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I don't use the in-built sat-nav as I prefer Google Maps. However I've read the Karoq manual section on the sat-nav & there is no mention of being able to enter post codes. When I bought the car I tried the sat-nav & entered a post code because I was used to being able to do that on previous sat-nav systems I've used - as I expected it was accepted.

To answer my own question I actually found the part number attached to the tubing. Of course being part of the VW group things are never simple. You cannot buy just the tube as it comes with the wiring for the rear hatch attached to it so just the £150 when all that was required was a metre of tubing. 5mm clear rubber tube was purchased for a couple of quid and job done. Pity you have to remove 4 trim panels to be able to drop the roof lining enough to thread the new tube through.

BYD showing its new ETT electric 44 tonne, 1000 hp and charging at 1.5 MWs, truck to compete with the TESLA semi, only 40 tonne, being launched in to Europe and compete with Mercedes Electric trucks already on sale.

Gently insert fingers between the folds of the lower seal and run them back and forth along the length of the seal.

A bit of a journey, although not too far (I travelled further to see him) But I'd highly recommend giving @East_Yorkshire_Retrofits a shout. He can do everything we've talked about here, and much more.

Your 2022 Fabia should have been originally delivered with a fairly slim booklet-format Owner's Manual with an 'issue date' on the outside of its rear cover. The booklet Manual for my own 2024 UK-registered Fabia SE L car has the issue-date of 06.2023 on its rear cover and, when referring to the relevant online digital Manual, the 06.2023 reference allows me to choose the relevant file. For the Fabia, Skoda has used a 2-pronged approach for Owner's Manuals, with 'essential' advice being in the booklet and the same advice plus more complex information being in the digital Manual. When a particular subject is dealt with only in the digital Manual, this is stated in the booklet Manual. LANE ASSIST is covered in its entirety in the booklet Manual (Pages 108/109 in my car's booklet) and how to turn the steering-wheel vibrations ON/OFF is shown in the Settings section (Activating/deactivating the steering wheel vibrations). Turning the steering-wheel vibrations ON/OFF must be carried out using the car's infotainment display-screen's Lane Assist menu. This Skoda Fabia video is about Lane Assist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoktYazaDso It shows a car that has an Amundsen display-screen (as fitted to my own car) where the Lane Assist menu looks like this A green tick in the Steering wheel vibration 'box' indicates that vibration has been turned ON. Unticking the box will turn steering-wheel vibration OFF and the chosen setting (green tick=ON, no tick=OFF) is then saved until that setting is deliberately altered. Turning OFF the vibrations will not turn OFF Lane Assist, that will still enable automatically each time the car's ignition is switched on. I turn OFF Lane Assist before driving my Fabia, but, when I occasionally forget to do this, I can't say I find the system's corrective operation particularly intrusive or 'strong'. The Owner's Manual says "The system is designed primarily for driving on the motorway", but on twisty rural roads It's just an irritation that I don't want. (And I definitely don't want additional xxxxxx steering-wheel vibrations!!!)

Fitted the headlight with the new DRL parts. Looks much better now but is brighter than the other one, so I’m looking for a spare right headlight to do the same on that side.

Discs do not fail because they're lipped. Overall thickness, visible corrosion on disc surface, runout, cracking (and a few more reasons) are valid reasons to change - but your disc will start corroding at the edge the moment they're installed. 25K quite a low mileage for discs and pads but you may be an "energetic" driver or parked too close to the sea. Air-con service pretty pointless waste of money. If it works, it works; maybe worth an independent air-con specialist checking and refilling your system. They will certainly be better at it than the dealer. Strange gurglings or weak performance normal clues it needs looking at. If you survived this summer it's fine. If this is Carlisle I have had issues in the past with them. They do not ring back and there have been trust issues in the past with them. I even had the service manager ring up and apologise and state the technician in question had been "let go". Find a local independent! Full dealer service history not important as long as you have an invoice trail of work carried out. PS you are mistaken if you think VAG are that bothered about rolling out software updates for a 5 year old car.

eg http://autohausedinburgh.co.uk You need to check your own regions.

I'm in the wilds of West Cumbria.

@Tried5UserNames Where abouts are you based mate?

Have to say I am pretty disappointed to have to add all this additional stuff on this car to get it to do what other cars of similar power and size do without. I will be asking any vw / Skoda etc cars that tow about their experiences - wonder if all have had to bite the bullet if not factory towbar ordered?

Thankyou for your replies. I didn't know that the pump should run on opening the drivers door. I shall check at the weekend when I get home.

Independents can have Licensed VW Equipment and do Software Updates and keep the Service Record available. Even do Warranty work in some cases. You just need to know who and where they are. Many have Ex VW Group master techs who want return customers and are giving a damn while many Franchised Dealership / Motor Groups could not. You have a Service History of many things never done or even looked at.

Apologies if this has been covered before. Mine is 2021 Scala SE L, with 2-spoke steering wheel. My previous Skoda had buttons on the wheel to control of starting or ending phone calls, but on my Scala the only option seems to be the screen. Is there a way of using wheel buttons? Thanks

Dataset for 4B? VCP dont have? Remote?

I have VCP and Odis, can anyone help me with the dataset?

Find a decent VAG Indie. I wouldn't trust a dealer as far as I can throw them. I've been sold a crash-damaged car, and lied to more times than I can count. You're paying more money for garbage!

