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Parts have arrived from Pelican Parts in the US. Hope I ordered the right stuff!!

Just taken delivery of my Kodiaq Sportline 150 1.5 TSI DSG Ordered in July last year on Contract Hire 48 months 8000 miles per annum including retractable tow bar driver and passenger electric seats 6 months deposit and 47 monthly payments of £350. Seems a bargain today but did go through doubts it would ever get delivered! Lovely to drive so glad I waited “patiently “ !

I left the consoles on when I did mine and instead of cutting the bushes out with a hacksaw I heated the console bush housings with a blow torch and it softened the bush outer plastic shells enough to poke a screwdriver between the bush and housing and lever them out.

I'm back with a late update on the issue presented initially in the thread. After further investigating the issue and after finding a small coolant puddle underneath the car, it seemed that the engine radiator was actually punctured. I managed to replace both the heater and the engine radiator but I have to admit, I felt I was in way over my head when I saw the hole front of the car disassembled (sorry for the blurred picture). It took me around 10 hours during the week-end to have everything done and that's without the time spent researching and getting the right tools for the task. I did had some issues with the radiator support as it was previously smashed in an accident and I had to play around with the parts fitment so it's somewhat decent. After a few km everything seems to be in order and I noticed no leaks so far.

To the OP... I've removed the white space/new lines and left the random bits of text that were burried in it. You may wish to make sure that your first post says what you want it to say.

Finally starting to get unconfirmed build weeks after 9 months of nothing, so hopefully movement in the right direction. Looking at a late July delivery currently, but fully braced for that to drift.

It could be that the cable has snapped or an issue with the mechanism/caliper itself. To check that adjustments are working, you can jack the vehicle up and spin the wheel by hand, then check again after your adjustment and the wheel should be harder to spin or not spin at all.

How is something “dynamic” if it doesn’t move? 🙃

I'm 6 foot and wouldn't have a hope of sleeping in my Fabia hatchback, I think the estate's about 6" longer, so I'll go with a no on that. My Octavia hatchback is fine for it though. The worst I have to do is wind the seat back up a bit or slide it forwards.

Thanks gents, now I know for when I crack on with mine.

White covers over the cars for transit to dealerships perhaps?

I guess, at least you can drive it, while here you only hear stories of a phantom car…

Solved! turned out to be the brake pads rattling in the calipers! You would not believe it could make such a loud clonk! new caliper pins and bent out the pad retaining clips a tad and it’s now rattle free! thanks for everyone’s input.

All I did was pass the hacksaw blade through a void in the bush, then I reconnected it to my hacksaw frame so I could cut through the rubber and into the nylon sleeve enough to weaken it, then I removed the blade, walloped a drift between the nylon sleeve and the console, whereupon the sleeve split and the bush could be easily knocked out. It's probably taken longer to write this than it took to actually do.

My production week was 9 and it should be with the dealer in the next few days (it's waiting to be loaded at the UK port) so could be with me end of next week or perhaps just after Easter (bearing in mind bank holidays etc). So perhaps 6 weeks from build week.

@kodiaqsportline That is a really helpful distinction to make between servicing and maintenance, I hadn't thought about it like that before. I suppose my worry would be that the policy wording doesn't really make the same distinction clear, and also specifically mentions a lack of maintenance as a reason for the warranty not to be honoured: Servicing – To ensure that your vehicle is maintained in good condition, it should be serviced in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations. If it is not, we cannot be held responsible for any faults it may develop which could be attributed to the lack of service or maintenance. For this Warranty to remain valid, each service must be completed within 500 miles of the mileage recommended by the manufacturer or within four weeks of the recommended time period, whichever occurs first. If you fail to have your vehicle serviced in accordance with the manufacturers specification, cover will still apply for components which are not connected to vehicle servicing. I wouldn't be so sure about that. You're buying a car from Skoda, but its Volkswagen Financial Services who are supplying the warranty, and who are going to be the ones deciding whether or not it's valid. And after the Approved Used warranty has expired, many people will go on to buy an extended warranty or 'All-In' policy, which will be directly with VWFS. Agreed . It's just annoying that buyers have to be so proactive in making sure that the servicing/maintenance that should have been done, has been done. And that the 'Used Approved' tag seems to mean so little in practice.

