5J1 035 623A Cruise Control

Pictures of cruise control set.

Inside is new steering wheel selector with CC buttons.

A new BCM unit.

And wires with tightening tapes.

Old BCM that was installed in Fabia and haven't CC support is this one.

To know if your old unit is capable of CC and just need activation, you can use VCDS cable or just unplug BCM from below steering wheel, but do that carefully.

Fitting manual is here.

Skoda Hagoren garage fail

Forgot to tell you guys. Think twice if you go to Hagoren garage in Netanya, official Skoda service station.

If you remember, a while ago I got cruise control kit from Russia that I wanted to install on Fabia. But because of safe on ECU and work needed to be done with wiring, removing air-bag and steering wheel I decided to do that officially at Hagoren in Netanya where I was several times (and each time something fun :-). Where the manager says "who brings his own meat to the steak bar" about bringing oil for service. Such a fail, but now about other thing.

So I made an appointment at 19 Feb 2013 7:30 for fitting cruise control with Alexander Lamberski. I came, give him CC set, he said that's the right items and I went home waiting for his call. He said it will take few hours.
At around 12:00 I got a call from Ituran that ECU was disconnected, they track such cases because that's what thefts do when stilling cars - replace ECUs with donors blocks to bypass immobilizer. And around 13 I called to check how is going, he said car is ready and waiting for me with cruise control installed.
I came happy, paid 700 NIS without checking the car.

Grabbed the keys and turned engine on, put 1st gear towards home... And was curious why speedometer is not working and car reacts very strange on gas - feeling was it getting more fuel and more powerful.
I turned back to Garage. What a fuck? I asked them what's wrong with the car. They took it inside like it what should be happened, no test drive. They knew something was wrong. They connected to VAS and was making feeling that they do something until 16 when they closing garage and asked me to come next day at morning. And said you can safely go home.

I drove home. Car was strange. I guess because speed indication was failed ECU was thinking it's always at idle and washing fuel like waterfall all the way. Car got such a boost, but RPMs was limited to 4000. Another indication that it's idle mode.

At home I connected with VCDS and was shocked. There were errors and bad readiness.
Wednesday,20,February,2013,13:20:40:37412
VCDS Version: Release 11.11.0 (x64)
Data version: 20111111

Readiness Status: 0110 0101
Exhaust Gas Recirculation: Passed
Oxygen Sensor Heating: Failed or Incomplete
Oxygen Sensor(s): Failed or Incomplete
Air Conditioning: Passed
Seconday Air Injection: Passed
Evaporative Emissions: Failed or Incomplete
Catalyst Heating: Passed
Catalytic Converter(s): Failed or Incomplete

Engine was working in open loop O2 sensor. No fuel corrections. I didn't go that day to work because of car issues, I was need to drive to Haifa.

Next day morning 20 Feb 2013 I came at morning for checks. Another day spent for nothing. I remind, I already paid for work done. After their manipulations with VAS, I checked and saw the same picture with errors. I asked to put back electronic module without cruise control. And it worked perfectly again. For my notes that probably you have to call to central Skoda garage or Czech Republic (you fucking official Skoda, you should have communication support channels) to make it work I got reply that they know what they doing.
We decided to wait and try again when I will come back from Russia in March.

14 of March 2013. I gave them car at 8:30 till they called me and said to take it. When I came, they, sorry, Alexander said me in the face that my cruise control set that I got from Russia is broken and that is the issue. We put the old PCM in place and I went home. 3rd working day to trash.

At home I made a decision to go to central Champion Motors Skoda garage. I didn't believe that my set was broker. Appointment was made to 2nd of April 2013. I took the risk to spent more money but get it done.

Forgot to mention, as I got dashcam all was filmed in garage too. Their test drive is 200m from garage gate to intersection and back - you can't even test cruise control in that condition, because you need to spin wheels to  least 30 km/h to activate it.

So I came to Petah Tikva at morning. Explained again the issue. Steering wheel selector was already in place, all wirings too. Only PCM was not working. This time I took my working laptop and guy who met me Valery even gave me personal room that was empty that day, not their lobby and waiting room. I was happy. But it turns out that it will take more and more time. From dashcam later I saw that all work was done probably in 2-3 hours but because of lunch and car movement and some guys checking things it was spread to whole day. At 16 I got my Fabia with everything working... except second keys set. Yes, always bring second keys set if you know that there should be some work for remapping electrical units. Unfortunately, Skoda technicians already gone but lucky me on second floor was Audi garage and they called someone to register my second keys with the car.

I paid for this 477. And I was happy. Valery even went with me for test drive t check that everything is working. We did few kilometers test to insure it does. I would recommend that garage. I also liked how car flow is planed inside.

But... Next day I jump by Hagoren to say hello to Alexander, he was on lunch. A left him note with two paychecks. And few days after their receptionist called me to come get money back - 477 NIS.

But nobody called to explain or sorry for what they did. That's 3 work days I left there. I can't let them to work on my car without me, sorry.

That's a huge fail. I don't know what they can do right, actually. On first service they replaced original VW oil filter to some cheap shit, I was around and saw this and they put new original one. Probably only print invoices...

