Simon79

On board diagnostics 🤦🏽‍♂️

Thank for your reply BCEly. Excuse my ignorance, what’s OBD?

Slightly different issue…My 70 plate Karoq had an issue with the infotainment system. There was a message reading ‘SOS error - visit workshop’, or words to that effect, which required a visit to the local Skoda workshop for a software update. Car was in Friday and we collected it Saturday morning. A short time later, my wife and I were both outside the car and it locked itself with both keys inside, but wing mirrors still open and not folded in. Cost £120+VAT to get the car opened by a locksmith. I’ve left the car unlocked before and it has never locked itself, so my question is, could the software update of the infotainment system have reset the car locking system to lock itself if the car is left even for a short period of time. Any help gratefully received, as a claim to the dealer is pending.

Car has been in at the dealership today. Just heard that the 5F unit (in the glovebox) has failed. Seemingly they’ve had a few similar failures recently. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Thanks vegit8. Tried rebooting the computer as suggested, but no luck. I’ll call the dealer tomorrow, as I can’t progress past the ‘loading’ screen

@olderman1 No joy I'm afraid. How do I go about the factory reset?

Thanks olderman1, just tried that and came back in to find your message. A bit alarmed by the loud noise, but happy to hear that's nothing unusual. I'll go and try three times in succession.....

I have a 70 reg Skoda Karoq. Today, it hasn't loaded the user profile and is sitting for ages on 'loading user profile'. Consequently the radio, sat nav, phone etc. are unuseable. Additionally, there's a message about 'SOS, return to workshop' or words to that effect. Tried to call the local dealer, but all I could get was a used car salesman, who wasn't much help and suggested I return the car to the dealer on Monday. (It's only just been dealer serviced last Thursday). Any thoughts?

Yeah, that’s what I’m beginning to think about. Snow has been mad here and gritters concentrating on main routes. Will call around local fitters in the morning. Even Michelin cross climate would be a decent alternative at the moment and I would probably leave them on and sell the <3500mile factory fitted tyres.

Thanks everyone for your replies. Much appreciated and plenty of food for thought 👍🏼

Yeah, I think that was just ‘as supplied’ as a spare c/w tyre, they’re limited to 50mph. Probably not the cheapest option, if you were to buy just for the sake of getting the wheels. For some reason they seem to have chosen not to supply steel wheels as a spare. Not sure why, as any part would be ordered as requested, so it’s not like they’re stocking them. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Cheers, much appreciated 👍🏼

Cheers, good advice 👍🏼

Cheers Kenny, don’t suppose you have a part number for the 17” rims? 🙏🏼

Folks, Anyone know where I might get steel rims to fit the Karoq, so I can fit winter tyres? I called the local dealer in Aberdeen, but they only do alloys and the spare wheels are only for <50mph. Just looking for a couple of rims for the front, but depending on price, I’d take 4 and swap them out to save the alloys. Thanks ❄️