JohnHooper

Thanks Toot. Great advice, and what I wanted to hear (Not sure I could justify spending another ~AUD 60k for a new model (minus whatever I get for a trade-in). Will look into it. Cheers, John

Thanks Steve, Toot and others for your advice on the failed DSG in my 2018 Kodiaq 4x4 TSI (~34,000 km). It was indeed the Mechantronic component, and after nearly 2 months in the dealer workshop, awaiting parts and mechanic availability, I finally got my car back, functioning as when I bought it. Fortunately I had a 7 year warranty (expiring in 2024), so no cost. However, "Skoda Assist" (Australia) were pathetic in terms of not approving a courtesy car for the first 2 weeks, but thanks to the Skoda Keema dealer/ service centre at Mt Gravatt Brisbane, I eventually got a loan car. So, does anyone have any knowledge of the Mechantronic DSG component failing again, if (for example) I decide to keep this car for another 7 years after warranty expires - or sell it and fork out for a new model 7 seater Kodiaq? I love this car, and especially touring throughout eastern Oz, but am now wary of the DSG problem occurring in our "outback" ( we don't go off-road much). Thanks again for your comments you wonderful Briskoda community

Just under 32k Km since we bought the Kodiak in 2018

Thanks Toot. Your opinion is very gratefully appreciated. I'll phone Skoda (Sunshine Coast) when the silly season public holidays are finished on Tuesday, our time 👍

Hi UK Skoda community, from OZ What is the risk of damaging my 2018 Skoda Kodiak 7 seater 2.0 TSI (petrol) with its 2 recent "gearbox in emergency mode" messages from driving back to home ~ 100km (Sunshine Coast back to Brisbane)? The DSG is 7 speed automatic 4x4. The first instance of gearbox emergency, happened about 2 months ago, was something like "gearbox overheating, limited gears, no reverse" (after about 2 hours after engine turnoff, all gears were back, and clearly the system had reset itself). I took it to our Skoda dealer but only an "ACC error" was still on the car's computer log. Yesterday, something similar happened, but the message was something like "gearbox emergency, but drive on" which allowed me only even numbered gears after driving up some steep hills. My Skoda dealer (after the first incident negative testing incident) said if it happens again, call Skoda Assist for towing to the nearest dealer to analyse the data. But we had 2 grandkids, a dog, and all our Xmas holiday stuff in the car, and had no choIse but to keep going to our holiday unit on the Sunshine coast. The car data reset itself after about 10 minutes after a supermarket grocery stop, and is now parked at our unit, without being turned on since then. So, my question is, do you think it is wise for us to drive back home (to Brisbane (~100 km)), or have the car towed from our Sunshine Coast unit to the local Skoda dealer (about 3km away), but then have to pay for a hire car to get back home, and however long it takes for them to diagnose and fix the DSG problem? This is vehicle risk assessment at its worst, potentially destroying our Xmas holiday plans with our grandkids Thanks in advance for your input. Cheers, John

Here's a response from Skoda CZ App Developers to my complaints about "Skoda Connect"/ " My Skoda" Apps malfunctions. Who knows what solutions, if any, they will come up with. Also see the Skoda Developers' response to my Google Play feedback on this App (in attachment): Caution! This message was sent from outside your organization. sophospsmartbanne Dear customer, thank you for your email. Please provide us with your VIN and country of origin so that we can direct your problem to the competent department. Thank you in advance. Best regards, Martina Schultz From: John Hooper Sent: Friday, January 1, 2021 3:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: MyŠKODA Please advise me if my complaint (below), is valid, or have I missed something obvious? I.e. I can no longer access the Kodiaq online manual using the new "My Skoda" App; the previous vehicle servicing details from the past 2 years have disappeared; the find-vehicle location function has disappeared; and my (pre-paid) vehicle rescue emergency and dealer contact details also no longer exist on this new "My Skoda" App, amongst other useful functions with the previous "Skoda Connect" App. Please advise if there are other Apps, or methods, that I can easily access my Kodiaq details and the online user manual etc, which have completely disappeared. Thanks, John The following was posted on the Briskoda.com forum yesterday Re: Kodiaq 2017 2.0 TSI plate (AUS delivery), first registered March 2018. When I first installed the "Skoda Connect" App (2018), and added my vehicle registration VIN etc details, and my dealer added their free service details, and the App also included a PDF version of the owner's manual for Kodiaq amongst other useful tools vehicle rescue contact etc - the new "My Skoda" App only offers (1) adding a new vehicle, or (2) revising existing "garaging details". That's it! Am I missing something? Crap, useless App!!!

