Rockinghorse

I wouldn't expect so as it is a basic courtesy car. Mine has 18" wheel and 50 ratio tyres which doesn't help but so has my daughters Qashqai so it's no excuse. I do believe the the Turanzas are part of it as they are very hard. If I was keeping the car I would fit some Michelins.

Hi Guys Just a quick update. The dealership rang last evening to say that my car will be longer than they thought as they are not absolutely sure it is the windscreen that is leaking. They have the car all stripped out, carpets trims and headlining and there is definitely a leak but they want to be sure it is the windscreen before they order one, so it will probably be next week before I get is back. I just hope they are capable of putting it all back together properly. As far as the ride quality is concerned I am happy enough with the general ride and cornering but I just find that over holes and bad areas of road surface it is terrible. There is a strip across the road just up from my house where they cut a strip out to lay a cable., it's about 150mm wide and goes right across the road. Inevitably the infill has sunk and is now about 50mm below the surface and I have tried driving over it at various speeds but it always jars the car so much that I find when I can I come to an almost full stop and gently run over it. There are several bad holes around my town and I now know where they all are and make a conscious effort to avoid them all. It is completely different when driving the Golf as I can just drive in a straight line and hardly notice any of them. I appreciate they have to harden up the suspension setting to stop an SUV rolling but my daughters Qashqai is just like the Golf so it can be done. On the oil burning issue as I have said many times before it seems to be the 1.5 petrol which is the worst of the bunch. When you get a good one they are great, quiet and no oil consumption but when you get a bad one you get both of these problems and I don't believe VAG know why. You would think in this age of computers they could work it out - or have they????????????? and is that why the 1.5 in the Golf I have been using is like night and day different, but they just won't admit it. I do think for a £28k+ car the Karoq should be a lot better than it is - I do think mine was made on a Friday afternoon at five to knocking off time.

In case you missed the thread, the dealership have found a leak either at the base of the windscreen or the front bulkhead and are at present stripping down to try and sort it. As others have stated they had the same experience and have had carpets replaced on warranty. Mine is not that bad yet but who knows what the future will bring??

Thanks RootToot That's exactly where I will be looking very soon. It is a shame though as I have always preferred VAG interior styling and I didn't like the small rear window in the Sportage but I will certainly be giving them a fresh look now.

That is right but until this car I have never had to top oil up between oil changes, so it is quite a shock when you buy a new car and find it uses just what it says in the manual. None of my previous VAG cars ever used oil, even my 1st Passat with 120k on the clock never used a drop between changes. I am not alone in complaining about modern VAG engines it is well publicized on the net. My neighbour had a 2019 Audi A3 1.5 petrol which was a nightmare. It was dangerous to drive as the engine would splutter and die as he pulled out of junctions. His wife refused to drive it as it scared her. After all of the software updates it was slightly better but drank fuel and oil. He was having to top it up so often in the end he took the car back and they replaced it. The new one is much better ( still 2019 model ) so these 1.5 engines do vary a lot. I obviously have one of the not so good ones but the dealership say that it checks out ok and all the things I don't like are normal for this engine. One thing I will say is that while my car is being repaired the dealership have loaned me a 2020 Golf 1.5 and the difference in the engine is night and day. They have obviously fixed/updated something as this one is so smooth compared to mine. It still has that slight rattle on tick over when cold but revs so much more freely and is like a sewing machine. When pulling away in 1st it is smooth and spins beautifully whereas mine tends to be rough and I am glad when it changes up into 2nd. It might be software updates I don't know but it is much better. On a different note I also like the suspension much better than my Karoq. The Golf soaks up the bumps and rough surfaces quietly and smoothly and gives a much better ride quality all round. I do miss the space in the Karoq though as the Golf is rather claustrophobic. I have always preferred German cars but it might be time to try a Japanese model when we get out of this awful time

My 1.2 Octavia was great and didn't burn a drop but the 1.5 is a different story and VAG know it. They will freely tell you that they can burn half a litre in 600 miles.

Its well publicized that the 1.5 engine has some real problems but tat said if you get a good one they are ok. If you get a bad one they are terrible, noisy and burn oil but they are not alone. It seems that over the last 5-8 years they have got bad.

