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Who last worked in that area? - the garage that changed the timing belt. Who should have noticed loose bolts or didn't tighten bolts correctly while working in that area? - the garage that changed the timing belt. As @EnterName says it's very suspicious that they don't want to put it right. I also agree that you should get an expert second opinion and if he/she agrees with us then "have a discussion" with the garage that changed the timing belt. BTW the Skoda UK advice to change the timing belt every 5 years was withdrawn earlier this year - it was totally out of step with the rest of the VAG empire and made no engineering sense.

As @EnterName says, a trained person with the equipment and knowledge to look at the car will be best placed to offer advice. A quick question on a forum is essentially free so no harm in asking. If the forum response is "go find a mechanic" then maybe that's the route. This specific issue could be a faulty sensor, a miss fuelled engine, a DPF at end of life, the style of driving, or any number of other situations. "my dpf is regenning too often" is too little info for armchair techs to diagnose. But, we help where we can.

We all know that China EV cars have been getting some stick from some quarters recently and today I learned that London has a new all electric bus on trial from a Chinese maker called Yutong and this video shows a factory visit to see how they make and test their buses to make as near to perfect as they can, and I have to say that they do seem to be pretty good overall and I'm impressed by the level of detail and testing that they subject their buses to before letting them leave the factory.

As a non-expert I would be thinking yes it absolutely could. It's also very suspicious that the garage doesn't want the work to put it right. I think you need an expert second opinion from a mechanic that can inspect the vehicle, and if they tell you the garage is at fault, chase them up for repair costs.

As to a pee. I have to get one before arriving to public EV charge. Because the CPS chargers or park and rides do not have toilets or if they have they are not open. No point turning up at a charger and dancing about trying to find a tree if bush to go behind. It tends to be where there is expensive charging and that there might be toilets near. But not always in Scotland. Actually roadside filling stations are usually the expensive fuel and you need to go off route to the out of town or supermarket cheap fuel places. Many filling stations in Scotland have no toilets for the public.

Indeed. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/04/carmakers-ramp-up-pressure-on-chancellor-for-ev-sales-subsidies The part I have trouble believing is the £2 billion of discounting required to meet this target; they have sold something like 200,000EVs year-to-date, so are they really loosing £10k per vehicle? Is it at all possible because they are overpriced by £10k to start with? Who would have thought cheaper cars like EC3, EV3, Inster are the right way to gain sales volume. The brands shouting the loudest: BMW, Ford, JLR are the brands who are falling behind because they are only selling bloated SUV to begin with. EV's are hitting the volume segment, manufacturers who complain are those who got caught with their pants down.

@Winston_Woof Why 3 Approved drivers?, it is not a Motability car. I do not have any Approved drivers on the car now from Motability. Exempt from VED as a Disabled driver. I already have insurance for 2 cars i own. I have Break Down cover from my Bank Accounts, as does my partner. You pay at least £11,000 in 3 years for the pleasure of a new car for 3 years lease. £75.75 a week just now. x 156 = £11.778. It goes up each year. Then any advance payment you make. So really £12,000 for the next 3 years unless you get the likes of a Dacia Spring. 156 x £60 = £9,360 for 3 years, car and maintenance, insurance and a Free Home Charger or a BP Subscription for 3 years. Maintenance covered but Motability only have them serviced at 2 years and before 3 years and a MOT and Motability use the Warranty on any Warranty Issues. They do not let the manufacturers take the pith. And neither did i when Arnold Clark tried telling me the Corsa Electric needed drop links and discs and pads. But said when reminded it was a Motability car that Motability would not approve the work. I told them they would as i had sent them the Technicians Video sent to me in error thinking i was a MUG PUNTER. I have had 13 Motabiity Lease cars and bought 2 with HP From Motability and owned those for 17 years and 6 years. I used to buy and sell Ex Motability cars starting in 1979 with Mini,s then in 1982 with Metros.

