Steamdrivenandy

We've sold our caravan and swapped our 2019 Karoq Edition 2.0 190PS 4X4 DSG for a 2020 Kamiq SE L 1.5 DSG. The Kamiq was from our local Skoda dealership and met our requirements by having: Reversing camera - to assist in reversing out of our drive. Variable boot floor - to allow the dog's crate to fit when the rear seat is down Heated front seats - for Mrs SDA's bad back Amazingly there was only one other Kamiq with that spec. on Autotrader and that was 200 miles away in Devon. We collected the Kamiq last Friday and there are several odd issues: Smell - the interior has a strong odour of white spirit that wasn't there when test driven. Missing floor mat - the driver's floor carpet mat is missing, though the other three are in place. There again I guess it gets the most wear. Missing lever - the driver's seat lumbar adjusting lever isn't there. The stub of the adjuster is there but no lever. The passenger side is OK. Missing tools - there is no spare wheel, but there is the foam tool kit tray which only contains a locking wheel nut and a jack winding handle. No jack, tyre compressor, tyre gunk or anything else. It would be good to know what it should have as standard.

The car has to go back to the dealership to have its second key programmed, so if I don't get time to fiddle about they should sort it at the same time.

Thanks I'll give that a try.

Hi Lee, that's what I thought too. I've had a look around the washer bottle but I can't see anything loose. Mind it's all a bit tight and difficult to see down there.

The cars just come back from having a new mechatronic box fitted under warranty. The screen washer isn't functioning. At first I thought the garage had maybe forgotten to fill the tank, but it's brimful. With engine off and ignition on there is no sound from the screenwash pump. So it just isn't operating I've looked up the fuse and it is a shared one 'Luggage compartment lock, rear door lock, tank flap lock, headlight cleaning system, front and rear windscreen washer system' Obviously the headlight cleaning isn't working either as that's fed by the same pump but all the lock items are working, so that suggests the fuse is fine. That leaves disconnection somewhere (all looks good from above), busted pump, or would it have been affected by the reprogramming to install the mechatronic box? Any thoughts?

Problem solved, the seat just wasn't back far enough. It flipped up fine once I put it right to the back.

Local dealer wants £130 to reprogramme Mrs SDA's key. Spoke to supplying dealer (Johsons, Wolverhampton) and they'll do it for free. Only trouble is they're an hour and something away and the local dealer is 15 minutes from home.

So how do I get it undeleted?

I can start the car with the key that went with it for the new mechatronic box, but it won't start with the key that was left behind.

It's just the normal keyfob. It's flashing red now that I've put a new battery in it but I've tried all the stuff in the manual and not a peep from the car. As far as I can tell everything else is working fine.

So how can the Mrs keys be programmed as they were in her handbag whilst the car was away having the mechatronix swapped.?

If ordering new it comes with the same towbar system as a Kodiaq and will have trailer assist as part of the package. However having an aftermarket towbar on a used Karoq can be more problematic as it has been with many VAG cars. Some cars cannot have a towbar fitted full stop. They're identified by not having a Train Weight Limit on their VIN plate and any towbar fitter will refuse to fit one as it wouldn't be legal. Other cars have their software locked up and aftermarket fitters can't download the relevant changes, they're harder to spot and generally you'd need a Skoda dealer to check it out for you. I may be wrong but just specifying towbar preparation on a new car doesn't get you trailer assist, it just gets any changes made that are necessary to accomodate towing should you wish to have a towbar fitted later. That later fitting would then include trailer assist software being downloaded.

Yeah I tried it with the central seat in place and swivelled up. I also moved the recalcitrant seat back and forth but no release in any position. I'll have to look at the release mechanism on the nearside to see how it works as the offside must be the same.

I saw it said that after I'd loaded the new battery, so I removed it and pressed a button for the required 5 seconds, then I refitted the battery and it made no difference. I tried the press a button and then manually unlock but that made no difference. The key that went with the car when it had all the work done works fine.

2019 (actually 24th December 2019, almost 2020) 2 litre 190PS DSG 4X4 Edition model. This is our second Karoq with Varioflex and we had a Yeti with it too. We collected the car 4th June and on 26th June the mechatronix went u/s and we've had a loan Kodiaq up until yesterday. We got the Karoq back yesterday Messing about with it just now and the offside seat won't release and tip up. Both the nearside and centre ones release OK. Any thoughts?