Mark-Surrey

I’ve added some photos below to show how the boot floor level rises up with the kit for a full-sized spare wheel. It’s not just the wheel itself which supports the boot floor. The polystyrene inserts are higher for the full-sized spare, and the boot floor rests on a plastic ledge which is about 4.5cm higher than the plastic ledge for the space-saver floor

Hi everybody. I haven’t been on this forum for a very long time. I made the original post. I’m glad to see it has been useful for some of you! I see there were questions about whether I bought the kit for 2WD or 4WD. I thought I had bought the kit for 2WD. In any case, my car definitely is a 2WD version. I checked the invoice from when I bought the kit, and it shows the part number as 57A093860A. The description on the Skoda invoice just says “SPARE WHEEL”, which isn’t particularly helpful, or even accurate! I also found a photo which I had taken of the label on the box, and it shows the same part number. See photo attached. I can’t remember now how exactly I came across that part number in the first place. It might have been somewhere on this forum or another forum, or maybe I got it from the Skoda garage. But in any case, this kit worked fine for me. I think I had read somewhere that it wasn’t possible to have a full-sized spare wheel in the 4WD version, because there’s some element of the 4WD system somewhere in the cavity underneath the spare wheel area which causes the spare wheel to sit higher in the 4WD version compared to the 2WD version. Our tyres are 215/50/R18, and the alloy wheel which I bought from eBay is identical to the one which came with the car. The alloy was quite cheap on eBay. But actually even buying it brand new from Skoda would have been quite a reasonable price. I think the Skoda garage quoted me about £180 for the alloy wheel at that time, but I had got fed of waiting for them to answer, and by the time they did answer I had already found one on eBay. If I was doing it again, I’d probably get a brand new alloy from Skoda, just for peace of mind. I also got an identical tyre, rather than a cheap one. My thinking was that if I got a puncture in the middle of nowhere when I’m a long way from home on holiday in France, I’d want to be able to switch the wheel and just continue driving as normal, for as long and as far as I wanted, rather than worrying that I had one wheel or one tyre which was completely different to the others. The boot floor sits nice and flat in my car, with this kit and this tyre size. It’s more than 3 years since I bought this kit and installed it, so it’s possible that some things may have changed. Our car was new in June 2019. Good luck to you all!

My battery for my KESSY keyfob for a 2019 Karoq failed with absolutely no warning whatsoever! I now keep a spare one in the glovebox, because you can always get into the car using the physical key

I have 5 identical all-season tyres, including my identical spare wheel. I chose Vredestein Quatrac Pro tyres, partly because they are not directional. So if I get a puncture, I can put my spare on any corner of the car, and carry on for as long as I want. If I only did local driving, I would be quite happy with a space saver or tyre gunk. But I drive down to the centre of France once of twice per year, so don’t want to be limited to driving 50mph max for 50 miles max. The Vredestein Quatrac Pro tyres also work well for France, where they recently introduced a new law which requires you to have winter tyres in many areas (not just the Alps), or snow chains / socks, from 1st November to 31st March. The Vredestein Quatrac Pro tyres have the 3 Peaks Mountain Snow Flake logo on them.

I decided to buy an absolutely identical alloy wheel to the 18” wheel on my Karoq SE-L, and fit the exact same tyre type which I have on the other wheels. That way, if I ever need to use it, I don’t need to consider it as temporary in any way (unlike a full-sized steel wheel). My Karoq SE-L has the Varioflex rear seats, and officially you can’t have a full size spare wheel with these seats, but in fact you can. You just need to cut away a bit of the polystyrene piece which runs along the rear of the Varioflex seats, so that you can access the seat handles. Compared to the space saver which came with the car, I lost a bit of the boot depth, but that was a price I was willing to pay, in order to have a 100% drop-in replacement spare wheel.

Yes, that’s correct. I currently have an AirTag in the boot. But it did indeed cause alerts on my wife’s iPhone, because the AirTags are registered to my Apple ID, not hers. So it’s not a great solution. It wouldn’t take a thief very long to find the AirTag and discard it.

The problem is, that if the thief has an iPhone, their iPhone will start beeping because it thinks the AirTag is a stalker who has put the AirTag on them

Unfortunately no, I don’t.

