olderman1

I see you've had your car for a year but your navigation database is up to date. Did the data base update automatically ??

I recently changed my Kodiaq with Columbus for a Kamiq with Amundsen. I then asked the following question in the Kamiq section here and have had no replies, so I wondered if someone with Amundsen in their Kodiaq could shed some light ?

I would have thought that 30,000 was a mileage at which servicing the Haldex was prudent. Mine had only done 9,000 ! It'll be interesting to hear if your system is functioning correctly.

Your dealer customer service leaves something to be desired then. When I booked my third service, my dealer advised that the Haldex should be done at the same time, although it was agreed to defer it to year 4 due due lack of miles on the clock (Covid). During ownership of the car, it occurred to me that we buy cars with functions that we may never use e.g. 4WD, and for the uninitiated 4WD can kick in and the driver would never be aware that it had, so how do we know it's working ok ? To that end, I asked my dealer at the first service to check that it was functioning properly. They did and it was.

Unless I'm missing something, there's very little scope to change sat nav settings compared to my previous Columbus There appears to be no way to programme it to avoid tolls, motorways ferries etc etc. I could do this in my previous car and I would also be given the option of 3 different types of route when I put in a destination. I'm assuming these functions don't exist in the Amundsen and as I still have the 2019 map version in my car, I wonder if any of this has been addressed with subsequent updates ?

No I don't and there's the point. As I pointed out to you in another topic and you've mentioned yourself earlier in this thread - this is primarily a European site, so much of what you post as being viable in Australian versions isn't relevant here. I'm glad you've found a way that works for you over there, but there are people over here who won't realise you're in Australia and will try what you've said will work and maybe run the possibility of ******ising their own system. So to be clear for European owners, or more definitively, UK owners, map updates currently CANNOT be done via the Skoda Portal, although this might change in the future. Map updates can only be done automatically over the air via the embedded e sim and you must be signed up to Skoda Connect to receive them.

God knows what you've managed to download, if anything. It's a known fact and is stated on the Portal that a 32GB memory card is required to download full mapping. I've entered my Kamiq VIN and done a mapping download to my laptop, then when inserting a 32GB memory stick, the system told me that it wasn't big enough and I had to use a 64GB stick. When I then inserted the stick into the car absolutely nothing happened in the infotainment system. That's because the infotainment system (in the UK at least) isn't set up to accept mapping data from an outside source i.e. a memory stick/card. It will only accept updates over the air via the embedded e sim.

Can't help with roof boxes I'm afraid, but I've used Thule roof bars for some years now. They are not cheap, but neither are any good makes and I use them because I carry Canadian canoes which generate much wind lift, so I need good kit. A roof box will also generate a lot of wind lift too. I've also seen Yakima recommended on these page recently, but I have no experience of them. Have a look at these people https://www.roofbox.co.uk/. Put your vehicle reg into their search engine and see what they recommend. You can either buy from them, or once you see what they suggest you could look on E bay for the same kit in used condition.

Sorry, I hadn't considered that. Fingers crossed for a trouble free future 🤞

Purely out of interest, is your screen still behaving itself ?

Thanks skoda 1982, that's where I got to earlier just using the contols on RHS of steering wheel without using the infotainment screen. Trouble is, I'll have forgotten how I did it next time I want to use it. 😏

When I read this I thought, that sounds easy assuming you meant on the infotainment screen. Well I failed to find what what you're talking about, so could you pretend that I'm an absolute numpty and explain more clearly please. I have discovered today though that the trips can be reset in a sub menu in the centre of the digital dash. What I can't do though get an average mpg figure to show in the middle of the digital dash as I used to in the matrix of my old Kodiaq. All I can get if the constantly scrolling of the present mpg which is really annoying.

I know it will be deemed old fashioned, especially as modern oils are much improved over the years, but for many years now I've always followed the advice of Honest John and had my oil and filter changed every year regardless of mileage (I am not a high mileage driver). This does go against the grain at present as my mileage is really low due to Covid, but I figure that if I can't afford the cost of an oil change once a year, I shouldn't have bought the car in the first place. I believe the variable service plans are for engines that cover higher mileages in a shorter space of time.

In previous cars, including my last one ( a Kodiaq) it was possible to reset all trips in the dash matrix when I filled up with fuel. In the Kamiq, unless I'm missing something, I can only reset the trip for mileage. Am I correct in thinking that most of the trips reset themselves when I refuel. I ask because I like to be in control of these things, but also because my average mpg shown on the dash was wildly different to my own brim to brim figure.

No rear USBs in my SE L either. Mr Exkiwi I think you need to realise that that cars from the same manufacturer are built with different specs depending on which country they are destined for. You wound up longedge about LA because you didn't realise this. Not all models are created equal.

