SurreyJohn

Probably be useful to describe what part it is and why you are changing it. I doubt anyone knows what you are describing from a part number

VW 508 is 0W-20 for petrol engines wont be VW 509 as that is for Diesel engines I have checked the UK manual for Superb iV and under oil top ups it says VW 504 or VW 508 or ACEA C3 or ACEA C5 VW504 is a 5w-30 oil so fair bit of flexibility with top ups, and can find these as most bigger fuel stations

I think you should be rejecting for unfixed faults rather than voluntarily selling it back, which would be at a much lower price. Have a look at these threads, gives lots of handy advice on what to do https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/493264-how-many-have-rejected-or-are-in-the-process-of-rejecting/ https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/494667-my-fight-is-over/ https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/483376-annoying-things-about-the-mk4/

Is the service countdown a mileage based number, or days You have had car 9-10 months on 8k miles per year contract (which suggests mileage is about 6.5k) but as that is too low to be due a service, suggesting to me it had PDI was set to fixed then sat around for 10 weeks to October 2020 You can usually call up what car thinks in infotainment, select car, settings, scroll to service. Will tell you both, what are they ? I would be creating a stink with lease co if needs servicing after 6.5k miles or 9 months of lease as it wasn’t new when you got it.

I’m slightly confused, you have a 2 year lease ending October 2023, which means it started October 2021 (which is in the future). Doesn’t tally with a car now needing servicing If doing 16k over 2 years then just get the 12 month inspection done, and return it few days before next service due (no penalty for having a countdown displayed, but will be billed for service if saying due when returned) Variable servicing is normally for those doing min 25 miles per day, which is not very easy to justify on a 8k miles per year deal, so dealer was correct to set to fixed for that mileage. If only need to do the interim before returning don’t bother with a service plan, as you will be paying for second service without needing it.

I guess you are going to say, your local Skoda dealer isn’t interested in selling, so doesn’t have any unregistered stock waiting to be bought by someone who doesn’t want to wait 3-7 months for a factory order.

This is the official view, copied from the servicing section towards the end of Karoq brochure. Variable is 9000-20000 miles and per last statement is for those driving at least 25 miles daily, then driving gently like their granny Quote Service intervals When you order your KAROQ, you can choose whether your car is on a fixed or a flexible service regime. Your ŠKODA retailer will help you decide which regime suits how your car will be driven, enabling your car to stay in the best possible shape. Fixed regime: service every 10,000 miles or one year (whichever comes first). This is recommended if the vehicle is likely to be used in the following way: > Driven fewer than 10,000 miles per annum. > Mainly short journeys, driven mostly in towns or cities. > High vehicle loading/towing and frequent hill climbs. > Heavy accelerating and braking, using high revs. Flexible regime: Sensors in the engine detect when a service is needed. A service light will show between 9,000 and 20,000 miles or up to 24 months (whichever comes first). The flexible service regime is recommended for vehicles with a daily mileage of more than 25 miles where the vehicle is driven regularly and mainly at a constant speed with minimum vehicle and engine loading, minimal towing and driven in an economical manner Unquote .

Another commonly missed point is the latest brochures have a servicing section towards the end and it quite clearly says (although print is small) that variable servicing can be from 9000 miles. So those that tell you variable will be 18000-20000 miles are misleading you by quoting the upper limit, not whole range. It really depends on how the car is used. Note the last statement on when variable should be selected (does anyone do 25 mile trips then drive like their granny, which means very few qualify for variable servicing) Quote Service intervals When you order your SUPERB, you can choose whether your car is on a fixed or a flexible service regime. Your ŠKODA retailer will help you decide which regime suits how your car will be driven, enabling your car to stay in the best possible shape. Fixed regime: service every 10,000 miles or one year (whichever comes first). This is recommended if the vehicle is likely to be used in the following way: > Driven fewer than 10,000 miles per annum. > Mainly short journeys, driven mostly in towns or cities. > High vehicle loading/towing and frequent hill climbs. > Heavy accelerating and braking, using high revs. Flexible regime: Sensors in the engine detect when a service is needed. A service light will show between 9,000 and 20,000 miles or up to 24 months (whichever comes first). The flexible service regime is recommended for vehicles with a daily mileage of more than 25 miles where the vehicle is driven regularly and mainly at a constant speed with minimum vehicle and engine loading, minimal towing and driven in an economical manner Unquote

Recently had the Roomster serviced at Bath, strolled round to nearer Green Park station as boring place to wait. All done efficiently and 15 minutes quicker than they estimated. They could do with more customer parking spaces though, or at least stop using the ones they already have to park new unregistered cars in, so customers can actually park easily.

