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Year of registration: January 2014 Engine: 2.0 CR TDI Mileage when fault occurred: 101,000 km / 62,750 miles Symptom: Same as everyone else, warning about low cooleant level, sudden rise in temperature, eventually visibly leaking. Dealer name & response: Skoda Amager, Copenhagen, didn't mention anything about that it should be a known issue, and I didn't knew too. Warranty or goodwill contribution?: Out of factory warranty, so at first the dealer wanted to charge me. I had bought optionally warranty for 5 years / 150,000 kms, so it was changed free of charge to me. Any other info. (Full Skoda service history/independent?): Full Skoda Service History

What are the 2009 other problems? ;-)

On a cold winterday I jumpstarted my old 2000 Seat Leon TDI which my wife drives now. Positive to positive and my negative to the Leon's chassis. Piece of cake.

Mine did it when it was new. Never did anything about it, and now I haven't noticed it for a long time.

Definitely bulls***. Your car might need a calibration, but that is not caused by the system operating as it should. It must be some fault in the system, or some other thing happened to your car.

I had something similar with mine. Many false alarms sometimes with nothing in front of me. I also managed to shoot a video of it with nothing in front of me. VCDS showed an error from the rear loudspeaker, so that was changed. No effect at all, it still had the problem. Second attempt was to straighten my front license plate which had gotten slightly bend after close encounter with a towball. According to the dealer the front sensors are so sensitive that a vibrating licence plate could trigger them. But that didn't solved the problem too. Third time they replaced the wiring from the sensors to the control unit, and that solved the problem. What led them to this was that my car had a small problem with a clicking sound from the clutch pedal when it was only a few weeks old. Some nylon bushing was bad and got replaced. But that small repair more than two years ago was in the same area as where the wiring to the sensor's control unit is located, so they had a look at the wiring. Even though they said there was no visible damage to the wiring, the wire were touched by moving parts from the pedalbox, making it somehow damaged in the inside. So when I drove the car and used the clutch pedal, or more specifically when I was at a stop with the clutch pedal engaged the front sensors would sometimes be triggered when I disengaged the clutch because of pressure to the wiring. Now it works, but false alarms can still occur in traffic. If there is a bus or a truck next to me at a red light, the vibrations from their exhausts can sometimes trigger it, and so can ice and snow at winter time.

It's where the little camera for the driver fatigue warning and the annoying lane assist take over steering warning is placed, so the car can see if you are holding the steering wheel and if you are in need of a cup of coffee. ;-)

I have had it since January 2014 and it has covered about 65,000 km's by now. I don't think it will loosen up much more. The gearhift has gotten noticeably better though.

I'm on my first Skoda. Previous cars was a Seat Leon 1,9 TDI I drove for 11! years and before that a two Citroëns, a Xantia Activa and a ZX Furio. Overall I am quite happy. I had a minor warranty claim on a strange noise from the clutch-pedal (mine is a manual) within the first weeks, and then I have had some rattling from my panoramic roof, which they seem to finally have sorted it out. Only real letdown is the harsh rear suspension. Next time I will definitely choose the multi link suspension. I originally test drove a hatchback version and I didn't notice it as harsh, but when leaving the dealer with my brand new car after almost 7 months waiting the harsh ride was the first I noticed. On country roads and motorways it is perfectly fine though. Also I am not overly impressed by the gearshift and the clutch. The gear shift is clunky compared to most other cars I have driven and the clutch is a bit strange. The clutch point is strangely undefined and unforgiving, so you easily stalls the engine. Compared to my old Leon that could almost be driven at idle around in city traffic without using the speeder at all only by changing the gears, it was difficult to get used too, and I still occasionally stalls the engine. I am very happy about the interior's look, comfort and roominess, and I don't think the soundproofing is a problem.

It was not done by a Skoda-dealer, but at a company named 'Car Trends'. Funny enough, they do a lot of work for authorized dealers too. Not long ago I had service done at Skoda and I was a little worried what they would say. I had some gremlin in the parking sensor system that I feared the dealer would blame on the work from Car Trends, but it was no problem. A salesman I spoke to told me that they also sometimes use them to install equipment on demo-cars or cars that was ordered wrong and had something missing.My Columbus-unit is a second hand unit that is somehow 'locked' for Skoda, so the anti-theft system doesn't spot that it now is in another car. I really don't know (or care about) the technical details, but installation took around 1 hour or so. It only took a few minutes to swap the units, and perhaps 15-20 minutes to change the antenne to DAB. It is situated at the rear right window (on a combi) and it was needed to remove an airbag at the back seat and remove a bit of trim to get the wire hidden. Coding took maybe 20-25 minutes. Again I don't know the details but some coding is needed, and since my car was the first with Canton he have installed Columbus in, it took a little while to get the Columbus and the Canton working. The GPS antenna is hidden behind the dashboard, and that is the only thing that maybe isn't as good as a factory fitted unit with the roof antenna. It's not uncommon that my Columbus looses the signal. Their website is only in Danish http://www.cartrends.dk You can also find them on Facebook. They post a lot of pictures of their work on VAG-cars.

I have had it done. I had Bolero + Canton, and now I have Columbus + DAB + Canton. The GPS antenna is hidden behind the dashboard.

I have just ran my 2.0 diesel down to 0 range. I filled it up with just over 45 litres.

Naah... It really isn't that bassy.Try an Audi A3 with their 10 speaker soundsystem (not the B&O). It's much better and also much cheaper. I am not unhappy with my Canton, it makes a big difference to the standard system, but it lacks in the bass-department.

Just had my model year 2014 with Canton serviced today and borrowed a brand new car without Canton for the day. Even though I think Canton lacks a powerfull bass, I still think it is well worth the price. There's a very noticeable difference to the standard system.

What are the problems with your car?