Have you been on the amber nectar already ? The younger generation cause more accidents than any other group, as borne out by insurance company statistics and the prices they charge young drivers. Whilst younger drivers might be more au fait with the highway code than older drivers, most of them are too arrogant and in too much of a hurry to take any notice of it. Whilst I'm a long way from suggesting that all older drivers are better drivers than younger ones, they do have a wealth more experience on the roads than the younger generation.

There is no such setting in my Kamiq. As already stated, The LA is either on or off and if switched off it will revert to ON when the ignition is turned off. The only other setting is steering wheel shake which I haven't tried yet. There are definitely no intermediate settings for the amount of violence that LA gives you.

Our other car has assistance for both of those things and I don't like those either as they're always going off when there isn't a car bonnet or meteorite anywhere in sight !! I got involved in this thread because there appeared to be a discrepancy between how assist aids are programmed in the UK and Australia, so there were cross purposes going on. Beyond that, this is a Skoda Kamiq forum and as an owner, that's the car I'm here to talk about. I really don't care how similar assists work in other makes and models. We don't know how many, if any, accidents have been or will be caused by the interference of these assist aids and probably never will. How many modern Skoda owners are members of this forum ? Regardless of how dangerous or not these assist aids are, the general theme here appears to be that the majority don't like them. I'm generally in that camp, but freely admit that they can save lives and accidents.

Personally I don't, having been in an accident many years ago on such a road. I was just trying to give you an extreme example of some of the roads we have to use over here. Of course, we have motorways, dual carriageways and more normal two lane roads as well. Many roads don't have edge markings though. Even though I've only had this car with LA for a short while, so I have minimal experience of LA working, on a personal level I find it intrusive, mostly unnecessary and possibly dangerous in situations where the wheel attempts to unexpectedly tug the car in a direction the driver wasn't intending to go. Driver overreaction to this phenomena could possibly cause an accident. Whilst I think it might be useful on a long, tedious motorway journey, where tiredness can creep in, I have so far turned it off at the start of every journey. As a driver of all sorts of vehicles for 54 years, inc HGVs and motorcycles, I like to be in control and if I get to a stage in my life where I'm unable to to control a vehicle without these electronic aids, I'll stop driving. Drivers are getting dumbed down and are becoming reliant on all of this electrotrickery, thereby robbing them of the skills that older drivers had to have. Also, all of the toys and gadgets that are fitted into cars nowadays are diverting a drivers attention away from what they should be concentrating on i.e. piloting their car from A to B in a safe and proper manner and treating other road users in a seemly manner. As an aside and slightly off topic, front assist is also dangerous in some situations and there's already been many accounts of cars braking sharply autonomously for no good reason, which could easily have caused a rear end shunt had a car behind been following too closely.

Gosh you have no idea, many of our country lanes are only the width of one vehicle and some started off as horse and cart tracks and were eventually upgraded to tarmac lanes. Down here in the south west there is an area called the Somerset levels. Thousands of years ago this was covered by sea water, but now it's very low lying land used for peat digging and farming. Water collects easily in these areas, so many drainage channels (called rhynes) have been dug to take the water out to sea. If you make a mistake on the road running beside one of these and you drive into the rhyne, the car can get wedged between the banks and often the water is deep enough to flood the car and drown the occupants. This has happened more than once, very often when alcohol has been involved ? So maybe now you can understand why we really don't want an invisible hand upsetting our driving on our narrow roads.

Just to affirm what longedge says, in the UK if side assist is switched off at the start of a journey, next time the ignition is switched off, side assist will revert to being on. This also works the same with other functions as well, as it did in my previous Kodiaq. I've had experience with a previous Kia, that there are different settings within the ECU for different functions that are programmed in the factory for the part of the world that the car is going to. These can be changed by a dealer who has the correct equipment. That scenario makes me wonder if the way driver assist settings can be controlled differently in Australia than they way we're allowed to control them here in the UK. Each country has it's own legislation that has to be adhered to by car manufacturers, so maybe that legislation isn't as strict in OZ as it is here. Just a thought that might explain the differences that are being experienced.

I didn't realise that, thankyou.

Well I could be wrong, but I can't imagine this isn't covered by the warranty, unless the dealer thinks the car has been misused and mistreated. If that is the case then they should tell you that. Some dealers are not as good as others, so if you're happy that the car hasn't been mistreated, I would take it to another dealer for a second opinion. If they say the same, then get them to show you the warranty condition that states this isn't covered, and if they can't contact Skoda UK to make a complaint.

How did it snap, surely not in normal usage ? Was it a dealer who said it's not covered by the warranty and if so, who was it that said it ?

Mispronunciation is not peculiar to Skoda and it's even more fun if you go abroad, if you haven't already. My old Garmin was rather amusing when driving through France.