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Thanks for posting info. as a matter of interest where/ how did you obtain the maintenance schedule you have quoted from? It is a useful document. whilst it is prudent to change the belt I will not rush into replacing it after only 14500miles. It’s a gamble that could go wrong, but it will be an interesting chat when I have car serviced. I know someone whose Mercedes is in for repair after cambelt failure —-£3500, ouch! I also wait with interest to see what the Which consumer mag respond

Brilliant, look forward to your investigation. On my mileage it works out at 6.5 p per mile. The more I use my bus pass, the price per mile for cambelt increases, ironic or not. I should do the 120,000 miles it’s specified to last then it would seem quite reasonable.

I have a 2018 Karoq TSI ACT, dealer want £950 for cambelt. The actual Skoda cambelt from main dealer is circa £120, double that for tensioners and all bolts replaced. At best I can understand the belt being a time related interval, but the rest?. They don’t recommend changing the wheel bearings every 5 Years!!! Sound like bad engineering. It is a shame but I really like my Karoq, but my previous Japanese cars never had this issue! I also don’t understand the timing issue. If the cams and crank is locked into position and the new belt fitted with same tooth intervals, how is the timing changed? on another forum it was posted that this cambelt interval in Germany is based only on mileage, not years. Very hard to verify. I emailed Skoda HQ in Czech Republic, the response was they did not have any data on my car and referred me to contact my UK. Dealer. I have membership of Which consumer magazine, and asked if they could get a response. If it is not Time related I will consider my options. To spend more annually to maintain a cambelt, than my Road Tax is madness.

Many thanks, I will give it a try.

Thanks aerofurb, I am not a mechanic, just an enthusiastic amateur. Is this an easy to understand but comprehensive manual.

Hi anyone used the Erwin manual. I registered on their website. It says that you can download to print. I would not want to download to print as printer far to slow, can you down load to hard drive. can’t find any option on their website to ask them the question.