My thoughts? You've done well to spot these things and it puts you in a great negotiating position, but regarding the warranty, it's sounding like people are confusing scheduled servicing with maintenance. Serviceable items have to be done within a specified timescale which if it's not adhered to, could invalidate the warranty. Maintenance items though are 'recommended'. Haldex, brake fluid etc are all maintenance items. There's also another factor - how long will that approved used waranty last? You're buying a car off Skoda, they're slapping their approved warranty on it, they can hardly turn round and say that warranty is invalid because the car we sold / checked as part of our approved scheme wasn't to Skoda's recommendations. And if that wasn't good enough for me, then factor in my legal rights. If it was me, I wouldn't worry in the slightest. I could buy a car that's been fully serviced, fully maintained and still have problems. Here you're buying a car which has just had maintenance freshly carried out on it.

I think it's got more empty space than your post but not much more, how small are you?

I don't know. He said to the dealer that he wants a diesel and that he is not picky about additional equipment. Dealer said, that there is one diesel and one hybrid currently in production, so he changed his mind and ordered the hybrid. He will also pay more, than someone who ordered a year ago. I believe at this point we all know why we are waiting like idiots.

I have never known a DMF flywheel to fall apart, clonk, rattle & vibrate yes but not fall apart, however the Sachs pressure plates of that era are well known for it. I do agree that when doing the job both the clutch and DMF should be replaced at the same time, my Luk kit cost £280 delivered. The OP should not wait for the situation to develop, if it is the pressure plate it will be cutting its way through the gearbox casing.

I'm beginning to regret responding to your post! Maybe I don't have the patience as I'm recovering from covid! My car is tuned to Stage 3 which has a ECU and DSG tune done by JBS in Chesterfield. It's running a standard clutch, no mechanically modification done to it, only software! There are plenty of Golf R owners who are at Stage 3 and running between 520 - 550 bhp and limiting the torque to 600nm on a standard/stock DSG with no issue. They have to be on top of the maintenance to reduce the chances of failure. Naturally the life of the DSG clutch will be reduce depending on how they drive and how many launches they do. The top DSG tune is from TVS Engineering and they have agents across the UK - AKS tuning, Awesome, CLP automotive to name a few. However a few tuners have their own DSG tunes which work well - JBS, Ecotune, Unicorn and of course Revo. It all depends what you after! Personally would I go to stage 3 again if i had the chance? Most likely not. However I now have a car which is faster than an the previous model M3 which i would never be able to afford and has cost me a lot less. Plus the size of the Superb allows me to ferry the family about in comfort and ease along luggage.

Thank you; due to age (79 next month) and the Pandemic I don't do even 10k a year these days; I just had a bit of a battle to get the oil changed after 12 months in my little Skoda. "Ah, Sir, not needed. You are wasting your money. We use 'long life oil'. Good for2 years" I got the oil and filter changed in the end. I believe in long life engines rather than long life oil!

Yeah sorry, I didn't post a before picture. Basically there was water under the lacquer and some areas had begun lifting quite a bit. I've attached a picture showing what it was like in November

Always do this and clear the DTCs then take the test drive and see if any come back and then make a decision depending what shows. Did this for a friend and it showed up a heater fan issue John

Most are ok with it from my experience, companies like the AA/RAC offer inspections so most garages expect it. If they have an objection it would ring alarm bells for me.

100% scan it, any honest dealer won’t have any issues. only had 1 dealer object, turned out it had been clocked… by A LOT!

With window openings? Skoda, not dealer. Got an email saying the RS door panel production will start in june.

So, at long last I've taken the plunge and got the car up to Stage 1 - did want Stage 2 but I'm yet to fit an FMIC. There appears to be an issue with the N249 / N75 as the car is over and under boosting... as can be seen in the graph. Hopefully should be a simple fix. Car definitely feels more alive now 😎 For anyone who lives in the south east and is looking for mapping services, I'd definitely recommend DVS Tuning in Folkestone!

As you have now bought the adaptors, you may want to try other free software - I have just tried Garage Pro as used by @AnnoyingPentiumwhich the spec suggests MAY look at different module in the car and give error messages but not allow clearing so would just be for info, I do not think that there is any issue with the systems on VW's that would make them any different to other manufacturers. If you want to confirm which systems you have used and found user-unfriendly there may be people on here to assist you in understanding how to use them.

Try a service station, where you buy petrol.

unfortunately you are in the "low budget, limited options, anyhring could happen" category on this purchase. i know we discussed that vrs in the mk1 section the other, didnt rwalise there was a second conversation going on about it. reality is any car you pick up in this price range could be an epic disaster waiting to happen or a work horse that plods on for thousands of hassle free miles. everything is going to have little niggly rattles, and wear and tear things to be dealt with or lived with. the fun part is not knowing for sure which you'll get.... like a pack of match attacks cards

It's simply not necessary.

