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Ours have always made a terrible creaking sound during both opening and closing. Lookers wouldn’t change the struts under warranty as they said they “hadn’t failed” which is true. I’d certainly like any ideas on how to shut them up though!

Thanks everyone; I thought it should be ok but best to ask and thanks too for all the methods Re the Ceriglass, the screen does have a couple of annoying grit arcs which I’d like to remove hence why I’m going down that route. However, re the gunge, I’ll try the white spirit in darned hot water method.

Wasn’t invited when the 5 year warranty ended in March so I just got a quote now… zero excess, all parts and <10k… hold on to your pants… £797!!! Feck that!

The windscreen on the 280 is now badly contaminated - y’know, with those patches which just won’t clean fully and clearly and where the rain no longer beads, including where the blades park and stop and return from each sweep. I’ve replaced wiper blades then I’ve tried to clean it with Autoglym Car Polish, their Fast Glass and even lemon juice and white vinegar; they’ve all failed. Was thinking about trying BKF but thought it might be a bit too harsh? So now my plan is to use Ceriglass with the DA to properly clean the glass but, and here it is; the heated screen won’t be damaged by doing this, will it? Co😕

Yep, you’re correct, it’s not manoeuvre assist; did I say it was? It’s actually called Rear Traffic Alert. And who said parking sensors have anything to do with this; parking sensors have nothing to do at all with this discussion. Collision Avoidance / Pedestrian Alert / Bicycle Alert / Rear Traffic Alert all use the radar systems and activate the braking system for the first three.

Yeah, I don’t think that’s actually a thing and I’ll tell you why. A You can have it both ways, John; it can’t be a problem with the sun and then be OK to use in warm but apparently cloudy Italy. B. Pirelli is a global OE supplier to the whole of VAG, Ford Passenger Cars and Commercials, Renault PC&C, BMW, Mercedes PC&C, Peugeot PC&C, Citroen etc. and all of which combined outsell the domestic Italian market 500-1. Do you honestly believe that they’d risk these global relationships by creating tyres that only work in Italy, in the warm? And one other thing, have you noticed how warm its been here lately? Given the complaints from Briskodians about all manufacturers, this is a manufacturing thing don’t you think? If people change their tyres one year earlier, you’ve improved your sales pipeline by 25-50%. Not bad, huh?

The edge of the tread of our P7’s on ours are pretty terrible, but no sign of sidewall cracking.

Used to be given a bag of gooseberries as a kid. Loved them, but they had to be as hard as gobstoppers!

Seems an expensive and complicated route to go down, when you can achieve the same result and have them hidden for about £15 with JS RS solution.

Yes, that’s collision avoidance. We have it on our MY16 L&K. It’s excellent, works with pedestrians, bicycles and other vehicles. I can attest to the front system too as it stopped the car far quicker than I was able to do when a car in front pulled away and almost immediately emergency stopped from about 10 mph; they actually went into the back of the car in front of them - ours pulled up with at least 6” to spare.

Went ahead and I bought one of these on the bay today, so thanks for the recommendation. Can I ask where you got the connector plug and how it’s fitted?

Having seen the cost of a couple of OE ones after a wheel bolt was nicked (I know…. seriously?) I bought a set of Chinese copies on the bay for £6 including a removal tool and they’re actually pretty good and a nicer colour than the originals too; I’ll see what they’re like after 6 months.

Yep, good point. I’ll get it checked, albeit the clock is on time. Thanks!

Yeah, I find the slight sluggishness an annoyance, especially when trying to overtake but the 3/4 mpg improvement is worth it on a long run, although obviously, we never bought the car for economic reasons….

Dunno, haven’t checked that; why do you ask?

You need to see the service history to make sure it’s had the servicing carried out on time and by the book. If they don’t have it, walk away…

I’ve driven just over 1000 miles in the last 12 days, mostly long drives in ECO and I’m only averaging 32mpg (29.8 very long term) and I’d like to think I’m an economical driver. I guess having the 7 speed DSG helps but I’d take any tips Redboy on how to improve the numbers. I was getting around 37/8 average on the M6 on the way up cruising around 70 all the way, which I was very happy with tbh.