& if Scotland had a Wealth Fund and the UK had not squandered the revenue from Oil & Gas since the early 1970,s what a different state things might be. Same now with Renewables and money paid to buy electricity from overseas while paying those that can generate electricity not too.

Thanks for posting those Ootohere, so there's potentialy the Haldex, plugs and a brake fluid change overdue, the plugs and brake fluid don't overly concern me but the Haldex could be a potential issue if it fails and I need to claim under warranty, could be costly! Anyone know if these are an issue, I've got a 2022 4x4 kodiaq which I had the Haldex done at just over 2 years/30k by an independant and the strainer was pretty gunked up so I can imagine being an older car (less mileage mind) this could be in a similar state.

why would a dealer have imported an Indian built car which is 95% loccally sourced and aimed at he Indian Market and which doesn't appear on Skoda UK website as a current model into the UK though?

According to some pundits, BYD stands for "Burn Yours Down"

As a follow up to my potential purchase. I saw the car last Monday with the hope of a test drive only to find I couldn't drive it as the lower arms would have been an MOT failure and the dealership wouldn't let me out in the car until they're sorted (stating insurance etc), it was a bit frustrating as they could have told me this beforehand mind, but it was still worth the journey as I had a good look over the car and a good chat with the technician who was doing the MPC on the car. I've done some research on this and it appears its not that uncommon for them to go very early on, there's another guy on here with a sportline who had the same advisory on his last MOT with his car being a 21 plate with 24k miles on it and a quick look at the mot history of a few cars on autotrader shows some with a similar advisory on previous MOT's, so I'm inclined to give the dealer the benifit of the doubt. (even though I'm not 100%, but I probably never will be on buying a used car anyway) I've put a deposit down on the car as other than the lower arms its about in as good a condition as I could wish for, maybe 1 or 2 very, very small marks, with very clean alloys and the interior is the same looking almost new with hardly any signs of wear. I also drove another 272 earlier that day which was local to me and the same age as this car (10k more miles though), but is on for 3.5K more, really liked how it drove and didn't notice throttle lag all that much, compared to the Kodiaq is was posiively sprightly! it was in a bit of a state though, clearly having had a fairly hard life, seeing in how good a condition the one I'm interested in is in compared to the one I drove convinced me to put the deposit down. I'm now booked into drive it next weekend as the dealers are taking their time with the repairs, I was hoping to be driving it this weekend but its not been sorted yet, I've already said I want it ready to go next weekend otherwise I'll be walking, but all being well and pending a good test drive I should hopefully have the car in a weeks time!

BYD recall. Various articles. Some say steering, India Auto's say Fire Hazard affects 100,000. some 97,000, In China. Some, 'a small batch of Tank Plug-in,s. 2022. @Graham Butcher UK. DVLA Recall. Alexander Dennis (Bus builders in Scotland) BYD AD ENVIRO400 1 recall. Hispacold HVAC system which might result in a fire when vehicle is left unattended. ............ Already this. Nothing to do with the Recall Labour Government backing UK industry and jobs. Sir Keirs father was a Tool Maker....

In March 2020, I had a MK2 CR170 and I knew it wasn’t going to be ULEZ compliant and living in the zone, it had to go. Given the low annual mileage I was now covering, a petrol was the obvious answer. I drove a couple of 1.4 DSG Superbs and found them underwhelming. But when I saw the 280 advertised, saw the very high spec and then actually drove it, it was the obvious choice and I have not regretted it; it’s best car I’ve ever owned. Yes, it does only give around 25mpg on my very short daily commute but I’ve got 40+ on a decent run and yes, servicing costs are higher with the 4X4 system but it’s not insane.

rear tyre / the rear axle provides stability at speed. Drive on a wet motorway with poor rear traction and you'll really feel it - the tail wags too easily and is generally unsettled. Under dodgy conditions, it's going to be super-obvious, because the rear is the part that's guiding the car around the corner. Lack of front traction will mean you just shoot forward instead of going around, lack of rear will give you oversteer. And 4x4 won't help much because it can't. It's another reason why rotation is a thing and should be practiced. I always move mine when swtiching between summer and winter.