And last thing for today. When you install something in your car like cruise control set, check your insurance policy for options. In mine from Phenix, I can add additional equipment and insure it for free up to 7.5% of car cost. That means, you should take offer from garage for installation cost, send it to your insurance (agent or company) and if, unfortunately, car will be stolen, you will get your extra 3,179 NIS for cruise control too! Worth it!

erWin - Electronic Repair and Workshop Information

Do you know that you can get legally all up-to-date repair workshop information for all VAG cars for just €5?
Keep reading :-)

Meet the erwin - Electronic Repair and Workshop Information service. This is not only for professionals but erWin is also available to private individuals who want to repair their Skoda vehicle themselves! Thank you VAG!

erWin contains

1. all repair guidelines for Škoda Auto
2. further repair information available in PDF format (not available in all languages). 
3. additional information such as self-study programmes and training programmes. 
4. vehicle-specific information, such as maintenance tables, vehicle data and field actions is available in many languages. 
5. continuous update of data 
6. the Offboard Diagnostic Information System Service - Diagnostic Software 
1. with the advantage of carrying out an offboard diagnosis for all vehicles of the Skoda brand, which have a EU 5 type approval, through a SAEJ2534-compliant interface (diagnosis interface),
2. and the possibility of direct access to the selected repair and maintenance information during a current diagnostic session via the diagnosis software. 

Open Internet Explorer. That's important, other browsers doesn't works as expected.
Goto their home page https://erwin.skoda-auto.cz/erwin/showHome.do

First of all, choose surface and article language. I recommend you to set it to English or German (if you know it) as it should be most comprehensive info.

Now, go register https://erwin.skoda-auto.cz/erwin/showCustomerRegistration.do
And login after that.

Now to start working, you need to pay for service with Visa or MasterCard. You can choose the duration according to your needs:
One hour including printing rights €5.00 
One day incl. printing rights €25.00
One week incl. printing rights €88.00
30 days incl. printing rights €310.00
365 days incl. printing rights €2,850.00

One hour was enough for me to get all material for Fabia Mk2 and my friend's Octavia Mk2, but you need  fast navigation skills, lot of interaction with keyboard and mouse to save everything on your PC.

Before you pay, take a look around in menus and check their tour in "About erWin".

After payment that you will get instant access to all material, you can also check your car by VIN number.

Actually erWin is a good replacement for ETKA that requires a lot of dancing around computer to make it work. And it always updated. Anyway, 5 euro is a not so much money for that information.

Other VAG brands
VW https://erwin.volkswagen.de/erwin/showHome.do
Seat https://erwin.seat.com/erwin/showHome.do
Audi https://erwin.audi.com/erwin/showHome.do

Other brands that I'm aware of
Subaru http://techinfo.subaru.com/index.html
Honda (USA and Canada) https://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/logon.asp

Update (2014-06-02)
More makers list (but most of them US-models).
From: https://www.autoenginuity.com/products/reprogrammer.html, http://www.drewtech.com/technician/introduction/capabilitiesj2534.html

Acura, Honda: http://www.serviceexpress.honda.com/
Audi: http://erwin.audiusa.com
BMW: http://www.bmwtechinfo.com/
Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Eagle, Plymouth: http://www.techauthority.com/
Ferrari: http://www.ferraritechinfo.com
Ford, Lincoln, Mercury: http://www.motorcraftservice.com/
GM - Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GEO, Hummer, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Saturn: http://www.gmtechinfo.com/
Hyundai: http://www.hmaservice.com
Infiniti: http://www.infiniti-techinfo.com
Isuzu: http://www.isuzutechinfo.com/
Jaguar: http://topix.jaguar.jlrext.com/topix/i18n/index
Kia: http://www.kiatechinfo.com
Land Rover: http://www.landrovertechinfo.com/
Lexus: http://techinfo.lexus.com
Maserati: http://maseratitechinfo.com
Mazda: http://www.mazdaserviceinfo.com/
Mercedes-Benz: http://www.startekinfo.com/
Mini: http://www.minitechinfo.com/
Mitsubishi: http://www.mitsubishitechinfo.com/
Nissan: http://www.nissan-techinfo.com
Porsche: https://techinfo2.porsche.com/PAGInfosystem/VFModuleManager?Type=GVOStart
Saab: http://www.saabtechinfo.com
Subaru: http://techinfo.subaru.com
Suzuki: http://www.suzukipitstopplus.com
Toyota, Scion: http://techinfo.toyota.com/
Volkswagen: http://erwin.vw.com
Volvo: http://www.volvotechinfo.com/

Have a nice browsing!

Approved oils list

VAG oils approved lists. These are updated from time to time.
VW 502/507 https://erwin.volkswagen.de/erwin/volkswagen/files/oil/step_50200_50500.pdf
VW 504/507 https://erwin.volkswagen.de/erwin/volkswagen/files/oil/step_50400_50700.pdf
Saved copies (PDF): 502, 504.

