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After a screw penetrated the sidewall of the OSF tyre rendering it beyond repair, I fitted a pair of Bridgestone Turanza 6 All Season tyres. Research conducted previously suggested the Turanzas would be a better all rounder than the Cross Climates that I’d had 3 sets of on my previous car. I intend to buy another pair for the rear when they need replacing later in the year. Comparison of Cross Climates, Turanza 6 and Continental All Season tyres. The screw that caused the problem.8 The rim protector buffer on the Turanza 6, not the best angle to show it. Early days yet, don’t seem any noisier than the Duellers (which I still have on the rear), steering feel is fine, haven’t really tested the grip - I’m not expecting them to spin on tarmac as the I never got the Duellers to spin either. They have a good rim protection buffer, as shown in the photo, which is important with 19” rims.

I’ve found the same thing, especially if it’s warranty work or you for a service plan. I asked for more detail about a warranty entry and the dealer service advisor printed off the invoice which listed the parts fitted which was what I really wanted to have a record of. If it’s work you paid for you’d have the full invoice.

With the 110 bhp the DSG changes up very early and gets into 7th by 40 mph (65kph approx). The 5 door saloon is lighter than the station wagon, winter tyres, cold weather don’t help. Our Fabia is low mileage 21,000 miles from new, always use Shell V Power super unleaded 99 octane. Have you had the spark plugs changed recently and the air filter. I’m guessing if you are running winter tyres you are in a cold climate so oil takes longer to warm up and is thicker until warm.

We have a 2015 1.2 TSI 110bhp Fabia DSG, my partners car, she gets around 45 mpg on mainly short 4-6 mile trips, which does include many 1/2 mile 70 mph dual carriageways, but she doesn't usually do more than 55. When I have taken it on longer runs its (70 mph motorways) it can manage 50-55mpg, but not usually any better. Tyre pressures make a difference - the higher ECO pressures, which we use, can get an extra 2 - 3 mpg. I think anything above 55 mpg would require a steady 50 mph for a whole journey.

Thanks there’s some interesting stuff there.

I have a question regarding the Reversing Camera image, which owners of Left hand drive Karoqs may be able to assist with. The parking sensor display on the left of the screen, obliterates my parked car trailer, which I have make a 90 degree left turn to reverse alongside, ideally between 25 to 50 mm. So its next to impossible correlate the door mirror image with the camera image. The rear of the trailer is just visible in the image below. I know I can touch the screen and hide that display. Without the parking sensor display its much easier to see the rear corner of the trailer, which has solid galvanised supports for the rear lights. So the question is on Left hand drive Karoqs is the parking sensor display positioned the right of the screen. If it is - is its configurable via coding?

I’m afraid you will probably find that’s the going rate, especially if it’s Kessy remote.

Bosch Aero - the part numbers will be listed on a post in here somewhere. Just search for wiper blades.

While my Karoq was in the dealers today I took a good look at an Elroq Sportline in the showroom. Very impressed, one thing puzzled me though. What do the flappy paddles on the steering wheel do please? On my Karoq they put the DSG in manual mode.

Very much horses for courses. 1.0 TSI engine is much better than many imagine, 1.5 TSI can be very economical but it’s unusual Miller cycle design requires perfect engineering and set up, 2.0 TSI is pretty quick but naturally thirstier than the other 2 especially around town and on short journeys? The diesels are really better suited to high mileage users 15k plus per annum.

@joek666 find s good independent DSG specialist. The one I used strip and rebuild them, upgrade components for racing etc, they see a lot of DSG gearboxes and I feel have a much better understanding of them than a lot the dealers who aren’t in a position to strip and rebuild DSG boxes.

Firstly is it all doors or just the one used most? Here are a couple of suggestions. 1) does the door need adjusting so it closes tighter to the seal? 2) The seals may have dried out and thus shrunk. This happens with Pan roof seals and Krytox liquid is applied to moisturise them. Just a thought don’t know if it’s valid. 3) new seals required- there are many companies selling seals so may not need to pay Skoda prices. You just need to identify the right cross-section as there are hundred of different seal forms. Seals Direct is a company I’ve used.

Bizarrely it was silicone spray that seemed to cause my filler flap problem. It was very reluctant to open 3-4 taps each time so I spray the hinge and actuator, pressed that in and out a few times to check it was working ok, closed that flap and it jammed partially closed.

I had a variation of this on New Year’s Eve 2025, fuel flap was jammed half closed but also wouldn’t open, Dealer opened it while I waited and then booked it in to be fixed under warranty. The cover plate slides off and then with plastic trim tools it’s possible to remove the mounting plate but the filler cap has to be unscrewed somehow to release the mounting plate.

I think CJJE might have a 2.0 TSI (as do I). As you say so many factors that affect mpg. My daily commute was on a north / south motorway and the mpg was generally the same each way. But when I do long journeys on essentially east / west routes there is always a difference the westerly journey is always lower mpg (higher consumption) presumably due to prevailing wind. With dashboard displays of instant and avg since start is easy to monitor fuel usage.