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e753d15b0eb84693c7e3e21/t/66fec65c0937481a7363f00a/1727972964119/Electric_Car_Count_-_New_AutoMotive+September+2024.pdf Page 3, looks like at end of Q3, VW, Ford, Renault are very far behind with 5000+ shortfall. Funnily with Tesla's sales number it is able to mostly cover those top 3's shortfall. Indeed. Got to remember those losses are only realised losses when selling. So don't sell the asset during a surplus. Supply and demand 101. But with ratcheting mandate like ZEV mandate, I'm not sure there will ever be a shortage of ZEV..........

Please don't lower my expectations any further 😭

UPDATE AND SOLUTION..... I have found that the rear tailgate latch has a two stage closing mechanism, part and fully latched. Due to the bump stops on the tailgate being adjusted incorrectly, my tailgate would only part latch. Within the latching mechanism there are two microswitches which detect part and full latching and this is why the interior light would not go out as the car could not see the tailgate fully latched. On the plug there is PIN 4 which is the common input and PIN 1 and PIN2 feedback into the car to tell it where the latch is , as per the table below. Everyday is a school day - bumpstops adjusted and we now have a fully working interior light which goes on and off when it shoud!

New Skoda Elroq prices, specs etc Configurator from today Order books open 18 October To allow owners to perfectly tailor the new Elroq to their specific requirements, Škoda offers a broad range of options. These include five different alloy wheels, two interior Design Selections and stand-alone equipment such as a heat pump, dynamic chassis control and an electrically retractable tow bar. Customers can also choose from a range of option packs that bundle a selection of commonly chosen features into a single item. Elroq SE 50 55kWh (52kWh net) £31,500 Elroq SE L 60 63kWh (59kWh net) £33,350 Elroq Edition 60 63kWh (59kWh net) £34,450 Elroq Edition 85 82kWh (77kWh net) £38,650 Elroq SportLine 60 63kWh (59kWh net) £37,400 Elroq SportLine 85 82kWh (77kWh net) £41,600 Options : paint £680 or £1065 Wheels (bigger or different) from £595 Winter pack £600 heated front & rear seats, heated windscreen, tri zone climate Maxx pack £5100 park assist, tri zone climate, electric front seats, lumbar and massaging, head up, area view, canton sound, variable boot floor, rear sun blinds, electric heated mirrors with spot logo, matrix headlights, LED lights, dynamic range control, Corning lights, electric boot, boot nets, rear side airbags Plus package £1950 matrix headlights, cornering lights, dynamic lights Advance package £4150 most of what is in Maxx (not park assist or tri zone) Elroq SE (from £31,500) SE 50 is fitted with a 55kWh (52kWh net) battery, and is capable of more than 230 miles of WLTP range. The entry point to the new Elroq range comes with an exceptional high level of standard equipment. Among the many highlights are 19-inch Proteus silver alloy wheels, LED headlights and LED rear lights. Inside, the SE features Škoda’s striking Loft design selection that comes with fabric and artificial leather upholstery, grey headlining and a two-spoke leather multifunction steering wheel. Drivers benefit from a large 13-inch touchscreen display, digital cockpit and single-zone climate control as standard. The SE also offers a generous quota of convenience and safety systems as standard, including a rear-view camera with rear parking sensors, traffic sign recognition and blind spot detection. Elroq SE L (from £33,350) SE L 60 models come with a larger 63kWh (59kWh net) battery as standard, which has a WLTP range of more than 250 miles on a full charge. It also offers drivers more equipment, including a two-spoke leather heated multifunction steering wheel with paddles for recuperation selection, heated front seats, satellite navigation and Škoda Connect - Infotainment Online and Remote Access (three years). Customers opting for the SE L also benefit from dual zone climate control, drive mode select, front parking sensors and preparation for a tow bar. As with the SE model, the SE L also comes with a six-metre, 32A Type 2 charging cable as standard, along with rapid charging capability of up to 145kW when connected to a suitable DC rapid charger. Elroq Edition (from £34,450) The Elroq Edition model comes with two battery options; 60 and 85; a 63kWh (59kWh net) pack that offers more than 250 miles of WLTP range, and a larger 82kWh (77kWh net) pack that can deliver up to 360 miles on the WLTP cycle, respectively. Edition models build on the specification of the SE L and add 19-inch Regulus anthracite alloy wheels, unique dark chrome roof rails and window surround and privacy glass with acoustic side windows. Edition customers also benefit from travel assist plus, predictive adaptive cruise control with traffic jam assist, keyless entry, and wireless charging (15W) with cooling function. Elroq 85 models, which come with the larger 82kWh (77kWh net) battery, can also take advantage of 175kW DC rapid charging capability. Elroq SportLine (from £37,400) The flagship model of the Elroq range, SportLine comes with two battery options 60 and 85; a 63kWh (59kWh net) or 82kWh (77kWh net) battery pack with WLTP ranges of up to 258 miles and 355 miles respectively. SportLine models are distinguished by 20-inch Asterion black alloy wheels, matrix LED headlights, unique SportLine bumpers and gloss black roof rails, door mirrors and tailgate lettering. Inside, SportLine models come with a bespoke Design Selection that features microsuede and artificial leather upholstery, carbon effect decorative inserts, front sports seats and a black headlining. A three-spoke artificial leather heated sports multifunction steering wheel with paddles for recuperation level selection is also fitted as standard. Reflecting its sporting nature, the Elroq SportLine comes with progressive dynamic steering as standard (the 85 battery offers the addition of sports suspension as standard) while an electrically operated tailgate with kick activation and rear side airbags complete the specification. https://skodamedia.com/en-gb/releases/1527