UPDATE (2016-04-24)
I found that above links changed. New ones below:
https://erwin.volkswagen.de/erwin/downloadStaticFile/volkswagen/files/oil/step_50400_50700.pdf
https://erwin.volkswagen.de/erwin/downloadStaticFile/volkswagen/files/oil/step_50200_50500.pdf
END OF UPDATE

Champion motors has it's own list.
This one is old, dated 2011-07.
Champion Motors Israel approved oil list

But on their site http://champ24.co.il/#oil, you can find up-to-date list. I don't know how often they change it. It's also best working in Internet Explorer, so I guess they don't care too much. And sorting is crazy, definitely zero care about users, car owners.

This is list as of today (2013-08-17)

VW 501.01/505.00
Wolf Masterlube GTS B4 SAE 10W-40
Liqui Moly Super Leichtlauf SAE 10W-40
Meguin Megol Motorenoel Syntehc Premiun SaE 10W-40
Champion Superlube SL/CF B4
Castrol Magnatec Professional A3 SAE 10W-40 (PAZ)
Agip Sint 2000 SAE 10W-40
Delek Motorsynth SV SAE 10W-40
Castrol GTX A3/B3 SAE 15W-40
Rowe Super Leichtlauf HC-O SAE 10W-40
North Sea Lubricants Wave Power SL SAE 10W-40
Aral Blue Tronic SAE 10W-40
Chevron Havoline Diesel Extra SAE 10W-40

VW 502.00
Fuchs TITAN Supersyn SAE 5W-40
Shell Helix ultra SAE 5W-40
Cepsa Star Synthetic SAE 5W-40
Liqui Moly Leichtlauf HC 7 SAE 5W-40
ESSO ULTRON SAE 5W-40
Wolf Masterlube Synflow SAE 5W-40
Rowe Sy nt RS-i SAE 5W-40
MOBIL 1 SAE 0W-40

VW 505.01/502.00/505.00
Sonol Synt 505.01 SAE 5W-40
Eurol Turbo DI SAE 5W-40
Paz Lubricants & Chemicals Ltd Top Paz SAE 5W-40
Fuchs TITAN GT1 SAE 5W-40
Delek-DELKOL MOTORSYNTH TDI SAE 5W-40
Gulf Formula ULE SAE 5W-40
eni i-Sint MS SAE 5W-40
Wolf Masterlube Synflow PI SAE 5W-40
Castrol Magnatec Professional B4 SAE 5W-40
BG synthetic engine oil SAE 5W-30
Meguin megol Motorenoel New Generation 5W-30
Valvoline DuraBland Diesel SAE 5W-40
Liqui Moly Longtime High Tech 5W-30
Mobil Syst S Special V SAE 5W-30
Cepsa XSTAR TDI SYNT SAE 5W-40
Champion Syntolube PI SAE 5W-40
SWD - PRIMUS DXM SAE 5W-40
Redoil Italia Challoils SAE 5W-40
ARAL High Tronic SAE 5W-40
Motul Specific 505 01 502 00 505 00 SAE 5W-40
Chevron Havoline Ultra SAE 5W-40

VW 506.01
Mobil SHC Formula LD SAE 0W-30
Liqui Moly Synthoil Longtime Plus SAE 0W-30
Castrol SLX Professional Longtec Longlife II SAE 0W-30
eni i-Sint tech SAE OW-30
Elf Evolution CRV 0W-30
Fuchs TITAN Supersyn LONGLIFE PLUS SAE OW-30
ARAL Super Tronic Long life III SAE 0W-30
Chevron Texaco Havoline Synthetic 506.01 SAE 0W-30

VW 507.00/504.00
Swd Rheinol Primus LLX SAE 5W-30
Castrol Edge Professional Longlife III SAE 5W-30
Eurol Syntence SAE 5W-30
Gulf Formula GVX SAE 5W-30
Paz Lubricants & Chemicals Ltd Paz Extreme 507.00 SAE 5W-30
Castrol SLX Professional Powerflow Longlife III SAE 5W-30
Fuchs TITAN GT1 PRO C-3
Mobil 1 ESP formula 5W-30
Meguin megol Motorenoel Compatible SAE 5W-30
Liqui Moly Top Tec 4200 SAE 5W-30
ARAL Super Tronic Long life III SAE 5W-30
Rowe HIGHTEC ECOSYNT Longlife III SAE 5W-30
Champion Syntolube Longlife III SAE 5W-30
eni i-Sint SAE 5W-30
Shell Helix Ultra AV-L SAE 5W-30
Valvoline SynPower XL-III SAE 5W-30
Motol Specific 504 00 507 00 SAE 5W-30
Wolf Masterlube Synflow Longlife III SAE 5W-30
Delek Delkol-Synt Longlife PCMO SAE 5W-30

VAG sale

I got some stuff to sell from Fabia.

Check what is left here

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AstaR8Qp-BJZdDl2Um9IOGdQeHhZMTVBVEc0M1cyOUE#gid=0

Also, security complex Stalker 600 Light

http://stalker-600.ru/stalker600light.html (Russian only, sorry)

Open space radius upto 2km, all sensors (shock, tilt, internal space, etc).

See my eBay listing. You can contact me there or via comments, G+, etc.