I spoke too soon. All the fault codes have returned again and they won’t switch off. I have to return to the dealer again on Thursday to try to get them to reset the service indicator back to variable after they set it to fixed. I'll get them to see what the problem is then as this appears to be an ongoing issue. I’m wondering if it’s a loose connector block, as it first appeared leaving the ferry, whilst driving over the multiple slab plates on the ferry and dockside.

Well, I ran a fleet of 3,000 and I gave a **** because:- A. it’d come back and bite you on the a**e if you didn’t, because 95% were leased or buy backs and B. professional pride - the manufactures would be less than pleased if you returned a pile of c**p and it would definitely be detrimental to the next deal; I’ve seen that happen to many so called Fleet/Transport Managers who get enormous EOL bills. Variable servicing cuts both ways; the system is more intelligent than just running it out to 24m or 18k albeit that was certainly the case with our MKI when I was doing a 110 mile round trip a day on two Mways and fast A roads. However, we had company vehicles which demanded oil changes at 7k due to them being based in city centres and rarely, if ever went on long trips so am12m/10k WECF would be completely unsuitable in those cases. I’ve had all my Skodas on variable servicing and never had an issue… until last Tuesday when the dealer decided - deliberately or otherwise - to screw it up. I have a call booked with the DP to tomorrow so hopefully it’ll be sorted out.

I had this happen for the first time departing a ferry a couple of weeks ago. The idiots behind who were in a massive rush to depart (where do they think they’re going to go?) all honking and flashing lights, so I pressed the starter and immediately pulled away before the startup check had finished and that was it; all hell broke loose - like yours, on came all the lights, ESC Unavailable, DCC Unavailable, ABS Unavailable, Blindspot Detection Unavailable, Front and Rear Park Assist Unavailable, Tyre Pressure System error light flashing, Adaptive Cruise Unavailable, HHC Unavailable, Lane Assist Unavailable, Parking Brake Unavailable and all accompanied with dings and bongs. So I pulled over when I could, stopped the engine, pulled on the parking brake (never had to do that before!) and waited for a couple of minutes. Pressed the button and waited before I started it up and most went off; the ABS, blind spot and a couple of others continued so I started it up and drove off; for a couple of hundred metres they stayed on then off they went and it was all back to normal. A day later I tested doing the same manoeuvre and yes, I had exactly the same scenario occur - party lights and sounds. I’ve always waited for all lights to go out - probably not completely consciously - before engaging drive and pull away. No idea if this helps or not but I know in my case what caused the problem and what solves it.

Yes, that also concerns me. I now wish I’d waited til I was back in England and booked it into the usual dealership, as I foresee a runaround progressing. It’s not on a service plan and I own the car. Yes, I stipulated it was on variable servicing with long life oil on the booking call, again to the service agent when I got there and even to the technician himself. And they’ve stated that it’s a variable service on the invoice. All it says on the parts list is Castoil5, nothing else. So yeah, I’ll have to speak to the DP and get it serviced again. I’ll try calling tomorrow; they were Skoda UK Dealer of the Year three years running so they have a lot of making up to do. In any event, it’ll obviously mean another bloody trip to the north next week. 🙄 Thanks for all your input and help guys - much appreciated. Cheers… Rob

Oh I just noticed I lost another 200 miles on the oil change after a 28 mile round trip! Does anyone have a pic of what a variable service screen should look like - I did have it but of course it’s gone. All the three services it’s had are shown as Variable, including the last one.

Right. So in a nutshell they’re at it, to get another service in 12 months? Hmmm, well there’s zero chance of that! So what I don’t get is why the other dealer couldn’t change the service back to variable - stupidity?

Yep, which makes the inspection interval odd. Or do the EA888 engines have an oil change every 10k? Even if they do, why does the oil change say 9600 miles, as I’ve only covered 130 since Tuesday. I called and complained to the servicing dealer and rather than another 80 mile round trip, he arranged for the local dealer 15 miles away to reset it to variable. Unfortunately they were unable to change the settings which seems very odd. Spoken to original dealer again who said he’d speak to SUK technical. All-in-all it’s all very weird and annoying.

Whoops… OK, sorry I’ve mislead you. Inspection is shown as 18000 or 362 days. Oil service is shown as 9600 or 362. I thought variable was 20,000 or 24 months whichever was sooner. IIRC, on our MKII it was shown as XX,000 to the next service after it’d been done. I really don’t want to fork out £200 every other year for an oil change; I can do that myself for £90. Is this correct? Cheers… Rob