StEdmund

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.

Anyone know how long the heated mirrors stay on for? When the heaters are switched on via the rotary knob, is there a built-in timer - or, are the heaters permanently on while the knob is in that position?

My MY19 SEL has heated mirrors, the switch being on the rotary control knob.

After the Karoq's next service, due shortly, I am hoping to be allowed to transfer from a 2-yr service deal to the 2-yr all in one package. I have a strong belief in the value of good breakdown cover; don't just think that everything will be alright if you have a reliable, well-maintained car. Our B-max suffered a blow-out a year ago November in the east-bound contra-flow on the M6 north of Coventry - 5pm, rush-hour out of Brum - dark, cold and wet. We limped to the hard-shoulder when it resumed, with HGVs etc hooting up our backside. My wife and I took to the embankment; fortunately, we had breakdown cover and a chap duly arrived and parked his orange-lit truck behind the car and was able to change the wheel for the space-saver. As a result of this experience, I am very pro-breakdown cover and very anti-smart motorways.

Make sure that you have a spare battery (or key) at the ready - the no-name cheapy that my dealer used, lasted just 3 months.

I'll be back in a couple of days time to let you know how I get on using idle speed in first gear across a slightly bumpy grassed area driving a tetchy 1.5tsi manual Karoq. If I don't reappear, you will know that my experiment failed and that I have been arrested/shot.

These days, in order to be considered an authority on anything at all, you need to be a professor. Are you, by any chance, a professor of speed and speed limits?

Oh, Lordy, I am not talking of 'legality' and I do not have an issue with the requirement for 5mph - 'struth, my own grandchildren could be wandering about there. My question was merely about tips for smooth driving at very low speeds - and I understand now that this is not possible by incorporating cruise control or speed limiter. If you see the description at the side of my posts, you will notice that the car is an early 1.5tsi and, whilst it has had the software updates, it is still not the most refined at very low speeds in first gear.

I'll be over there on Tuesday, so I'll just try on idle. My recollection (probably wrong) from crawling through road works on the A14, was that idle in 1st gear was too slow and 2nd gear was too fast. It's not a big deal, I just wondered if there was a smoother way of doing things.

I was thinking of the slowest, smoothest glide across a slightly bouncy surface; I was not contemplating letting the car take over while I had a wash and shave.

We regularly have to drive round a gravel track and across grass at a caravan park - at a max speed of 5mph. On the open road, I tend to employ cruise control at every opportunity - but then, I am normally in top gear and doing 60+. I've never actually got round to trying it out, but does anyone know if it's OK to use cruise control in first or second gear? Thanks.

I think the biggest complaint generally, and certainly mine, was the awful screeching racket that they made.