In my BMW, I leave an old iPhone with a pre-pay SIM in it in the car boot, to use it as a cheap tracker device. It’s plugged into the USB socket of a 12V charger, in the 12V socket in the boot. I can see it using the Find My app on my iPhone. The 12V socket is automatically powered down when the ignition turns off. Even if the phone battery dies, it will power up again when the ignition is turned on. This works fine in my BMW, because the 12V socket is automatically powered down when the ignition is turned off. I would like to do something similar in my wife’s Skoda Karoq. But I believe that all the 12V sockets in a Skoda remain powered even when the ignition is turned off. So if I leave an old iPhone plugged in permanently, it’s eventually going to drain the Karoq’s 12V battery. Can anybody think of a way to ensure that the phone powers up when a Karoq is on the move, without it draining the car’s battery if the car isn’t used for a few days?

I just don't understand this issue about using a V rated tyre instead of a W rated tyre. Based on what I see on the AA website, a V rated tyre is good for up to 149 mph and a W rated tyre is good for up to 168 mph. But if you are driving at anything more than 70 mph on any public roads in the UK, you are already breaking the speed limit, so you are illegal. So why would a V rated tyre be considered anything other than acceptable? I can understand that there are certain autobahns in Germany where there is no maximum speed limit, so somebody in Germany can drive their car quite legally at more than 149 mph. But not here in the UK. Also, from what I see in the Karoq brochure from when I bought mine a couple of years ago, the most powerful version at that time (the 2.0 TDI) had a maximum speed of only 127 mph. So this just doesn't add up to me. Can anybody explain this to me, as maybe I'm just being a bit stupid.

I just compared Malakim’s photos with the photo in the official Enyaq brochure, and the colour looks completely different! In Malakim’s photos the light grey colour looks REALLY light, whereas in the Enyaq brochure it looks much DARKER. Maybe other members might like to post some detailed photos of the other upholstery finishes which are available on the Enyaq, to help others in their selection decisions. It’s a shame that there isn’t a darker upholstery colour available as standard (rather than as an extra cost option). I have two kids, and I’m rather concerned about a very light grey colour fabric upholstery getting stained by the typical abuse it will receive from kids. My wife has a Karoq SE-L, and I prefer the darker colour of those standard seats in the Karoq.

Thanks Malakim, That’s really helpful for me. I don’t understand why Skoda don’t put these kind of detailed photos in their brochure. They don’t even provide printed versions of their brochures here in the UK anymore anyway, only PDF copies, so it wouldn’t cost them any more to include more photos. Some of their descriptions of what exactly is included in some of the options packages are also lacking detail, in my opinion.

Hi, I’d love to see some photos, if you get chance to post them. I’m with you on the piano black finish. It’s a fingerprint magnet!

I'm planning to order an Enyaq soon. All the ones I have seen in showrooms have either had the "Sportline" or "Suite" design selection. I haven't seen any with the standard "Loft" upholstery. Does anybody have that upholstery finish on their Enyaq, and if so, what are your thoughts on it? I'm planning to get our Enyaq on a salary sacrifice deal through my wife's work (with LeasePlan). The costs which LeasePlan are quoting are significantly higher (by about £65 per month) for anything other than the standard Loft finish. This seems strange, because the guy in our local Skoda dealer said that it's the base price which counts for the UK government subsidy, not the price after the options. Has anybody else had this problem?

I’m not really sure what exactly the base steering wheel spec includes in the UK (ie. if you don’t pay for one of the optional accessory packs). Whenever I look at pictures in the UK brochure, there’s always a disclaimer saying that the photos don’t necessarily reflect the UK spec!

Is anybody able to explain what functionality the different "multifunction steering wheel" options in the "Drive Package Basic" and "Drive Sport Package Basic" actually provide over and above what's included in the standard spec steering wheel, apart heated steering wheel and paddles for recuperation level selection (neither of which really interest me). I can see from the description that one has a 2-spoke steering wheel and the other has a 3-spoke steering wheel, but I don't care how many spokes it has. What I really want to know is whether either of these extra packages actually provide additional button / dial / toggle switch functionality on the steering wheel which is not included in the standard spec (eg. additional functionality for voice control, adaptive cruise control, speed limiter control, sat nav etc.).

On a car like the Karoq, I’ve often wondered why they can’t eliminate the transmission tunnel hump for rear passengers for the 2WD versions, and then just weld on an extra sheet metal hump part for the relatively small percentage of people who actually buy the 4WD version. It would make the car much more attractive for the vast majority of people who only need 2WD. Surely it can’t be that difficult….

