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Not quite. Here in the UK, the plan is by 2030, cars powered 100% by ICE will be banned, but you'll still be able to buy hybrids ( PHEV probably ) until 2035. I say the "plan is" because I think hybrid will be around until the infrastructure problem is sorted out. At present, EV is OK only if you have access to overnight charging, for those who don't? Any report I've read of people with no access to overnight charging, EV has proved to be a pain-in-the-ar5e. If I lived in a flat, I'm not sure what I'd do. And with houses becoming increasingly unaffordable - i.e. the 'kids' stay at their parents much longer, three and four cars per house is now common place. Families will end up having to book a charging slot in their own driveway!

I'm not sure about the exact date but I think my Karoq ( Nov 2019 ) must have been one of the first with the latest style drainage plugs. The problem wasn't with the sunroofs themselves but with a poorly designed drainage plug - it caused problems in lots of VW Group vehicles. When my car went for it's 1st service ( Nov 2020 ) there was a recall notice to check the drainage plug. I was told that they inspected the plug on my car but it had the new plug already fitted. I'm therefre guessing those Karoqs built after approx Sept 2019 will have the new plugs fitted - so no worries. Is a glass roof noisier than steel? I'd have thought thin gauge steel would let more noise thru than thick glass but have no way of actually measuring it. If there was a difference I doubt it's noticable. EDIT - it's obviously noisy when sunroof is opened but that's not helped by a mesh wind deflector? For the life of me I can't understand why they used mesh - all it does is lets air thru ( hence the noise ) and collect dead flies. That's my only complaint about the sunroofs - not sure why they didn't use a solid material.

You are correct. Two gloveboxes - the larger left button opens the lower, the adjacent square right button opens the upper. It's poetic licence describing it as electric. What happens is you pull the switch in the boot and this releases a catch on the spring loaded towbar, it drops down and you manually lock it in to position. Same with stowing it away, you pull the button to release it, then manually push the towbar back it to it's 'stowed' position underneath the car. When you say it 'whirrs' - it might be the catch isn't releasing or I'm just wondering if it's correctly stowed away - i.e. is it in it's locked position? Nut covers were notorious for coming loose on earlier cars. The white 'milky' coating is actually a form of corrosion - it's been a common problem on ALL VAG models for at least the past 40 years! These are typically replaced under manufacturer warranty but if you're driving a 2018 car bought outside the Skoda dealership then don't expect Skoda to come to the rescue. If it's just the centre caps then you're only talking a few pounds to replace them. Same with nut covers. White spray on window frame is another matter. Does it look like bird pooh? If so then a common cause of this is using stong chemicals to clean the car. Many VW Group owners have complained of the silver trim discolouring after visiting hand car washes. Didn't you notice these things before buying / taking delivery of the car? Legal advice? I'm only playing Devil's Advocate here, but if I were an unscrupulous dealer, all I have to say is the nut covers were present when you bought the car and there were no scratches. If you didn't point these out at the time of accepting the car then I'm afraid legally you don't have a leg to stand on as it comes down to their word against yours. At this stage, your dealer is correct - you can't ask for a refund. ( well I suppose you can ask but they'll refuse ). You can certainly reject a car but to do so the problem has to be significant - both the glovebox and towbar are at this stage deemed minor problems. You need to give the seller the chance to rectify them. If they refuse to do it, or make a mess of it, then rejection becomes easy as they've sold you faulty goods. Might not be what you wanted to hear - hope it helps.

Lots of people on here with Sportlines so may be easier just to say what things you believe aren't working or are missing. Apologies if you already know this but there are 3 facelifts of the Sportline: Deliveries started of the original model in 2017 until approx Aug 2020. UK deliveries of the facelifted MY21 started approx late Aug 2020, and then there's the current MY22 facelift on sale today. So make sure you're comparing it with the correct specs - a March '20 registered car would have been the original model. ( easily identified by having a CD player in the lower glovebox ).

We're all VAG customers on here. Well apart from you that is. You however seem to spend all day on this forum corecting others. I've just had a look at the past week - do you realise how many posts you've made? And it's not just replying - it's urls and researching the internet and going over past posts. Makes me wonder what exactly is your game? You seem to love going off a tangents and completely messing up the subject thread. and it's not just Kodiaq or Karoq, it's EVERY topic on Briskoda. Talk about obessive! Who the hell are you? The amount of time you must spend on this forum.... scary !!! As I say with advice like that, no wonder the majority of people have unrealistic expectations.

