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Mudflaps and rubber mats- I got mine from EBay, there are a number of Skoda dealers whose parts dept have shops on EBay. Mud flaps are a diy job, there’s a guide on the forum, Skoda rubber mats are straight swap for the fitted fabric mats, they are tray mats so any muck and water stays on the mats,

The NAV screen can be configured to display speed limits for road you are on using map data. But this is not the same as TSR. TSR uses the QK1 camera in the rear view mirror mounting, if your Karoq has Lane Assist it should have this camera, in which case if you don’t have full TSR it may be possible to retro fit it through coding. I investigated this for my 2023 Karoq, but cars built from 2022 have this feature locked so even with coding it won’t work. If you are within reach if M1 Junction 9 contact HazzyDayz they are ace with VAG group vehicle coding.

How does your Karoq 'know' the speed limit - is it from reading the signs on the road or from the map? My 2023 Karoq will display the speed limit on the NAV screen from the map. The limitation of the speed limit display on the NAV screen coming from the map data is that it will show 70 mph through roadworks where there is a temporary 40 or 50 limit and when there is a variable speed limit on overhead gantries. if I go over the displayed speed it says nothing, if I go over the max speed I've set for speed warning it bongs. If I use the speed limiter it bongs when I go over the speed I've set for the limiter- for example coasting down hill or resuming as I enter a 40 limit while still doing 45 mph.

do Lane assist - as I say I've got it switched on but its never done anything so I've no idea if it does something alarming, perhaps theres a sensitivity setting affects what it detects, or perhaps I just drive on roads that have wide lanes! Forward assist hasn't been mentioned and that can and does go off - so far I think 3 times. Once on a motorway traffic suddenly slowing down I was braking but it thought not faster enough (bit like having ones aged mother in the back saying 'slow down dear'! The other two times were approaching a 'T' junction, vehicles stationary in front waiting to turn right where thers a left turn lane which doesn't have to stop, I'm going left so am not slowing enough to stop if I was turning right, Front Assist cuts in and complains. Regarding wheels and tyres search this sub-forum as there are a number of useful threads with a lot of information regarding wheel sizes and tyre brands. When my 19" Bridgestones need replacing I will be fitting either Goodyear All Seasons or Michelin Cross Climates. I read on a post recently that the Sportline heated seats might be more comfortable than the standard seat, which be wayhy I find the ride OK. Regarding DSG gearbox - DSG vs Manual, would you use cruise control ? - tyhe DSG is brilliant because whatever speed you set it will pick the right gear, so for example your on an a road Cruise set to 50 mph DSG is in 7th, you come to a hill, with a headwind, DSG will change down to maintain 50 mph. Real life example I was towing 1,200kg car trailer with my TDI Touran DSG, on the M6 cruise set to 60 mph, on anyincline it would change down as required, down to 3rd for one short section and then it changes back up. With a manual you have to change gear on cruise. Maneuvering for parking etc - no need to slip the clutch, all so much smoother. I'm a fan of the wet clutch DSG gearbox, but its not for everyone. Go for as long a test drive as you can in as many different engined DSG cars as you can. Even if you don;t intend to buy a diesel or a 2.0l petrol try and get a test drive in all the DSG Karoqs, so that if you choose a DSG you choose from a position of knowledge. All 4x4 Karoqs use the wet clutch DQ382, 1.5 Petrol uses the DQ200 dry clutch. 1.0 TSI is no longer available with DSG, I wouldn't consider the 1,0 if you do a lot of long distance with a 4/5 passengers. I have found dealer sales staff to be very reluctant to say which version of the DSG gearbox a particular model has - whether this is because they genuinely don't know OR its Skoda sales policy to just say 'its a DSG' (as though they are all the same - they arent), i don't know. Anyway good luck with your search I'm sure you will find something suitable.

