StEdmund

Thanks for pointing that out, it didn’t appear as an option when I entered the regn number on the website.

I used to put Goodyear Efficientgrips on my old Astra but, according to the Blackcircles site, they aren’t available for the 18” Karok wheel.

Something is amiss somewhere - either the tracking is out (and you say that's now been cured) or you are a hard driver. My front Touranzas have done 24,000 miles at 4 years - I should get another year out of the rears.

I fitted mud flaps to my MY19 SEL Karoq a few years ago (I posted about the experience on here at the time). There was certainly some confusion as to the exact part number, with the result that I had to return mine for replacement. I was a bit miffed at the time because the wrong ones had to be posted back to Ireland at my cost ........ the supplier was very cooperative about it all ........... but then, shortly afterwards, I noted that the description/part number had been discretely corrected on their website. Very suspicious!

My 1.5 Karoq SEL (18ins wheels) is approaching its 4yr service/2nd MoT in 2 months time, by which time it should have covered 24,000 miles. It is still shod with its original Touranzas - the fronts having some 4mm of tread, and rears 5.5mm. I can't get too excited about tyres - as long as they're round and black, they'll generally do for me - I am most definitely not a boy-racer. It would appear that Touranzas have an 'anti-kerbing' ridge which sounds good to me, and is something that I would like to retain on replacement tyres. The only real gripe that I have with the Touranzas is the amount of cracking/perishing - at just 3 years old, this was noted as an advisory on last year's MoT. With the MoT looming, I think it might be wise to replace the fronts (and transfer the new rubber to the rears?). So, a question for anyone who has changed from Touranzas - what did you move to, and are you pleased with the replacements?

Thanks for the comment. Whenever I have looked at tyre specs, I haven't yet seen a manufacturer that mentions rim protection as a plus point for a particular tyre.

Do the Michelins have an 'anti-kerbing' ridge like the Turanzas, please?

I drove on the autobahn and the autostrada in the 1970s in a signal orange 1.3L Ford Escort estate. Did I manage 90mph? The hairiest thing on the autostrada was seeing lorry drivers cooking on their camping stoves in the cab as they were driving along.

I think that what is shown on the little screen in the centre of the instrument panes describes the gears. My Karoq has a manual gearbox, and that position on my car shows 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, i.e. which gear the car is in. It appears to have no association with my selection from the centre console 'mode' button. I have never seen a 'D' or anything other than those 6 digits in that position.

I got the impression that we were talking about different things when someone mentioned "reverting to normal D mode'. I assume that 'D mode' is associated with gearboxes (Drive?). My Karoq was first registered at the very end of September 2018 and I think it had been made earlier that month i.e. after the factory August break when the model year changed to MY19. Unless the car is telling fibs, it retains its mode settings between journeys. I am not at all surprised that the wretched EU had interfered with this - they did the same thing with our NEFF dishwasher that always reverts to the 3hr eco mode when our normal requirement is for the 35min quick wash. Pah!

I've no idea about the operation of DSG, my car is a 2WD manual - and I am beginning to wonder if we are talking about the same thing.when we use the term 'mode'. I am talking about the button in the centre console that says 'MODE' - it gives me a choice of 4 'modes' - Eco, Normal, Sport and Individual. I have now fiddled about within the 'Individual' mode, arriving at: Steering: Sport Drive: Eco Dyn. cornering light*: Sport [what is a dyn. cornering light?] Aircon: Eco I'll see how I get on with that particular combination.

Mine sticks with whatever mode I left it in ........ or, at least, it tells me that it has. Is there a difference between manuals and autos?

To be honest, I haven't really investigated 'modes' in detail - I ought to look at it more closely, though from what I have seen, the differences are quite minor. The car is in 'Sport' mode and has been for some time as I prefer a slightly stiffer feel to the steering. Thanks for the prompt, I will try a different mode and see if there's any effect on mpg.

My 1.5tsi manual Karoq was purchased in Sept 2018 and I believe it is a MY19. I tend to stick with a max of 65mph i.e enough to keep out of the way of lorries. I record my fuel usage on a brim to brim basis and, over the past two years, I have averaged 41.33mpg with a blend of local and, say, 100 mile journeys. The car generally indicates one or two mpg better than this, but it's fibbing.

