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Does anyone know of a place that retrofits factory optional extras to Kodiaqs in Essex, London or anywhere in the southeast? I’d like to have the following options fitted and the main dealer (Trans City Skoda, in Walthamstow) has declined saying they’re factory fit only. Electrically folding tow bar Virtual pedal (simply swipe your foot under the luggage compartment to open the boot) Lane assist (I already have the adaptive cruise control optional extra installed).

Found it. When it refers to traffic, I presume it means my own vehicle (as opposed to the oncoming traffic). As in, if I’m driving on the left (as we do in the UK) I select Left-hand traffic.

Thanks all, mines a sportline with LED headlights so I’m hopeful.

I’m off to France with my Kodiaq later this month. Does anyone know if I can set it up to recognise it’s driving on the right hand side of the road? I’m wondering whether the headlights can be adjusted so the dipped beam doesn’t dazzle oncoming traffic (or if I need to buy those stickers instead). I’m also wondering if I can change the Auto Cruise Control so it knows to avoid undertaking cars on my left.

I have a 2020 sportline. The 20” wheels are fitted with 235/45/20 tyres. My wife has ground down most wheels on curbs (a side effect of battling the school run on narrow roads). I don’t want to get them refurbished unless I have a way of preventing the damage recurring. I’m wondering if anyone has fitted higher profile 235/50/20 or 235/55/20 tyres to their Sportline to lift the wheel rim above a typical curb height? If so, can you post a pic? I want to see what it looks like. Have you experienced any practical issues, such as wildly inaccurate speedo readings or rubbing on wheel arches/arch liners? Thanks Mark

Thanks for all the responses guys, it’s been emotional. When it goes in for us next service at the main dealer, I’ll get a price from them. I expect it will be more than going direct to a body shop, but I value the service I get from them (and a decent courtesy car).

Well, a touch up pen would certainly be useful, for future. This particular instance needs more than touch up for it not to be noticeable.

Oh yes, I’m definitely not going to attempt anything myself, not on such a new and otherwise pristine vehicle. I like to have the paint code to give to the body shop if I ever have bodywork done. It can speed things up and make an estimate more accurate.

Hi All, Sadly, I've had a scuff on my rear wheel arch/bumper. Does anyone know the paint code for Velvet Red? Reading these forums it would seem the code is no longer on a sticker anywhere in the car or in the handbook.

I'm gutted, someone has pushed past our 2020 Kodiaq sport line, 2.0 TSI 4x4 and damaged the rear bumper, rear quarter panel and rear black plastic wheel arch trim. I'm speaking to body shops about the paintwork and dent, but wondered whether the plastic trim is a simple job to replace. Online they appear to sell for £50 or so, which isn't too horrendous. If it's just a case of undoing a few screws or bolts I'd rather do that myself. Has anyone done this before?

Wow - I don't usually make that simple a mistake. Thanks guys.

My 2015 Peugeot 308 GT Line has a feature I wish was present on my Kodiaq. When I turn the ignition off, the handbrake is automatically applied. It's super convenient. In the Kodiaq, when I press the stop button to turn the ignition off, I have to remember to press the Handbrake button to turn it on. Is there any way to change the settings for that so that it applies itself automatically when I stop the ignition? A few times the car has rocked as I've got out of it reminding me I've left it in park but forgotten to apply the handbrake.

Hi All, My wife keeps forgetting to lock our relatively new Kodiaq It's not foolish an error as it may at first seem, because her previous car (a 2013 Renault Captur) auto-locked as she walked away from it. The owner didn't have to touch the handle or use the key fob, they simply shut the door, walked off and by the time you were 2m away you'd hear all the doors lock. This has got her into the habit of doing just that, shut the doors and off she goes! It was super convenient, the pinnacle of convenience when it comes to locking a car in-fact. So can I change any settings on the Kodiaq so that it operates in this way? At present, we have to touch the handle once all the doors are closed to lock it. Is there any way of telling it to look once we're out of range, even if we didn't touch the handle or press lock on the key fob?

I ended up getting this. It was the shortest one I could find (30cm) with right angled USB-C & Lightning connectors. Should coil up in the tray easily. A 12cm one would have been perfect. Perfection is hard to achieve!

It says they’re USB-A cable. If so, I’ll need a USB-C to A adapter.

Thanks @Phutters, in the absence of a one cable solution, that does certainly look to be the best option. Can I ask why you opted for a wired connection, did you have trouble with Wireless Apple CarPlay? It’s such a disappointment the feature is unstable, I wonder if it needs to be a more modern iPhone, an 11 or 12 for example. Maybe they work just fine. I believe CarPlay uses both Bluetooth and Wifi connection at the same time, perhaps that along with The GPS being active is just too overwhelming for my old iPhone X.