Yes variable makes sense as you obviously do the mileage but that servicing is all over the place. For all intent and purpose, variable simply means a major service. Did the car request it's first service at 11mth/15k ? Not saying this is what defo happened but I wouldn't have put it past AC to have carried out a minor service. I've been a customer with their VW and SEAT franchises and have made enquiries at their SKoda Edinburgh and Paisley branches - and I wouldn't trust any of them. Their Paisley branch being so bad I wouldn't recommend them to my worst enemy. Your 2nd variable service ties in after your 1st - so that sounds OK. if the car defo didn't request a service in between the 19k and 34K then that would suggest the car's service interval was correctly set to variable. My trouble is with that 7000 miles/ 4 months since - why would it display a service if they forgot to reset it? Even if they'd set it wrongly, it still shouldn't be requesting a service. I honestly can't understand what's happened but given your driving history it certainly shouldn't be requiring a service. I'm with you, if your driving hasn't changed then expect service 3 at approx 54k or Oct 2023 ( whichever comes first ) and so on. You could suggest AC Volvo have a word with one of their Skoda / VW /SEAT branches. ( I forgot to mention in the above reply to Root - I've also had had three Volvos, the latter two from AC Volvo in Stirling. I can't vouch for their other VAG dealerships but thru experience I'd recommend they don't contact any of AC's SEAT or Skoda Paisley branches as they seriously haven''t a clue when it comes to VAG servicing. As for being a big deal. They've just serviced the car 4 mth / 7k ago so it obviously doesn't need serviced again. If they had forgot to reset then they simply reset it, no need to carry out a service! Anyway, unless a car is being used in stop/start traffic for all those miles ( aka a delivery driver ), then a VAG engine will easily go the max recommneded time or mileage ( which ever comes first ) between intervals - you've already rightly assumed when they should take place so no worries.

I think I've already pointed it out but for your benefit - to keep the list brief this century I've owned from new 1xAudi A4, 3 x Golf Mk5 ( used 100 miles ) Mk6,7, Seat Ateca, Skoda Octavia ( used ( 1000 miles ), Karoq and Kodiaq. Satisfied? All serviced at main dealers apart from Mk6 Golf 2nd sevice where that was serviced at a Skoda dealership. That's just VW group cars, the others have been a couple of BMW 3 series, Merc Class, a couple of Fords, Clio and a Honda HR-V. Gives me a wee bit of experience, but obviously not as much as you. If you really think that that a dealership will give you a free oil change or servcie for such a minor detail as that then you're living in cloud cuckoo land. No wonder the majority of people slate dealers and customer services and whatever else if that's their expectations. The number of comments on here about people being fobbed off by dealerships is unbelievable, the number of comments here about dealerships going above and beyond with offers of free this and that - I could could on the fingers of one hand. You really have to stop making unrealistic expectations.

Talk about being pedantic - no wonder you're confused !

If someone forget to reset the indicator - big deal, nobody should expect a £100 freebie for such a minor oversight. Not owning a Skoda, or any VW group car for that matter, am I right to say you have no experience of dealing with VAG dealerships? It's just so wrong to give people unrealistic expectations. OP - whether it be fixed or variable servcing, none of those mileages are making sense to me. You said you bought car in Dec 2019 and you bought a service plan. Was the car new when you bought it and was it the 2yr service plan people are offered with a new car? How many services has the car had since new?

Perhaps you're confusing petrol with diesel? The old 190ps diesel has been replaced by a newer 200ps diesel but to the best of my knowledge there is no such thing as a 200ps petrol in the Kodiaq. According to your Estonia configurator, the largest petrol available is a 140kW which = 190ps

If that's the case then when do you ever expect to receive your cars? If as you maintain, it's related to profit, the only way you are going to receive your car is when Skoda have no orders left. As far as I can see there are queues / mountains of customers only too willing to pay more than you. So if you think you're at the end of a never ending queue, what purpose does it serve waiting or complaining? The idea that the factory are looking at individuals rather than the actual car is unrealistic IMO

Cylinder misfire doesn't sound good. If you hadn't mentioned that given it's failed emissions test, I'd put money on it being an air flow sensor issue. If the readings are wrong then it could be running a rich air/fuel mixture hence the emission failure. I've just been out on a steady run today for around 40miles. It's wet, no wind, the temp around 6C, just me and about 40kg in the boot, and from a cold start, the car returned 41mpg. If this were summer I'd expect to see high 40's from my 1.5 DSG with 20" rims. I personally don't think that's great, it's certainly less than if I were driving our 1.5DSG Karoq and about 10mpg down on my previous 1.4tsi manual Octavia, but it's in line with WLTP expectations for my car. 'Horrific' is simply not a word I could ever use to describe it.

