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When you say you expected a DSG oil change I presume it's 4 year old and you were looking at the above chart ( 4yr or 40,000 miles, whichever comes first ) ? And you say it's covered 30,000 miles - is that correct? He then asked if it was a 6 or 7 speed box, told him 7 he then told me it doesn't need doing on this box. I can read that response in two ways: 1: They think it's a DQ200 which doesn't require an oil change ( or worse still, think every 7 speed doesn't require an oil change ) or 2: They know the Skoda service document ( printed above ) is wrong and there is no time limit on the 40,000. In other words they were correctly teling you a DSG service is not necessary. I'd be more worried about the 1st question - Is it a 6 or 7 speed. They have your registration details in front of you so the system should be telling them what gearbox is fitted to your car. Sounds like they haven't bothered to check. Someone's going to be in for a b0ll0cking on Monday morning!

I'd second that. And to be honest if you look at the prices Skoda charge for a Kodiaq in Ireland, I'm not sure it'd be on my list. For the Sportline, all you can order is diesel - no petrols available. If anyone from UK has time on their hands, head over to Skoda.ie and try to configure your car as near as possible to UK spec. and you'll be in for a shock. Even adding several thousand pounds to say the car, you then have to factor in the Irish models come less well equipped than ours. ( I've only looked at Sportline ). When you try to price them like-4-like... Wow! that's one expensive car. From memory, I seem to remember the Irish car spec'd the same as mine was nearly £10,000 more than UK list or £17k MORE than I paid for my 2021 - and that was their 5 seat version ! Not sure if it's due to their tax system but the Irish get an increadibly poor deal.

I didn't realise SE-L's were still being shipped with crator alloys. Top tip especially if it's a leased car - be careful with them because on the std factory tyres, those rims mark very easily. Will be interesting to see what you think of it. I'd always placed VW that wee bit above Skoda in touchy-feel trim quality department but felt the exact opposite with the Karoq v Tiguan. I was quite disappointed with the quality of the Tiguan - felt it had that "built-to-a-price" feel about it.

From kettles to central heating boilers, from microwaves ovens to washing machines, that's true of everything you buy. If a part is changed under warranty, then it's the original warranty that applies. When you buy a product you buy it with say a 3yr warranty - that's the contract you enter. If something fails at 35months and is replaced under warranty, as per your original contract you will only have 1 month warranty remaining on that replacement part.

I found Laura as frustratingly useless as the previous system so no loss there. Only time I ever use voice is when running Android Auto and even then it depends how well the app integrates. ie - Spotify is excellent using voice control where as Amazon Music is slightly less frustrating than Laura.

Never experienced it bad on the Karoq or Kodiaq but certainly sounds familiar with my previous Skoda. Same solution really, applied some silicon to a rag and rubbed around the door seals - problem solved. Same story with the fuel filler - they place the ice scraper inside the fuel cover, trouble is the cover froze in winter so I could never access it. Edit - scrub that - that's for sticking doors, a tad useless for sticking windows. Never had window mechanism freeze on any of my cars.

Just echoing what CJJE has said. People don't seem to understand what roll Skoda UK play. On the few times I've contacted them they've always found a solution by liaising with the dealership. Occasionally you'll come across a person within a dealership who acts unreasonably - the importer can only work with that dealer but ultimately, it's the dealer who has the final say. Any problems then have to be addressed with the dealer. It's not right to blame Skoda UK for something outside their control. Are you saying that the garage have acknowledged the latch doesn't close or are you saying they can't replicate the problem? Put yourself in the place of their mechanic. A customer says their tailgate often fails to latch. They give you the car, you check it out and everything appears OK. You open and close the tailgate many times and the latch works fine on every occasion. What's your solution? What do you say to the customer? You also say the hatch opened whilst driving. Has this been on several occasions or just the once? I'm not sure if this is possible, but if it only opened on the one occasion, the 'open boot' button on the key fob, or the one on the drivers door couldn't have been accidentally pressed could it? I wouldn't have thought it should be possible to open the boot whilst the car was moving but all vehicles have logical oversights of some sort.

