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What a palava. Maybe Martin at MSE should get involved or Which? and force some answers and clarity. This seems to another one of those "potential" deiselgate situations.

If I am reading that right.... In a "normal dust" country (e.g. the UK) it is saying " - " for changing he belt on a petrol car which implies it never needs to be changed.

Some people have "screen blindness" due tot eh contrast etc. and require printed files rather than having to use a screen to read text. It's quite common actually. I work with a lot of older customers who can't read text well on a screen and need a print-out but also do get signed off by the DVLA as "safe to drive" as reading a roadsign or number plate at distance is a totally different thing. I'm not an expert mind so and not saying this to open up a debate or anything - I just know this to be true 🙂

It does seem a bit crazy. How difficult can it be for them to provide a PDF. My synical mind makes me a bit suspicious of them. If you don't have a copy then they can chop and change the site version (if you didn't take screen shots) and remove features that were advertised as being there in the manual prior to purchase at a whim. What if you don't have a computer or phone?? Tell them you have "special needs" and need a large print version of the manual. If they refuse then threaten to report them for disability discrimination.

Does this help?? https://gimmemanuals.com/owners/2022/09/2021-skoda-karoq-owners-manual.pdf

Not sure of the exact physics (and as you say certianly not perastaltic) but it certainly peed me off facing a £3k bill for a new gearbox ECU + associated electronics and cables and fixes for the "known issue" on a 10 year old Merc that was worth about £3K - which I might add I purchased brand new from Mercedes at a considerable premium at the time. I got rid of the car pretty sharpish (PX to VAG garage as it happens). I took it initially to an indie who (for around £80) carefully cleaned out the ECU housing as best as possible and added some absorbent pads in strategic places so it would "hopefully" last the rest of the cars life. I felt no guilt PX-ing it by the way before some someone attempts to make me feel bad. VAG have had more than their pound of flesh out of me for sure.

Seems to be a regular and very longstanding thing with VAG with one poorly designed engine / gearbox or 'tother. Isuspect their pinnacle of engineering excellence has long since passed - probably in the 1940's. We should be thankful that they are nothing to do with the design and manufacture of the Leopard 2 tank 🙂

Each manufacturer have their "gotcha's" I suspect. In my late 20's I got (what I thought) was the pinnacle of my car owning life (which - to be fair, at the time, it kind of was) - an Automatic Mercedes C 240 V6 Automatic. It was a lovely car but at 9 years old it turned out that oil had a tendancy to leak from the auto box and, by perastaltic/surface tension action, work its way uphill to the ECU for the gearbox. Not what one would expect from a marque such as Mercedes (at the time they were pretty rock solid - unlike now of course).

seems to my non technical mind that the changing of the belt has been made excessively complicated to: 1) stop the non franchised dealers being able to easily compete or make it worthwhile for them to try 2) create work for the dealers where it might not have been necessary 3) made it overly complex where fitting, say, a chained timing belt would have only cost a few pounds more at manufacture but saved the customers £1000's of pounds in avoidable maintenance over the 15 year life of the car Can we stop it. not really - we can only buy another marque and hope they are not the same. I somehow suspect that it will carry on when we are all in electric cars. It's the world we live in. Only governments can really change it by regulation but without the benefit of balls made of crystal I doubt they have the technical ability to even understand. Even then, the nasty little people at companies like VAG will try to get around the regulations until then are caught (ahem - Dieselgate). The manufacturers were made to allow anyone with the correct skills work on their cars so their answer...... Make them so damned tricky to do that, effectively and in "all but name", they are going to make the law (e.g. the European Block Exemption legislation) an ass and toothless. Maybe I'm just being too synical in my dotage. Lets be honest - the diagram above would not look out of place at a space centre - Car's should not really need to be akin to rocket science. Too complicated for even the VAG mechanics to work on easily (as appears to be the case).

I must admit - I too found kodiaqsportline to also be a bit too harsh, rude and "unnecessary" in his comments. Toot always does "try" to help and offer honest well meaning advice and opinion. This is despite the fact that he does occasionally rub you up the wrong way and not even realise (or apologise when pointed out to him - which is certainly something he could work at) 🙂 . You don't have to currently own a particular car to know how it works or how it is repaired or how the trade tends to work/behave and we are all entitled to our opinions.

is ACT the same as 2x cylinders being switched off and "eco" appearing when being light footed? If that is the case I have ACT otherwise how does one know for sure?

My local garage is suggesting £943 for my 2019 1.5TSi another franchise about 2 hours drive away £852 Shop around and also try booking online at your chosen garage (especially that cheap quote) and then ask them to price match the cheapest if you select a more local outfit!