Perhaps some of you may want to write to AutoExpress as they may be interested in what you have to say. New Car Delivery times Other VW Group manufacturers appear to be consistent with what customers are experiencing but according to Skoda: "Orders placed in February for the Skoda Fabia, Kamiq, Superb and Kodiaq will arrive before the end of August, the company confirmed. We were also told that it’s currently running very low levels of new dealer stock." I'm sure that might upset one or two of you.

I've been having variable services on all the VW group cars I've owned ( bar the current ones ) since 2007 and nobody has ever suggested they don't know what's involved. Where are you getting that info from? 1st Variable service is same as 2nd fixed service. 2nd variable service is same as 4th fixed service. etc. It's not exactly rocket science.

Don't have any knowledge of a bulletin but may be able to advice on how to deal with issue 1: Is your car still under manufacturer warranty? 2: if not, does it have a full franchised dealer service history? 3: Are you discussing this with the original supplying dealer or another Skoda main dealership? If Skoda UK have asked you to contact then my best guess is they're not giving you the runaround. I strongly suggest you email them with your concerns but remember, these people can only liase between you and the dealership.

One of my favorite phrases is people see what they want to see, believe what they want to believe and never let facts get in the way. Another one is the grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. All manufacturers are in the same boat, ( hopefully not the car transporter boat that caught fire off Portugal ! ) If you go over to Toyota Owners Club, you will see customers conversing with Toyota UK - just like we do with Skoda Customer services, the only difference is their conversation is open for everyone to see. Owners are waiting exactly the same as other manufacturers - depends on what car / spec you order as to how long you have to wait. To quote the very last convesation ( to date ) as a typical example: William - 21st Feb 2022: Wished I had read this before ordering toyota yaris excel hybrid. I ordered Jan 14, 2022. From what I was told, June or July at the latest. Steve just said November it should arrive. I don’t want to wait that long. How do I cancel my order and get my deposit back? This week, the UK is ending its covid restrictions. Will toyota’s be built faster? Toyota UK - 22nd Feb 2022: Hi William,Thanks for your comment. Like many other businesses, the extended delivery times are due to delays in our global supply chain, not just the UK. Please be assured we are doing everything we can to deliver our vehicles as quickly as possible. However, we would recommend discussing the available options with your Toyota Centre. Thanks. So with all due respect, comments such as "the turn around on Toyotas is less than 4 months" is just fake news. Everyone is having problems.

I think the buzz in my car is coming from the underseat amplifier - same sound you get when something isn't earthed properly or there's some crosstalk / interference going on. As far as I can tell it's not from the wireless charger in my case.

Not from the charging area I don't, or at least I didn't think it's coming fom there. Do you have Canton by any chance?

You've rightly acknowledged it's a beast to move Sorry I didn't get what 1.5tsi Kodiaq model you have but it makes little difference anyway. These are the official figures for a 1.5 DSG SE-L ... MPG is calculated in a controlled environment based on Mr Joe Average and is simply a means of comparing different cars on as much of a like-to-like basis as possible. Thru your own admission, you are not Mr Average. You're doing lots of short journeys in a loaded car. The official figure you should be looking at is around 30mpg, NOT the 39mpg. I can't find the WLTP figures for that Citroen as they've stopped building it. It's been replaced by an EV and although I have no personal experience of EV whatsoever, I can assure you the published range will not be what you achieve in the real-world, moreover that will drop even further in the winter months. Petrol, Diesel, EV, hybrid PHEV whatever - they're all the same when it comes to published figures and economy. PS - I see people refering to different gearbox modes and coasting or whatever else. None of this is going to make much of a difference - if it did then we're only talking about £50 a year in fuel savings which is feck all. It's not complicated to understand, especially in an automatic - the more you press on an accelerator, the more fuel the car uses, end of story. So if you're driving a heavy car like an oldman, then in heavy traffic or even just going uphill, you're foot is going to be pressed down on that accelerator for way longer than if if you were to accelerate off briskly.. A diesel provides it's power lower in the rev range so under the same circumstances, even driving like an oldman, you're up to speed before you know it. Eco, Normal, Sport whatever - there's no way round it, if you're not happy with the MPG then it's the wrong engine for your needs and we're back to working out is spending the extra outay on a the correct engine going to make you financially better off? Only you can answer that.

