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Well my 16th Skoda is a Karoq. Picked it up a couple of weeks ago in the rain and today the first chance to give it a proper clean. 1.5TSi DSG SEL.

The Action Can, SP 90. It's a very useful product, seals, bushing, windows etc

Found it had been using abit of coolant, topped it a little when I first got it and then I’ve done 1000miles since and I noticed the dampness down the front Side of the gearbox. I had been planning on a flush and new coolant bottle anyway as the level was hard to see the bottle was stained. Traced it to the top rad coolant pipe and on removal was quite easy to see the clip had failed. So nice easy fix just waiting on a couple of new clips and a seal for the top coupling and temp sensor o ring where I drained the system. As these don’t have the built in drain on the bottom hose.

Thats really kind of you. I’ll search for another. Thanks, Pete

Not at all, I am not a boy racer (been there, done that) but keep up with traffic flow and cruise at legal limit on motorway. I have been driving for over 50 years and guess with experience comes anticipation of forward road conditions, I think that saves petrol. Switch off stop/start every time but do use premium 97 octane petrol because the Yeti drives more smoothly with it and I proved in my previous Yeti that the extra cost (8p per litre here) is more than recouped in better MPG. So on a cost basis I spend 8p per litre (5% extra) and if you allow for that I guess you can argue I achieve the equivalent of 42.25 MPG - on a price basis compared with someone buying regular 95 octane petrol. But I know that using 95 octane in my previous 1.2 Tsi DSG Yeti dropped the MPG to about 41 MPG and it was not as smooth to drive. I know it is argued that I am wasting my money buying premium petrol BUT I have the data over 1,000’s of miles to prove otherwise!

Brilliant - my original post was deleted because of a rule violation, hence reposting an edited version. That beep is really useful in big car parks 😂. The sweeping needles are pointless but they look so cool! I hate that my wife doesn't understand.

Yay 🙂 new vgate icar adapter and Carista app worked! One button unlocking, needle sweep at start, beep confirmation on lock 👏 one happy daughter thanks for your help chaps

Wanted to share my experience with you, could not find this on forums before. I was looking to buy Skoda Superb and wanted light color. Checked one Grey / Beige car 2019 and it's paintjob was with defects two of the rock chips were already rusting, found out that the lower part (inside door) was painted very thin 40 microns. And I found zinc inclusion on both sides rear door lower part. They were in multiple places, some starting to show rust. Then I took a look at two black superbs and only on one I found trace of zinc inclusion same place but it was minor looking only 1 spot. Overall the black color was thicker, and even though one car had million rock chips only 1 was having rust signs.

I am in the process of fitting Mk1 Octavia gauge cluster to Felicia dashboard. I already changed backlight LEDs and adapted mileage to my Favorit chassis (127 000km). More pictures soon. I coded the cluster to have ABS and some other things, yes, I am planning on installing ABS from my Golf 4 GTI in my Favorit😃

Only thing that matters legally is what is on the weight plate on the car.

I'm happy with my 2019 110PS SEL. Its got the 6 speed box, great on a long motorway runs. Good on fuel, can be pretty quick if you what it to be. I came from a 1.8T VW Bora before these Fabias (i had a mk2 1.2 / 4 cylinder before the mk3) Didn't miss the grunt of the 1.8T at all with either car. For me wouldn't buy anything other than the 110PS version though. Only thing you will have to work the gearbox harder in some situations as its a smaller engine, but i think that's the same whatever brand you buy of this engine size. Its good to give the engine a workout anyway. Infotainment system is good, listen to so much music in the car now as its all on a USB thumb drive. Only downside is the tax on the new one, i went from £30 to £200 with the new one. The robbing bastards.

