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I shouldn’t need to tell them how the car works, just what it is doing. After 2 1/2 years I have given up, next car will be from a different company.

Reported to the dealer that it was still stopping on E5 and their reaction is that 350 miles is not enough time/ distance for the engine to relearn and it would need 3-3500 miles. If it relearns and the result of that is the behaviour goes away then what happens when I switch back to E10…… does it relearn again and the behaviour reappears? The price difference is too much to continue to use E5 and the car should run on E10 (as stated in the filler cap) the latest communication reinforces the view that we get rid and move away from Skoda/VAG altogether. Daughter has a manual A3 with an earlier version (68 reg) and it has never done it.

The Service Agent asked me to try E5. The car is going soon and we will not be getting another Škoda or VAG car so their handling of this issue, and others, has cost them a customer.

Skoda asked me to try E5 and if anything it was worse on E5! Mine generally stops when it is out of gear (first instances were slow approach to a junction where you are guessing which gear to be in so you can slot into a gap, but the engine stops without warning leaving you stranded) so there is no load on the engine at all. If I stall it the SS takes over and restarts the engine!

Dealer did not find a fault but recoded and now working better.

Not been on Briskoda for a while but adding to the thread… Ours is a 23 1.5 tsi manual Karok and the engine occasionally does this. Happens at low speed and normally out of gear (slowing to a stop). Dangerous when that stop is at the give way line on a roundabout and the car is till moving when you put it into gear to pull away but the engine has stopped. It is not stalling - if I stall it the stop-start restarts the engine. When the fault occurs it does not.

Tried the other setting and the longest interval between wipes in slight drizzle is way too short. Dealer visit coming up.

We have a Dec’ 23 SEL which I expected to have rain sensing wipers. There were some spec changes between and delivery but no idea if this was one. The intermittent wipers appear to operate on time and not quantity of rain on the screen. The wipers also give a single wipe on occasions when turned off, most days they don’t do it but some days it is every two or three minutes when it isn’t raining. I guess there is a fault in the system somewhere but you can bet it will behave properly when the dealer has it! Anyone any suggestions?

That is it, must just be a loose one that was left in the seat at the factory. Thanks

We have a 2023 SEL with the removable seats and after a tip run to get rid of old carpet I found this on the floor. I presume it is out of one of the seats but the implication of that is that there is also a fastener loose somewhere. It didn’t come out of the old carpet. Any ideas?

The impact was about 6” in from the side of the car so nothing substantial. The rear mounting is broken but no sign of damage elsewhere and loosening the fixings has allowed me to push it back into place. Headlamp unit is around £200 and paintwork will probably be £2-300 using someone like chips away so will get a price for getting it done. Dropped a screw onto the engine under-tray 😞

Been rather busy with house moves and grandchildren but we got the car mid December after a 2 week delay when Skoda “lost” a transporter with 9 cars on it including ours. I believe the sales team missed their bonus that month because they were 9 cars down! When we arrived at the dealer to collect it the number plates were wrong, wife has a personalised number which is her initials and dob but they had her birthday as “20” rather than”02”. This was Sunday and they eventually managed to get some more made by the sales manager following instruction to operate the plate machine over the phone.

Not sure, the lamp assembly has moved about 1/4”. Started raining yesterday when I was looking so will have a closer look tonight.

Wife came back from Aldi the other day to say she had touched the bumper on a post and scratched the paint. On closer inspection it has pushed the headlamp unit back and broken at least one of the mountings…….. expensive bump. Toying with doing it myself so some questions - how much is a headlamp unit for a ‘23 SEL Karok? - how easy is taking the number off?

Not sure if anyone here is experiencing the same problems we are but somewhere there are another 8 soon to be owners who are. Our car was to be de liveried to the dealer 10 days ago and collection was arranged with the dealer for 3/12. It left Grimsby but for some reason the driver took them back and didn’t deliver them to the dealer. Dealer can’t tell me when the car is coming as they can’t call off a car that has already been called off, carrier is saying the need another order even though they haven’t delivered against the order they have. Customer services referring me to the dealer. Anyone got contact details for someone senior in Skoda UK as this is beyond a farce.