VRT24

12v sockets remain live and usb-c sockets go off. You'll need to get a usb power lead for the dash cam if you want it to power off when leaving the car.

Dealer price for spark plugs on 1.5tsi are around £100, so that's quite a chunk, but £562 still seems high. Oil change/inspection plus new pollen filter would be c.£220 taking you to around £330. Do you have a DSG gearbox - if so the price for its oil change is c.£200 on top. If you have a manual gearbox, then I'd ask the dealer to break down the figure quoted. national-price-servicing-min.pdf

Not clear from photo if the 'hook' part of the tailgate fitting is intact or not, or if there has been some sort of glued repair made? But if there is enough of the hook remains still in place, could you drill a hole through it big enough to pass a small zip tie through, which you can then feed through the little 'bar' on the retractable cover so as to keep the two parts together? It would mean the retractable cover would be permanently in place, but you could still cut the zip tie if in the future you ever wanted to retract the cover.

On frosty nights we also get condensation inside the windscreen - but just the windscreen, all other windows are clear - and all drain points are clear, carpets dry, a/c on permanently and cabin filter was (supposedly) changed at dealer service a month ago. Only thing I can put it down to is the fact that we have the heated windscreen which is the all over foil type rather than thin wires. I guess the foil just makes the inside of the screen colder than if it was just glass alone and hence attracts moisture more than other inside windows. That said, it's not heavy (raindrop size water beads) levels of condensation - just a light layer, so is dealt with quickly with a couple of sheets of kitchen roll (thrown away indoors - not kept in car) plus boost button setting on screen demister. We also use a Pingi dehumidifier.

May be worth a try - take it for a run to experience the judder and then park up and put the back of your hand against the wheels. A warped disc would generate friction and heat which will show up by the wheel getting warm.

It might be down to the move from FM to DAB. RDS, which carries the traffic announcements, is only on FM and so, I am told, if you listen to DAB rather than FM stations, you won't get the traffic announcements. Plus I guess it also would depend on whether the FM station you listen to uses RDS to send the announcements - and even if they do, how often they transmit them. I may be wrong though!

Ours goes in for its year 3 service tomorrow. We looked at the various servicing options and in the end decided on the Skoda '2 year service plan plus' (£27pm x 24) which gives us Oil & Inspection plus Extended Scope for the first year and Oil & Inspection plus pollen filter and spark plugs at the second year (year 4). There is also an air filter included which we are having done tomorrow - Skoda service schedule says it doesn't need changing until year 6 - sorry but thats far too long a period for my liking. The brake fluid is all that would have to be paid for seperately, but we will get that done when our tester shows moisture is present. We get the MOT's done for £35 at a testing station that we have used for years and that gives us an independant view on the vehicle's mechanical condition. The benefit of the 2 year service plus plan for us is we lock in service prices now (it seems that Skoda are increasing them each year) and we are spreading the cost into monthly payments. When looking at costs, check the dealership price of spark plugs - having those included in the 2 year paln is a positive as they are not cheap. Alternatives are to get basic oil & inspections at the dealers and use independant / non-franchise garages to do whatever other work you want done at lower cost. The All In deal is also worth a look if extending your warranty and roadside assistance are key for you.

When our second service was done last November, they mentioned there was a 'recall type' action needed. This, it transpired was the need to replace/change a sticker in the engine bay (slam panel?) relating to the LED headlights TBH I haven't consciously looked to see if there is a new/changed sticker, but if yours is an Edition with LEDs, then that could be what they are referring to.

I looked at the Skoda UK servicing website today https://www.skoda.co.uk/owners/servicing-maintenance-fixed-price and note that the cambelt option at year five says 'recommended' but then gets a X against it at year ten. That to me indicates that the change at year five is not a requirement - only at year ten. Cambelts can fail, but I suspect that nowadays the percentage that do fail, given the volumes of cars manufactured every year, is very low and even then are probably caused by external influence (oil or other contamination) rather than manufacturing faults. Using the word 'recommended' helps Skoda 1) in batting back claims for replacement engines if the cambelt fails and the change wasn't done and 2) gives work for the dealerships. If Skoda just said 'recommended but the cambelts are designed with a 100k mile / 10 year life', then they'd lose these two benefits.

Or get a 5 litre carton of battery top-up water (de-ionised water) from Halfords / other motor stores.

Manual says just a brief press of the button, but may be worth holding for a longer period (if you haven't tried that).

If there is a online subscription in place then map database updates as well as live traffic info etc. are provided over the air. Whether or not you can do a map update via USB at the same time I don't know. As to Seat MIB3 systems, I don't know whether they operate the same as Skoda.

Yes - November 2021 is the latest on the update portal. I believe that the cw25/2022 means it was released in week 25 of 2022. I keep checking the portal from time to time and hopefully we might get a November 2022 (22.11) database release in the not too distant future. There are 'over the air' updates provided for those that have a current infotainment online subscription in place, but whether or not they are full database updates I don't know. I'm happy with just an annual downloaded update for the car as my go to satnav is Waze which provides the essential traffic delays, re-routing, speed camera etc. info and just costs the use of a small amount of mobile network data. Might be a better alternative to try out in Germany?

Traffic info (plus I believe parking and petrol price info) come as part of the Infotainment Online service. Free for a year on new cars (or it was in 2020/21) and then you have to pay a fee to renew the licence each year. Skoda should contact you to offer the option, but at around £40 I didn't feel it was worth it. We use Waze on our iPhone which connects wirelessly to the car via Apple Carplay, meaning the phone's screen shows up on the Infotainment screen and you can control Waze etc. from there. Yes, having the Skoda satnav as the go to service given it is integral to the infotainment system is missed, but is traffic info really worth paying £40 odd a year for? Infotainment online (plus other online / over-the-air functions) can be activated by dealers when selling used cars that have MIB3.