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A sunroof in Andalucia? Is that on a Karoq or a 2012 year old Yeti?

Both my cars have sunroofs and neither makes any noise.

Tell you what I do. I've never carried a dog in the Karoq but do so in the Kodiaq which does have a raised floor. ( he still can't see over the seats tho ). However both our cars have 40/20/40 seats. Did you get cargo nets with your car? What I do is hook the upper attachments of the larger net to the dog guard and the lower attchements to the cargo hooks on the floor thus the net covers the central area. I then lower the middle '20' seat and hey presto - pooch is happy that he can see us in the car but it keeps him in the boot.

The least said about information from Skoda the better. 'Lost in translation' is probably the kindest way of describing it. I'll give you the perfect example from above... The vehicle cannot be driven. The user must leave the vehicle and lock it for the installation to start: • If the vehicle is not locked within ten minutes of the Install button being pressed, the update will not be completed. • If the vehicle is reapproached and unlocked, it must be locked again within two minutes, otherwise the update will not be completed. The same applies if the function automatically unlocking the vehicle when the key is detected approaching is enabled. That has nothing to do with the original question. In order for the intallation to begin, the software must first be downloaded. It's the 'downloading' part of the operation the OP was asking and, by all means correct me if I'm wrong, there is little or no information about it. If that's how the system installs the software afterwards then it's mildy interesting but something we don't need to know. All I know is that whilst driving, I receive a message on screen to say the operation is complete. I don't know this for fact but if my experience is anything to go by, both dealers or Skoda helpline are unlikely to be of any help to the OP's question. The best you can hope for is being told it's done 'over-the-air'. Sometimes forums are the quickest way to gain information. The only confusion comes when the 'armchair experts' gets involved - i.e. someone making out they know what they're talking about but have no experience. They then start correcting people who do have practical experience.

Obviously different to Kodiaq MIB3 systems then because the download doesn't work if you press OK whilst driving. What happens is the next time you drive the car the same 'Software update' msg appears. Only way to action the request is either a) via the menu as described above or b) if you come to a stop ( for example at traffic lights ) and engine stop/start kicks in, throw the DSG lever in P and that tricks the download system in to thinking you're no longer driving. You then see the timebar/clock on screen indicating the download taking place.

Torture? Nothing stopping you going back to the days of a single speaker and 6 preset buttons on MW 🤣. I don't have a Kamiq so may be talking out of my ar5e , but having the latest system on a Kodiaq, I'm sure they both work in similar ways. At the top centre of the screen there is a pull down tab which reveals a quick access menu ( see the owners manual if you're having trouble accessing it ) There will be a further two tabs at the bottom of this, the one you want is labelled 'notifications'. You can see the pending update in notifications - just press it and it'll download ( as long as the engine isn't running i.e. it thinks your driving the car ).

Apologies - the message, or at least one of them says exactly that - can't drive whilst updating. Sods law, when I drove the car this morning a software update request came in, I had to use the screen so message disappeared. When I'd stopped the car I went back into notifications and saw the message displayed was exactly as you said. Even when actioning the update, the wording suggested the update wouldn't work whist driving but that you could still use the infotainment whilst update worked in the background. Wonder what their definition of 'driving' is 😀 I think it's another one of those 'lost in translation' messages because a minute after I'd started driving I received the message to say update complete. The one annoying thing I've found with these things is once the update is complete, you then receive a message to say 'You can now use the new functions' ( or words to that effect ), but it doesn't tell you what those functions are. 🤣 All-in-all VW's latest infotainment systems aren't very user friendly.

I haven't a clue why the systems say can't be started whilst driving. At a pure guess I suspect it's some jobsworth's idea as a safety issue ( as if we don't already use the infotainment whilst driving ) otherwise I see no reason for it. But that's the way it is and there's nothing we can do about it. If it comes up again, you can search the history next time you're stopped and you should find the message which you can then action. Or if your car is DSG, a wee trick I use, is don't touch the screen, just leave the message as it is, then next time you come up to a junction / traffic lights etc , put the lever in the 'P' position and if the engine stop/start has kicked in, it seems to trick the dowload software into thinking you're no longer driving. Just press the OK on screen and the update starts. It then says you can drive whilst the update runs in the background. It's all a bit over complicated if you ask me. If I had written the software I'd have a checkbox asking whether to allow automatic downloads or if you want to be notified of a download. If you chose the former then the system just downloads in the background. Suppose that's too simple. 🤣

Does it really say that? Or does it say that it can't start updates whilst driving.

