Penpusher

I don't have a rear wiper on my hatchback, but I had a similar problem on a Peugeot 205 about 35 years ago. The wiper shaft where it comes though the hatch had seized after a few years of dirt and water ingress. Cleaning it up and lightly greasing it cleared the problem.

2 years ago just after I'd updated the maps, I was driving from Poland to Lithuania through the Suwalki Gap and it was trying to send me along the new dual carriageway from Suwalki to the border that hadn't been opened at that time, so on that occasion the maps were ahead of themselves!

I've updated the maps regularly and I'm currently running the latest available, which is the 2024 version. I've never had a problem and have always carefully followed the correct procedure to avoid any pitfalls. The only thing I've noticed is that the latest maps still show the default speed limit in Wales as 30 mph which was reduced to 20 mph in September last year, though this shouldn't be a problem in Grantham!

I take the car to Lithuania every year (except lockdown) and I've never heard a traffic report on the radio when I have the box ticked to activate them.

I had the same problem in 2021 and it's a mystery as to how it happened as the problem was that the bracket on the front radar cover was broken (as suggested by ApertureS). I didn't hit anything and the message appeared as I was driving north up the A470 around Merthyr Tydfil after leaving the Cyfarthfa Retail Park. There were no other vehicles nearby and there was no sound of hitting anything in the road. In the retail car park, there's a section I always chose where the spaces are a bit wider and away from the area where most other shoppers park. It's a single row and I park in forwards to make loading the boot easier. The front is facing a small grass verge and then a hedge and there was nothing near the front of the car to damage it. If it was damaged prior to this, could it have worked for a while until the unit moved sufficiently to stop working? There's no sign of any damage on the front. It's possible it could have been kicked on the front by some yob in Cyfarthfa with nothing better to do as it was keyed on the rear nearside door in that car park about 7 years ago. I took the car to Sinclair Skoda in Swansea and they replaced the bracket and calibrated the front assist so it's all back as it should be. They charged £60.00 for the initial diagnostic and £36.00 for replacing the bracket and the calibration, so it cost me a lot less than I thought it would. They charged for only half the diagnostic fee as they found the problem without running the full test.

If only there was an ApertureS in every major town across the country............ Is there anyone out there who offers a cloning service?

I had a MkII L&K diesel from new in 2012 until it was written off in an accident in 2017. I can't remember the milage but I think it was about 50,000. I went all over Europe to places such as Lithuania, Belarus, Hungary, Croatia etc with no problems, apart from the heater. It happened two or three times when SWMBO's side blew maximum heat for no reason at all. When this happened, I turned it off for a few minutes and it seemed to reset itself. I now have a MkIII L&K diesel registered in 2016 that I bought at 8 months old after the MkII was written off. This one has covered 43,000 miles and has also been on long European trips (except for lockdown). The only problems I've had were a broken bracket for the radar in the grill and a puncture in Lithuania when I ran over a lump of metal, though you can't blame the car for the latter problem. Like coppertop, both cars were regularly serviced and maintained, which I'm sure helps to keep them running as the should.

I thought the price was higher than I expected, but It includes four wheel drive under standard equipment, so I assume a petrol two wheel drive will be a bit lower when it becomes available.

I've always assumed that you have to hold the button down when the ignition is on for safety. If you touched a button when you're driving, the seat could suddenly move to a position where you can't properly control the car.

Or stretch it like this Skoda Estelle. https://auto****e.com/topic/41057-6-door-skoda-estelle-limo-and-other-elongated-****e/

Mine went nearly 2 years ago. It turned out to be a broken bracket for the front ACC radar, although I couldn't see any damage or marks on it, so it's a bit of a mystery as to how it was broken. It was repaired by Sinclair Skoda, Swansea, so it's the wrong end of Wales for you!

If you click on this link, you can see your manual online. https://manual.skoda-auto.com/004/en-com/Models

I use Redex AdBlu, which is about £15-£20 for 10 litres bought locally and I've never had any problems with it. If the AdBlu is ISO 22241 which the Redex is, I assume it should be OK? I've not seen Hico for sale in the UK, but looking online it says it's ISO 22241 compliant. Edited as text was different sizes.

I was there in November last year and hired a Cupra Leon for the duration of our stay. That had a heated steering wheel but it was far too warm to try it out!

I don't do very much car maintenance now, but I did when I was younger and I bought two flexible metal rods with handles on the top. At the other end, one had a magnet and the other had a grab similar to those you see in amusement arcades that you open and close from the handle. I've had them for about 50+ years and have helped in situations like this, though back then there was much more room around engines. I can't remember what car it was, but there was one where, being tall, I could put one leg on the ground through the engine compartment to make it easier to work on some areas!