I have a 2020 Sportline with the virtual cockpit. I’ve connected my iPhone X to it wirelessly using apple CarPlay and I use the wireless charging tray. My iPhone keeps freezing when I use google maps whilst it’s connected to CarPlay. The iPhone works perfectly well at all other times, it only fails when connected to CarPlay. My infotainment system has received all he updates it requires. To get over this problem, I want a wired connection (that works fine when I drive my brother’s Tiguan and use a wired CarPlay connection with my iPhone). But I can’t find a short (12cm-ish) USB-C to Lightning (iPhone) connector with 90 degree connectors. When I search the official Skoda part number ‘5E0051510E’ online, I get USB-A to Lightning cables, that’s no good to me. The closest thing I’ve found is this cable by Mcdono, but it’s over a meter long! Here’s a short one that isn’t right angled, but may fit in the tray.

Yes, with the key rested on the passenger side door mirror I can open the front and rear door on that side of the car. Not the boot and not the doors on the drivers side of the car.

Olderman1 - I really respect that viewpoint, I completely understand it. It's maximising security. I recognise that my appetite for risk is greater than many people (my appetite for convenience wins out at the moment). My threshold is to guard against the most likely risks, I'm happy to leave the unlikely to chance. Perhaps I will live to regret it and you will get to say 'I told you so'? I've done the test see video here . I left the key perched on the wing mirror for 5mins and then tried to open the doors/boot, they wouldn't open. If I had the time, I'd test it at 2mins, 1min etc to see how long it takes. I'm satisfied that it removes the risk of a relay attack in the dead of night from my driveway (the most likely scenario). I agree that it is not a 100% fix, as Olderman1 says, there's still a window of opportunity for thieves to exploit. Thatcham tests showed that it only takes 10 seconds to steal some cars (Skoda Kodiaq included). I may get a faraday tin/pot/pouch for home (it's very little extra effort to drop keys in a tin instead of hanging them on the current hook we use) but I don't want to carry one around whilst out, that removes the convenience of kessy for me (I love that I can open the car despite the keys being somewhere at the bottom of my bag). It feels like the risk is managed enough by the motion sensor for my own personal appetite for risk (personal appetite affected by the street I live, on, car crime rates etc etc).

I do get that faraday pouches are cheap and easy, it’s just another thing you have to remember (same as the disabling kessy). If I can confirm I have a motion sensor key fob I needn’t take any of that other action. I’ll have to test it. Presumably if I leave the key in range of the Kodiaq motionless for 5 or 10mins and then try to open a door, I won’t be able to open the door (if my key fob is a motion sensor key fob).

I’m a big fan of convenience and I don’t ‘always fear the worst’ will happen so I’m not really keen on a steering wheel lock (inconvenient and ugly) or even a faraday pouch (although I could probably live with the pouch if it’s really necessary). But, I’m even less keen on my 2020 (70 plate - registered in Oct 2020) Kodiaq Sportline getting nicked. Reading up on the matter, it would seem that sometime in 2019/20 Skoda started using motion sensor key fobs. See this which article. So, does mine have it? And, if so, is that ‘job-done.’ Am I safe from relay attacks? (I mean reasonably safe, I know safety/security can never be 100% guaranteed - that’s one of the reasons we have insurance).

No, but the Nov 2018 brochure (final page) lists them at £688 supply & £940 supply and fit. I guess inflation has pushed that up by around 5% to the £985 quoted. On that basis, supply only would have increased to £720 approx.

In case it's of interest, Alan Day Skoda, New Southgate just quoted me £985 (inc VAT) to supply and fit OEM running boards. £££!

No way! Could have sworn it was metal, that’s good to know. A diy attempt is looking more and more likely.

I'm still weighing this up, the more I research the simpler it looks. However, I've run a camera along the sill of my 2020 Sportline 2.0 DSG 4x4 and it would appear that only the outer most (front and rear) mounting points are pre-drilled and ready to go. They have rubber covers which presumably once removed reveal a pre-drilled mounting point. However, the mid two points appear to be blanked off with metal. I haven't prodded them or tested further, but take a look at the video for yourself and let me know if this is what you found when you installed yours. And if so, did you have to drill your own hole in those centre two points? https://youtu.be/KS8bN5UHooY Being lazy efficient I also wonder whether raising the car is entirely necessary, they have quite a high ride height. I can certainly get under it without jacking it up, but perhaps there's insufficient room to operate the tool for fitting the M8 rivet nuts, thoughts?