Thanks for the reply. Car looks really good, I've always liked the white with black touches, I very nearly bought a MK3 vrs in the same colour, that's a car I regret letting get away. I think your right on the reliability side of things, I've read plenty of horror stories about kodiaqs but other than a dodgy passenger side wing mirror, mines been rock solid (saying that's probably tempting fate), but it still feels and drives life a new car after 35k miles. So I'm guessing the Superb should be similar, as they share a lot of the same parts like gearbox and 4x4 system. Anyhow, here's a pic of the potential purchase, it's pretty much the opposite of yours!!

As someone who has driven both I felt the 190 underwhelming, but I had come from a 220 Octavia VRS. I feel the 272/280 version has a more obvious difference in driving modes with Sport being pretty gutsy and probably more than you will ever need. Mileage doesnt bother me much either, I do 5k a year. I wouldnt worry about the engines, these EA888s are very solid and in this form is de-tuned compared to something like a Golf R (306hp) The Haldex should be fine as long as maintained properly. If warmed up and serviced regularly you shouldnt see any issues.

Ah but wouldn't buying an ex Motability EV (or indeed any car regardless) mean you have to pay for Insurance (for up to three approved drivers), vehicle excise duty, servicing with a free replacement vehicle, tyres and breakdown cover separately out of your DLA/PIP etc ? (I believe I am correct in saying that a Motability lease includes all of those)

If you PM an address and telephone I could pop over Sunday afternoon. I need to some mileage on my car, bought it new and still only done 44521 miles in it. I can put VCDS on the car and at least get a list of all the Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTC's). If I put the scan on here then others could at least see everything that is an issue. Kev.

This is all I’m seeing on the service menu.

..and don't forget to tell the dealer to get his finger out and update the mapping database. 5+ years out of date.

Luxury tax is obscene. You've already paid say 40% tax on income and then you pay more because you have worked harder to earn that money. Also the threshold is arbitrary. That's life I guess, no point fretting about it.

That would affect both the analogue and digital speedo though. My first thought is that the analogue needle is sticking sometimes.