Root has given you the correct advice above. Just like BMW, Mercedes work on variable servicng regimes i.e. the car tells you when it needs servicing. If you were doing 30-40k a year, then it seems very strange that the oil is being looked at, at only 10,000 miles.

What an odd statement. WD40 is a brand, a brand which supplies lubricants amongst other things.

SEAT Taracco?

Big 👍 to OP for admitting it's his fault. Have to say though, spending all that money on a car without even sitting in it / test driving beforehand? Having issues with the infotainment on the Kamiq? Well having owned the previous generation HR-V all I can say is good luck. Once upon a time I was a fan of Honda, bought three of them, then in 2015 I needed an SUV which was reliable - HR-V fitted the bill. There several good things, quite a few bad things, but biggest issue was it proved to be the most unreliable car I ever owned. One complaint I had was the infotainment. The signal range of the radio was very poor and used terms I didn't understand ( Honda do things in-house, they don't like conforming to standards ), the system was Android based but it was designed only to recognise Apple. There's plently of reviews to tell you how awful it is. ( I bought one of the first cars so very few reviews ). The sat nav was a joke - I think it was based on Super Mario arcade game, it was just horrible. Both the dealer ( Phoenix Honda ) and Honda UK were useless at resolving the problems with it - I ended up selling the thing. I'd taken out the 5yr service and warranty package when I bought it ( £499 at the time ) but Honda UK said something u should be aware of. They admited there was a problem with my car ( it spent 1/4 of the time under my ownership in their garage ) but when I asked what happens if they can't resolve the problem in the next four years of warranty, they replied " You just have to keep bringing it back to the workshop". What I later found out was my car was built at Honda's plant in Mexico who's workforce had a poor reputation. I believe HR-V production has since returned to Japan. So good luck with your HR-V, I hope it's not a dud like they one they sold me. Servicing - Did you take out the £159 SKODA servciing offer ( 1st two services ) when you bought the Kamiq? If so then that's probably where the confusion may have arisen. VW group dealers really should be asking prior to delivery if your car should be set to fixed or variable servicing, but in my experience, most of them don't. Some leave it as it came from the factory ( variable ) some take it on themselves to set to fixed ( annual ). Sounds like your dealer left it at variable but if you'd taken that service offer, that's only really applicable to fixed intervals. ( It's really bad wording on Skoda's behalf ). At your mileage, you should have been on fixed or annual. You wrote that if a car does low miles then the service interval should be increased? That's not how it works. it's a decision you won't have to make with your Honda because regardless of mileage servicing is every 12,500 miles or 12mth, whichever comes first. If you do buy the Honda, it may be worth taking out the £700 5yr servicng offer. If you don't, it'll cost you over £900 for the first 3yr if you choose pay-as-u-go.

It's VERY hard in these times to schedule anything. You obviously haven't tried to run a business during a pandemic. Why WE hate them... We or rather folk like yourself hate them because that's all you people come here to write about. I've hardly ever seen anyone posting "Booked my car in for service, service done as requested, totally happy with dealership". People only ever post bad news stories. They've told you you can have the car serviced whilst you wait ( as my local dealer does - I suspect most work like that ) or you can book the car in and leave it with them. They've told you the additional work you requested on that day isn't possible. So what's your problem? What in the hells name has this dealer done wrong? Just book the car in on a day when the correct person is available to look at it and have the two jobs done at once. You don't want to make two journeys? So we can expect another posting from you telling everyone Henry's are crap because they don't carry a replacement wiper part in stock thus you had to make a return visit to the dealership? Just to even up the balance ( because people only ever come here to moan about dealers ), I've had dealings with Henry's servce before and I thought they were most helpful - I wouldn't hesitate to use them again. Never bought a car from them ( bought an Audi from Lomond who were located there before them ) but I've sold them a car. It's rare for me to ever praise sales folk but felt the guy I dealt with was as trustworthy as anyone else. If their price had been right, I'd have no hesitation buying a car off them either. They're one of the better dealerships I've visited.

Not sure about front assist but I know you're supposed to.

