olderman1

Yes, you must hold it down until you hear loud pop. As Yogi-Bear said, you'll think a speaker has blown the first time you do it, although the pop in my current Kamiq isn't quite as loud as it was in my previous Kodiaq.

Aha, I didn't know that. Whilst I think it doesn't look as nice as the digital system, it's got to be much easier to operate, especially on the move. My car was a demo and came with the digital controls.

How's that you have manual A/C controls and yet I see pics of other Monte Carlos with digital controls ?

Is what after the logo returned ?

Whilst rebooting the system won't help in this case, for future use when a reboot might be necessary, make sure you press the on/off button until you hear a loud pop. Sometimes this can take longer than 10 seconds and if you don't hear the pop, then the system hasn't rebooted.

Well I hope you get it all sorted, let us know what the problem was. I don't know if it's common across the whole Skoda range, but my Kamiq certainly doesn't feel as solid and well put together as my previous three models. It's too late for you now, but it's rarely a good idea to buy a brand new model straight after introduction as there's often teething problems which normally get ironed out in the fullness of time. All cars have problems from time to time, you should have had the car into your local dealer to get that sorted before now.

Thanks for replying, it's always good to log problems and fixes in case other owners have similar problems. As a matter of interest, did you mean your radio wouldn't turn off with the ignition, or you couldn't turn it off even with the on/off button ? There have been a number of issues with the latest MIB3 infotainment system and there are some updates that will fix them. It seems likely the your SOS and radio problems are linked as they happened at the same time, but sometimes a simple reboot of the infotainment system will clear glitches. To do this, hold your finger on the infotainment on/off icon until you hear a loud pop (this could take several seconds), after which turn the system back on. This will do no harm to the system and you won't lose any personal settings that you've entered. It may not work for you, but it's always worth a try

Did you resolve this issue ?

This may be of no help at all, but in the absence of any other replies .......... We bought a used MK8 VW Golf for my wife last year and then discovered that the door mirror cap on the drivers door was broken and wasn't fixed on properly. The dealer refused to fix it (that's another story) and in light of how expensive a dealer sourced one is over here I lightly glued the original in place. Now I don't know if the previous owner had tried to remove the mirror cap themselves or whether it had hit something, but either way, it had been forced off and broken the retaining clips in the process. You might ask why I'm telling you about a VW Golf, but to the untrained eye, the mirror cap on the Golf looks very similar to the cap on my Kamiq and as they're both VAG cars, many parts are the same or similar. I'm linking a video of a Golf cap removal because I can't find one of a Kamiq, and it's to give you an idea of what you should be looking for. The video shows that once the mirror is removed there's two clips that need to be released. I only saw one clip on our Golf, which was broken and very flimsy. Also, and I'm not sure if I can explain this, what the video doesn't show, is that on our Golf there's a small (flimsy) slot on the inside edge of the door mirror housing that a small lug on the cap fits into. That means that if the Kamiq cap is the same, once you've released the one or two clips inside the mirror housing, instead of the cap sliding directly off, you might need to pull the outer edge off a little first, which will the hopefully allow that lug to release itself. The fly in the ointment here is that our Golf and the one in the video does not have the inner Lane Assist flasher that you have on your Kamiq, so I'm guessing that your cap will take some persuasion to get prised away from that flasher. It's all rather delicate and having seen how flimsy the clips etc are, I'd advise investing in a set of car trim removal tools. I got some a few months ago and although they'll get little use, they certainly make some jobs easier. From memory, the main fixing clip on our Golf was on the centre of the cap, but once you have the mirror out of the way, you should be able to see any retaining clips to be released - you might need a torch. Just take it very carefully when removing the mirror and once that's off you should be able to spot what needs to be released.

I don't like the steering wheel suddenly tugging for what often appears to be for no good reason, therefore I've schooled myself to turn it off (along with start/stop) at the start of every trip. Sometimes I forget initially, but I remember within a short distance of driving away. As for the insurance angle, in the case of an accident, it's not the first thought of anyone attending an accident to check whether the Lane Assist is active or not and once the ignition has been turned off, it resets to the ON position by default, so who would know. I would imagine that if an insurance company were able to ascertain if Lane Assist was off, then they might well try and use that as an excuse to wriggle out of paying a claim because that's what they do. However, as Lane Assist has the facility to be disabled, it's up to the individual driver to use it or not, so I fail to see how an insurance company can successfully argue a case if it's turned off.

Did you figure this out yet ?

Off topic again, apologies for that, but for the sake of clarity and correctness. Staring at, or having bright lights shining at you does affect your night vision, thereby, if the bright lights from cars in front are shining at you then your vision will be affected for the time it takes for your eyes to acclimatise to normal lighting, which could be several minutes. Any bright light will do this, but red lights are not as bad as white light. Also, constantly looking at bright lights will in the fullness of time cause eye damage. Again, white light is worse than other colours.

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What !! You mean to say you have a dealer who doesn't know everything about their product - I find that hard to believe 😉.

My SE L was a demo and came with the blind spot detection, so I assumed it was standard. I've never had it before, so had it not been on my car I wouldn't have missed it. However, it is a useful addition, unlike others (as SurreyJohn says). I've done little driving since Covid reared its ugly head and I've only done 1500 miles in the Kamiq, but I think that if i were on the road more, especially on heavily trafficked roads, then I think I'd find the constant lighting of the bulbs in the door mirrors rather annoying and even more so in the dark. If you're a younger person with your wits about you when driving I wouldn't worry about not having them. I'd just go for as much compensation you can get, as what you've never had you won't miss.