graeme1177

Hi Sorry you've got problems - they are very well known . The AA guys will happily tell you how many cars they've recovered and what they're going on to as their next job. Even the call handers know what you're going to say. There is quite a bit on the web as well. Problems with the VAG iv platform are widely known. But dealers and Skoda customer services will swear blind that there's no known issues. I genuinely wish we'd have done more homework before buying this thing. There was even a clue we were too stupid to pick up on - we couldn't get a towbar because VAG hadn't managed to get the wiring to work properly with the iv platform, but there was a fix coming soon. As far as I'm aware there isn't a fix for this so far. The initial 'light' recall was the 91SV campaign , covering flattening of the 12 V battery, which wasn't successful for many cars. The later campaign is P0EE to update the car's software to version PV4 and is to address flattening of 12V battery, failure to start , random error messages and the info screen going blank as well as incompatibility with overnight cheap rate charging. That is a very brutal update that , by all accounts, causes cars to crash their software and it takes a bit of effort to bring them back - for this reason the garage will ask to keep the car 2/3 days. The result is a car that is better but won't charge past 80 % by design and still 'resets' itself overnight very regularly which is very annoying . Definitely not perfect but it's probably as good as it's going to be and we can survive for another 18 months until we change the car. We don't really want to have to rely on this thing once the warranty expires. I hope you get your car sorted. Let me know how you get on.

Hi, Sorry to hear others are also having problems with the VAG hybrid drive train. We've had the software update. I can't immediately tell you the code for the campaign. I'll dig around and post it later. It took 2 or 3 days to do and is for this very well known fault. The very fault that Skoda customer service insisted didn't exist and was just a problem with our car that the dealer would fix. They didn't. I really really hate being lied to. Last Skoda we are buying, for certain. Anyway, back to the point. The update always crashes the car, apparently, and it takes a while to get it back to life. For that reason , the work is always booked for 2 or 3 days and you need a hire/ courtesy car if you want to stay mobile and you will be made to pay for that privalige. We watched, with some amusement , all the distressd messages on the Skoda App while the dealer had the damn thing. It has worked but it will now only charge to 80%. The update is designed to do that and it makes a mockery of the selling point of it having a big battery. They are still plugging the car as having a big battery that can take you 50 miles on charge but that is not true if you charge it using the overnight tariff which skoda also plug to make the car look cheaper to run than it is. just another one of Škoda's liberties taken with the truth. There you have it. There is a software campaign and it does sort of work but you'llfeel short changed. Graeme.

Hello All, Any thoughts out there on an ABS issue with my 12V HTP brakes? The car stops well enough but the ABS cuts in for ( in my opinion ) no reason. It's not in all conditions but it is consistent. There's a particular exit from a dual carriage way where I have to brake down from about 50mph to enter a roundabout and that's where it's worst but most other times at relatively low speed. The car brakes OK generally but it does have the ABS cutting in more than it used to. I do 50 miles each way to work , the car's on 130 000 miles and copes with everything thrown at it. Great little thing. I can't see anything obvious - it's on Summer Michelins with good tread, the pads (EBC Red) are low but not critical . I have a new set of EBS Yellow pads and slide pins to go on, I'll bleed the brakes whilst I'm at it but any thoughts out there on the ABS? I have run an Autoscan on VCDS and that says the brakes are fine - or at least there's no codes and the ABS light is off- it goes out promptly when starting the car and never comes on when driving. The only thing VCDS did throw up is a G65 air con High Pressure Sensor issue. I must admit the aircon isn't great - I did have it gassed a year or so back. Anyone know if that's a straightforward fix? Cheers Graeme

Just swapped both cars back in the last few days. My Fabia was a little later because it was 4/5/6 degrees in the early morning when I use it, my wife's Kodiaq a few days earlier because it was getting to 10/11 by the time she used the car. November ish to mid/late March is about right . It isn't that critical - 7 degrees is the changeover point but it isn't a cliff edge - Winters are happy enough a little above and Summers are still OK a couple of degrees below.

I've only just seen this post after posting my own very similar experience with my wife's Mk 2 Kodiaq iv. We've had the flat 12V battery issue 3 times now . There seems to be a design fault with the model - the Skoda Assist guys confirm that they attend many iv platform cars for this exact problem. Dealer and Skoda both carefully avoid answering about design issue . Waiting to go in for a 3rd dealer visit . First visit after breakdown lead to a software update. The second post breakdown visit lead to the 12V battery being replaced and an assurance that it would be fine now. The third dealer visit hasn't happened yet - we just let the AA gut start the car and we used it. DO NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE _ IF THE CAR BREAKS DOWN - LET THE AA GUY FOLLOW YOU TO THE DEALER AND GET A HIRE CAR THAT YOURE ENTITLED TO IN THE EVENT OF A BREAKDOWN. IF YOU BOOK THE CAR AS AN ELECTIVE VISIT THE DEALER DOESN'T SEE ANY URGENCY AND OURS CHARGES FOR A COURTESY CAR AS WELL. My wife is happy with the car itself - personally , I see very little to like about it . But 3 breakdowns on a brand new car mean this one has been a bad buy . I seriously regret getting rid of a perfectly good 10 year old Superb diesel for this thing and mourn the money wasted on getting a future-proofed car. And it's a little worrying if replies to your post are being removed. I wonder how long this one will stay up if they are being actively removed.

Has anyone had any issues with charging related breakdowns with the hybrid Kodiaq on scheduled , overnight cheap rate changing. We have had 3 call outs from Skoda Assist / AA for a flat 12V battery after plugging the thing in overnight to use off-peak electricity. The first mentioned the 91SV campaign- suggesting there is a known fault . The car has been back to the dealer twice - first time they updated the software to the latest version ( we'd only had the car 5 weeks so odd it didn't have the latest software already) The second the very proactive AA guy followed us to the dealer there and then and insisted they looked at the car. They kept it 3 days and replaced the 12V battery. The 3rd time , we jut took the AA's jump start and have been on tender hooks since. Skoda Head Office have been involved but , although sort of helpful, just keep referring us back to the dealer to sort it. Sometimes you can charge like this several times before the flat battery happens again- and it's always OK with on-demand charging. Today I ran an auto scan- I'd previously resisted because it's a brand new car and I don't want to be accused of interfering with it.. An absolute slew of errors - 14 of them , including 51 Electric Drive, 813C Charging Communication, 8105 DC/DC Converter 12V, 8C HV Battery. We got rid of a really tidy, fully functioning 10 year old Superb 3T diesel - before it got a chance to get unreliable and that we could drive in low emission zones. Backfired on us a bit. Ha anyone else had problems or knows what this 91SV campaign is? Thanks Graeme.

Hi , Thanks. I must admit that's what i thought to start with but then I saw a post that said - DSG or manual- that the transfer box had a seperate oil supply. Thanks again for the link to a manual. I must admit I fumble about a bit without there being a Haynes manual for the Superb .

Hello All, I've just done a gearbox oil change - 6 speed manual . The big round fill and drain plugs was easy enough to find and it did look as though the oil was dirty so it was worth doing. . I want to change to differential oil as well but I'm struggling with finding the plugs. It looks as though the diff/ transfer box is on the drivers side and the gearbox on the passenger's. I'm struggling past that! I have seen a small round plug with a hex recess, which I assume is the diff drain plug ,but I can't for the life of me see a fill plug. Because I'm not quite the idiot my wife tells me I am , I don't want to undo this without knowing where the filler is. I can't see anything much online - a lot of VW /Audi stuff looks very different to what I can see under my 2013 4x4 3T. Is there a guide anywhere? Cheers.