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Even if that minor niggle were fixed there's still many more that happen at random on every day out. What's the point in having the SOS fixed when other more serious issues happen all the time?

Indicators should be used selectively, not because the car requires you to use them. I recently got pulled into the side of a passing truck by lane assist soon after the unusual entry slip on the southbound entry slip at junction 12 on the M1. The lane you enter on to is either a secondary slip lane or, if the hard shoulder is signalled as a running lane you carry straight on. Lane assist saw the diagonal solid line where you would ordinarily move right to the next lane and decided to steer the car toward the truck. This is the third car I've had with lane assist and this is the worst implementation of it. Anyone who's completed the IAM course will know you use the full road, even the opposite side if appropriate, and lane assist just gets in the way. It shouldn't be necessary to switch it off every time you start the car.

I don't disagree but their problems extend well beyond software and right up to their most premium brands.

Just a prelude to further problems. VAG have some serious engineering issues and without staff changes these will continue.

VAG have lost the plot across many of their brands. It seems like no engineers are involved in design and testing, just schoolkids and accountants. Some of their prestige brands are suffering major engine failures before the first tank of fuel has been used. With one engine type fitted to very prestige brands a major engine repair is being done at PDI, before the cars even get to the buyers. I've seen all the problems you have, and many more, and encounter them on a daily basis. All of those responsible for these design issues should be locked in a room with justifiably annoyed owners so their feelings can be adequately expressed and frustrations taken out on these idiots. The reason these problems still persist is because VAG have no idea how to fix them and that is why I put up with them instead of wasting time getting the dealer to make excuses for Skoda when they know full well there is no solution. Thankfully I don't have any money tied up in mine as it's a company car but I dread to think what the resale value on these will be a few years on.

By then the event has already happened and the vehicle following too close behind gets an awful amount closer or someone panics because they see your brake lights. Even if you learn this instinctively how about when your wife is, for the first time, experiencing this. Skoda have no excuse but perhaps the solution is for a rear end accident to happen and the innocent driver to be prosecuted for brake checking a vehicle carrying a dash cam when in fact the car got frightened. Maybe then Skoda will take this seriously. To be fair to Skoda and their rotten software I also experienced this on a Toyota. So much for self-driving cars eh?

That ties in with what I've heard. No point trying to get anything fixed until then.

FFS, I would worry more about tomorrows sunrise.

I Who mentioned consumer law? That said, as you have I suggest you update your weak and uninformed knowledge of it.

The best information I've had is that Skoda are months away from any solution.

Put yourself in their position. Skoda produce this ****e but the dealers are bound by their rules and have huge investments at stake. Not fair for you or them. I don't use ACC any more and that's fine because I leave it switched off. What I find dangerous is the aggressive lane keep assist that I have to turn off each time I start the car.

You think EVs are free of problems? They'll laugh at your refund request.

Not really fair to blame the dealers when Skoda supply build defective cars they don't know how to fix.

Skoda's rotten software will kill someone.

Mine regularly misdirects me. Use Android now but have now had three instances where the infotainment unit locks at "Loading Settings". My car is a work tool and one I need to rely on, not an unreasonable expectation to assume that each successive model get better is it?

Never sure when I set out I'll make it home. We have five (we chose this model) in our fleet, all have problems. Two have broken down and spent weeks off the road. Mine has just passed 5k miles and yet every day there are new problems. Warm, waterproof clothes and some food are now always in my car. Such a shame because had Skoda not stuffed up this would nearly have matched my Superb.

Thanks but let us know in a few weeks. Mine is a working vehicle and I can't take it off the road. Android Auto has always worked with mine and my work colleagues report continuing issues after their updates.

And problems compound over time.

Mine was an 05 plate car, an Astra SRi.

Lots of DSGs out there, most have no issues and work well. Better than most similar systems.

Petrol Blue would be an example of a poor Skoda colour. Dark and drab unless perfectly cleaned, waxed and with the sum at the right angle. Those little Skoda orb in the showrooms are misleading, take them outside and see what they look like.

Yes, the point I was making is that MANUFACTURERS extend service intervals to satisfy fleet and first buyers. It's a ridiculous situation and some have learned from it. At one point Vauxhall has a 30,000 mile oil change interval, massive warranty claims quickly changed that but no manufacturer has much interest after three years. Beyond that it's someone else's problem and cost.

Several shades of grey and black ore not much of an option. The brown looks nasty unless clean and when the sun hits it and the same with the blue.

Every day mine throws up new faults and Skoda (not the innocent dealers) still have no fix. If you've just bought the car, reject it.

Skoda are still guessing. You have to feel sorry for the dealers who are selling this rubbish and left entirely without support.