Sorry for slow response, partner got hold of me for a succession of "I just need you to..."s The spring does appear to be a match for yours, with red, yellow, yellow paint splodges (you should be able to check that by jacking up that corner of yours for a look). Can't read the label on the shock absorber, so can't tell you anything about that except that yours should be 6Q0413031BL, if original factory fit. That pictured strut is from a car with FS111 brakes (you can see it cast into the outer face of caliper), which yours are not, so the wheel bearing housing which everything bolts up to is different, having integrated brake carriers. Yours has a separate brake carrier part, not interchangeable. Not going to be useful to you.

No, but I can remember a couple of people coming on here saying the same thing, one being a taxi driver, that motor has over 130k on the clock. I did have some rough running issues from cold on my previous 1.5tsi, change of plugs all resolved. Although it took a while to diagnose, as I waited until there was a fault code present, relating to a cylinder misfire. These engines seem to like regular plug changes. The coil packs are not uncommon to failure, either. If you ate not 100% sure when the plugs were changed last, I'd change them. Prior to me changing the plugs, with no ecu codes stored, the engine sounded a little lumpy when cold.

Thanks. Definitely sounds rattly - I'd better do a search - can you remember what the causes were on the previous ones ?

2016 L&K 2.0ltr diesel, we have never had an issue.

Zero attempt to turn over can point to a broken wire going (not going) to the starter motor solenoid. This is the thinnest wire going to the starter motor. If wire appears to be intact - even with a gentle pull - unplug it and inspect for corrosion of the connection.

info, info + info -> https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/485940-memory-module-for-start-stop-button/ -> https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/436180-permanently-disable-stopstart/page/2/#comment-5747940

I love that colour

Solved it, a bit embarrassing really, after your reply i gave them a proper look, a combination of never really paying attention to them, conflicting headlight unit configurations and an Amazon replacement W5W that said canbus error free, that evidently were not had me looking at the high beams thinking the dipped beams had gone, couple that with the fact that the dipped beams don't really look bright enough in the sun, and hey presto, I've convinced myself the high beams are dual filament, the cable I tested didn't have voltage to -ve, because it was the -ve.... Thanks everyone for the replies, and sorry for inadvertently wasting your time....

Repair the wire in the rubber boot that is broken, use an auto electrician if you're no good at electrics!

@Kostas123 thank you very much for that last post. Managed to damage the brake line trying to remove one of the caliper bolts, and the site you linked made it a breeze to identify and source the correct parts.

Well after nearly 4 months of ownership, O finally found the source of one of the most annoying rattles. It sound a little plastic bag of nuts and bolts sliding along under the carpet behind the drivers seat. I have pulled bench seat, the bolster, the boot carpet ( estate ) rear driver footwell, lower trim the runs from the front to the back. After all my efforts, it was a broken biro on the rear floor air vents ! Even after checking them with an endoscope, I still missed it.tje first time. After 2½ hours over the past 2 days , I eventually removed it. Using my endoscope with a hook, long clear tube connected to my vacuum cleaner! What an ordeal.

Boris just left the minus sign out when he told the British public it would mean 150m a week or whatever it was. Thats what the extra bill for moving goods is, quarter of a billion customs entries at about £50 a time and still rising with the new CDS system and health check introduced a few weeks ago. Epic.

A massive act of self harm.

Doh. Are people in the Country that voted for Brexit just thick? The UK left the EU. It was not removed / towed away from Europe.

mint condition original superb parked next to me today

@vucko1011 No problem. I was looking for this info myself a while back and when I could only find an incomplete list I made a test rig so I could fill-in the gaps.

Welcome to the forum another Karoq owner. Is it the manual you have or a DSG?

A few I got in New Era Square in Sheffield a few years ago. The lines caught my eye.

The maybe someone should report them to the Monopolies and Mergers or other regulatory body. Oh hang on, maybe they don't need too . Tesla have recently laid off 15 -50% of their charging division (certainly in the U.S) and meanwhile Elon Musk (in another one of his incredibly sane moves) has gone and fired pretty much the rest of them. https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/inside-story-elon-musks-mass-firings-tesla-supercharger-staff-2024-05-15/