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Sisted-in-law asked me to check the tyres in her 2017 1.2 110 bhp SE Fabia, as I often do when we visit her. I removed the factory steel spare wheel, which is full size and fitted with the same size tyre as the four alloy wheels; 185/60 R15. But it’s had thd yellow 80km/h speed restriction sticker like the skinny space saver spare. Anyone any idea why?

Thank you .... but what to do?? Would I have to take it to a Skoda dealer (nearest is 30 miles away!) or could my usual garage sort it??

After you explained to him that the car has been sat for three months did he clear the code to see if it returned?

Just done a full service, and found this heat shield over the inner cv loose even though the bolts were tight. 5Q0407721 My thoughts that over time the metal washer inserts have become loose, refitted it with repair washers to nip it up. No rasping sound now on over run, so must have been that. Did sound quite good to be honest 🤣 Anyone else had any experience or fitted a brand new one before?

Best mpg I’ve recorded with my 2023 2.0 TSI Sportline, 52.2 mpg on a 56 mile trip M25 & M1, running at 55-60 mph mostly. Outbound trip this morning was 44.1 mph at similar speeds. I’ve just started using Shell VPower unleaded could this be a factor or just coincidence.

I wish Škoda UK Customer Support lived up to the brand’s “Simply Clever” catchphrase but in my experience sadly not. I’ve mentioned before in this forum that I’ve been having problems with media playback from a usb stick. After many months of gritting my teeth and trying to live with it I decided to have one last attempt at finding a solution myself by checking that the folder and file structure I use on the usb stick complies with any limitations of the infotainment system. The manual only gives information of what type of media files are supported but nothing about any limitations on file size, folder size, max files in a folder, max files on the stick etc. etc. I emailed customer support saying that I have been experiencing problems with the infotainment system and so that I can check that I’m not exceeding any limitations could they please supply me with information regarding the items I mentioned above. Their reply was “we are sorry that you are experiencing problems with your infotainment system, please speak with your Skoda retailer to arrange for a diagnostic check of your system”. Considering too a recent experience in the Superb when it suddenly performed an emergency stop while travelling at 70mph in the middle lane of the M20 with no apparent reason it’s the last straw for me. I’m getting rid of the Superb and going elsewhere. I’ve had a number of test drives over the last week, the 2026 Honda Civic eHEV is top of my list. Not as luxurious or as spacious as the Superb and lacks some of the toys but boy what a fantastic drive! It’s a long time since I’ve driven a car that handles so well. The sort of car I’d find excuses for going out in rather than reasons for not going out in the Superb because of my frustrations with it. On my 40min test drive the trip meter said the car achieved 62mpg, Bose sound system beat the Canton hands down and the top trim comes in at a tad under £40k so no luxury car tax. As the song goes, “so long, farewell, it’s time for me to go…”

Yeah, they take some figuring out ! I have found that once I got mine set up in a way that I could cope with and deactivated all the stuff that I didn’t want, I rarely have to interfere with anything now 👍.

Hi i just bought a Skoda Karoq 2019, I am in Aberdeenshire and wanted to say Hi and introduce myself Norman, I am 65 and like cars and looking for help so i think I am in the right place.

Thanks for that, found it at last. I hadn't tried that button. I also had to swipe the screen left to get to the second screen

Very possible that a ABS wheel sensor or connection got damaged during the tyre blowout.

No, just downloaded the file here and updated it over usb, no modifications whatsoever. Resolves the user login issue at least :) Maybe it needed a bit after the reset.

Unless alterations were made other than simply carrying out a normal software update, I cannot see how that could affect a warranty in any way. Actual modifications might if they do spot something non-standard though.

It seems that I do. Today I went from my garage and drove for 30min. Gps had the false location the whole time. I don't use, but it keeps messing my speed sign reading and the warning pops up. I am driving 80km/h with 80 being the speed limit and suddenly it drops to 30 because according to the car, we are in some street which has 30 speed limit and it's 700m away from us. The car was then parked outside for 4h and the drive home, it worked perfectly. I've updated the system on my own, but will be going to the service center on Wednesday (different issue). Do you think me upgrading on my own voids anything or creates additional issues for me?

I think you now have two problems. Your original issue with incorrect GPS positions is very likely to be an antenna problem - it's not uncommon for the roof seal of the 'shark fin' to fail and allow water ingress to the antenna base.

It's a combi version. Any way to diagnose it? I tried reseting the system, but now I cannot login as a main user, always getting an error that my profile info cannot be loaded. Everything worked minutes before I reseted the software.

Press the apps button, then select the traffication app and you can get the settings menu in that which gives the options to disable things you don’t want.

Amazing many thanks, seems I'm too new to PM you though, presumably if you pm me I can reply? Cheers, Alex

Stop-Start error indication is normal if MIL light is activated - as would Cruise Control unavailable.

It's a good forum full of knowledgable people..

I disagree with a previous post that said Android uses the same data as built-in system. I believe your problem may be a faulty GPS antenna - is this vehicle a Kombi?

Is it worth that?

Thank you for your reply

What a polite person. Then I'll say a big HELLO! back to you.

I've got a Launch diagnostic tablet that could take the light off. Happy to have a look if you can bring the car to Ayr. Send me a PM and I'll throw my number across, we can sort something out. Cheers.

yes to all positions - including second drive after first stop. dataset/parameters I dont know. not sure what I need to check and verify that. I have vcds and autel and I think somewhere I have a knockoff odis adapter but I've never done anything with that