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Better late than never! At least everyone with a facelift model can now replace the junk wiper that came from the factory. Thanks for the pointer.

I've never seen that offered as an after market upgrade anywhere. I'm guessing, but probably wouldn't be anywhere near worth it in terms of improvement vs the cost and difficulty involved.

I haven't tried unplugging the actuator, but I'm pretty sure in my petrol that there's fake sound from the the speakers too. If it was all from the actuator I think it would sound like it was coming just from the back end, and IMHO it doesn't.

I don't believe so, no. One setting for both I understand.

Thanks for sharing _lost_. I'd thought for a while that having Android Auto wirelessly connect (or not) was having an effect, but I think that was a red herring.

In my experience it's standard practice for dealers to claim 80% worn when the pads are 20% used, i.e. you are down to "only" 80% left, act now! It could be argued in court that what they're saying is technically correct (whilst being obviously completely misleading). Just IMHO.

That's really useful intell. Thank you!

Well, at least I know that I'm the only one, which feels positive.

Thanks for sharing. I think this supports the view that the car can signal 2 cylinder mode to the virtual cockpit and that all versions of the virtual cockpit can reflect it in some way (full size VC can definitely display Eco on my Kodiaq), though the Karoq doesn't reflect 2 cylinder mode on the full sized VC. I'd be quite surprised if that couldn't be addressed with some coding and I'm guessing the Karoq is always coded to work with the 8 inch VC regardless of which one is fitted. I like guessing... 😉

Do you mean text saying 2 cly mode? ...and if so do you see the Eco symbol at other times/with different VC views?

Which version of VC do you have please? The optional larger one or the 'standard' smaller one? I drive a 2.0 TSI Kodiaq with the larger VC and that shows the Eco symbol, but it's only coasting as it doesn't have cylinder deactivation. I'm assuming that all the 10" VC hardware is effectively the same, so I'm wondering if it's a coding thing stopping it showing?

My wife has a new 2023 Karoq 1.5 TSI DSG from last summer and has yet to see the Eco symbol. She might be driving it like F1, but I'm more inclined to think the symbol isn't being shown. This is with the optional full 10" Virtual Cockpit rather than the smaller 8" standard version.

Evening all. Background:- 2023 Karoq SEL fitted with Amundsen+ infotainment in conjunction with Google Pixel 7 phone. Phone paired and connects fine, including wireless Android Auto. Contacts import. No sign of disconnects (as far as I can tell). This is my wife's car and not my daily driver, so direct personal experience is limited. [I do however have a Kodiaq with Columbus and another Pixel 7, which seems fine in all regards.] Same phone worked perfectly when previous connected to wife's old Ford C-Max. Problem:- First call connected in the Karoq after powering on the ignition has unusably distorted sound through the Amundsen+. You can then immediately hang up and place the call again and it's fine on the second and subsequent calls. It sounds like maybe the volume clipping somewhere or perhaps some sort of codec problem. It's not just bad, it's completely unusable; you can maybe just make out 1 word in 4. Has anyone ever encounterd this before please? It would be helpful to know before I start swapping phones around to try and work out exactly where the problem is. Thank you.

Does that mean the Haldex clutches are dragging all the time? If that's so, I'm not surprised wear and tear is a frequent issue!

A good suggestion. I'll try for sure.