I would go back ot the £580 franchise and ask them if this is the price for the more expensive "electronically tensioned" belt as another dealer said you needed the more expensive one. If they say yes then I'd go with them and ask them to guarantee that price.

My 2019 Karoq squeaks and pops a bit over road humps and such like (especially in cold weather and for only about the first minute or two). It is the bushes for sure but I took it in and the dealer (mechanics) reported "no fault". I left it at that because it's not that frequent and now that the car is over 3 years old I accept that, at some point, the bushes will need "doing". Had the same thing on my 2009 Tiguan so knew what to expect. I got the Tiguan's bushes done (few hundred pounds) at an indie at about year 7 I seem to recall. In my opinion, it is a well well known "characteristic" of this car and its predecessor.

While at it - it would be good to see a picture of the connection point as well together with a picure of the damage. It may be possible to repair it or.... it may be that the fixing behind the headliner is broken and may need replacing/repairing?? Just a thought.

Thanks for that explanation. They are Michelin Crossclimate 2 SUV. They spin very very little and I'm not worried about them for that. I was just curious that the light didn't flicker.

i'll wait 'till theres much ice and then give it a fuller 10 second wheel spin test. If the light doesn't come on then (and I'm still in the same spot) then I will know its foobar!! Then I'll take a trip to the stealer. 🙂

OK thanks for that SuperbTWM. My old 2009 Tiguan used to light up pretty instantly when spinning wheels and I was worried that my 10 year newer Karoq may not have been working properly - that puts my mind at rest 🙂

Hi All, Just wanted to check others experience of this when taking off too quickly (in the wet/ice etc.). I thought the TCS light was meant to flash rapidly: Yesterday I was a bit too enthusiastic leaving a junction and one of the front wheels started to spin up. I got a bit of a noise from the offside wheel (spin-bang-spin-bang) in very quick sucession as the tyre tried to gain traction but did not notice the TCS light flashing at all. TCS was definately not turned off (I tested turning it off and having the permenant TCS light come on the dashboard). The wheel spin lasted a second or two (quite a big spin-up) so would have expected TCS to have had time to kick-in). Anyone elsse noticed this? Cheers, Paul

Oh yes it does! ..... and it has done so for me at least once. Scared me half to death but avoided a rear end with a hidden post in my blind spot. When reversing it is automatic and in a narrow lane, as soon as you slow to a crawl the parking sensors turn on and it is active in scenarios like "Karock" mentioned. Agreed it is not the radar but it has the protection none-the-less. The OP did not mention whether it was his parking sensors that kicked in or the front radar. My guess is that it might have been the parking sensors "Automatic Emergency Braking" feature - well just as likely as the radar option which it could also have been (as well as some others if you paid for certain other features. Page 222 and 223 in my manual:

I would keep them on to be honest. The occasional phantom inclident (if caused by a leaf/crisp packet) is worth it for the things it might well save you from if it is off. It stopped me forwarding into my garage door some time ago and also stopped me reversing into a low wall. If it keeps happening then it is faulty and may need repairing.

If pumping your tyres up (quite correctly) to 39psi causes the headlights to crack then that would come under "not fit for purpose" in my view. 🙂 More likely that it is a sub standard part.

Good luck 🙂 Those lights are flaming expensive and also the fitting and alignment is a major undertaking. Another option..... If you noticed these cracks following an event like driving along behind a tractor and you recall that all sorts of stones were thrown up in the air then your comprehensive insurance may cover it also. Maybe even a smart repair from one of the windscreen firms for £50???

That looks like a stress fracture that others have reported. If I remember, there may be a thread on here somewhere about the lights being replaced under warranty. It is obviously out of warranty but if it can be shown that it is not sue to a stome chip then they may look sympathetically on it. You could also get a smart repair done or try some clear repair system like this: If you don't fix the hole then the moisture will get in every night and you will have a constant issue. If no joy with Skoda and "on the cheap" I would personally - get the car into a garage, use a hairdryer, dehumidifier and a warm environment to clear the condensation and then use the following type of kit to seal the cracks: https://www.blufixx.com/products/blufixx-smart-repair-special-set-headlight-clear/?lang=en Once sealed it should be good and it "should" be fine for the MOT as the damage is not in the projection area.

Same for me (on my lowly MIB2 system). I see some traffic incidents on the maps and no connect subscription to get the traffic via the internet. When I use the main menu and look at "Traffic" I can see plenty of TMC entries and these are being sent to the mapping/navigation. I live in the South-west of the UK and nowhere near Scotland and the radio based transmission of traffic alerts (TMC) seems to be working down here for me. There was some talk on other posts that TMC does not work in England on VAG cars but I am finding it working. How accurate/up-to-date it is I don't know.