Apparently spare wheel kits now come with 4 jacks. 🤣 I thought that was a rather weird statement too. Even if you did have four jacks, you'd need four people to raise them at the same time 🤣 🤣

Great to hear from someone who's actually having the work done. Even if the quote was wrong, which by the sounds of it is unlikely, once they've started the work, they can't then change the agreed price. Well I suppose they could try 🤣 My car was registered Nov 2019. It may be 20mth away but when I asked two different franchises, I was being quoted £1190 and £1250 with the usual, "if you can find it cheaper we'll match it" routine.

Hi. You managed to set up connect without any issues 👍 As you may have seen on the forum, this is a problematic area for many. Very few people chose to continue with the service after one year. With wireless Android Auto available, I don't see reason to do so. I don't have the latest facelift model so not 100% on your particular car but would be surprised if your LED headlights were not self levelling. It's likely the option you see in the infotainment is for adjusting them when you drive on the continent - gives you the option to set them for right or left hand drive.

KIA and Hyundai are a million miles away from their earlier cars. I too was a critic of their engines and in certain respects their 'normal' ICE's remain old school. Thing is, not many people buy those engines anymore, it's their newer hybrid tech and EV that sell. If I'd been in the market for a car the same size as the Karoq I'd defo have given Hyundai / Kia strong consideration but as we want something smaller I've gone elsewhere as exactly same accusations can be said of Kamiq.

It's the exact same headlights you're seeing in your rear mirror as it is in your door mirror so why should one bother you but not the other? 🤣 How's this for an armchair expert theory. Not sure about the rest of te world but in the UK at least, there is a legal requirement to let a certain amount of light thru the front windows. However there is no such requirement for the rear window. So if you look thru the rear mirror in a car that has some form of privacy glass, you're never going to be dazzled by rear headlights. However when you look at those same headlights thru the glass on the drivers door, they're going to appear much brighter. What anti-dazzle glass in the door mirror does is make the intensity in both rear view mirror and door mirror appear similar regardless if your car is equipped with privicy glass or not I rest my case for the defendant ma' Lord 🤣

Word of warning... if you break the glass on an auto dimming mirror, it costs shed loads to replace. If it's one of the older mirrors with the addition of blind spot monitor light... 😢

Unless you're collecting the car from the dockside at Sheerness does it matter when it arrives in the Uk? All I ever want to know is when will the car be available for me to collect at the showroom and the only person who knows that is my dealer.

My order was only accepted a few weeks before they started to build the car.

Please forgive me ( I'm a pain in the butt when it comes to stuff like this ) but I'm even more confused now. If the car is covered by a recovery service is it not worth trying them? If the car cannot be started what other option do you have but transporting it to a garage? You've already paid for someone to do this so why not use them. Calling out the recovery guys would be a no brainer. If the recovery guys say the car is knackered that's only another plus in your case against the insurer. From what you describe, I've heard of water ingress issues ( not always caused by sunroof ) but only going on what I've read where water gathers, I'm really struggling to try and understand how that would affect the part of the electrical system which starts the car. Even cars that have been submerged during floods aren't automatically written off. I can see it affecting other issues in the electrical system but.... Look I'm only an armchair expert in that regard, but iot does sound odd. Was it actually the Skoda main dealer who said the electrical system was kaput or was it a local garage who is just a Skoda Specialist? If the latter then that would explain to me Skoda UK's reluctance to get involved. I've already said how does the insurer know the engineer is wrong, but equally, how can the garage insist the insurer would pay out? That's crazy. I think you're being very poorly advised. If the Skoda dealer who supplied the car is no longer going to be around then recover the car to another Skoda dealership.

No need to worry Yogi, that certainly didn't come over as being insulting. 100% true that there's nothing we can do about it, well there is one thing - keep out ICE until the tech becomes better. I believe current thought is plug-in will still be available until 2035 which is an option albeit an expensive one. But it's your 250+ mile journeys I take issue with. Right at this moment, given the current weather, I wouldn't want to be travelling over 150miles in an Enyaq 60 before range anxiety set in. And if we just look at this morning's news of holdups on motorways in freezing conditions - what happens if you're subjected to many hours in the car and the battery charge is low? I can still have my heater on in an ICE and in those conditions, if I did run out, I carry a spare gallon of petrol in the boot. What does an Enyaq driver do? It'd be freaking me out. I'll be waiting until the technology improves before I'd be comfortable with an EV.