For many years now, in many cars I have always kept the AC on all the time. The very best AC by far was the unit fitted to my 08 Passat sport which had the digital unit from Audi and was so efficient it kept the car dry throughout the year in all weathers. The units they fit now are nowhere near as good but that is not my problem. The dealership has found that there is a leak either from the windscreen or the bulkhead so I am keen to see what they do to fix it. I have been disappointed with the Karoq almost from day one as it is nowhere near as good a car as my previous Octavia ( which I still think is the star in the Skoda range ) If it had not been for Covid and lockdowns I would have got rid of the Karoq by now but instead I have only done 7700 miles in two years and now this problem has pretty much sealed its fate. I don't like engines which burn oil and it would seem that most VAG engines do these days. Together with a bad petrol consumption and awful ride on rough roads it has to go.

The carpets do not feel wet but may be underneath. It is not just the windscreen it is all the windows. I have never driven the car in wet clothes. I have never left anything damp in the car. I have never driven through flood water, but my car has been parked during torrential rain. Dealership has just rang with an update. They have found that the carpets are damp underneath although not noticeable on the surface. They have found evidence that water has run down behind the dashboard and behind the carpet and are suspecting that there is either a leak at the base of the windscreen or somewhere through the bulkhead. I advised what I had seen in the internet and they are going to check all those areas as well. So guys looks like a leak from bad manufacture. I just hope they can fix it cos I don't feel I can sell it with a problem.

The carpets do not feel wet but may be underneath. It is not just the windscreen it is all the windows.

Well this is my seventh VAG car and the 1st time I have ever had this problem. I did have some condensation on the rear hatch window of my Octavia but Murray Skoda in Plymouth sorted it straight away with a new hatch rubber seal. Never had the problem again. But that was a 2nd hand 2014 car whereas this Karoq was purchased new in Feb 2019 and the problem is twenty times worse.

My AC is never turned off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I also meant to say that if you get the problem when your car has sat in the sun, its because there is moisture in the car already most likely from a leak. Having read all the water ingress threads on Briskoda it would seem that Skoda have a problem as it has appeared on a number of different models and owners have had carpets replaced on warranty and almost complete strip downs of the interior to try and find the leak. The most common by far is sunroofs and pan roofs but a lot of people report badly sealed chassis joints in and behind wheelarches, windscreen seals, wiper seals the list goes on. You would think that with modern manufacturing techniques these sort of faults could not happen.

Thanks for the tip but in all the cars I've owned I've never had this problem so there must be something wrong with the design or manufacturing. I'll give the dealer a chance to fix it but this is the last straw and I can see this car will be going.

Thanks for your suggestions guys, but I don't have any dogs and we have hardly used the car in the last three weeks. I have never seen this level of moisture in a car before and I have had a lot of cars. I have since found other threads on Briskoda and it would appear that a lot of people are suffering water ingress in a number of different ways on the Karoq. Some are getting leaks around the rear wiper, others in the wheel arches and behind the wings and some through the pan roof seals and/or sunroof. My wife has just made a very good point. Back in August we suffered a terrible storm with torrential rain. In fact we were flooded in our cottage, something which has never happened before and we have lived here for 33 years, but this was an incredible cloudburst which the drains could not handle and the road through our village was under six inches of water after 30 mins of rain. I am thinking this may have been the time water got past the seals ( maybe as you say via the pollen filter ) but you would hope that a car would be designed to take this sort of excess water. Crazy thing is we have not noticed any dampness of the carpets, but maybe the water is sitting in the car somewhere. I will give all the information I have found to the dealership and hopefully they will find the fault. If they do I will print it up on this site so that it can maybe help others.

Because of Covid we haven't used our Karoq 1.5 SEL DSG very much at all, infact although it will be two years old in Feb 21 we have only done 7700 miles from new. A new problem has suddenly reared its head in the form of condensation and I mean heavy condensation where it drips off the windscreen and runs down the dash. I didn't have any issues like this last winter but nearly every day the car is sopping wet on the inside of all the windows. This must mean water is getting inside the car somewhere but I am at a loss to know where. I have taken it in to my local dealership but have little confidence that they will find the problem. I will probably just get fobbed off again like with the heavy petrol consumption, noisy engine and heavy oil usage, but it has to be my 1st port of call. I don't have a pan roof or sunroof so do not think its blocked drains but it is very disappointing on such a low mileage car. Has anyone else suffered with this please?