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Ah no, close. My Wife Hates This Car. She's on the fence about the Fabia for the moment based on the last load of cars. But I think if it works out she'll hate it because of the big dent the previous owner put on the front wing. I've never seen an MOT on a car explicitly point out a dented front wing, but my Fabia has that. And I'm kind of loathed to change it because of it. That's a whole other story really. Injectors needed doing, that cost me £1,800 (and that's just parts and me doing it). Air suspension broke and was a PITA to fix. Bit of welding too. It was my dream car really, always wanted one (well I wanted an Amazon but was talked out of it), only way I'd buy one now is if it was cheap and knackered and I had the time to restore it. That's the only way I'd guarantee it to be bomb proof. I think people just buy them and Toyotas in general and take "reliable" to mean "don't need to look after it".

I have the 2023 2.0 TSI Sportline, so I imagine the headlights operate the same. I have the light switch always set to Auto, when I start the car when headlights are needed they come, the beans go up and then come down I assume this is checking the auto levelling mechanism is working correctly. I then move the stalk to Msjn beam position and the dashboard main beam lamp either illuminates blue for main beam or white if dipped beam is in use. I think there is a setting in the Infotainment screen for light settings to activate/deactivate auto main beam/dipped beam. At light I tend to drive on auto main beam all the time, leaving the Karoq to adjust the headlamp beam as required to suit traffic conditions- so far if has worked flawlessly. Has you Karoq had an MOT recently as that will have checked the headlamp beams are aligned correctly- maybe they have switch off the auto dip to check the beam patterns?

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Here's a video of its twin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73jYDqM6RaQ And potentially it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-Mw3axLEcs I mean... at least you don't have to worry about the DPF.

Any sort of emergency vehicle is floored from the moment it is started, be it in summer or winter, left idling for hours and, as has been said, likely to have been messed with. No ex-emergency car is a 'good' buy, compared to anything else. Yes, they have been serviced properly and maintained, but they have had hard lives. That being said, is the 2010 car a TDI or TSI? I'd take the 2019 car any day over a TDI that has done 6k miles a year. On paper, at least, a 2019 car on 46k miles is very attractive. For everyone's viewing pleasure - 2010 Scout https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202608125020633?sort=relevance&twcs=true&searchId=f0d3de8b-2669-43ae-a4e8-fb63584a45c2&aggregatedTrim=Scout&make=Skoda&model=Octavia&page=1&postcode=cr08pn&year-from=2010&year-to=2011&advertising-location=at_cars&fromsra=&backLinkQueryParams=aggregatedTrim%3DScout%26channel%3Dcars%26make%3DSkoda%26model%3DOctavia%26postcode%3Dcr08pn%26sort%3Drelevance%26year-from%3D2010%26year-to%3D2011%26flrfc%3D1&calc-deposit=550&calc-term=48&calc-mileage=10000&calc-selected-product=PCP 2019 Scout https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202608064875987?sort=relevance&searchId=19d5eb1f-705c-4820-b878-5feb912bb3f5&aggregatedTrim=Scout&make=Skoda&model=Octavia&page=1&postcode=cr08pn&year-from=2019&advertising-location=at_cars&fromsra=&backLinkQueryParams=aggregatedTrim%3DScout%26channel%3Dcars%26make%3DSkoda%26model%3DOctavia%26postcode%3Dcr08pn%26sort%3Drelevance%26year-from%3D2019%26flrfc%3D1&calc-deposit=1000&calc-term=48&calc-mileage=10000&calc-selected-product=HP Here is the 2019 car dressed up -

Just to update I competed the repair ok, bit of a faff! Managed not to drop any of the airbag bolts which was a relief! New Febi part arrived, £15 on amazon. Very awkward to get it to lock into place but it eventually went back in ok. All 4 speeds now working!! Reassembly was fine-tune couldn't get all of the kitchen paper towel I stuffed into the holes below the airbag screw back out but I figured it wouldn't do any harm and so left it be

Hi everyone,newbie here so treat me gently as I am not used to forums so I hope I wo7offend you guys, I have a 2022 karoq sport line tsi 190 which I find to be a fabulous car . I have only recently started to drive the car after many months of illness. When I purchased the car there was a specific main beam pattern when you pushed the stalk away the beam seemed to project centrally then spread out to the sides but it doesn't seem to do that now, Do you know if that is a problem and is there a reset I can do? Cheers dave.