If this post is not allowed in a Skoda Forum, I apologise in advance. I also apologise for the lack of brevity - after 40 years as a software developer its hard to leave out details. The Metro was bought new from Hartwells of Banbury, still in existence but now a Ford Dealer. It was obtained through the BL Employee purchase scheme, as a relative worked at the Gaydon Research Centre, which is now the location of the British Motor Museum. In daily use from Feb 83 to Aug 83, when I started a new job that included a company car. Very little use until my partner passed her test in April 85 and it became her daily driver until Feb 1999 when it failed an MOT. Having amassed a grand total of 34,500 miles in 16 years the Metro was tucked away in a relative's empty garage until March 2018 when I had it transported up to my house and set about recommissioning it. Drained the oil, changed the oil filter and 2/3 filled it with fresh oil, with the spark plugs removed I spun the engine over on the starter whilst pouring the remainder of the oil in. Replaced the plugs and then spun it over to see if it would start, and it did on the 5th attempt, on old leaded fuel that still remained in the tank from 1999. It wouldn't idle very well, was smoking a bit, and the exhaust was blowing badly! I replaced the Hydagas suspension units with refurbished ones, had new rear wheel brake cylinders fitted, four new tyres fitted a temporary used exhaust system, had two 1p sized wholes welded up and it passed its MOT and has passed every MOT since. The item it failed on in 1999, the rear brake compensator valve, is still on the car, not been touched and not even mentioned by the MOT Testers. Having got it road worthy I drove around during the summer, in the autumn of 2018 I sent the carb off to be cleaned and refurbished, fitted a new offisde front wing, repainted front and rear bumpers myself, dealt with rust blemishes on the front and rear valances which were resprayed along with the new front wing. I took the old front wing to LKQ to be scanned to produce a paint that would match the colour of the 35 year old faded paint. I paid extra to have a paint code allocated for the custom shade that was produced. Its also had a Maniflow big bore exhaust fitted to replace the temporary used one, new clutch and engine mountings and the steel wheels refurbished. In the photos below its shown assisting with Food Bank deliveries during COVID lockdown in 2020 (I was a volunteer driver of the Foodbank van at that time). There are 9 Tesco plastic crates in the back I could have got 2 more in !The Metro was featured in the June 2020 issue of Practical Classics. There are two photos of the Metro outside my house , the first taken in 1989 when 6 years old the next a recreation of the previous photo taken in 2020. Everything on the car is exactly as it was in daily use back in 1983. .

My Karoq has auto hold which does exactly that applied the parking brake which automatically release when accelerator is pressed. I use as much as possible to avoid blinding people behind with brake lights.

My partner has the same DQ200 & speed DSG in her Fabia (1.2 110bhp) - your right the box does change up through the gears quite quickly . This engine produce max torque quite low down between 1400 to 400 rpm hence why it changes up at what might seem like low revs. I suspect the 1.0 TSI engine is also optimised for max torque at a low revs. Having said that pressing the the accelerator harder will cause the DSG to hold on to lower gears, Sport mode will rev almost to the red line before changing up.. When I drive the Fabia (and I my own car has a DSG box) I flip in and out of Sport mode, typically as I approach a roundabout I tap the gear lever to select Sport mode, as I come off the roundabout tap the gear lever again to switch back to D. VW used to say that the DSG box used fuzzy logic, no idea if it does or not. But the DSG boxes do adapt to the drivers style, so if the previous driver was just pottering about in 20 and 30 mph areas in traffic that might be totally different to the type of roads you use. I can give you an actual example of how the DSG adapts. I tow a 1300 kg trailer with my DSG car, with the trailer attached the car has to hold on to the lower gears longer and change down sooner when slowing down to get maximum engine braking. This continues for a while after I stop towing the trailer, while the DSG adapts to a different style of use. The DSG also preselects the next gear either up or down, When accelerating in 1 it will already have selected 2, when 2 is engaged 3 is selected and so on. When 7 is engaged 6 will be selected as 6 is the only gear that can be required next. This process works perfectly most of the time, the exception being when the car is accelerating through the gears for example engages 4th, 5 is selected traffic conditions or a hill slow the car now it needs 3rd which means deselecting 5th and selecting 3rd which is sometimes noticeable as a lag. Something that sometimes catches new DSG owners out is a delay when pulling away from traffic lights or out of a junction. The natural reaction is to press harder on the accelerator - the car leaps forward usually much quicker than intended. There are a couple of reasons for this. - either or both could apply depending on circumstances. Firstly the DQ200 has a dry clutch, this means it disengages when stationary, so when the footbrake is released and the accelerator pressed the clutch has to engage before the car can move, secondly the DSG often attempts to pull away in 2nd gear pressing the accelerator can cause it to decide to select 1st (and it will have preselected 3rd) hence a delay, more throttle. The upshot can be a more rapid pull away than originally intended. Stop/Start cutting in can add a further delay. The S/S delay can be avoided by reducing the brake pedal pressure very slightly just before you want to pull away, which will restart the engine, a further reduction in brake pedal pressure will cause the clutches to engage so that the moment the footbrake is released the car will start to move. A slight movement of the steering wheel will also restart the engine, on our Fabia reducing the footbrake pedal pressure slightly when coming to a stop will prevent the S/S for stopping the engine. Other DSG gearboxes are Wet Clutch, which means the clutch plates are in an oil bath, this stops them overheating which allows the clutches to be engaged when stationary and the car pulls away instantly. My previous car had a wet clutch DQ250, my current car has a wet clutch DQ382.

