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In March 2026 I bought an August 2024 Koraq SEL to which a Nextbase 322GW front & rear dashcam had been fitted when it was supplied new. The dealer hadn't connecting to a 12V switched supply but it is powered via it's USB socket. It's not connected into the USB socket by the rearview mirror nor into the 2 x USB sockets in front of the gear selector. So I assume it's been connected direct into a USB connection some where. Why do this & does it have any problems other than slower battery charging? It seems to work OK.

I owned a 2018 Seat Leon FR with 7-speed DSG for 7 years without any problem. Friends have same DSG in Golf, A3 & Octavia of various ages. No problems. The reported problem with that gearbox were in India {far hotter than UK) & problems solved by a change in oil spec. I've just bought a 20 month old Karoq with same DSG. I'll never go back to a manual but I'll won't have DSG without the steering wheel paddles.

My 2024 Karoq has ISOfix on the front passenger seat.) can't remember whether the seat has a top tether point for a chd sest; probably not. However, installing a child seat in the rest would be much safer than in the front. My, small for her age, ten year old grandaughter often asks to ride in the front of my car but I insist she sits in the back.

Have the transit blocks (fitted to eliminate too much movement when on a car transporter) been removed from the suspension before handover to you? Not unknown for them to be left in! I think the blocks are usually blue?

I recently bought a 24 reg Karoq SEL that has a 215/60 tyre on a 16x7 steel wheel as a spare fitted in an official Skoda foam surround. The car's standard 215/50x18 tyre & wheel will also fit into the wheel well. The kit does raise the boot floor. However as the spare tyre is not a full size match for the standard wheels on the car it still legally limits the car to 50mph when fitted even though circumference is within 1%. I don't consider a spare wheel to be a true spare wheel unless fitting it places no limitation on the car. So I intend to buy a 7x18 alloy wheel (not necessarily a full match for the standard wheels) with a 215/50 tyre as a spare. I'll probably wait until the tyres need replacing & then buy the extra wheel & 5 tyres.

Hello, I'm back after 7 years away. In 2013 I bought a 2012 Octavia vRS diesel & joined Briskoda. In 2019 I part-exchanged it for a 2018 Seat Leon 1.4TSi FR Technology. For a couple of weeks I've been looking for a Skoda Karoq SEL. 3 Skoda dealers offered me £9,000 part-exchange for my Leon. Webuyanycar bought it off me for £10,575 after fees! On Wednesday I collected a Black Magic 2024 Karoq SEL & so I have now re-joined Briskoda. Two surprises were that the Koraq I bought has a full sized spare wheel & a dash-cam front & rear. There are a few things that were on the the Leon that I miss but the Karoq in general has a higher spec.

I'm away at the moment but will check when back home.

According to the relevent owners manual & brochure the 2019 Fabia has HHC. So if the Colour Edition & SEL don't then which versions do have HHC?

Thanks for your response. I'll contact the Skoda dealer where we bought the car. A little annoying if it's not 'fitted' as the driver's manual & the brochure both list it as being a standard feature of the car. Although neither my wife or me have any problem performing hill starts the old fashioned way by balancing the clutch & manual handbrake.

As I said in last my post - the car moves as soon as I take my foot off the brake pedal. I know of a web-site that lists the option codes for the 2018-2019 Fabia but yet to find the label in our car. Not in the usual place in the boot, as in my Seat Leon.

When on a hill the car moves instantly when my foot is taken off the brake pedal.

Oops, my mistake - the car is June 2019

My wife has recently bought a June 2018 Fabia 1.0TSi (110) SEL with a manual gearbox. Should this car have Hillhold? The driver manual & brochure seem to suggest it should (as do Autotrader listings), but either the car doesn't have it fitted or its not operating.

I keep records of total mileage & all petrol purchases. Dividing one by the other gives an accurate measure of overall mpg. On my last 2 VAG cars this method showed the cars' read-outs to be around 5% optimistic.

Thanks for that. I just wasn't looking carefully enough. You are correct. I've now deleted the 'long term' mpg data & preserved the 'since start' & 'since refueling' data. So still have the data from the start of our ownership of the car.

Thanks. I'll try that tomorrow.

Thanks for the quick reply. I want to avoid, if possible, doing a 'factory reset' & then having to re-enter all my preferences into the system. Perhaps that's the only way to remove the previous owner's mpg data. I'll have another search through the menus and screen prompts tomorrow.

Alternative route?

I recency purchased a May 2019 Fabia SEL. I wish to delete the previous owner's mpg data from the infotainment system, but can't find how to do this. Is it possible? If so, how?

Thanks, Carlston, for taking the time to type all that. Useful info & gives me lots to think about. I hadn't realised that the 110 had bigger front brakes than the 95.

I have done a bit more investigating and notice that some Fabias are supplied with 185/60R15 tyres on 6Jx15 ET38 wheels. I may consider changing to these when the current tyres are worn out. Will provide cheaper tyres and the higher side wall (+14.25mm) should give a better ride - more important to my wife than looks/road-holding/handling. I'll take note of her comments on the car after she has driven it a few times. She keeps her cars a long time (current Clio for 11 years) so the cost of changing wheels is not that significant. nta16 - I agree with your comments on tyre size increase on cars over the years. The standard tyres on my mid-1970s company 2-litre Cortina were 165/80-13 but it was supplied with the optional 185/70-13 tyres; not my choice as the cars were then on long delivery and that was the first available car (colour was Purple Velvet + rust). Those 'huge' tyres were commented on by colleagues whose company Cortinas had the standard tyres.

Thanks for the prompt answers, comments & advice. Good to see that people on the Briskoda forum are just as helpful as when I left 3-1/2 years ago after I sold my 2012 Octavia vRS.. I don't intend to change the tyres that are on the car until they are worn to an extent that needs a change. The car is actually a 2019 reg (first registered 31/5/2019). Tyres are currently Kumho Ecsta 51 (forgotten the letters before the 51!). As suggested I will evaluate what the car is like on the current tyres before deciding whether to change size when a change becomes necessary (insurance company may have a view on a different tyre size being fitted). My wife's current car, a 2010 Clio 1.2TCE (100) is on 195/50-16 tyres which I have always thought were bigger than the car needed (bigger tyres than previous Cavalier SRi & Sierra XR4x4 had fitted!).

I member from 3-1/2 years ago returning. Left when I sold my 2012 Octavia vRS. I am about to buy a 2018 Fabia SEL 1.0TSi (110) manual for my wife. It is fitted with 215/45-16 tyres & seems over tyred to me. My current Leon FR 1.4TSi (150) with more power, and weighing a 1/4 ton more, only has 225 section tyres. I am considering changing the Fabia to 195/50-16 tyres. These are the same rolling circumference within 0.25% so will have no discernible effect on the overall gearing and are also cheaper. Can anyone tell me the rim width on this car? Is my suggested tyre size fitted to any model of Fabia MkIII?