Pull the tab aside and the key blade will slide out. You'll find a slot on the bottom of the cover the same width as the key blade. Pull the door handle and hold it in the open position, then insert the key blade and use it to pull the cover outwards and off. Release the door handle, then turn the key anti-clockwise to unlock the door. The Skoda Octavia has 1 Petrol Engine on offer. The Petrol engine is 1984 cc . It is available with Automatic transmission.Depending upon the variant and fuel type the Octavia has a mileage of 15. A. Using the power lock switch on the drivers door, perform 5 lock/unlock cycles starting with lock. Use an even pace and try to go about one cycle per second. (1Cycle = 1 lock and 1 unlock). B. Close, then open drivers door. 4. Perform these steps within 40 seconds. A. Using the power lock switch on the drivers door, perform 5 lock/unlock cycles Pull off door panel speaker and switches. lower the window to where you see the two or four 10millimeter that connect scissor mechanism to the window. Prop window all the way up and put a door stopper to prevent the window from falling down. Unbolt window motor, unplug window motor, and unbolt eveything else in the door. Symptoms rundown as follows: puddle light doesn't work. driver's door won't put interior lights on. driver's door won't put dash 'door open' light on. lock and unlock button inside the car on driver door does not lock or unlock the driver door, but it'll do all the others. car will relock itself even if I open driver's door. The control unit attached to the window motor in the driver's door also does central locking, electric mirrors, and gives driver control over all the other windows. Water gets in and the unit goes a bit potty. Mine was opening electric windows by itself and causing a constant drain on the battery so I just yanked it out. Škoda Owners Forums. Škoda Octavia. Skoda Octavia Mk II (2004 - 2013) octavia 2010 door lock barrel removal problem. Marketplace - Please use the new template for selling your car. (Click here to read) By rabbydo in. Share. Recommended Posts. As my wife shut her door and before I had a chance to put the key in the ignition, the doors locked and the alarm went off. I used the remote to cancel it. I suspected the 5 year old remote might be the problem, so today I used the unused spare key. Now the remote locks all doors etc properly, but will only open the drivers door. She's an early Mk1 (1999) without a remote fob, so the central locking should work from either of the front door locks, or the boot. Currently the drivers door lock only unlocks/locks the drivers door and the boot. The front passenger door lock only locks/unlocks that door. The boot lock just locks/unlocks the boot. It's impossible to open Skoda Octavia Mk II (2004 - 2013) When I stop the car and pull the key off, the doors might lock and continous red light comes to the drivers door. 5. Automatic and autonomous lock-unlocklock-unlock sequence continues if the Central Locking switch is set to LOCK. Now the problem is so bad that the doors will lock automatically only FUkx74.