sharkey21

Can I offer a heads-up regarding the Kodiaq top gaiters for the front suspension. Other models have them too. You can easily view them over the top of your front wheels - through the open aperture and sitting situated within the coiled springs? The top of the gaiter is fixed but the bottom of the gaiter apparently not... assumedly its elasticity keeps it fully stretched. Skoda maintenance checks will usually include their 'health check. This is quite often as much use to them for finding work, as much as you are trying to avoid discovering any hidden problems underneath the car!! At my recent check they discovered the flexible joint for the helix propshaft 'seized'. That will be carried out under my extended warranty. More interesting though, their rapidly-shot video showed both top gaiters for the front suspension split and perishing. This raised an advisory - which is not under warranty as nothing has yet 'failed' - on their attached report. The propshaft universal was an urgent. The car is five years old and it came as a shock to me the condition they were in - but not so much to the Skoda mechanic who seemed on the video to have a sort of "not another one" denouement about his find. To replace these gaiters (nominally £20 a pair and which are mainly just dust and dirt covers) is £550 from Skoda. Naturally, using some other outlet, that means about £260 labour plus the gaiters (that come with the top shock-stop) from anybody else doing the job for me/you. Some advisers say they aren't needed, but of course they are. Other advisors say they aren't MoT failures. which is true, and other advisors say "why the hell are they perishing and splitting so easily anyway? That last one I can agree with. I've glued mine for now - it can wait. But perhaps have a look yourself and use a finger to wiggle them... i'ts just a heads-up.

Hi...!! No doubt you will have changed the pads and discs by now but my own experience taught me NOT to just let Skoda replace them with theirs. I went to my local Halfords (there are other franchised outlets naturally: just to avoid my showing any favoritism?) and although not the best, they did propose the choice of a stronger set all round, and they also offer a reasonable guarantee,together with a lifetime of pad replacements. Wot? The cars life though. Not mine? Even THAT guarantee is transferable should you sell the precious car. You only need show the original billing. Check them out?

Thank you for the clear scenario you give, for the use of both DCC and the drive modes. I totally agree! This is my second DSG Kodiak and for the first one, I was not sure how to use the full ranges to any advantage and I only ever used Eco and Drive. With my current 2019 4x4, I now use the paddles more for local driving, and I only use the manual (sideways shift) to return back to the DSG Drive Mode! The mode "Individual" is a godsend for me as it brings in DCC as well as Eco. The greatest use I have found for the paddles is when I face the countryside hills on my East Pennine - especially when maneuvering a slow (I mean there are many 20mph warning bends, and with a downhill dip beyond), whereby the Drive or Eco (even Individual) can leave the revs screaming at 3000 whilst stuck in the low gear... the low gear that the the DSG chose to round the slow bend. Not nice. The '+' paddle can quickly select a higher gear to release the revs and the engine braking effect - far more quickly. I can still continue to stay with paddles until I am clear of those tight, slow, bends.

My Kodiak dash-cams, front and rear came from the dealer; having been fitted by Skoda by the first owner. It looks neat enough apart from the slight bulged-dip over the rear window. That central dip is noticeable (the rear camera needs to be in the wiper arc area) but no problem, and only through the rear view mirror. The nuisance begins when the front and rear camera(s) decides to come unstuck from their suction cups. The rear one's cable goes back okay - but the front one has 30cm of cable needing to be 'jammed back. Changing cameras might offer problems too as they don't all use the some connectivity socket attachment - and to leave over-roof the cabling in place, it could well mean having to remain with the same manufacturer?

There are settings in the infotainment that invite you to switch it off, switch it manually or to leave it in Auto. Most common is Auto whereby it should show the footweel and side door internal strips when the car external lighting is on. Beware losing the system in the infotainment system as it often is unrecogniseable - particularly after infosystem updates. When you "reset" the light sytem it returns and it works fine, but when you go back to change colour or adjust brilliance, etecetera... don't be too surprised to see it missing again, in the menu. Its a fault but Skoda will argue that by resetting it it works - but only for it to disappear again later.

Around six months ago my AdBlue warning came up: informing me that I had a minimum amount of miles to go before the car would refuse to start. I have always filled it when warnings came up and so filled it again - and the same warning came up again. It turned out be be the AdBlue tank levelling sensor was faulty. The shock was that Skoda do not remove the tank, change the level monitor and recalibrate - they choose to replace the whole complete, AdBlue tank. Cost? An unbelievable £850 or thereabouts!! Thankfully I was still in (extended) warranty and the work was carried out. Interestingly, I discovered that the sensors CAN be replaced and recalibrated by commercial providers. Please try them first (unless you are still within a warranty agreement). Also eBay can come up with second-hand tanks for your model around the £100-150 mark. Further investigation informed me that this level-sensing fault is not uncommon on AdBlue vehicles within VAG. Oooops!

Exactly the same for me! My car went in for a service last week and they informed me that an update was due, in order to to prevent this happening.

A new member today and hello. I am actually not THAT new a member to a Skoda community, as I was formerly a member of a Skoda (owner) Club back in the 1990's when I had my Skoda Favorit Estate - not to mention the 1970's when I bought a Skoda Octavia (those with that rather odd, but effective, pram wheel suspension lookalike?) from the 1960's. I have had a Skoda Kodiaq (with a high number of add-ons from new) for five years. The 20.l diesel variety. I am not entirely overwhelmed by it - after five years - but it was alovely buy when new!! I am looking forward to seeing how otheres on the site compare theirs.