We know they are First Registering cars. Even MINI, BMW, Rolls Royce cars that have a 'Suspended hand over' because of a Recall on Brakes. Manipulation of 'Sales' that are not sales to the public, then the New Cars that were due for Delivery to Motability Customers that are really quite a high percentage of EV,s. There are lots of EV,s coming back in after 3 years lease from Motability and they are at BCA,s or will be this month and next as the customers get their new lease car.

Cars not being bought and sold every year or 3 for business users is Simply Clever and should be encouraged maybe. Business should not be helped financially to prop up the UK,s new and used motor trade. There has been plenty incentives for business use of BEV,s. And the ridiculous high grants to others that just meant the RRP of new EV,s was ridiculous.

Yes, if you check up online, the tangs are hidden once the nut is fitted. My original 1/2" sqr drv socket set is all BIHex so good for use on these 12 pointed nuts - though I've been, over the years adding in as many Hex sockets as they should protect the nuts and bolt heads better - I even had to buy/add an extra BiHex socket to that old socket set for when I replace a lower suspension link arm on my 2011 Audi S4 as VW Group thought it a great idea to use a 12 point nut on the TREs! - as 21mm does not seem to have been a popular size of socket when I first added metric sockets to that old 1/2" sqr drv socket set!

One of the basics you learn when debating politics (bear with me) is that people often lubricate their ideology by warping the meaning of words. I mention that here as that "New Automotive" PDF is a great example of this. We all know that registering a car is not the same as selling a car, yet the two terms are used interchangeably in the piece to make EV sales sound rosy. The reality is that EV sales are anything but rosy at the moment. Happily, things might pick up somewhat when people realise that there are some great EV bargains to be had just now.

We have a 1.4tdi 4x4 manual and live on the edge of the peak district. It regularly travels across the peaks fully loaded to the gunnels to Belfast and Lancaster - it copes fine with no issues apart from an occasional need to let it have a few more revs before changing gear...

Your local garage can inspect the vehicle, take data readings, and take a test drive. Why do you think you'll have more confidence in advice given you about your DPF on here, than you would from your local garage, as a first port of call? My advice is to take it to your garage, and ask them for advice on the problem. When you have been given expert advice by a mechanic who has seen the problem for themselves, if you are dissatisfied at that point, that would be a good time to come to the forums with your problem, and describe the problem and the advice you have been given to resolve the problem, which you are dissatisfied with.

My point was that EV depreciation is being driven by EV pre-registration, which is driven by the prospect of punitive fines. Beyond that, [Dings bell] Thank you! Morning!

I do not know. Why do you ask? Just for you George, I've edited my original post. 😘

I don't know if he did or not. My point was that chargers don't always deliver their rated output which I don't think anyone would dispute and that would certainly be an issue for me when out and about on the road. At the moment I don't ever have to worry about whether a petrol station will take longer than normal to fill my car up as they all pretty much operate at the same speed. Yes I acknowledge that that's how the technology works. My point was that it's inferior to filling a car up with petrol as that happens at a constant speed until its full. I know it's common and makes sense to do it, I was just pointing out that it's not the same as starting every day with a full tank of fuel. It's more like starting every day with 1/4 - 1/3 of a tank of fuel.

The instrument cluster cannot be coded in using VCDS unless it's a brand new cluster in a virgin state. The cluster needs to be coded to the immobiliser with the code being read from the old cluster. I had my instrument cluster replaced. I had to take the replacement cluster and car from here in Leeds to @Eddie-NL in Norwich as he was the only person on the planet who seemed to know how to do it. He had some special kit that can clone the old cluster to the replacement. Kev.

Thanks. I'll propose the latest update and see what comes back. Surely an easy, low cost thing to do for a dealer to keep a customer happy and get a deal over the line.

If you have a look at this you will see most, if not all, of these are on main routes. even if you strip it back to only the very fastest chargers you'll see they'r eon main routes rather thanin the back of beyond

@icarusi@hotmail Posted a fuel pump question on the 17 September. No power to Fuel Pump Controller on 2009 1.4 TSI https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/526608-no-power-to-fuel-pump-controller-on-2009-14-tsi/ In @icarusi@hotmail question they have written:- "I had a look for circuit diagrams, but the one I found for 2009 was showing an FPR rather than a FPC" If FPC means Fuel Pump Controller and FPR means Fuel Pump Relay then I strongley suspect that like @icarusi@hotmail you too have a fuel pump controller. Where that is I don't know, maybe @icarusi@hotmail can advise. Kev.

