TomWest

Coxley (Wells) to Stourhead, A303, M3, M25 to Epsom - 62.8 mpg today (I do try to have the ‘ECO’ panel lit up at all times.

1.5 tsi manual, 2021 model. Epsom to Wells Somerset today, M25-M3-A303-Minor, observing speed limits, 60.1 mpg Southwold to Epsom a fortnight ago, local, A roads, M25, Dartford Crossing, 63 mpg Polegate to Epsom 5 weeks back, 65 mpg. Pootling around urban Surrey, SW London, 35-40 mpg depending on traffic.

When I bought my new Kamiq 2.5 years back I asked the selling dealer to fit an OE reversing camera. After a few weeks when I had occasion to look in the footwell, I found half an inch of water sloshing about. It seems that their regular fitter had omitted a grommet in the boot lid. Fixed under warranty, slightly rusting spare replaced, I’ve had no further problems. Could be something else of course.

Quite….but the bolts for a Kamiq are 5 x 100….NOT 5 x 112.

Careful!! Stretch47’s 2017 Octavia would have 5 x 112 bolt size. Kamiq bolts are 5 x 100.

Rather like my experience, you are being legged over, as we say in Sarf Lunnon. I had an oil/inspection service at 12 months on my October 21 Kamiq 1.5 at under 5k miles which cost c £181. I queried the cost of £285 for what is scheduled as another oil/inspection service at 24 months (and under 8k miles) . Got a long verbal list of what was extra, which sounded like no more than my 1 year service, except for ‘it’s because it’s a 2021 model’. Wanting to keep my warranty, I paid up like a mug. The car is fantastic…but I will NEVER buy another Skoda!!

Thanks for your response, and others for theirs. I've looked at the invoice and it is as roottoot set out, an oil and inspection service which cost £181. I guess this year's service should be the same plus the filter. On looking at the list of checks carried out I have just noticed, belatedly, that the front pads were 10mm and the discs 23mm and the rear pads 9mm and discs 8mm. Would this not have given rise to a suspicion at the garage that the rear brakes were binding to result in such a discrepancy, bring this to my attention and suggest a remedy?

My Kamiq 1.5 manual is 2 years old next month and has done 8k miles to date. In October last year I had the first oil change and inspection service done. This year my local garage is quoting me £340+ for a 2 year/24k mile oil/inspection service with a (required, according to them) cabin air filter change. I see that this outlet and others near me quote £220 for a 2 year/24k mile (elapsed) inspection/filter service for 3+ year old cars. Am I correct in thinking, in Sarf Lunnon parlance, that they are legging me over?

I have one of each of these boot protectors/liners. The fitted rubber one is great but there is a problem with the waterproofing of the one which protects the seat backs and has a flap for the sill. I had loaded my Kamiq with garden waste and found the local tip was shut, and being idle left the waste in overnight. It leaked, the fitted rubber mat stopped water penetration to the boot floor but the other liner absorbed the waste water oozing out from the garden clippings and several scrubs later it still stank, as did the car. I’m lucky I had a good crop of lavender this year which has at least killed the sour grass smell in the car; I’ve scrapped the liner!

Epsom to Southbourne return in the last week. 30mph short distance either end, mostly motorway or fast A roads the rest. !08 or so miles, 62 mpg going down, (it's downhill to the south coast!), 58 coming back.

Last week in my 1.5 tsi manual Kamiq I did 320 miles from a full tank - Epsom to Tetbury via M25/M4 and minor roads, pootled about for a couple of days then down to friends in Wells on A roads, via Bath which isn't to be recommended. Then back home via A303/M3/M25. Observed posted speed limits and the average was 56 mpg according to the Kamiq's undoubtedly optimistic reckoning. I was quite impressed, better than my previous 4wd Tiguan.

Hope you have a better experience than I had, Cestrian! https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/491345-kamiq-boot-leak/ Make sure your dealer fitted any grommet seals needed. My camera is the same as yours. Enjoy your Kamiq.

Be sure to check that your SE has the height-adjustable passenger seat. My stock SE, Oct 2020 bought, 2021 model doesn’t have it and it really bugs me, and my wife especially so.

My 1.5se does have it. From memory, if you press the knurled knob on the right of the steering wheel when ‘eco’ is showing, it tells you if your engine is operating in two-cylinder mode.

On a previous thread I remarked that my 1.5 se was only giving me low 30’s mpg having been used mainly for short 8 mile commutes with lots of stop/start. Now, after 3,500 miles of much more mixed driving I read just over 50 mpg. It helps that i found the long term figure rather than the short term journey figure!!! We live, drive and learn!

My 1.5 tsi manual has done 2,400 miles almost exclusively on slow (20-30 mph limits) central suburban roads. Stop-start motoring for journeys of 16 miles or so at 16 mph for a 40 mpg average. I'm looking forward to being able to open up a bit on a motorway.

Hi Brian, Thanks for your response, and nbramwel and skoda1982 too. No, I wasn’t using a pressure washer. I booked it in to the supplying garage in Croydon. When I bought the car I had asked for an oe rear camera to be fitted. Marshall’s found that a grommet had been omitted!!!, and this from a contractor who they always used. They replaced the spare wheel. It’s labelled for a Fabia and I haven’t checked yet whether it has the same stud pattern etc, but I will shortly. I was promised a foc invoice but haven’t had it yet . I guess I should follow it up because I’m worried a little about corrosion down the line; I hope I never have cause to need to prove why it may have arisen. The camera problem and the lack of height adjustment on the front passenger seat will remind me to spec my own car rather than grab a stock order in future.

Having got used to the vagaries of the front assist software and the wheel spin on departure of my Petrol Blue Kamiq 1.5 tsi SE (built 17/9/2020, delivered 22/10/2020), I was getting to rather enjoy it ...until today even though most of its 2k miles have been my elder son travelling back and forth from Epsom to Wimbledon. Spring being (nearly) in the air I thought I’d give it a thorough in/out clean. I lifted the boot floor which I found was was damp underneath and found lots of clear water in the spare wheel well, some rust and rust patches on the wheel itself. I’d read the threads on condensation but this seems so much worse. One of the photos (3) shows a paint-coloured patch just near the wheel boss retainer. All of the seals look intact and the only evidence of damp on the rest of the boot trim is right at the bottom of the n/s light cluster where the boot floor touches. The shiny reflection in photo 4 is water. This surely can’t be normal.

It’s snowing hard here on the slopes of Epsom Downs. Driving back from my son’s Wimbledon home this morning, it started to sleet (not hard snow like here) and I got a warning that ‘Fault - Front Assist Inoperable’. I’m guessing (hoping) that the sensor was just obscured by the sleet, but it doesn’t bode well to have a warning sensor not operating at just the time when you are likely to need it most!

Hi, having seen useful information I thought joining would enable me to follow up any problems I might have with my October 2020 Kamiq SE 1.5. Of course if I had read more before I bought my bargain showroom SE in haste I would have known that to get a height-adjustable passenger seat I would need an SEL! My selling dealer tells me it's not a possible retro-fit but prior to buying my Kamiq a different dealer told me that it wasn't possible to retrofit an OE rear parking camera which picked up all the electrics; my selling dealer did so. I've seen posts saying a non-factory fitted adjustable passenger seat is expensive but my purchase discount would mean a new seat would be worth it (if only to keep my wife happy!) Anyone know a dealer who might supply/fit one?