Liteboy

I have a late 2025 1.5 Monte Carlo Edition which has just under 6000 miles on it. I had loads of electronics and mechanical issues in the first 4 months and nearly rejected the car. One of the issues is just like you say sounding like wheel spin or clutch slip pulling away. The car seems to change up from 1st to 2nd instantly when pulling away, I think it has also happened when accelerating at 40 to 50 mph. I haven't yet had any hard mechanical noises 🤞 Mine went back to the supplying dealership for three weeks in June and they ended up replacing the main ECU which stopped the majority of the problems but the gearbox still occasionally does the same thing. I have fitted an IO pedal box which connects between the throttle pedal and the car, it allowed me to dial out throttle lag which helped. I also regularly plug my OBDELEVEN 3 in clear down any codes, it seems to generate codes regularly without any dash errors showing. I think it's just common that modern cars do log random stuff. I too have had two dealerships say the sounds in the drive train are normal but I am still suspicious. Other things not related, my car has DCC and when it is in D mode the suspension is very bouncy but in S it's firm but doesn't lift off over bumps, I use individual mode with everything as per D except the suspension. The other thing is the std brakes are poor, they lack feel and response, I have fitted EBC Yellow Stuff pads and the car is transformed. In hindsight I wouldn't have bought it but my previous two Skoda's were faultless so trusted the brand.

I did it on my 2025 Monte Carlo Edition with OBDELEVEN. It's one of the pre coded options in the app and you can select either start off or on or alternatively you can set it to remember the last setting, which is the one I chose. I then turned it off from the steering wheel and it remains off until I choose to change it.

Our 25 plate Monte Carlo Edition has DCC and I wondered what experience others have had with it. When in normal D mode the suspension is ok until to come across bumps or dips in the road where it becomes a bit wallowy on the rear and sometimes bounces the boot content around. When in Sport mode the same bumps are dealt with well though the general ride quality is obviously harsher. It seems the rear damping in normal D mode is virtually nonexistent. Bumps taken at between 30 and 40mph. I currently have individual mode set up with the suspension set to sport but everything else to normal. Anyone else seen similar?

Has anyone got any recommendations for roof bars for the Scala. It appears to have bolt holes in the door reveal to take something. Might also look a a roof box for holidays.

Our Monte Carlo Edition is finally working pretty much as is should following Skoda replacing the ECU and thoroughly testing the car. The only thing that was still annoying was the throttle response especially pulling away from stationary. After some investigation and checking with my insurer I have fitted an IOPedal pedal box made in Germany. It has a good range of settings and now the response is spot on making the car a joy to drive. It can also improve the security on the car by disabling the throttle so the car can't be driven.

Yep, try screwing on/off any tyre inflator including the Skoda one, you let more air out, even if you have smaller fingers. Have to use a manual pump with the lever type connector .

UPDATE : So the car went in on the 15th June and I got it back today. After running loads of diagnostics the ECU was shown to be faulty, this had to come from Europe as they don't keep them on the shelf in the UK. They also found a loose pipe in the engine bay which seemed to be related to some of the errors we were having. Drove 70 miles home without any errors but had to leave it in sport as the throttle response in D is still crap,bit like turbo lag from the good old days. Sport seems to almost stop it dropping in to two cylinder mode, which causes more issues than it's worth. They haven't replaced the 12v battery but if the car now behaves I will be swapping it myself for a better Yuasa AGM one and recoding it with my OBDELEVEN. If the car doesn't behave then I will probably just sell it as being seven months old now, the amount of agro to now reject the car became very very obvious in conversations at the dealer plus there are other things in our lives at the moment much more important than wasting energy fighting an up hill battle.

You can reject a car at any time easily within 30days , slightly more difficult up to 6 months and then much harder after that. You have to give the supplying dealership fair opportunity to repair the car first though.

So the car has gone in today for it week of investigation, they have lent me a Fabia 1.0 for that time. All I can say is it is so much smoother than the 1.5 , smooth acceleration, no lag and just more relaxed drive. Also there is a bump coming in to our village where the Scala skips and makes a loud clunk, the Fabia just rides it like our old Octavia Vrs and our Kodiaq used to,not at all unsettled.

I did think about a battery monitor so might invest in one. I do have an Obdeleven dongle which I have been able to keep an eye on the faults, didn't realise you could monitor the battery with the ignition off so might try that before next Monday when it goes in. I had to wait for a "Specialist" technician to be available, hence the wait. We did a trip to Wroxham on the Norfolk Broads to visit the in-laws yesterday in the pouring rain. Couple of hours each way and it was awful, the throttle was like a switch, nothing nothing nothing and then full thrust, just what you need on saturated roads. Pulling out into busy traffic was quite scary with no power and then sudden power. My wife commented it was like having a sticky throttle cable back in the day. I have just about had enough as it put us and our boys (dogs) in danger.

The car has an EFB+ battery where I am pretty sure both of the others had AGM batteries which seems to stand up to low usage better. I do mostly short journeys with the odd trip to Newcastle where our son is and over to Norwich where the in-laws are. We did a 70 mile round trip yesterday so didn't put the Ctek on it last night. I stuck a meter on it this morning and it was 12.5 v and watched it drop to 12.1 v and all I had done is open the door and bonnet. The car seems to click,buzz and whir all the time locked or unlocked with my keys well away in their Faraday pouch. Currently feeling like an expensive mistake buying it.

The story so far is,went to the local Skoda dealer but the list of issues was beyond what they were expecting so nothing was done.I then went to the supplying dealership and the car is booked in for a week this month for investigation. I have had to call Skoda assist twice as the battery was too flat to start the car, I could have used my Noco boost pack but needed it logged so left well alone. It is now plugged into my Ctek MXS all the time is isn't in use. It has been suggested that I don't drive it enough so the battery will go flat, I do about 6000 miles a year and neither my Octavia Vrs or my Kodiaq Sportline had issues with their batteries so am not going to accept that. So it's still a case of watch this space.

Our new Skoda is having a lot of electronic systems issues and is going in tomorrow for the third time to try and diagnose what's happening. As some of the problems are with the collision warning and automatic braking systems amongst many. Could my insurers be a bit funny if I were to have an accident knowing the car is faulty?

My feeling is that the dealerships rely too much on plugging it in and then having to get permission to order and replace any parts it might need, this then drags out any repair they want to try. Something somewhere is causing a drain and then sending all the electronics haywire. I have written to the dealer principal documenting everything and advising that if this repair fails I will be rejecting the car. It has only done 2500 painful miles.

Today's random error.