MickA

Get well first, all the best.

If you are driving around ATM then you just use it for your long journey, the headlights have been fine up to present. I don't know where you stand legally if you've had a 'major fail' on the MOT that says 'repair immediately' and your MOT runs until 2nd January? You can appeal a MOT test result, again I'm unsure if you can use the vehicle, in the case of a fail, until the current MOT test certificate runs out or the appeal result. Either way that's going to be a faff and take longer. Me, I think I'd just use the car and get on with my life, get the problem sorted and probably not use the car after the current MOT has expired. I also think possibly you can have a reduced MOT fee if it's gone over the 10 day retest date, all grey areas.

"Or should I go with VW 508 00 - Castrol EDGE 0W-20 LL IV" I've just bought the above for my 1ltr Kamiq, assuming you have the same engine, it will be fine. If you've not bought the oil yet I got a decent price for 5 litres off eBay seller pulman-vwg enough in that fir anoil change and any top ups. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305505611899?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=Et9UQ7e_RVq&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=PjrX0wOKTfG&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=MORE

He hasn't managed that yet, still hasn't retrieved the charger from the garage. My Point, if he gets the battery hooked up now (with help of course somehow) it'll be ready to drive.

My Kamiq has done the same, latest this week, infotainment display time correct, virtual cockpit display way out. I think it reset to 00.00. on there. This has happened around 3 times in the last 3 months, who knows why but on the same day it threw up the SOS warning too, separate threads on that one around the forums.🤔

So have you just not turned the key to find out, save some faffing about when you do eventually try and it gives trouble?

The 1ltr DSG is plenty powerful and smooth for everyday use, it's pretty good on long journeys too. If I want that extra boost I stick it in sport mode, it's like a little rocket ship. Having never driven an auto for many many years it was really surprising how quick and smooth these gearboxes are, I'm hooked.

Good advice above, if it'll start then don't get pushing it, no harm will be done. Yes same problem I have, can't get the bonnet up when I'm parked in the garage, my last car, a SEAT was the same, needed the passenger door open to release. If your Kamiq is like mine, left a few days without use (in colder weather) it may sound a little slow to turn over but does burst into life easily. I've checked my battery, it has said it's fine, just needs a charge or more use to get it charged. I use one of these for checking, below link. Up until earlier this year, now sold, I had an MX-5 laid up during winter, handy to have battery meters, chargers etc. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/372436652444?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=vrAwd99DT4i&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=PjrX0wOKTfG&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Get it on a smart charger now, it'll then be ok when you can drive. It's just a case of opening the bonnet and connecting up. Use the earth point by the battery (on the Kamiq it's above battery on the firewall/wing area) for the negative, positive straight to the positive battery post. Hope the recovery is going well, take care.

It's about as useful as lane assist and that SOS message that randomly pops up. I turn them off before moving off, the SOS I have to ignore until I turn the ignition off but that's another story/thread.😁

Mine faulted last week, strangely I was opposite a fire station (been past many times) but also I let an ambulance pass in full emergency mode. Trying not to get too paranoid about this but I have sensed in the past when this SOS warning triggers its to do with signals, airwaves etc etc. The time before that was around 10 weeks ago in the Lake District. Approaching a set of roadworks with a red light, all of a sudden my music playing stopped on Spotify (lost signal) then the SOS triggered. I had an update notification last week just randomly came up, I clicked ok and it updated in around 5 secs, yeah ok, it didn't update anything. It's a great car (Kamiq SE L) but this small glitch spoils it, minor irritation really.

I don't have mine fold in each time I lock the car. Don't really see the necessity, it'll probably be less wear and tear on the motors too and just fold them on the turn knob on the door card when you need to. Good point about freezing weather may affect the motors.

Mine won't update, maybe it's up to date, I don't know. However, my android phone connects wirelessly without a problem. My wife's phone (exactly the same model as mine, Motorola) will also connect, I've tried but we just keep mine as the preferred option to work on the cars system. BTW a 2020 year Kamiq SE L

40mm on mine, 2020 (70 plate) model.👍

I do believe that they need to be coded in when changing batteries, check first. All I've done in the past when swapping batteries on cars, minimum required (with those) was the relearning of fueling and reset the traction control, that was more to do with losing power (battery disconnected) than anything else showing faults.

Re the battery maybe at fault, I bought one of the testers below, it's been invaluable for the three cars I've used it on recently. Also I had a SEAT that started throwing up random fault codes, the battery was 4 to 5 years old so I didn't think it could be that, car started fine and all that. I was wrong, my local garage tested the battery and the diagnostics picked up the same faults that I picked up from my simple OBD2 reader. He then said battery test, after the test it showed it was weak, yes it would charge but not hold a full charge. Anyways new battery solved that problem, no more codes thrown up. I then bought the linked gizmo to test myself the various batteries I had. It worked on a Mazda battery, showing it was weak and needed replacing, that was 9 years old but still doing a decent job of starting the car, I replaced it anyway. My Kamiq has thrown up codes, mainly the SOS one, battery tested and all good. That SOS message seems to be a thing with some VAG cars I've read, software update maybe which I've not got around to having checked. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/372436652444?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=vrAwd99DT4i&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=PjrX0wOKTfG&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

https://www.skoda-auto.com/connectivity/infotainment-apps-traffication Apart from now knowing what it is, I'm also puzzled as to why you would need it. Probably run through the settings menu in 'car' to deselect it?? My Kamiq 70 plate doesn't show this.

Mines 2020 with 21k miles. All kinds of clicks when getting in or exiting the car, it's the systems starting/shutting off, especially the steering I've noticed.

Yes strange noises, my Kamiq does the same. Not every day and every time I get in/out. Getting out of the car first thing in the morning after driving it out of the garage was the first time I noticed it. Second time I rocked the car and heard the squeak quite loud. I've sprayed silicone up around the spring mounts and all around any bushes sighted to do with the suspension, still squeaks but only occasionally. Conclusion, it can't be anything serious, just seems to come and go, no real obvious situation when it squeaks.🤔

If you use your aircon daily it'll probably be the condensing (water) dripping, if near the engine bay area, when you are parked, it's normal on most cars with a/c. Plain water, it's that if it's got coolant in it you have a leak on the system somewhere.

As said the messages disappear in a short while just ignore if you don't want to move your hand off the SW.

It's not about the car so much it's how much it costs to insure the driver. You'll probably get a wide variety of answers on it, best to input all the details into a few online compare companies and see that way, or ring your current insurer, that's what I do.

I've posted about this in another separate thread. After reading more or less everything available I'm almost convinced it's something to do with radio/phone, DAB or satellite frequencies/signals. I've had interference more and more with my home alarm, my DAB signal in cars and even my WiFi at home. Updating the software may fix it, may not. If it needed a software fix then Skoda issue one not piddle around trying this or that first. I was in the Durham area when my SOS triggered, the first instance, the second and third times in Derbyshire, it's just random.

Going back to some mentioning software updates may or have fixed the SOS problem, I've found this on my Kamiq in the image below. Is this the latest software version? I only remember once there being an update available so I clicked the screen for it to update, I don't recall seeing anything else, so I don't know if it's updated. I click update software and nothing happens, assuming there isn't any updates presently.

Interesting and thanks for that link. I became suspicious when the only time I used the in built sat nav (Amundsen) was the first time it triggers, right at the end on my journey. Second time I wasn't using any navigation just connection to my phone for music. I usually use Waze for navigation if needed.