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Your battery is an 096 EFB 70 Ah. Any reputable brand meeting this spec will be OK. If you change battery spec (to AGM or a different Ah capacity) then it MUST be coded. I have used batteries from VARTA an YUASA, supplied by TAYNA in the UK. It WILL WORK if fitted without coding but as PetrolDave said it SHOULD be coded in order to ensure correct operation of charging by the cars Battery Management System. I cannot say whether this is the only problem, but if there are other problems they cannot be dealt with until the battery is performing properly. If all is well when new battery is fitted you will probably get all sorts of alarm warnings and fault codes but these should clear themselves in just a few minutes when the car is started and driven.

After previous good experience with an Aygo I'm switching to Toyota after reading of (and helping tackle) the numerous software problems on Skoda's newer than my 2016 Octavia 3. VAG software outsourcing has been IMHO an unmitigated disaster which they have simply taken far too long to solve after making owners into effectively beta (or even alpha) testers - Skoda is a victim of that strategy.

If it is the original battery then 9 years life on a car with start/stop is pretty amazing. You SHOULD code a new battery so the Battery Management System knows straight away the capacity and can assume it's fully charged.

Hi, Buying a new 27 plate Skoda Karoq 1.5 with DSG gearbox. Interested to know what mileage you have on your Karoq with the 1.5 DSG and any issues you have encountered. Online searches seem to imply they blow up at 30k or go on for ever. Interested in real world driving. I do a 50/50 mix of country urban and motorway. Thank you.

I've probably said this before but Skoda have effectively been screwed over in recent years by VW Group taking thier software tech in-house and making a complete hash of it and by forcing their dealers 'upmarket' into fancy glass showrooms. They were better when neither were in place. I'd consider another Skoda in a few years when they've proved they've sorted software issues out but at present I'm happy with our 2018 Kodiaq and 2017 Citigo. If they don't get things sorted I'll be back looking at bigger Dacias or Kia / Hyundai or similar. Even a Chinese brand like Jaecoo might be on the list...

Check there is a cable from car to pads. If its there there should be a wear indicator built in to pads and be connected. On my Octavia it doesnt have one but some did so you can get pads with or without indicator. If the pads fitted dont have the indicator built in and theres a cable there for it but not connected the system wont work. From memory when pads wear it makes contact with disk and turns light on. Alasdair

Sorry you’ve got the same problem as us. We’ve had two steering racks fitted which each time give a brief interlude from noise. I was thinking it was shock absorber but maybe not what with your experience. My car to go back to garage next week for More investigations. Let’s keep this thread active to pull resources/info and maybe eventually combined action against Skoda!!! Good luck

Personally, I would update to 0330 and then apply the patch; that way, you have 332 as a backup.

I filled up at CostCo a couple of days ago and super has gone up 2p since then. Happily I'm not planning on going far unlike earlier this year when the prices leapt up just as I was about to drive up to Scotland on holiday.

I've bought 3 new and 1 used Skoda over the past 24 years, and have similar thoughts. Already when buying latest (used) manual diesel vRS back in 2019, I was thinking that this might be my last Skoda purchase, makes me sad because previous 3 new Skoda purchases were fantastic in almost every aspect. The Karoq used to be my go to choice for the next car right until they stopped equipping it with manual gearbox diesels and the Varioflex seating. I guess the ownership of Roomster and Mk1 Superb has built up my idea of what a good car should be, and the current Skoda offerings fly far below my level of expectations. Cutting fuel tanks and range while simultaneously making the (larger fuel tank) higher end models too wide and too long for UK daily life also did not help, all parking spots in my area are still the same size as 25 years ago and for long distance travel to Europe, the only manual diesel left in the new car range is the Octavia, with a pathetic 45l fuel tank (Mk1 Octavia vented diesel fuel tank was 64l !). I am increasingly looking towards Mazda, especially that you can get 3.3l V6 diesels in their SUVs (though automatic only) as well as a large-ish 2.5l non-turbo petrol engine mated to a manual gearbox in a much smaller car that I can still actually fit in (Mazda 3).

But point I’d like to keep on using at least smart link to connect my iPhone as GPS and vocal commands. However I didn’t patch unit at all; only thing I can do right now will be upgrading the MIB’s firmware to version 324 or 330 (actually is 320)

Only doing 7,000 miles a year is the very reason to change from how they leave the factory on variable / flexible servicing and go to fixed / annual oil and filter changed and an inspection Annually unless doing regular checks yourself. As advised by VW group / Skoda.

Have a look on yours (anyone with a mk4, please!), I don't own one, or I would. 🙂 Quite likely possible to get a camera phone pic without lifting vehicle, by reaching under bumper in each corner.

@Breezy_Pete Dunno - based on the Owner's Manuals I'd EXPECT all Fabia Mk4 models (or any 2020-onwards car for that matter) to have a brake-pad-wear warning system. Perhaps you could do as you suggested to Lar and "Look to see if there's a wire coming from any of the inner brake pads" with your Mk4. This 2019 topic discussed Fabia Mk3 brake pads https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/468756-brake-pad-wear-sensors-on-mkiii/ so some Mk4s may have pad-wear sensors and some may not, depending on the car's specification.

Sorry that’s what I meant that they are limited to that with stock tube so a retune to match a stage 1 would allow the use of the additional torque provided by the remap

Amazon already have a fleet of electric HGVs and they are ideal for their usage as they go from warehouse to warehouse. Known mileages and chargers at their warehouses mean that can be charged while loading and unloading is being done ready for their return trip.

Definitely not the case - these DQ250 gearboxes can take up 600Nm with the stock clutch, but needs a TCU tune to cope with additional power. Any higher n u'll need to start changing clutch hardware.

😂 Sorry. Nobody read What i say: Did you perform the function activation? It probably won't work with ODIS Online, though, because different data is stored on the server. If IT works, only the Fec's from Factory out are activ. In my opinion, the online services are completely useless. The MIB3 runs much more stably and reliably without them. So, disable them via coding, patch the unit, and you're done. But in this case, since the CP has been officially removed, the online service might actually work despite the FEC patch.

Component protection removed and retrofit done but navigation, smartlink and vocal commands don’t work. But online services via app are on Looks like the FECs didn’t migrate yet! Any idea how solve this without patching the unit?

Hey mate, yes we have after it having to go back 3 times and then them destroying my 12v step down for the USB, I have a service as part of the plan this month and can’t find anything to replace it with that would be worth while so have decided to keep it for now.

Thanks @JR RS so these can take a tune quite well then, maybe I will go for the 300hp as these seems run around 230-40 stock by the look of it. Just that I have read the gearbox is limited to 350nm but not sure if that is true

Hey everyone! Hoping someone can help me, im currently trying to put an Android unit in my skoda, and cannot seem to find the correct 52pin plug adapter. I have the Fibreoptic decoder for the canton sound system and the can bus box pictured below. But the connector seems to be incorrect every time... Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated!

Go to a VAG specialist independent in future. Discs do not fall for being lipped, that's a racket a lot of garages do, new pads maybe. It's too late now but with your car only doing about 7,000mi a year you could have had it serviced every other year if they used long life oil. Good luck with your future, I hope it is stress free.

Our 1.5 TSI never cut out, bought new in 2018 and sold earlier this year after 8 years of trouble free motoring. Now replaced with another one, DSG this time.