My 1.5tsi Karoq was one of the earlier ones that suffered the potentially lethal stalling habits - I showed a ridiculous level of patience and goodwill towards Skoda while a software fix was being sorted out. If Skoda now try and charge me for any software/firmware updates, I will undoubtedly blow a fuse.💥

I absolutely agree with vegit8. It is nearly 3 years since I looked very closely at the rejection process when our 1.5tsi Karoq displayed the infamous stalling and kangarooing characteristics. Because the car was excellent in other respects, I was too patient and dillied and dallied, and waited for the development of improved software. The new software duly arrived which cured the stalling and improved the first-gear bounce - but it isn't completely cured and I now regret not rejecting the car when the issues first occurred. I believe that, subsequently, improvements were made to the engine design that were too late for me.

Good luck - I wouldn't have thought those things would be too difficult to fix. Let us know how you get on.

By all means, keep a spare battery in your wallet; by all means, keep batteries all over the place but DO ..... A Keep one in the glove-box and B Practise getting into the car using the mechanical key when the keyfob battery has died.

Brilliant - thanks for posting that information.

Yes. My Karoq had its first MOT in September (20k miles) and I received the same report re the tyres i.e. 4mm/6mm and cracking. I believe we go to the same dealer, Tom, and I suspected that the tyre cracking thing was just a standard dealer 'observation' - but your post prompted me to go out and take a closer look. Indeed, there was some cracking between the tread blocks. Dunno about the explanation though, I think it's more likely to be a particular characteristic of a carp tyre. I'm contemplating buying new tyres at some stage this year. I'm not overly impressed with the Bridgestones. I quite value the presence of a 'rim protection flange', but I've no idea how you find out which tyre models are so equipped.

I was able to cancel the previous all-in plan after just two dd payments and renew it at the reduced rate. It took a call to my dealer - to check the viability of my idea, a call to Skoda Finance - who was able to cancel the current arrangement and a second call to my dealer - who was able to set-up the new arrangement. It all seems to have gone through very smoothly without a further 'eligibility check' needed on the car. I'm glad that I made the effort to pursue this and I offer my thanks to 33q for bringing this to our attention. Thank you! 👍 It appears that the offer is only available during November......... https://www.skoda.co.uk/owners/all-in-service-plan

Same here. I was originally on a 2-year service deal when I was able to cancel the DD arrangement after one year in order to move onto the the 'All-in' deal. I wonder if I could simply cancel the current £32 DD and re-apply at the reduced rate. 😒

Subsequent to my post above (12th October), we had to do a 65 mile run in the Karoq. I turned the mirror heaters on and noted that this was shown in the 'convenience consumer'. After 40 minutes, the cc continued to indicated that the mirror heaters were turned on - so, at that point, I decided to switch them off at the rotary knob. I have concluded that there is no timing switch associated with the heaters and so, in future, I will make sure that the heaters are only used when necessary.

My MY2019 1.5tsi came supplied with a 1L bottle of Shell Helix Ultra Professional 0W-30 AV-L VW 504.00/507.00 - in a neat plastic pouch. The car is on annual servicing, doing around 8-10k miles per annum. I am assuming that the dealer has provided the correct grade of oil for any top-ups (???). So far, after 3 years of use in covidious times (20k miles) , I have not had to break open the oil bottle ........ though I note that the bottle says "Shelf life: 4 years from the date of manufacture if kept covered, stored in a dry place and protected from heat."

I could find no reference to this in the instruction manual - but did find some discussion in an earlier thread ...... "The heated mirrors do turn off after a while, check the "convenience consumer" setting and you will see " Mirror heating" when it's actually on. Hope this helps" I managed to find this in 'convenience consumer' - it only shows up when the mirror heaters are switched on. Next time I go for a decent drive, I'll keep an eye on that to monitor how long the heaters stay on for. I'll see if they fire up again if the ignition is switched off, and then on again.