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Did you try decreasing the security type to WPA? It’s incompatibility with the network, either security or encryption type.

Hi, the question is can other devices connect to the same network to which your infotainment system can’t? If yes, most likely the info system doesn’t support something the WiFi network has. Try changing the encryption type or security type to WPA.

In most cases no extra labor cost is added, so usually people do both. Exception is if the car is on low mileage.

My O3 has almost 100k miles and still have no issues with the factory fitted water pump(knock on wood ). I changed the coolant once on the 5th year and I don’t plan to change the timing belt and water pump till 130k as this is the mileage interval in which Skoda requires to changed them in my country. No time interval. So it really depends on the car, maybe I’m lucky, who knows 🤔

Looks good @Dave77!

Hey, I've been to IKEA today and found really good and thin coffee mug for 10 euro https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/undersoeka-insulated-travel-mug-black-30497268/ I'm pretty sure that one will fit the O3 cup holder.

450 ml wow - is this two long espressos? What type of coffee do you drink in UK? The thermos stuff is pretty good and in the same price range: https://www.heavins.ie/p/thermos-thermocafe-travel-mug-400ml---stainless-steel--183344/5010576833440 This one fits the Octavia cup holder but it’s too big for me, like 20cm height which seems to be the size of the most of these big mugs. I prefer the small ones which have 200-250ml volume. Have a small one with unknown brand - the company I’m working for gave it to me as a present few years ago..

You can use 16" rims on 312 mm breaks - they are just few mm close to the break calipers, but they fit so it's worth checking. I assume it depends on the rims. OP is with VRS where there is a version with 340mm front breaks on Pre-FLs, I believe. There you can fit only 17" and above, for sure. I'm using old rims from Superb(Mk2?) on which I put brand new Pirelli Sottozero 215/60/16 (Yeti/Karoq tire size). The price was very good compared to the prices for 225/50/17 which is the OEM tire size of the Scout. So a set of old 16"s from eBay or forum with winter tires is also an option, it really depends on how often would you need them. We have a winter here(or we used to have actually 😕 ). For the all-seasons I've heard only good things about CrossClimates and Goodyear's Vectors, but they are expensive and not available in 225/35/19 tire size, but only in 235/35/19. So maybe the Maxxis aren't a bad option for 225/35/19 if your rims are less than 8J, otherwise you may go for more decent brands on 235/35/19.

I think the OEM ones are like 4300k temperature because I tried to match my fog lights with the low/high beams. I would stick to the OEM bulbs due to their longevity but if you're looking for better light, you may want to Osram Night Breaker as @Dooge suggested but again look at the 35W bulbs, not more. I also agreed that over 5k temperature, you decrease the visibility of the lights, especially in the foggy weather - been there and returned back to OEM ones because of this. EDIT: Forgot to mention - I started to be very satisfied from the OEM lights once they were properly adjusted. Most of the O3s I've seen had their lights a bit lower as a factory adjustment. You don't need to blind others, of course. Just half turn of the adjustment bolts is enough for most of them. Dealers usually do adjust them for free if you ask(they know about this issue)

You may have issues with any of the sensors on this mileage, but your constant regens are caused by the excessive oil consumption, sorry 😕 VAG DPFs at 80% usually need replacement or cleaning. I am not even sure should you change your oil or only the oil filter when you add more oil between changes than when you do a service. But that’s another story. If you can get someone with VCDS to run a diagnostic and see are there any logged errors that would give you an idea is there a problematic sensor or not.

Superbs does suffer from this as well. I had this on my O3 and soon after my best man with Superb started to notice it in the cold mornings when driving over bumps. On 140k km(87k miles) I changed the front bushes of the O3 with Lemforder ones and I believe that the issue still appears. My old factory bushes were in pretty good condition when garage returned them to me, so the creaking isn’t sign that they need replacement at all. Not because they are expensive.. Few years ago Skoda dealer fixed my creaking for an year with greasing, so I guess annual greasing cures the issues. F

You don't need any protection there. The factory cover is a sleeve. There is an aftermarket top cover if you want your battery to look fancy even though only the mechanic will be impressed https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32865910702.html or maybe similar

@AGFalcoNot sure what caused it but I’m almost 900km after the tires switch and the noise almost disappeared. I thought it’s a bad bearing.. Thanks a lot guys! I believe the remaining noise remained from the bad isolation of the car(other O3 owners also complain about it).

