olderman1

To clear up the dash cam thing, I've also left mine on for days in previous cars with no ill effect, but they are capable of draining an already depleted battery. If your dealer cannot diagnose the fault, personally I'd be looking to take it to another dealer (maybe not easy where you live), or find a good auto electrician who will hopefully get to the bottom of it and send the bill to your dealer. Hope you get it sorted and let us know what the problem was when you do. With regard to changing the battery, there were problems with Moll batteries in earlier cars that were swapped under warranty, so maybe that's what your dealer had in mind. Or maybe they're just lazy !

Both Roofbox, Amazon and Halfords confirm that the bars needed for the Kodiaq are Thule part No 9582. On the Thule website these are described as Medium. See here https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71-vuu6CdcS.pdf Beware the part of the Amazon site that lists all the sizes for that part number as each size comes up as the same price which is unlikely. And here, although I don't know what the two zeros signify on the end of the part number. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thule-WingBar-Edge-958200-Rails/dp/B00B9DATTO Also be aware that some prices you'll see for the 9582 bars does not include the fitting kit specific to your vehicle, that can be why there's a wide disparity between prices. The Roofbox price includes all the bits you'll need for your Kodiaq. That's the beauty of Roofbox, you just enter your vehicle details or reg No and it lists what you need. Check your cheapo Amazon prices include the fitting kit. I will be annoyed if you mention later that you wanted the black bars 🙄

I agree with this as I've had it myself. Apart from your 120 mile trip, tell us about your normal driving habits lately e.g. are you only using the car once a week for a 5 mile trip to the supermarket ? What electricals are you using in the car whilst driving ? If you've got air con, sat nav/radio etc etc on, then short trips aren't enough to replace the the juice you're possibly using. Even before lockdown my mileage was low and I'd get a warning that my battery was getting low. During lockdown it sometimes didn't have enough juice to start the car. Don't forget that even when the car is not being used, the battery is still being drained. Your car also has regenerative braking, so if you're a steady driver doing short trips, the battery will not get enough charge back into it. If your battery is already low when you park your car, then a dash cam left on can be enough break the camels back over a couple of days. Of course, you might simply have an electrical fault, but it's worth thinking about what I've described before trying to reject the car. Annoying though it is, I invested in a trickle charger and a jump start pack due to the above, both of which have proved their worth, both for my car and my wifes.

Here's the ones that fit the Kodiaq; https://www.roofbox.co.uk/scripts/rbvehsel3.php?emulate=roofbar&query=8482

Yes, having now had my rear view camera fitted, I can attest to this as it's what my garage does. There was a fee of £25 + VAT for this. The owner of the garage I used had to jump through several hoops to get accreditation for this, so I guess that's why some garages don't have access to the full fat version.

I know this is being covered in another thread, but I thought I'd start a fresh thread about it for anyone who lives within striking distance of Weston Super Mare and wants a camera fitted. After asking my local dealer (Carrs) for a price to fit a proper rear view camera and not being surprised when they quoted £549, I shopped around the area to see if anyone else could do the job. I couldn't find anyone who'd done this job before, but there were a couple who were willing to have a go. After reading here about coding problems, I was dubious about an independent doing the job, so whilst awaiting quotes, I put in a phone call to my ex daughter in law, whose partner owns a tuning shop in WSM to see if they could recommend someone for the job. Dave, her partner and the owner said immediately that they could do it, although they'd never done this particular job before. Because of that, once again I was dubious, but the work was done yesterday and they did a cracking job. They ordered the parts peculiar to my car by using the VIN number and my car was picked up yesterday morning and returned last night. This is not normal service, but I'm en route from his home to his work. Everything works perfectly and I wouldn't know they'd been in my car. They said that panel removal was reasonably straightforward and coding was easy for them. The price to normal customers would be £378. Now I know they view me as extended family, but you have my word that I do not have a vested interest in the company and I would never endorse them if they hadn't done a great job for me. My fears about possible damage and an inability to code the camera were completely unfounded. I would certainly return to them if I needed any similar work done in the future. Here they are; https://mobileecotuning.com/

I know little about these things, but I'm having a Skoda rear parking camera fitted tomorrow which will need coding once installed. My garage (an independant) tell me that for £25 + VAT they can log into the VAG system to do this. Can your garage not do the same ? I should point out that my garage is a fully accredited Skoda coder with VAG Germany, maybe yours isn't ?

My car battery is not in a good state of health, partly due to only doing short journeys so far this year and also because I left it unattended for most of last month whilst away. Needed to go shopping today, battery was too low to start car. Attached my portable power pack, started car which stalled after a couple on minutes of keeping the revs up. Restarted again with power pack and kept it running this time, but I had an orange warning triangle with an exclamation mark in it on the dot matrix screen. Also, where the trip mileage readout is, it kept changing to a phone icon with SOS beside it. Whilst waiting for my wife to do the shopping, I attached my OBD11 and cancelled all fault codes I could find, but warning triangle remains on. On the way home, whilst adjusting a setting on the infotainment screen, we noticed in the car settings (I think it was) menu, a warning that said something along the lines of; SOS CALL RESTRICTED, PHONE WORKSHOP. Is this something to be concerned about, do I need to phone the workshop (can't, nobody there) and is there a way to extinguish the warnings I'm getting ?? Thankyou in advance.

Two questions here; I have Pirelli Scorpion Verde Seal Inside tyres (summer version, not all weather) on my car and I'm having a failure to see if they're directional or not. I've been on my knees today but I cannot see a direction arrow, so I assume that they aren't directional. Does anybody know different ? Secondly, and this is allied to the first question. I think it may be time to think about rotating my tyres. I thought that I'd seen the recommended mileage for doing this in the handbook, but yet again I can't find it now. Does anyone know where this is in the handbook or have I read it elsewhere and if it's not in the handbook, does anyone know the recommended mileage for rotation ?