Citigo1982

Great - thanks for the answers!

My Citigo will soon be due its service and MOT. I've just moved house and there is a VW dealer at the end of the road, so unless I find a decent independent in the next couple of weeks, I am thinking I could take the Citigo there (especially as it is a VW Up in all but name). The car is out of warranty. Can VW garages access the Skoda service system/records? I assume the underlying software is the same.

From memory it's somewhere on the binnacle. On mine I think the lighting gets dimmer as the ambient light decreases. The point is to prevent people driving with only the front DRLs on (mistaking them for headlights) - i.e, as it gets dark, you have to turn on the proper headlights to be able to see the speedo.

Thanks! Skoda UK says it's a dealer issue. As an experiment I've downloaded the VW Up! app (Maps and More) to see if that makes a difference, although it is basically Move and Fun in a different colour. I may just abandon the app. As far as I can see, the issue is the app connecting to the car; the phone has already connected by the time the code message comes up. If the phone will pair OK, then I can live without the app, nice as it is to see how many MPG I'm doing!

Update: it's also asking my partner to confirm the code, repeatedly. I've e-mailed Skoda...

Good idea. I have re-paired my partner's phone with the radio as well so will borrow that a few times to see if the same thing comes up...

Hi everyone I recently changed my iPhone for a new one and am now finding that my 2019 SE regularly asks me if the 'registration code' displayed on the radio screen matches that in the App. I confirm this and it says 'registration complete'...but then asks again the next day. I have removed and reinstalled Move and Fun on my phone. I have also unpaired and re-paired the phone. I wonder if I am missing something obvious? It never used to ask me to check the 'registration code' like this! All thoughts welcome - thanks

Where is the recirc inlet from the cabin?

Thanks both...will persevere! Not keen on introducing more fresheners to the car but it may yet come to that if running warm air through doesn't clear it...

Hi everyone My 2019 SE went for its second service last week and the dealer also did an aircon service at the same time. Regassed and 'disinfected' using some kind of spray/bomb. Beforehand, the AC was working fine and didn't smell, but I was talked into it... I am now regretting this, or at least having let them 'disinfect'. The 'fragrance' they have used is very unpleasant and is lingering, a week later. To try to get rid, I've hoovered the car completely, wiped all interior plastics, and have also been driving around with the AC on full and windows wide open. I've now also removed the pollen filter, temporarily, and am airing it outdoors (until I next need to drive the car). Is there anything else anyone can think of? The smell is now basically in the ducts and pipes, rather than the car interior, which makes it more tricky. Perhaps I just have to run the AC with the windows open for a few weeks. When Skoda called for feedback I told them I wasn't impressed and I may yet take the car back and tell them to sort it out, but if there is something simple I can do I'd like to try it. Thanks!

I got it via the App store rather than Skoda.

If it is the facelifted car (with the raised bonnet ridge) then you don't get the PID. Just use a standard phone with the Move&Fun app. There is a phone cradle which fits the top of the dashboard.

OK, so back from the garage. The mechanic took it round the block a few times with me, and did a few hill starts. No smell and no judder. Apparently the clutch action also feels completely as one would expect of a Citigo. The car was fine for me going to and from the dealer, although it was slightly whiffy when I put it back in my own garage. The dealer was understanding and has offered, if I still get problems, to take it back for a longer period to try to recreate the issue. I did explain that most of the 3000 miles I've done have been on the motorway (so not lots of stop/start short trips in town), and that I don't hold the car on the clutch. I also pointed out that I have never had a clutch problem in the 20+ years I have been driving! I guess I will have to wait and see. Maybe it is just one of those things about the car, although if so it could be quite an expensive thing! Thanks to all here for thoughts and advice

Thanks all - lots to think about here. re. raising the revs, I was aware of this because the newer small Fiats do it. Our Panda was too old for this feature, but Watchdog memorably looked at what Fiat had done a few years ago, and there is a modification to stop the revs rising at the biting point (https://www.fiatforum.com/panda-iii/454061-fiat-panda-clutch-switch-euro6.html). What all this discussion has usefully confirmed is that there isn't some kind of peculiar knack needed for the Citigo. I had wondered if my technique wasn't quite right for a new car, having learned in the 1990s before all this tech became commonplace and having come from an old Panda (an early 2000s design with an engine dating back to the 80s). The Panda had a lot of low-end torque - it could start on the flat in 3rd (just) and 2nd (no problem). I had expected having to adjust to the Citigo, but seven months and 3000 miles on it seems that something isn't right. We are still having problems, especially (but not only) with uphill starts. Yesterday, juddering and a burning smell when pulling onto a roundabout (me driving). Today, it smelled of burning three times on a 10 mile run when pulling away from junctions (partner driving). I will report back once the garage has taken a look.

Thanks Ken. Now booked into the garage for Thursday. No doubt they will say there is no fault with the car! Your point re bad rule noted....

Thanks - this is good info. I haven’t noticed anything untoward in higher gears but I will check. Will try to get it to the dealer later this week...

Thanks, this is helpful. Car was brand new in July and now has 2700 on the clock, so it is under warranty and I think I will try the dealer... i am sure they will say I just need to get used to it, but we will see. I live in Scotland so am quite used to hill starts and have never had an issue before this car!

Hello - we bought out Citigo new last summer (first Skoda, but my parents are 30+ years into Skoda ownership). It's great but both my partner and I have a problem with the clutch when it comes to putting it into our garage. We find that at least 50% of the time we put the car away in the garage we get a strong burning smell from the clutch and often a lot of juddering. We've both been driving for 20 years and this never happened with our previous (much older) Fiat Panda. It's got to the stage where we are both a bit paranoid! I understand that new cars often raise the revs when the clutch nears the biting point so wonder if I should not be touching the accelerator at all - but I was taught that it was bad to creep the car on the clutch on the flat, let alone up hill (our drive way has a slight uphill slope, enough for the hill hold to work). Having been driving a long time it is hard to disentangle exactly what I am doing, but I normally use the handbrake, start to lift the clutch, down on the accelerator and release handbrake all at the same time. I don't have any problems with hill starts normally, but the challenge here is that the drive is only the length of the car meaning that there is not much room to get lined up with the garage opening. Also I don't want to build up a lot of speed as the garage is not that long. I have tried the hill hold, and the handbrake, and find it makes no difference. In fact I am less happy with the hill hold as I find the car rolls back slightly before going forward. Any thoughts from those more used to this car would be welcome - thank you! It is the only thing which I can't get used to, and if I can't make it work I suspect I will wear out the clutch before long.