Doesn’t the Karoq have that thin cable connected to the battery like Octavia MK3? If yes, unplug that cable and S/s won’t start anymore. Just look at the picture in this post, https://dailydriven.ro/dezactivare-permanenta-start-stop-la-volkswagen-tiguan

Hi, I have the same rumbling noise and caused by the same over-inflating. I also swapped my tires and it’s now on the front. I had a 1000km trip this summer with kids, granny and a lot of baggage. So I inflated the rear tires to 2.8 bars, fronts to 2.5.. I was driving mainly on highways. Some time when I returned back, I noticed the rumbling on the rear and thought it’s wheel bearing, because I had to change 2 for 100k km. Then I found this thread in the forum and decided to swap the tires regardless of the lack of visual indication of uneven wear. The tires are 2 year old Goodyears Efficientgrip Performance 2 with 40k km. Let’s see are they going to get silent for 500-1000km as the Skoda book says.

Ahh yes, I forgot about the pollen filter - it's every next oil change for me/once a year. I change the oil with filter every 10k km which is like 6-7k miles, so I'm thinking of using an oil pump and change the filter every next time. The underneath tray and oil filter, and the mess cleaning done by the oil filter removal, really take me more than an hour... 😒

Belt.

I would do it as well if the filter location wasn’t under the engine on the tdi 😂

Hi, I had a bad inner joint on my O3 several months ago. Basically what I experienced was vibration under load on high speed l 100-120km/h( 60-65mph ), or when going uphill on lower speeds. No noise was observed except the resonance caused by the vibration. It wasn’t happening all the time, but let’s say often in the mentioned conditions.

Completely agree with @CristianCCI! VW service intervals are piece of ****! I bought mine with full service history on its 4th year and 100k km with 3 oil changes... Three! It was hard to find same model with more frequent service intervals because all of them were following "VW Service Plan". For my car the PR code in the service book shows QI5 which is variable service(30k km or 2 years whichever comes first). At the moment I bought the car I started changing it every 10k km and thankfully I have no oil consumption issues so far(CUNA engine). There are people with same engines CUPA and CUNA who did the service on half of the recommended interval and have no oil consumption issues as well. It's not the engine, it's the service plan! VW service plans are intended to force you to change the car every 4 years, making the vehicle maintenance for that period cheap and of course more eco-friendly... Someone who understand a little bit of engine oils will know that there is no oil keeping its properties after 15k km, even if you only do highway miles. Neither PAOs nor Esters, sorry. It's uncommon for people in Europe and UK to do oil analysis of their engine oils. But many guys in US do, and you can see their test results from laboratories like Blackstone labs where oil properties degrade significantly during the variable service intervals. Such test results can be seen in BITOG and Oil Club.ru forums if you are interested.

I’m wondering how often was the oil changed? Do you have a service history?

Isn’t it 1 year/12k miles? I am not saying that’s what Skoda recommends, but what air filter manufacturers put as change intervals? I’m pretty sure that’s what I read on Mann’s packaging last time I changed mine.

I use that one in black from the Chinese guys because my seats are black alcantara https://a.aliexpress.com/_uAA6BV it has some pockets for tablets and bottle and other stuff. And for the seat protectors under the toddler seats https://a.aliexpress.com/_vUV1Cj And a tablet, and I still hear them.. 😅

Since this is the most complete topic/thread about the size of the roof bars, I decided to ask here Would the 4x bike racks fit on 120cm aero bars or 127 cm is the choice I'm looking for? Thanks!

I didn't know about the TRW PFG110 grease so I used the Permatex Silicon Ceramic Extreme which again says that it's for slider pins. TRW PFG110 is significantly cheaper..