Bridgestone weather control A005 is an all season tyre, not a winter tyre Probably worth adding following to your shortlist: Continental TS860 or new TS870 Hankook i*cept Evo3 Michelin Alpin 6 The good thing with Borbet is they have a wheel finder on their website where you can select what fits with no adaptors and original bolts

I had similar problem on my Arona, came with Pirelli P7 but it also had stupid 215/45 R18 tyres (Kamiq gets these too) Discovered in first winter they were dreadful in colder weather (below about +10c when wet) so wanted to go for all season tyres (but 2 years ago had to pay nearer £150 per tyre for Quatrac 5 in that obscure size, and only alternative then was Maxxis AP2) In end bought a set of Borbet Y 16 inch alloy wheels with Goodyear Ultragrip 9+ winter tyres (the 9+ was brand new then). Was cheaper than the £600 Quatrac 5s. To be honest the 9+ are brilliant, hit a patch of frost and it grips like it is dry summer day (and when it snowed, just pulled past people on every hill) So now done about 27k miles (of which about 18k is on the P7s) and all 4 still have 5.2 to 5.7mm tread so looks like they will last 45k+ miles The downside of summer/winter is an hour to swap them early Nov and April, the upside is superb grip and knowledge that unless I get a puncture I now have tyres (already paid for) that will be ok to about 70k miles or another 5 years

That appears to be (from the rating plate) a 10amp cable, presumably the one for plugging into a domestic socket. If it has worked in same socket before, suggests system is struggling due to diminished battery. Probably not best idea to use a low power charging solution for charging from empty. Remember can get grants towards cost of home chargers. Was this the first time you have used that cable in that particular socket, the possibility of it being a diode error makes me wonder if the socket is wired wrong (live and neutral crossed over). If so no idea what might be consequences. Has your house had the recommended electrical test (normally max 10 year intervals or after alterations) It does have a warning at bottom of photo of only using correctly installed sockets which unfortunately if that was the case would rather mean it’s your cost to rectify it.

Hi @moshe123 not sure if you are in UK, but the facelift Kodiaq in UK all come with 7speed DSG gearboxes. Doesn’t seem to be any frequent problems with latest versions. Don’t know about the water pump, but the Kodiaq is one of the few remaining Skoda where can still get a Diesel engine in UK (can’t in Fabia, Scala, Kamiq or Enyaq), but it’s not surprising as less than 1 in 11 cars sold in UK were pure diesel powered so now rather a niche market

It is rare for the service pack to be 2 full services, normally one is an inspection and oil change, the other a bigger service. But even the bigger one will exclude some additional service items. Sometimes there are time limits, or it has to be used for the next servicing or you lose it, so check the small print on what you have bought.

The problem with having compulsory speed limiters is that it assumes the speed limits are set sensibly, not by someone trying to score political points. Tragically there was an accident near where we lived where a teenager died (and 4 others seriously injured) and it led to some local councillors getting speed limit changed from 30mph to 20mph on basis of the accident and death. Being so close to where we lived got to talk to police investigator and Accident actually happened middle of the night, the driver was apparently over limit (wouldn’t say if drink or drugs), car was estimated by police to be doing 60mph, and person killed was thrown out because they weren’t wearing a seatbelt as too drunk to put it on. The result was 20mph limit on that section of A307 in Petersham introduced about 10 years ago, since extended by Richmond upon Thames Council to virtually every road in the Borough as apparently motorists find it too difficult to understand changes in speed limits. Sorry but I object to blanket low speed limits, and believe limits should be set appropriately by road type. I still don’t know how someone ignoring the then 30mph limit, crashing at 60mph justifies changing limit to 20mph. Sadly since moving to Wiltshire there has been similar accident, 4 died at Derry Hill, also returning from nightclub, coroner reports indicate driver intoxicated, crashed at estimated 120mph (double the speed limit). Again an overridable speed limiter wouldn’t have made one bit of difference.

