rogertaylor

A couple of months ago one of my fobs failed (car wouldn't unlock via Kessy or button on the remote) so I used the spare one. When I checked the original fob later by pressing the button the red light on the fob didn't illuminate so I assumed the battery was dead (although there had been no prior warning message in the instrument cluster) so changed it for a new one (after checking the new battery with my voltmeter) but it still didn't work so I assumed the fob was faulty and booked the car into my local Skoda dealer under warranty. Took the 'faulty' fob out of the drawer the evening before going to the garage and it now worked (with new battery still in it) - strange! Explained all this at the garage the following morning. They said that Skoda had issued a technical bulletin telling garages to replace both front door locks to fix this problem!!!! Garage ordered the new locks and I took the vehicle back a few days later. Last week the fob failed again (no prior warning message in the instrument cluster). When I checked the battery it was low so I fitted a new one (Duracell again) and it worked Unfortunately, the fobs got mixed up when it went to the garage the first time so I'm not sure which one had the low battery last week

I took my car (registered Jan 2018) which I bought last June (i.e. June 2020) for a 2 year service at my local Skoda dealer 2 weeks ago. On collection they said they has replaced the battery in the keyfob which I was surprised at (until I just started reading this forum). I explained that I had given them the 'spare' key which I hadn't used at all so can only have been in use, by the previous owner, for a maximum of 14 months as the dealer I had purchased it from had had it in stock since March (i.e. just before 1st lockdown). It was surprising that the battery had needed replacing so soon as my previous vehicle, a 2011 Nissan XTrail Tekna, had Kessy and in 8 years I'd only changed both fob batteries twice. They advised alternating the use of the 2 Karoq fobs monthly as this would maximise the battery life