Easiest way to tell is have a look at pictures of Karoqs on Autotrader or used cars on Skoda website. The vast majority of cars do no have any plastic trim going around the wheel arch or along the bottom of the sill. However your car does. I'm surprised at that, I thought it was only the Scout models that had the 4x4 look. I guess they've reintroduced those trims. The only difference between the two is the 'wheel arch' mudflaps have a cut out to accommodate that extra plastic trim. Going slightly off subject, my previous Ateca had those plastic arch extensions - don't know what happened but came back to find the smaller section was missing - about 1/3 the size of the whole arch. It's literally just a thin plastic strip with an edge to fit over the metal panel. If it were on sale at Poundstretcher it's have cost no more than a £1. I paid something like £70 at SEAT. 😲 That's why when i bought the Karoq I made sure my one didn't have them. 🤣

This is so odd. Whatever our opinions are of a main dealer, they are the 'creme de la creme' as far as the industry is concerned. So I'm asking myself how is it possible someone from an insurance company on the other end of the phone say that the main dealer, who's physically inspected the car, is wrong? At the very minimum your insurance should be organising an engineer to at least appraise the Skoda mechanic's verdict. That's just not how insurance companies work - they don't say "it doesn't sound as if it's a write-off" and leave it at that. That's so weird. They can't turn down a claim without evidence. I'm assuming your dad doesnt have recovery services? ( if he does, call them. Perhaps he took it out as an option when he renewed his insurance?). You don't have to be a member of recovery services like AA or RAC to use them - you can call them, take out membership and they'll come along and help. At least they'll test your car and if they can't get it going recover it to the dealership or any garage of your choice. ( I'd suggest recovering it to another Skoda branch ). If that dealership maintain the car isn't worth repairing then the insurer doesn't have a leg to stand on. The only issue then is how much did your father contribute to the problem i.e. if this issue has been going on for sometime and he hadn't done anything about it, the insurer then may claim neglegence. First think tho is to get the car seen to a.s.a.p. PS - have alook if there are any 3rd party VW or Audi garages near you. They may well have encountered this problem before. Essentially a Skoda is a rebadged VW / Audi so most failures are common to all brands.

There are lots of things I find annoying but I'm pretty good at ignoring them. What makes you think they couldn't overcharge for swapping wheels around if they wanted to. Turning the table around, you say overcharge. if you want the wheels swapping over all you need to say it could you swap the wheels over for me at the service and they'll do it - at zero expense. I've just seen this reply. One annoying thing I find hard to ignore are those who are all too ready to pick you up before you hit the ground. The car being discussed is 2yr old but according to Skoda, the first brake service is at 3 years and then every 2yr thereafter. It certainly applied to both my cars. So in the context of what's being discussed, what you've published is at best misleading. Don't argue with me, I'm only the messenger - it's Skoda you need to liase with if you think they're wrong.

I never knew this car existed but came across it this morning in an article regarding cars that were sales flops in the UK. It'll be no surprise that of all the poor selling vehicles available in the UK over the years, few exist on the road today. Apart from one. Of the 47 3.6 V6 4x4 L&K's sold back in 2011, they all still remain on the road today. Just thought that was an amazing stat. What's the chances of that ! You'd have thought at ;least some would have been written-off buy now. https://www.autocar.co.uk/slideshow/unicorns-small-sellers-now-vanishing-fast#61

I've obviously been doing something wrong over the past 3.5 years because as per my previous comment, I'm able to drive away without issue. I never realised making the car move when stop/start is functioning was so complicated. Whatever triggers the engine into life without any input from the driver ( as per my last car and as per Yogi describes above ) is impressive but flawed. As I said, why on heavens earth would I want the engine to start when a pedestrian, cyclist, bird or whatever triggers the sensor? When I want the car to stop I press the brake. When I want it to move I touch the accelerator. I find it amusing how people can compicate the simplist of things. Sorry you lost me there. What are you talking about? The only time I ever experience 'jerkiness' is edging forward at snails pace driving our DQ200 equipped 1.5tsi. When I'm in the DQ381 with the same 1.5tsi, it creeps without issue. But driving off normally when the stop/start is engaged - no issues with my cars.

Does it? Wonder why neither of my current Skodas do. As I already said, my previous Skoda did. Neither of the cars had traffic jam assist. The only other difference is the previous car was manual where the current cars are auto. The only time I ever want the engine to start is when I want to move forward and to do so, I have to use the accelerator. Seems logical enough. Wiggling a steering wheel or brake lightly is certainly of no use or interest to me. How odd. Why would anyone want to 'wiggle' the steering wheel to awake the engine? I can see how touching the brake might switch off an engine but why would it start it?