couple of further comments re economy. I have a 2.0L TSI DSG Sportline it is 4x4, there is obviously a reduction in fuel consumption as a result, however I have been quite surprised at the consumption on long motorway and dual carriage way A roads, typically between 45 to 50 mpg travelling at what ever the permitted max is, this, to me is pretty good, the 1.5 TSI doesn't do much better. However on short journeys aroudn town or cross country roads its around 35 mpg. I think ECO mode does save fuel. The DSG in my Karoq has coast mode, I have switched from using Cruise Control to using the Speed limiter - the effect is the same but its more flexible and it allows the DSG to Coast when lifting off for bends, down hill sections or slowing traffic, Cruise Control does not coast so uses fuel when it doesn't need to. |In coast mode the engine is still running at tickover so there is some fuel used.

See responses inserted into the Quote above. DSG Tips with S/S slightly releasing brake pedal pressure can restart the engine as can moving the steering wheel, so at traffic lights use the orange light to restart, Auto hold applies the parking brake pressing throttle restarts engine and releases parking brake. I move the steering wheel to restart just before I need to move at junctions. Auto hold is switchable. You probably won’t want the 2.0L petrol but it’s worth driving one as it has the wet clutch DSG which I personally prefer. If you’ve driven torque converter autos previously then the DSG is different it’s a conventional manual box with an automated clutch and gear selection mechanism. The paddles to make manual gear changes are something I thought I’d use as the other two DSG cars didn’t have them - I don’t use them! 1.5 Tsi switches to 2 cylinder mode to save fuel, DSG can also coast which also saves fuel.

My question would be does it behave like this when left in normal D or S mode? Our Fabia with DQ200 DSG exhibits a similar behaviour, albeit at low rpm, when trying to creep slowly into the garage, without any movement of the accelerator the revs will rise without any movement of the car, then they revs drop the clutch engages the car moves the clutch disengages the revs rise. Its intermittent, and has always done it.

The Navigation display has a configuration option to have the speed limit for the current position of the vehicle. This is from the mapping data, so is only as accurate to the time of the map updates. So it does nt pick up motor way variable speed signs or adhoc roadwork limits.

I had a very interesting hour at HazzyDayz this afternoon. The reason for the visit was to install the coding to activate TSR. It turned out that it is blocked by Skoda, currently will not sell the unblock code. Then tech guy then did a full scan of my 2023 spec Sportline to find out what could be activated. Adaptive Cruise control replacement stalk and coding read. Blind spot detection. The most interesting was replacing the low view reversing camera with the high view and the additional read and front sensors to allow for park assist and trailer assist plus side view.

I have learnt today that there are two different cameras- low veiw is std reversing with single angle, high view was multiple angles anx is fitted with park assist and area view functions.

The wet clutch DQ250 in my 108000 mile TDI Touran was also silky smooth after 10 years too. I think the DSG suits diesels with their low down torque better than petrols especially when pulling away. Having had experience of both wet and dry versions I prefer the wet purely from the way it pulls away because the wet can slip the clutch, like a human would do, whereas the dry cannot as it would overheat. @rory I would agree about the edginess when pulling away. Your Tiguan had a wet version.

I've just been to check my steering wheel, apologies I have misled you, I don't have that button. When I first saw the icons, it looked like Lane Assist with Speed Limiter on top. I have the button it its left which does bring up the sub menu as I described for Lane Assist, Speed Limiter, Cruise Control selection. Mine is a standard spec though. Until last week I'd never pressed that button and it was an accidental press when I did too. Like the heated steering wheel which I touched by mistake........