If I remember correctly, I think Skoda use slightly different part numbers on the wheels which are fitted to their vehicles when the cars are actually built, compared to the part numbers which are used when the wheels are sold as after-market accessories. I was going to have a look on eBay, and I think that anything which was originally fitted will have a different part number on it. Does anybody know the part number which is shown on the Triton wheels which are fitted to the cars?

My sister has just bought a 2nd hand Karoq, and she's interested in getting a spare wheel which is identical to the ones which are currently on her car. I have attached a photo of one of the wheels, which has a 215/55/R17 tyre on it. From the brochure which I downloaded when I bought my own Karoq a couple of years ago, I assume that this must be the "Triton" wheel, which was available at that time as an after-market accessory under Skoda p/n 57A071497 8Z8 (see 2nd attached photo). But in the latest Karoq accessories brochure which I downloaded from https://www.skoda.co.uk/_doc/d0ba0841-dcb0-462f-9c23-21fe72de6185, the "Triton" wheel has a similar part number (except for the last 3 characters, which seem to be generally just for different colour options), but the wheel design shown is COMPLETELY different (see 3rd attached photo). Does anybody know whether this is an error in the latest Karoq accessories brochure?

Does the Enyaq have an option for a USB type C port next to the rear view mirror? It looks like most other Skoda models are now offering this as an option from Model Year 2021 models onwards. But I didn’t see this as an option on the Enyaq. This USB type C port next to the rear view mirror is perfect for a dashcam. But if I remember correctly, it wasn’t a cheap option on the Karoq, and probably costs more than paying to have a dashcam professionally fitted by Halfords. I have a Nextbase 522GW dashcam, together with the optional rear window add-on camera, and I have been very pleased with it. I paid about £145 for the set, from Halfords. I also bought the kit for hardwiring it into the car’s electrics, and I paid Halfords to install it. I’ve heard lots of other people complaining about Halfords’ installation of dashcams, but they did a nice, tidy job on my BMW 2-Series Gran tourer. On my BMW, the 12V port is turned off when the ignition is turned off, but on Skoda vehicles I believe the 12V port remains live even when the ignition is off. So I assume this means that if you just use the 12V port for your dashcam, the dashcam will remain turned on permanently, and potentially drain your battery if you don’t unplug it?

Please can you confirm what you mean by the above? On my Karoq, I fitted Vredestein Quatrac Pro tyres, which have the snowflake / 3 peaks symbol on them. So I assumed that they are indeed suitable for driving in snow (although we haven’t actually had any heavy snow in my region in the past two years, for me to really test them).

It looks like 235/55/R19 tyres are available with a load rating of 101 or above (eg. 105) in All Season style from most of the major tyre manufacturers. For example Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons, Continental AllSeasonContact, Michelin CrossClimate2, Vredestein Quatrac Pro, Nokian SeasonProof, Pirelli Scorpion Verde AllSeason, Bridgestone Weather Control. I’m considering getting an Enyaq. On our current Karoq, the choice of All Season tyres was very limited, due to the Karoq wheels on the SE-L trim level using a rather non-standard tyre size (215/50/R18). Things look much better for the standard 19” tyre size used on the Enyaq, in terms of All Season tyre availability. The Bridgestone Weather Control tyres in Enyaq 19” size are also available with sealing option, which gives a bit of added security. The Pirelli Scorpion Verde Zero tyres in Enyaq 19” size are also available in runflat version, but I presume that these cannot be used on the Enyaq because runflats are not an original Skoda option on the Enyaq?

Is anybody able to confirm what type of tyre is fitted as standard on either the Enyaq 60 or Enyaq 80? Are they summer tyres or All Season tyres? In the UK brochure which I downloaded, it indicated that both Enyaq 60 and Enyaq 80 have 235/55 R19 101T tyres, but it shows the Enyaq 80 as having tyres “with seal technology”. Do you really only get the self-sealing tyres with the Enyaq 80 model, even though both models use the same size of 19” tyres as standard (albeit with different style of alloy wheel)?

Regarding the juddering windscreen wipers, the rear wiper on our Karoq SE-L was very juddery. I have just changed it to a brand new Bosch rear wiper blade (Bosch model number A331H), and that fixed the problem instantly. I wish I had changed it sooner.

I have it on my BMW, and I hate it. It came as part of an options package, and there’s no way to deactivate it. On multiple occasions, the boot has started to close and bashed my head while I was rummaging around doing things in the boot.