Kodiaq 2017 2.0 TSI petrol (2018 AUS delivery, first registered March 2018. When I first installed the "Skoda Connect" App (2018), and added my vehicle registration VIN etc details, and my dealer added their service history details, and the App also included a PDF version of the owner's manual for Kodiaq (amongst other useful tools like vehicle rescue contact details etc ). It was a useful App. Apparently, Skoda has now (December 2020) taken down "Skoda Connect" replacing it with a a single "My Skoda" App. The former App is no longer visible on the Google Play store. However, this new App appears to only offer (1) adding a new vehicle, or (2) revising "garaging details" of the existing registered vehicle, with all the other useful stuff on the old App disappearing into the ether! Either I'm missing something hidden, or the new App is crap? I contacted Skoda in CZ, but no response so far. Does anyone have a similar problem? Thanks, John

Great to hear from another recent Skoda Kodiaq owner in AUS, Alen. I bought a new 2.0 TSI Petrol just over 2 years ago with all whistles and bells, and still loving it (both around town in Briz, and long road trips e.g. 2000km north Qld late last year before this crap pandemic locked us down, and more recently family road trip to the rainforest mountain holiday retreat at O'Reilly's on the Lamington Plateau, utilising all 7 seats - grandkids in the 3rd row.) I was interested in your comment "already have vcds dongle ready to turn on a few things as i am sure Škoda didn't give me all the bells and whistles this car offers." I've seen these dongles advertised on international market sites, but have yet not found how one purchases them in AUS. Any suggestions are welcome. Enjoy your new Skoda. Great vehicle 👍

My Skoda Kodiaq (2017 plate) has a panoramic roof: retractable glass outer, and some sort of shade fabric inner. Does anyone know the UV rating of these pano roofs (obviously when both are fully closed)? Driving in southern Queensland, this is obviously a potential concern (eg do I need to wear a hat - and thus look like a Volvo driver, lol?) Thanks in advance, J

Hi All. As previously reported/ questioned on this forum about 2 months ago, re: intermittent phone box charging an Android Note 8 phone fault. I finally got a diagnosis from the dealer (ie car is still under a 5 year dealer warranty), that the phone charging inverter pad thingy is faulty, and nothing to do with the issues that UK Skoda dealers are faced with, as reported on this forum, viz legality of boosting of mobile signals by Skoda antennae etc. Good news for Oz Skoda Kodiaq owners though, but bad news about the potentially long waiting time for the spare parts to arrive from Europe (Czech Republic, Germany, or wherever?) This is a 2nd 'component part failure' for my 2017 build (2018 plate) 2.0 TSI Kodiaq - the previous one being a faulty boot lock motor. Little things like these failures don't inspire my future confidence in maintaining this vehicle once the 5 year dealer warranty expires

No worries, I took it as humour. For the record, travelling in crowded 3 lane traffic moving at ~100km/h with a big van obscuring the view of traffic further forward, anything is possible, and for once the 'little red devil' was welcome. Maybe Skoda could add an optional extra: a periscope to see over and ahead of large vehicles?

For the record, everytime that the 'red devil' automatic braking warning symbol used to frequently blast-up on my Kodiaq screen, it was certainly accompanied by a 'bong' sound signal - which made the semi-regular frequency event even more traumatic, when there was no visible 'immediate impact' event. By adjusting the ACC, Front Assist setting in 'Advance Warning' distance, from 'close' to 'medium', has significantly decreased the frequency of this ghost signal (although a few weird ghost occurrences still occasionally occur), but I think (although not empirically measured), the time gap between visual and sound warning has decreased since I reduced the ACC distance setting from 'close' to 'medium', i.e. giving the driver less time to respond (brake), before the audio signal sounded. Nevertheless, I fully agree with other posters on this thread, that this feature should NOT be fully turned 'off' via the Infotainment System. It certainly saved me from rear-ending another vehicle in fast but congested highway traffic last weekend, which if I had adjusted the ACC to 'far' (or 'distant', whatever), or to 'off', would have been 'probable', and hence catastrophic. This feature of the Skoda braking ACC really works!, so I recommend adjusting only the Front Assist distance setting, not turning it off. Thanks again to Briskoda forum for clarifying issues where the Kodiaq Skoda manual is equivocally not clear.

Yes, I think so @Mnisjohn, by adjusting the Front Assist setting in 'Advance Warning' from 'close' to 'medium', as others suggested on here. I know what you mean by "like driving with a nervous passenger" when the Little Red Devil suddenly appears on the screen!

Thanks for that tip. We drive from Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast regularly, and there are regular DAB drop-out zones en route - such as timber pine forests, road works metallic roadside barriers, etc. DAB radio is relatively new to our expansive continent, eg with few transmission towers, but the sound quality between AM, FM and DAB is phenomenally better - especially with Kodiaq's 16 speaker system.

Update on the 'Little red devil' popping up too frequently problem, on the Skoda Kodiaq's Front Assist Infotainment function. I just changed the 'Advance Warning' function from close to medium and drove past a frequent trigger point: it didn't trigger the red devil or auto braking. Thanks for the advice on this most helpful Skoda forum.