Oh gawd! I had weird mobile browser problems and couldn't send a new topic. But seems OK now. Thanks for all the help. Still would like any fabia estate mk1 or mk2 owners to chip in too. There is one but its 90min drive away. Thought might be a video with all these crazy car campers in. Don't want to build a bed for it. Just seats down and a little fold up thin air mattress. Cos would have kids in a lot. Just want to instant kip on the hoof. Of course octa up but they are t2ice the price and more thirsty probably. There is a fabia mk1 estate elegance top notch for 1500

Sounds like a very favourable diagnosis from a profit point of view, but an incredibly improbable one in reality. More likely a single broken wire between drivers door and a-pillar, or something similarly trivial. Don't even attempt to order anything before getting some second opinions! Lock module replacement can be quite a faff, not sure how bad on a Superb3. What year is the car? If it's only just out of warranty, and 4x lock hardware is being described as in need of replacement, that sounds very much like a case of 'not fit for purpose' whether or not they are actually really broken, so ought to qualify for considerable if not total goodwill cover.

I guess the A/C was already empty? If not it is now. You can rotate the front off the car without disconnecting the A/C pipework from the condenser so that you get the same access without opening the refrigerant circuit. Well done for fixing it all though!

Thank you for that information, l have have not had that message yet but will be useful if l do.

I don't think anybody did that did they? That is the first time I've seen anybody wanting to change MPH to KPH. PS: The main dealer will not or can not carry out that action.

Thanks Rick I KNOW we haven't done anything to cause this, so thank you for your refreshing comment. Unfortunately motor forums always seem to have members who will never believe what is actually the case....No matter how compelling the information given by the op, So being judgemental about it is never helpful. There's always a first time for everything. As in this case. Learn from it. Don't knock it. It could happen to any of you. It doesn't matter how experienced you are, LEARN. Never stop learning. Don't get fixed ideas and ridicule peopole because of it. We don't know how the information is loaded onto the car. Why would we? The factory manufactured the vehicle. We bought it. End of. But clearly in this vehicles case, the programming of the maxidot didn't happen properly. Skoda made a mess of it. Not me, not my wife. We are not stupid people, and we know what WAS and WAS NOT on the Maxidot right from the day we bought it. We were always reliably informed (as per countless posts on this, and other forums), that changing the MPH display to KPH was not possible without lining the pockets of "The ubiquitous Main Dealer" using VCDS or changing the country to Australia.... Thank you. I won't comment again on this subject., I put the post up to HELP people, not to be ridiculed,

Don't know if you have an 'Inspection' message also. To cancel this do the above but with the hazards flashing. It works on my 63 reg 1.2tsi

I've replaced the brake pedal switch twice on a 2002 Polo, for some reason VW never got round to fitting the lower covers on the dash which meant nothing had to be removed to reach that switch.

Happy hunting, good position to be in when looking for a replacement.

Our 2017 1.2 DSG Yeti does very slowly engage the clutch and move gently forward after foot is taken off the brake without touching the accelerator. It continues moving slowly until brake is applied again. That's on the flat, not sure if it's the same on a hill. Mileage is about 43K. Use JKM ourselves and never had reason to complain, which is not something I can say about the main dealer.

Ah sorry, I just pulled a Mk4 Golf spec sheet for the alloys from the Golf forums.

And a video of how to take the dash apart to get to the switch....

Here's a video for you, Tom....

Not as far as I know, maybe in theory they are listed as being offered, but that was as far as it went. Okay they were offered on the earlier Polo GTI ie 6N last of the true "VW" Polos before the change to the Fabia based Polos, in late 2001/early 2002. Edit:- you will notice that none of the alloys used at factory on 9N Polo are on that list, these seem to be pre "new Polo" wheel options, or even dealer fit post sale options.

Creep comes with a torque converter, the Yeti is two conventional gear sets in the gearbox operated electronically and mechanically so no creep as with a torque converter

At 75 years old, with a smoking Smoggie, I seldom get to turn the heater off on our short trips to the shops. 😄

That normally happens when the door lock micro switches are playing up, the system sends the lock signal and looks for the confirmed lock signal but if the lock signal is missing it unlocks that door as it thinks it's open, a VCDS scan should highlight the problem, the door locks are cheap on eBay they are Chinese copies but seem to work well

Massive +1 for park assist. They're the same length as a range rover sport which you remember every time you try to park in a town centre. Here's mine - went for brown leather interior