Tell me you have never driven an EV without telling me you've never driven an EV. OK your friend didn't bither to pre heat the battery, that's fine but you presented that fact as though it meant EVS are all flawed because your friend didn't do what he needed to. It's a bit like me complaining the fossil cars are all hopeless because I tried to drive to London wfrom Edinburgh with only a litre of petrol in the tank. You would rightly say that wasn't the fault of the technology but operator error. 1) the analogy about fillign a jug is perfect. It's got nothing to do with filling a fossil car. It's about how batteries, all batteries, charge up. It's not a car thing, it's true of all batteries if you fast charge them. 2) I did not describe a significant diversion. I described leaving the Edinburgh City bypass to get to the first PFS I passed, filling up with diesel and then rejoinign the bypass. It added 22 minutes to my journey, which is comparable with a charge back to 90% when I stop at Carlisle when heading South. See pic below for my "significant diversion". If you've nnever driven this far for dino juice I would be amazed. 3) Why does charging while you sleep have no substance? Puzzled by this one. Lots of us do it. In addition of course when I plug in my electricity price for the whole house drops from 22p to 7p, which makes it cheaper to heat the house, run the tumble drier etc etc. Put it this way in December and January (the 2 coldest month) my total energy bill for the house and car was no more than £130 per month. My diesel van cannot do that. In fact it costs £100 to fill it up and then it does naff all for my home energy bill. 4) You may be able to drive 750 to 850 miles between stops but I simply cannot. I follow the Army's rules on driver's hours so stop every two hours for 15 minutes. Not because it's a rule but because I / passengers usually need to eat/pee or take a quick fresh air break. The stops I take are the same whether I am in the EV or the diesel. But the EV refills while we stop, the diesel simply doesn't do that, rather inconveniently. While I can only manage to drive for a couple of hours, the car would happily drive for 340 miles which on my usual route (Livingston to Milton Keynes) is about 5 and a half hours. 5) the faff of plugging in is actually slighlty less than say locking the car up. You open a flap, lift the plug and put it in. Takes about 5 seconds. It takes me longer to work out which pocket my keys are in and open the front door.

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As @EnterName asks, these things don't last forever. Anything you do will be short term and from the sounds of things the period will be very short. Start looking at replacements would be my advice. Unless of course you are just trying to get the car to a certain point. @Paws4Thot suggestion is not advised unless you know a friendly MOT test centre.

Mine failed suddenly in the summer. Another member on here (Paulski) who lives locally to me kindly plugged his laptop to the car and the problem was literally there in black and white. 2 new cheap ebay replacements, which took me less than an hour to fit, and everything was as good as new. All working well nearly 2 months later.

Darkside inlet pipe work, open cone and down below, stainless steel charge pipe with turbo muffler delete. Also off to Darkside in a few weeks for a custom remap. Lanoguard working a treat still. (Yes I'm aware one of the springs is upside down, only just noticed it months after they had installed them) Bonus looooooooooooooooooooooooooooong 10mm socket

The car has very little service history, some from 2009 showing it's had a service in Germany, some bits from 2015 and then the new battery in 2023, thats it. I ordered a whole new complete INA timing belt kit from autodoc for it which will take ~ 2 weeks to be delivered so in the mean time i focused on ripping out the parrot system and the factory head unit: Pretty decent rat's nest removed: Next, a new 2 din android head unit went in. Of course it has android auto and apple car play: USB ports mounted where the lighter socket used to be: I 3d printed a little adapter so I can wire in a microphone in the OEM position at the dome light: And a reverse camera. Feeding the cable through the tailgate was a bit tricky, but went ok in the end: Camera itself: