok ill b carefull with ur advise, thnx man, ill see tomr if i can fix it thnx again

Word

kyote00

cn we fkng ban txspk plz

vikes

kyote00 wrote: »

cn we fkng ban txspk plz

sorry wht ?

Esel

vikes wrote: »

Vagcom ? Wht is it ? Sorry its my first car nevr had car before , nd where i can get this, pls

vikes wrote: »

i am from dublin!! on that time i didnt look at the speedo i juz checck the milage. bt whn i was goin home from the place thn i noticed tht speedo is not working:(

vikes wrote: »

really?? i think thats the problem!! one mechanic told me to replace it with used one , i was tryin to find junk yards bt no use!! can u tell me it was showing you the oil light after few miles drives as well ? nd fuel gauge also moving( going up and down) whn i car taking turn??

vikes wrote: »

ok thts grt!! thanx man!!! thnx for ur help again!!!

vikes wrote: »

. Same here, ill see if u can go to tht place,thnx for ur help thnx alott,

vikes wrote: »

ok thts grt idea i should try this, thnx alot man, u guys are very kind,

vikes wrote: »

Ok ill b carefull with ur advise, thnx man, ill see tomr if i can fix it thnx again

vikes wrote: »

sorry wht ?

Text Speak. It's very annoying, to be honest, and is not allowed on Boards.

vikes

esel wrote: »

Text Speak. It's very annoying, to be honest, and is not allowed on Boards.

lol ok!!!

EPM

Did you buy it from a garage? If you did bring it back. It's their problem

eskoflip

I now have the same problem. Did you get it fixed?? If so, how?