LA1Eboy

Hi Wozza67, I guess you'll be dealing with the local Skoda guys in Lancaster. That's where I took my Kamiq but they didn't really do anything. Please post the result of you mentioning the water in doors, I'm interested to know what they say.

No not really, certainly not from the garage. I don't use the car daily. It sits forward facing on drive with a slight down gradient. After maybe 3 weeks of not being used, and after those weeks having intermittent but frequent rain I decided to wash the car. I used a garden hose, not a power washer. fter washing the car I opened the doors to wipe the sills, There was a large amount of water that ran from the drivers door. Hardly any from the passengers front or rear. From this forum it seems Skoda have had issues with models for years but no serious harm seems to come from it. I think the cars of toady are built with better grades of whatever so I don't expect any long term problems. (Hope I'm not being optomistic there) I picked up a stone chip to the front lower skirt and I'm sure it's a composite / plastic skirt so I doubt it will every rust. I'll be asking the garage to confirm that when it goes in for a service. Have you spoken to your dealer about it?

I got my bars, after a bit of research I opted for : Atera SIGNO RTD 110cm steel roof bars (2) 048 410 from www.roofbox.co.uk. Cost me £121 inc delivery. Very very pleased with them, made in Germany, great looking bars each end having a lock and they come with a torque rated handled hex key for tightening onto the rails. Not tested yet but doubt I'll be disappointed.

I have the SE and my trip reset is on my dash just under my dials directly in line with the steering wheel. It's a very sensitive button and resets if you happen to just tap it, no need to hold it down for a few seconds as the trip (I think) is the only thing it resets

That sounds like a real logistics **** up! I'm sure you won't judge the quality of your car on it. I hope when you get your Kamiq your stress will turn to joy!

My start up is engine on lane assist off, stop/start off. This takes only about 10 seconds whilst I wait for the information screen to load up to confirm what I've done, Then off we go. My Kamiq is my first Skoda and I loved it at first sight, haven't driven any Skoda before and even with my niggling water in the doors issues, I'm really happy with it.

The car was in with the dealer briefly this morning. TBH they really didn'y do much, they did say that the Kamiq and Fabia have the same door design, they checked the rubber seals and drain holes and declared they could find no problem. The problem hasn't been as bad as it first was and I wonder if that's becasue I have, several times, taken off and refit the seals where the water was coming from whilst trying to understand the problem. Have I inadvertently cleared a blockage? refit what was a loose part of the seal or am I wishful thinking? I made it clear I would be returning should I encounter more problems.

Just an update. I went to speak to my dealer today. The service manager agreed that historically the Fabia had a problem with water in the doors. regarding my Kamiq, he said for him it was a new issue, he did say that the Kamiq is a new model and the industry does get glitches in new models. That's a fair enough point and I'm sure not everyones new Kamiq is having this issue and meybe I have rogue one off the production line. My car is booked in for investigation next week. When I asked what the investigation would entail I was told certainly the door panels off to see if anything was obvious and a technical sheet (no, me neither) send to Skoda HQ. It's possible that if other Kamiqs have experienced this fault, in small numbers, the HQ techies may have a solution that they can advice my dealer of. Only major faults affecting huge numbers across a model are sent out to dealers.

I disabled the adaptive cruise control becasue it has wobbles with some traffic on the nearside. I found it in the menu and when I disabled it permanently it left a yellow warning sign on in the panel up by the rear view mirror. I turned it back on as I'd rather just pick and choose when I use it rather than have a permanent yellow waring sign displayed. I'm guessing the LA would result in the same yellow warning light being constantly displayed. I'm happy enough just scrolling to it in the menu and cancelling it before a journey, it only takes seconds when you know the quickest short cut to it.

So the Kamiq comes with roof rails. Great, I wanted those. Has anyone got any recommendation for roof bars? I want to carry 3 cycles on cycle racks (that I have) that fit roof bars but I'm not sure which roof bars are best for the Kamiq.

Has anyone purchased a good set of roof bars they would recommed for the Kamiq?