Nice to know there's still some billionaires who're a bit philanthropic IMO. Actually made something of himself apparently inventing optical devices to help people. I'd rather a billionaire like that than ****ers who go full Nazi and kiss butt for tax breaks or inside information.

A series bunch of bad racks seems like 🙈

I’d like to add my weight (and perhaps confusion) to this thread as my 21 month old Kodiaq SE L 7 ( Not DCC) has had this same noise since 3 months old. Dealer has replaced the steering rack twice already and now proposes a third. Each time it does quieten the noise but only for a couple of weeks. Surely it’s when the subframe is lowered to replace the rack it changes something to give the temporary respite.

Ahh, thanks for the information Alasdair. It makes sense to disable these functions with a trailer connected. Actually I found a diagram from a trailer manufacturer, and it seems as the standard specifies that pin 12 and 13 is interconnected in the trailer, to indicate that a trailer is connected to the car. This might actually be used in conjunction with a switching relay (NO to NC) to disable these functions. I will do some tests and report back. Thanks again.

Yeah. It was done at 40k.

Maybe... Probably also a nice tax break too??

@petrolbloke I did!! 😫…still trying to get the aerial off. Given up for now. The oil thread was useful - albeit 10 years old! I’d been given conflicting info re oil too…

I’m thinking of installing some LED auxiliary lights behind the grill to aid the current LED lights in my 2026 Octavia as I live in a very rural location in the Scottish Highlands and very dark roads Before I go ahead making brackets etc and wiring them up does anyone know if I tap into the high beam wire to use as a switching wire for the relay with it throw up and fault codes on the dash? Modern cars are so sensitive to current changes etc I wanted to check first. Cheers. Martin

That’s where I stay lol. Was a great drive.i stopped in Newcastle to break the journey

.£3,500 ???? AI!

The app mystery is solved... my wife is the Primary User, and her MySkoda App does have the "Paid services", but I as a guest user don't. However Traffication is listed in red as "Expired February 2026" with an option to resubscribe for £4.50. The next check will be to see if the App screen has more on it if I open the car with her key and make sure she is the active user... best, M.

Sure. Unfortunately, I don't have any of those. I'll try replacing the USB port with the 5Q0035726E, along with the cables. According to reviews, the M version didn't work with the iPhone. One of the phones also displayed a slow charging warning (Nothing Phone 2A). If I can't fix it myself, I'll have someone else diagnose it.

Holy thread ressurrection @Jimmeth - I think you posted in the wrong thread!

Relatives stay in Drumnadrochit, high up overlooking the loch. That would have been a good drive back.

In March, my local independent was £65 + vat, so £78. Henrys, my Skoda dealer was £75. They got the job, no other work at that time.

ODIS, VCDS, OBDeleven... You can write original .bin but it would be very very weird if that causes problem with usb. I never heard of that kind of problem after activation fec. EDIT: Maybe you just didn't pluged in HSD cable connectotr properly in the unit when you put back unit in car after activation?

No, this is not scaremongering...this is a real and present danger which I have already flagged up and shows how politicians, both local and national, should NOT get involved in things that they have zero knowledge of, including balcony solar. There are NO early warnings with electricity; once a real-life danger situation has occurred, it is only discovered by people/animals coming into contact with it, which may be the last thing that they do ⚠️. We all accept that it is dangerous to install a socket next to a sink or in a bathroom, and yet some people are prepared to risk lifes by onstreet charging from their own home electric supply. What they do not understand is the dangers of different circuits being connected to different earthing bonds etc. There is a very good reason why all extraneous metalwork in a building has to be bonded together, and this is it.

All factory settings were restored as a precautionary measure upon first startup after activation. Hard resetting the unit didn't help. What diagnostic tools are you talking about? Maybe I should try uploading the original .bin file back?