Our Fabia with the same DQ 200 DSG was having problems on a slight slope in D with hill hold. Taking ones foot off the brake pedal without touching the throttle the Fabia could do any of the following: Roll back with the engine revs rising - clutch obviously not engaging. Engine revs rise slightly (1000 rpm) car creeps forward - as you'd expect. Engines rise slightly (1000 rpm) car creeps forward, then starts to roll back and revs rise further (1,500 rpm or more) - obviously clutch has disengaged. With (1) above the throttle was applied to stop it rolling back it would do (3) then (2) and then (3) or sometimes just (2). Totally unpredictable and it was the same on the flat but less of an issue. In reverse it behaved as it should and would creep up the slope without rolling forward. I've had two other DSG cars and on a slope both of them would move off smoothly and creep with touching the throttle so I felt sure the Fabia wasn't right. The cure was actually very simple and relatively inexpensive. I took the Fabia to STA DSG specialists in Aylesbury who connected it up to the diagnostics - no faults, but they could see the problem when they test drove it. Then they did a Clutch Pack relearn or reset where the DSG controller establishes the biting point of the clutches, by engaging and dis-engaging each clutch a few times. This cost £160 and solved the problem completely. I'm not suggesting that your juddering is the same issue but it does sound related in that the clutch engagement, engine revs and auto hold release are no longer quite in sync.

In 12,000 miles my overall mpg is 35 mpg, trips less than 20 miles 28 mpg, long 100 mike plus 45 mpg.

The DSG does learn to a certain extent, but you are wise to walk away. For example after completing a 1000 mile round trip towing a twin axle car trailer the DSG in both my current Karoq and mh previous Touran would change down sooner, and after a few days would revert to normal behaviour. I dread to think what driver style had caused a DSG to learn to judder!

I discovered this useful access panel in the Side panels of the boot. There is one each side and they give access to the wiring, pan roof drain pipes and thd back of the rear light clusters (for small hands). This kid the left side and if sort of hinges, the other 3 sides are released by squeezing them.

One of our pool cars is a 2013 Passat, and we have to pour warm/hot water over the drivers door if the windscreen is iced over to thaw the lock. All the other doors are fine, but the drivers door mechanism seems to freeze up internally. Without the hot water it sometime opens but then does not latch shut! We have to make sure to park it somewhere that gets the early morning winter sun on the drivers door, as this helps!.

Karoq 1.5 TSI DSGs are fairly numerous, so there will be many others around, however if you do give the dealer and the car a second chance .I would carry out a very thorough road test to see if the fault has genuinely been fixed. There are two clutches in a DSG gearbox; Clutch 1 controls 1st, 3rd, 5th & 7th, Clutch 2 controls 2nd, 4th, 6th and Reverse. On a flat road check that the car will move away from rest in D and R without any throttle, i.e. it move smoothly at tickover revs. Find a road with a slope, one that if you were in manual car it would be a hill start situation using the handbrake. The DSG has an automatic 'Hill Hold' feature so again it should move away from rest in both D and R on tickover without any throttle. In both the above tests once moving it should then be possible to apply throttle and accelerate away smoothly. It could be wheelspin causing the traction control to take control which might feel like juddering. Switch off traction control and see if it makes a difference. Remember the DSG will attempt to start in 2nd and if Stop/Start has partially kicked in that might cause a feeling of juddering. Starting in 2nd is, I think, a contributor to the wheelspin; driver decide to pull away, DSG is in second (the other clutch has already selected 3rd), as the car is not moving soon enough driver presses throttle more, DSG decides to use 1st and there is a delay while it switches from 3rd to 1st, driver may apply more throttle so when the clutch for 1st gear engages the engine revs up and the wheels spin. If the DSG judders starting in 1st but doesn't judder in Reverse or vice-versa I would suspect that there is an issue with whichever clutch is juddering, at 5000 miles that shouldn't happen. Also using Sport mode to see if that makes any difference. The comment about the vehicle having sat for a while could mean the rear brake pads/calipers are sticking, so when auto-hold or the auto handbrake is relased its not releasing completely immediately. From reading the many posts on this forum about juddering, hesitance on pulling away, cutting out all with the 1.5 TSI engine, there are many examples reported but there are many owners whose 1.5 TSI engines do not have these issues, my take is that this engine is complex and has many clever (or not) economy features. These require fine tolerances, if the combination of parts has a perfect tolerances it works as designed BUT if the engine happens to have been assembled from parts that are only just within tolerance maybe it doesn't always work quite as designed. But as many others have said I would walk away too.......

True, I don't think most car makers understand how to embed software into a device, in this case a car. Apple is a classic example their software just works in what ever Apple device you have. On all the forums you see comments about the built in functionality that its just not as good as the standalone devices or Phone Apps. I can't help wonder what will be the situation in 10 years time when the embedded software is no longer compatible with a piece of external infrastructure and so no longer works, and the car maker has no interest in producing a software update. The phasing out of the 2g and 3g phone networks, the sunsetting of Windows 10, Windows NT and 2000, for example. I would also add Y2k, which was over 25 years ago, is another example and there are whole generations who probably have no idea what that was!

The fact that Carplay and Android Auto are not integrated with the Virtual Cockpit or fully integrated with the steering wheel controls is a short-coming, I can see that if Car Manufacturers provided an API for Carplay and Android Auto then they would avoid the need to provide and maintain all the functions that mobile phones include.

That seems rather poor, my 2.0 TSI 4x4 does 25 mpg around town, 30-34 mpg on cross country journeys and 45-48 mpg on longer 200 mile motorway journeys. Is it manual or DSG, DSG usually does better mpg than manual, how many miles had it done in total. To get a accurate reflection of true mpg you need to monitor over 2 or 3 tank fulls, brim to brim, which would be 1000 to 1300 miles. Are you using supermarket unleaded, Shell/BP/Esso 95 Unleaded or Premium unleaded 99 Shell V-Power/BP Ultimate. There is a view that the 99 Premium unleaded improves the runnimg of the highly tuned 1.5 TSI engine.