Yes it's under warranty but I'm new to Skoda and will be taking it up with the dealer, just want a bombproof case and not get fobbed off.

By floating lugs I mean my rubber seal is hung from the bottom of the door by white plastic lugs, they have an anchor inside the hole in the door, then a thinner shorter line of plastic that ends in a T shape. This T shape sits in the hole of the rubber seal. So to remove the seal is easy as the rubber is new and stretches easliy on and off the plastic lug. This leaves the 'floating lug' loose and you can push it back up into the hole in the door. I washed the car yesterday to test the water ingress. Sure enough after washing the car without using a jet washer, when I opened the front doors, both leaked water towards the front edge, it drops vertically about 6 inches from the door front. What I have discovered is that if I let it drain and stop dripping, maybe about a minute to stop dripping, if I then remove the rubber seal and push up the lug with my finger, this causes more water to come out, quite a bit more. So I reckon when I open the door gravity is enough to let the water out but the weight of all the water isn't enough to force it's way through the seal, so an amout of water remains in the door. Worst case scenario is that I just make it a maintenance thing to do often, after washing the car or after rain. On this forum I've learned it's an old problem on certain cars, I'd like to hear from anyone who has had real issues with it. Has it caused anyones doors to rot on the underside? Has anyone found their doors have buckled when unknown water has been sitting in the doors and then frozen and expanded during winter? Has anyone had a satisfactory repair done by a Skoda dealer? Seems the culprit could be inferior front window seals. Not sure if the rear doors are affected, they certainly haven't shown signs of draining when the door are opened but I must check them soon. Certainly blocking the drain holes is not the solution. I hope the 'floating lugs ' description helps or would a phot be better?

So.......Looking through the forum I have seen that water retention in doors has been a Skoda issue for years, at least sine 2002 in Fabias. I just bought my Kamiq and I am very impressed with it. I traded in my Volvo which I had for 11 years. So I have kinda come to terms with some of the modern stuuf in my new car, my cruise control now has a distance setting on in ( seems dangerous at times, I'll post another topic for that) and lane assist, but I am amazed about the fact that 1 L petrol engine outguns my former Volvo 1.6 diesel by 6PS. But to the point. I washed my car (as you do because it's new) and soon after doing so, opened the door and noticed a run of water come from one single point about a quarter way along the door from the hinge end, Thought nothing of it. Then noticed it happens after rain,. Then not having driven for a few wet days, was showing a friend and again, on opening both fron doors, the pouring of water happened. I then found this forum which suggested it's a historic issue. The day after I showed my friend I opened the door again. There had been no rain. And more water came out. I pulled the rubber seal off its anchors under the fron doors, I pushed up the floating lugs that the seal clips on and opened a floodgate. I didn't catch or measure the water but it was a lot. My big concern is what happens in a wet and cold winter? I really don't want my car doors becoming ice boxes. I do intend to discuss this with my dealer soon. In the meantime, with this issue being long standing in Skoda, has anyone had any issues with rooting door sills or water damage inb doors? It seems it's acroos the Skoda range. Some owners are quiet casual about it the issue but I fall in the concerned category. This is my new car and I want some years out of it. I can manage all the IT issues it's thrown up because I can deactivate things I don't want to use, but the water in the doors issue...Not happy about it at all. If I need to 'Bleed" my doors every couple of weeks I will. I do love this car.

Hi all, I am new to Skoda, loved the old world ones but TBH was never gonna buy one. Just moved from a Volvo which I had for 11 years and test drove a few cars before visiting the Skoda dealer. Didn't know they made the Kamiq but I eat drove it and well.........had to buy it. The best of my test drives which had included Mazda, Audi (Yep I did say Audi) Toyota and Honda. I have had a steep learning curve of coming to terms with all the new technology that goes into lane assist and stop start and cruise control with distance managing, and tbh I'm not a fan of most so switch a lot of it off before a journey. I am also amazed that the 1 litre engine of my Kamiq delivers 115 PS my 1.6 diesel Volvo did only gave 109 PS. It's my new car and ok I'm excited.