I vaguely remember (but might be mixing it up with something else) that there is something to do with the angle of dipped headlights and above a certain speed it lights the road further ahead. In normal mode something like 60mph (again I can’t remember), perhaps sport mode lowers the threshold speed, completely forgotten what it is called, is it highway light?

With the Karoq being bit big (and wider than ideal for most parking spaces), came across a possible alternative today (at Bradford-On-Avon food festival which has Toyota as sponsor) and that is new Yaris Cross Liked the size, (4172mm x 1765mm wide x 1595mm tall) very comfortable to sit in (although it was a top spec premiere edition 1.5 hybrid awd). However it was all rather black and dark inside (rather than being light and airy) Great for a couple, or those with smaller children or grandchildren, but perhaps marginally small for 4 adults.

Had something similar on an old Octavia when we went to France, stopped to go to services, realised it was dripping when returning to car, as little wet patch on car park, looked at it and saw condensation had frozen around it. You could actually see a white frost on the unit. Once it melted it was fine, and worked fine next journey. I suspect there was some sort of blockage (possibly a sticky flap), but never really found out as it was August and never had very hot weather again before I sold the car.

Not surprising, it’s synthetic urea (pee). If pee wasn’t washable with water, would need different system for flushing your toilet.

Every dealership has debit card machines, as well as take your money, they can refund it. (Someone may need to enter an authorisation code to prevent accidental refunds) but using the machine should only take few seconds longer than they took any payment or deposit off you. If there are faults, and a 30 day no quibble guarantee, I can see no reason why you would need to wait for a refund. If they suggest a delay simply remind them you (part) paid with a card, and same card machine can do refunds.

Somebody was pulling a fast one on the 12th, telling you October, because previous couple of weeks others has heard Jan-Feb If I was you I would ask to see a copy of the email the salesman had previous week with estimated dates, if it showed October fair enough, but if it has magically disappeared or didn't then I suggest you take it up with Dealer Principal

Update for those with SE-L and Monte Carlo specs with 18 inch wheels wanting to order all season tyres before the seasonal price jump in next few weeks (order soon, even if fitting date is few weeks away to get lower summer prices) 215/45 R18 all season tyres still have very limited choice : Vredestein Quatrac Pro Continental all season contact Hankook kinergy 4S 2 Maxxis Premitra AP3 Imperial all season driver There is also a Goodride and Minerva tyre (but these seem to get some questionable reviews, so probably best avoided)

If visiting certain French cities, get a Crit-Air sticker (it was about £3.50 when I ordered one 2 years ago) Some French fuel pumps have 5 grades, normally need credit card before they dispense, so make sure you don’t use wrong nozzle If travelling my motorway, can buy toll sticker, or pay as you go (but you passenger will need to pay as machines on left) Be careful in Italy, many medieval towns have restricted zones, and if you pass the signs and drive into the zones there are hefty penalties. Also requirements have changed since stupid Brexit, now need to carry your V5 ownership document to get through customs, and proof of International insurance, and may need the international driving license, and also check if your European health cards need replacing I think ACC learns after 3 or 4 goes that you are passing on other side if you forget to enable travel mode

euro6 NOx is 0.06g/ml (petrol) or 0.08g/ml diesel, but a temporary non-conformity was allowed (2.1times the limit), but now need the much higher quality emissions equipment to meet it (although there is error factor). The DPF collects particulates (P is particulates), so not directly affected, but it is the need to meet the lower NOx limits that adds complexity

For clarity the latest cars are euro 6d RDE step2, not plain euro6 which was rather easier to meet with less equipment Might be worth checking which version your mechanic was referring to