Out of curiosity, how long have you owned the car and these short trips - how long are they? What's the terrain like? is it flat or hilly?

A Mazda 5 ain't a Kodiaq nor is it any other SUV - you need to compare like-4-like. In any case, 50kg extra won't make any difference to economy of a vehicle or at least, it's a difference so small you won't be able to calculate outside a controlled environment. A hybrid SUV? Yes, that may well work in your favour but again that'll attract a higher list price. So if running costs are your primary concern, will you be any better off with a hybrid ? Take a hybrid out town work / short runs and all of a sudden the batteries add to the weight you're carrying around. There are more vehicles on the market than when I bought my 1.5 DSG Kodiaq last year but a hybrid ( or indeed diesel ) made no economic sense for my circumstances. All depends how you use the car really. Edit: just out of interest I've looked at the Hyundai Tucson page as off the top of my head, it's one of the few SUV's that come with several powerplants, and for the same car in same spec, a petrol hybrid commands a 75kg penalty over a 48v mild hybrid ( which in effect is just a petrol engine with a bigger battery ) but the plug-in hybrid commands a whopping 300kg penalty. Not sure how far that plug-in will take you but after say 25miles, the engine will be pulling 300kg dead weight. A mild hyprid adds £2200 to the price of the std auto, the plug-in adds £6600 😲 It'll be advantagous for some ( company car drivers? ) but certainly not for everyone.

No idea? Come on. If I had a 2021 year car, I too would assume it's been filled with the correct amount of oil, as would anyone else. I suppose when you collect a new car, you check the dipstick before leaving the forecourt?

Absolutely not, they're all the same. OP mentions a 20 year old 2.0L Mazda but that's comparing oranges with apples. Not only is the Kodiaq likely to be heavier, modern engines have to meet all sorts of emission targets, all of which affect economy. Interestingly, Mazda have stuck with their none turbo 2.0L petrol engines. Official economy figures aren't that great but if you drive one of these non-turbo engines with an auto gearbox especially around town, economy ifrom a petrol CX-5 can be horrendous. being your stereotypical Scotsman wearing an old man's hat, I try to get as good economy out of my cars as possible but there's defo been a trend that average economy has gone downwards over the years.

I find that incredible. I've never heard of a car that's a year old and has used that much oil. The old Rover K-series engines were famous for head gasket issues but even then, a dry dipstick - it's a new one on me. I'm willing to bet the dealer you took your car to has never come across that situation in such a low mileage car either. I'm with you, I think there's a problem. Defo kkep an eye on the oil level at least every month - will be interesting to see if that oil consumption continues, it certainly shouldn't.

Big heavy car with small engine not great recipe for town driving. Hdi - isn't that a diesel? I've had 1.4tsi Octavia and also drive a 1.5tsi DSG Karoq but the 1.5tsi DSG Kodiaq is a funny beast when it comes to economy. Around town in winter will be low 30's Even on a longer run, it'll be down in the low 30's for about 20 odd miles before the economy picks up. It's rare to see it break 40mpg in winter. As a comparison, our 1.5tsi DSG Karoq spends most of it's time around town but even in winter that'll be high 30's. Summer months is different. Around town it's mid to high 30's but doesn;t take too loong to reach mid 40's on a longer run. Best I've had is 50mpg during summer. That's on a 1 year old engine. Had it serviced in November. Mpg out of the 1.4 shot up after it's first service but doesn't seem to have made a difference on 1.5tsi. Only thing I can add is given the significant price difference in buying the diesel version, the MPG isn't that much improved. It's rare my car has anyone travelling in the rear but if I had I'd have considered the 2.0tsi. I very much doubt I'd have been able to make the difference in list price up in fuel economy tho.