Hi Jack, thanks for your feedback. I think in one way or another, the OEM kits have a cross over between the belt, tensioner and water pump, from what I have read (i.e. they may produce one but source the other parts from other OEM's). I don't think you can go too far wrong with any of the main OEM's and SKF, ContiTech, INA all produce kits for all related parts, either with or without the water pump. I was strongly considering buying a genuine water pump with one of the tensioner/belt kits. I don't know what normally fails on the water pump, whether it is the seal or the bearings. SKF have a good rep for their bearings. There seems to be a lot of emphasis placed on plastic vs metal impellers but do these fail? In the end, I went with the full kit from INA: INA Water Pump + V-ribbed Belt Kit 529 0534 30 I couldn't find out who the OEM is for the genuine pump for the 1.2TSI as mine was replaced with aftermarket five years ago (maybe someone here knows for sure?). But I would pick the kit in future with the best quality water pump, as it will likely fail sooner than the other parts in the kit, if it is a quality kit. Hopefully I'll still have the Monte in service in five years' time to see if I chose wisely ;) Yes, the Kit B for the cam chain kit will be genuine. I've heard nothing but good things from the forums once fitted.

although I rate a good independant better than a dealer, I'd prefer a dealer full history if I was buying from a stranger. The VW dealer uses ODIS which is exactly the same system as the Skoda dealer and it will flag any compulsory software updates that need to be applied to your car

So I got a lot more info on my car today after calling my local Skoda dealer they gave me print outs of all of its service history which is all with the manufacturer also in 2017 the tensioner and chain was also changed at 56,000 miles to the newer revised version which has now saved me a small fortune😁

Evening All. Goodness, there's a lot to learn within the settings of these cars! Since I adore cars, love driving and enjoy sharing my experiences on all the car forums I have joined over the years, I am going to use this thread to post my initial experience of ownership before wrapping it up. I'll try and do this thematically and. since it's a bit late tonight, I will start with the Canton audio system. I know, it's a weird topic to kick off with but I can keep this reasonably focused! It's really very good. Surprisingly good. I am an audiophile and I was not holding out much hope for the Canton 14+1 system but it has impressed me and tonight, dare I say it, on a 60min round trip along the Scottish Borders pitch black roads to try some night driving, I actually really enjoyed the music. And that's the thing: it is a music system rather than an 'in-car entertainment system'. The music is played back the way it was recorded in an authentic way. Some Chinese cars link the ambient cabin lighting up to the sound system to create a disco experience - folks, that's me checked out of the Jaecoo or BYD! Most folk head to the settings and pump it all up: the surround sound, the sub, the low bass and higher treble frequencies - the classic smile shape on the graphic equaliser. Don't do it people! If you do this, the first ten minutes will be bangin' but then your head will become fatigued. Re-tune the brain to enjoy music with the Eq set at zero, or pretty close to zero across the range and choose stereo rather than surround sound. Initially it doesn't sound so big but, give your brain at least 30mins to adjust and the music is clear, layered, separated across the sound stage before you. Our brains are wonderful things but they need to hear music like they hear sound in the real world, not a rave party in an abandoned warehouse. The bass is there, as are the mid-range and the treble. Set to zero on the Eq simply means we are taking the sound clean as Canton intended - frequencies are neither boosted nor reduced by the Eq. Same with the LR balance and FR fader- set to default centre so the Digital Sound Processing (DSP) is again as Canton intended within the cabin. Finally, we chose the focus setting for just the two front seats so the DSP would be adjusted for our positions in the cabin. That's how these systems work DSP adjusted to where you tell it you are sitting. We play our music from a USB thumb drive, 256GB, exFAT format. The music on this drive is ripped directly from specific CDs that have been properly sound engineered and not ruined by the brickwalling of the Loudness Era (mid-1990s onwards with a few exceptions by artists who objected to their music being ruined by the record labels). Flac format, lossless. Rubbish in equals rubbish out. Start with a high quality source and don't use Bluetooth for this type of playback. Tonight it was Fleetwood Mac. Quite how the five members managed to write and produce such beautifully crafted music when they did nothing other than argue amongst themselves and snort cocaine is one of life's great mysteries. But they did and the Canton system shone with Gypsy, Little Lies, Tusk, Everywhere and The Chain. Hugely enjoyable. Open, clear, warm and thoroughly engaging. Would I use compressed music files such as MP3 or AAC? Would I ever use Bluetooth for the connection? Yes, for convenience when I just want some music, nothing special. But if that's the limit of my expectation then I am leaving a huge amount of the Canton's potential on the table. And since we have paid for the superior music system, it's nice to hear it occasionally really shine. This truly has been as unexpected bonus. Canton? I thought it would be okay. Not annoying, that was my bottom line. I can only assume that those folk that have slammed the system maybe didn't get the settings right, or were playing poor source material (trust me, there are some dreadful CDs out there with dynamic ranges (DR) down at just DR8). Or maybe they were streaming, using Bluetooth and compressing the music data as a result. Whatever, I am impressed. It'll be another theme tomorrow so, if the Canton music system and details about setup haven't been your thing.....maybe tomorrow will be more your bag. Well done for getting this far! Best wishes to all.

Cheers buddy - will update when I find out more.

Just to clarify the car does have the “fitted with towing system” in its description.

Thanks for the very quick reply! Sadly I bought the car from another garage unaware that this was going to be such a problem. I contacted the skoda dealer after discussion with an independent tow fitter who said he wouldn't do it because of the coding issues.