I'm sure it's of no concern to the OP unless they build a tunnel over to Grand Canaria but surprised nobody picked up on this... Seems odd that a Brit living in France has no idea of the rules, which to the best of my knowledge, have been in place since the tunnel opened. It's made very clear on their website that Le Shuttle will not accept any vehicle powered by LPG ( fully or hybrid ). I have a friend who travels by ferry for that very reason. Just double checked the rules after reading JR's response... What has motohomes got to do with it? The rule relates to vehicles powered by LPG, not gas stoves or heaters. As long as the LPG canister on a motorhome meets the requirements, you can travel on the Shuttle.

If not for a dashcam then what? Funny place for a phone charger

Whatever the reason was for dropping it, I'd have thought retro-fitting would cost enough £££'s for it not to be worth it. Took me about 10mins to hardwire nextbase camera using a nextbase fitting kit ( piggy back fuse ). It's a really easy job on the Kodiaq.

Completely agree with OP. I've always said that some tech on cars answer questions nobody asked and end up being too smart for their own good. We have an Edition which really didn't need much else, but when when changing my previous Skoda to the Kodiaq, I ignored several options which in theory sound great but in practice, I really hated. My previous car was a Skoda ex-promotional vehicle so had nearly every option box ticked. I added six options on the Kodiaq but only two of them were carried over from the old car. My only concern with OP's spec would be the colour - poverty blue, a zero cost option. Being an Aberdonian though, I can understand that decision.

The only trouble with Hancock tyres is they only last half an hour.

OP has a 2021 car therefore should already have the new design drain plugs. I thought pollen filter issues would relate to new filter that haven't been fitted properly, but again given it's a 2021 car that's unlikely to have happened. Even if I've left wet equipment in boot overnight, car has never taken that long to clear. Even supposing there was a leak somewhere, 15mins to clear is a hell of a long time. Makes me wonder if the a/c is working properly? Is air blowing out from drivers side vent when you select demist button?

Could you document a variable servicing sheet for us Skoda owners?

Hopefully that'll be the end of it. Nothing worse than an intermittent problem.

To keep things simple forget all about exact mileages and days and whatever else folk mention, it's really quite simple and no different from most manufacturers recommended servicing. If you've only done 1500 miles in a year then you're on the correct service intervals. The first service is nothing more than an oil change anyway, the 2nd service is an oil + pollen filter change. An inspection service only means they tick a few more boxes on things to check. If anyone thinks its a rip off then don't buy it. Rather than pay £159 ( it's now £199 ) for those two services over two years, pay for them yourself... and see how much it costs you. Or if you prefer variable servicing, then just pay for one variable service yourself and see how much that costs you. Unless you undertake servicing yourself ( thus invalidating the warranty ) I'm not sure any business will charge £159 for two services. And if you can find anyone willing to do a variable service for under £159, good on them. I believe Skoda have recently increased the cost to £199 on new cars. SEAT charge £199 for two services with a new car, VW charge £269 - for the exact same service. I think Audi have dropped the offer altogether now, but you can buy a 2yr plan on a new car for £529 😲 That's the exact same service plan on the exact same engine using the same parts. The complimentary coffee may be out of nicer cup. No matter how you look at it, when you purchased your car last year, the service offer you bought was an absolute bargain.

Larger alloys mean thinner tyres so your wheel arches are just going to have the same space. But one piece of advice, your 15mth old will like those 17" rims more than anything bigger. We have the 19" std wheels on our Karoq and whilst the alloy itself is bigger, you feel every little bump in the road. They're much more noisy as well. Tyres are way more expensive too and the range is limited.

Well credit where credit is due, a big thumbs up to Skoda Customer services who've sorted me out. By the letter of the law, it really would have been down to me to prove the item was faulty at the point of manufacture, but as stated above, unless the cover had been damaged during manual removed then there was simply no explanation why it failed. Happy customer again. Been there seen it, done it. That cost comes in two forms with Mercedes 1: financial cost and 2: over engineering. You'd have thought they'd learned their lesson with the Tiger Tank ( although that may not have been Mercedes fault ).

Another mad guess... you don't have any additional 3rd party accessories such as a Dash Cam by any chance? The reason I mention this is because many installers will use a piggy-back type fuse holder to power it. And from memory, that rear screen fuse is in the ideal location / the correct amperage.