You will certainly benefit from the more economical TDI on those mileages,. With regard to avoiding snail like performance, I'm assuming acceleration from rest or pickup to overtake a slower vehicle rather than overall top speed which is kind of academic with the national speed limit which all Karoqs can exceed by at least 30 mph!. The above table is from the Karoq brochure, as can be seen the 150TDI has the highest torque of 360 nm noticeably quicker to 60 than the 115 TDI. The 150 only comes with the 4x4 DSG transmission, and the 4x4 part does make the mpg worse but it does grip the road well. Regarding JohnArms comment about wheelspin, the traction control on the Touran would kick in on damp roads on a quick pull away, especially if turning out of a junction, when pulling a trailer it would kick in on a dry roads too! In contrast my 4x4 2.0 TSI Karoq with identicial torque to the Touran and 50 more bhp just grips Ive not had the traction control kick in at all yet. I would suggest looking through the Karoq section for threads about wheels and tyres. Many owners have reported that they find the ride harsh especially over pot holes, the low profile tyres on 18 and 19 inch rims are said to be the cause. Tyre choice also affects the ride quality. I have 245/45 x 19 summer tyres on my Sportline which I find OK, many other owners switch to All Season tyres like the Cross Climates as they have a softer ride. The 225/40s seem to be the worst. I noticed JohnArms mpg figures surprisingly my 2.0 TSi is about the same except for the constant 50 mph M1 consumption, 50 mpg is the best i've managed, but thats no where near as good as my Touran which would typically do 60 to 65 on motorway runs. Good luck with your searh, the Karoq is certainly a nice car to drive.

I have the button on my 73 plate Sportline and it brings up the menu to choose between Cruise or Speed limiter - so its a sort ot of short cut to using the two buttons at the bottom on that side to page through the options for the centre section of the dash until you get the one you need.

I owned a 2.0 TDI Touran 140 bhp 6 speed wet dsg for 10 years and 108,000 miles. I'd be tempted to say try for the 150 BHP. What is your daily mileage, because the reason I got rid of the diesel is because since I retired my weekly mileage dropped from 400 a week to 25 miles a week, all very short , The first EGR lasted 95,000 miles the next two lasted around 5000 miles each at £800 a time. So I switched to a petrol 2.0 TSI DSG Karoq, Ok around town its about 25 mpg, but on a run at national limit speeds I get around 45 mpg.

@JustinG thanks for the reply - just what I needed to know. I might attempt to access them by taking off the wheel arch liner as that looks as though it might be less work. I had to remove and refit the rear bumper on my Tourn 3 or 4 times trying to locate a water leak,

As the coding for the swiveling towbar (which was fitted on Aug 12th) were finally supplied by Skoda and installed on Sep 3rd, I've found time and decent weather to provide this photo of my Sept 23 2.0l TSI DSG Sportline, which I purchased at the end of April 2024 with 1100 recorded miles, an Ex Skoda Management car.

Question for Forum members who have TSR on their Karoq, or have experience with it on other Skoda models. 1. Does TSR pick up the speed limits displayed on motorway overhead gantries and the matrix signs over lane 1 on smart motorways? 2. Does TSR interact with Cruise Control and Speed Limiter or does that require Adaptive Cruise? 3. I know the speed limit detected is display on the Virtual Cockpit, but does the choice of Cockpit display affect whether its displayed? Thanks in advance.

I've been following this with interest, TSR is the one feature of the 24 plate Karoqs I test drove that was on the 'FOR' side of the comparison with the 73 plate that I actually purchased. On the AGAINST side of the 24 plates was the higher purchase prices and being over £40K initially had the additional penalty of £2.5K RFL over the next 5 years. I have contacted HazzyDayz and they have confirmed that my Karoq is fitted with the correct QK1 camera and have quoted £175 +vat to fit..

You can always use the Honk and Flash feature on the Skoda Connect App.

That is a Mk2. In my limited experience of 3 VAG vehicles, using the key fob to open/close windows is configured through the menus displayed on screen between speedo and tacho, known as Maxidot or Multi Function Display by Skoda and VW respectively.

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