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Is this LV? I had the same issue. (Not sure if 30 or 60 days) Buried somewhere in the small print. Was a double whammy as I'd just renewed for a full year, 2 weeks in advance of renewal date, renewal ran from Oct 1st, however accident happened 28th Sept. Was told when officially written off a few days later I had 30 days to get a replacement car on the policy or it cancels automatically and I lose the whole years premium, no refund for unused period is possible where a car is written off even though the accident happened in the previous period of insurance. In the end, I moved one of our other cars onto the policy. Was very annoyed, and I will be reading the all small print in the future. To cap it off, during the 30 days (no replacement was in place) they sent a demand for another £40 saying the accident had increased the renewal premium which I already had paid weeks before !!! If I didn't pay, I would lose everything including any future settlement.

Its a silicate not silica.

Not a good sign if update is dealer only or subscription based online service. There are USB ports,you could just use a Usb stick/SD adaptor/appropriate cable. I'm more inclined just to use Android Auto/Apple Carplay with Google maps rather than keep spending more money.

If the spark plugs have never been changed, then change them. The 150ps ACT manual version probably has a DMF, so may be a suspect and certainly needs to be checked out when changing the clutch. Could also be oil contamination on the friction plate causing it.

Has anyone else noticed the terrible echo in this site lately? I keep hearing the same things repeating over and over again. Unlike real echoes, they don't die away though, and just when you think they've finally stopped......they start all over again.....

Please read the response of Skoda to the OP 2 posts up. They are only doing a repair using parts, and refusing any warranty on the repair so if it breaks a week later, thats it you're stuffed. Quite shocking, I'm sure the ombudsman would have something to say about that. As someone who has battled my Skoda deaker and Skoda UK on far too many occasions on warranty and goodwill, I have heard the phrase "don't do warranty on warranty repairs" many times. But equally I have heard the phrase "but if you pay something towards the repair,even a pound, you will automatically get 2 years parts and labour warranty on the repair". It was perfectly clear everytime I spoke to the warranty/service manager, often asking her to repeat. And this was with 100% parts goodwill. So now Skoda UK are clearly saying goodwill is a one time shot if we so deem and if it fails again, tough. Fortunately my battles were won, they were lower value items than the OP (worst case was a diff on a manual gearbox) and the cars were of much lower value than the OPs. This makes me very wary about the Skoda brand now. I really must make more effort to investigate Kia/Hyundai/Toyota etc properly next time I look for a car. Anyone who buys a DSG car really should invest in the extended warranty at the start of ownership. The cost of a DSG failure is far too high, and there are are far too many tales of woe on this forum even botched/unsuccessful/cost escalating repairs for me to ever consider a DSG from VAG As for ever getting a new DSG gearbox under goodwill/warranty, I'd doubt it very much, the best you're likely to get is a rebuilt/recon box. Same goes for engine swaps. Not that a new part would be any better or more reliable.

Maybe as it was rear ended he meant anal repair? I predict it will be written off, sent to Copart or other outfit who will auction off it online. It will then be taken away and most likely stripped into lots of expensive spares and the bits sold profitably by the usual routes. Copart online auction days are a frantic affair, fully automated with a time limit of only a few seconds for registered bidders to place/up their bid. Most cars are sold within 30-60 seconds of presentation with very low or no reserve. Covid means few, if any bidders may have seen the car in the flesh just the 6 or 8 pictures Copart puts on the web and the statement whether the car can move under its own power or not. If its written off check here https://www.copart.co.uk/ As soon as you have agreed a write off date don't forget to claim your remaining VED back. If you are insured with LV, there is a nasty small print clause that requires you to obtain and insure a replacement car within 60 days, otherwise your insurance will automatically lapse. You also have no possibility of a refund of remaining cover after a write off. Time to read the small print. Not sure where you stand with prepaid service plans.

Totally irrelevant comment. Skoda can and do do goodwill 100%. If this is a manufacturing fault, which it appears to be, then existing consumer legislation covers such defects up to 6 years, although in the case of cars, its not straightforward. I have had 100% goodwill on parts and labour outside of warranty, but it is tiresome having to argue with Skoda Uk and reminding them of consumer laws. To help them to change their mind, tell them how you had planned to change the car for a new one, another Skoda, but now that is in doubt. Then the case manager can take loyalty argument that to their boss to justify paying for everything. Get a full written report of the fault the dealer technicians found and get them to state if its a manufacturing defect. You can use that, ultimately to lodge a claim in the small claims court.

Indeed going down the motorway to Birmingham they became so loud I thought that the differential was broken again. I was preparing to blast both barrels at my dealer again but decided to change the tyres over from one of our other carsto check and the noise disappeared. One theory I have was that the dealer, after refitting my gearbox and rebuilding all the front suspension, fitted the tyres on the wrong sides (so rotating in the wrong direction for a directional tyre) and then went off on a spirited test drive and damaged them. When I went to pick the car up they had swapped the crossclimates to the back from the front and when asked why they told me they were misshaped. Strange as the car and tyres were perfect and super quiet before it went in for what was supposed to be a simple warranty repair (long,long story.....they somehow broke the gearbox while changing the steering rack after several track rods under warranty had all failed in the previous 18 months). But I had had a super stressful time battling the dealer and Skoda uk over this sorry saga and so left it at that. After a couple of weeks I moved the crossclimates back to the front where the were originally and thats when the problems became apparent. Disappointed in the crossclimates, they do wear extremely slowly but with this unexplained phenomenon and premature compound cracking in the grooves which I've also noticed on previous Michelin Energys I'm not inclined to use them again.

Exactly my thinking, and is suitable as a spare for any position.

I've had exactly the same problem on a pair of 15" crossclimates (original not the plus version) I fitted about 4 years ago, which suddenly became very noisy doing the thud thud thud noise when turning and manoeuvering in car parks. Never experienced this on any other make/model of tyre before or after. Have no real idea how it happened, but it may have been associated with the dealer rebuilding the suspension after a gearbox repair and steering rack change as it became obvious shortly afterwards. Dealer blamed the tyres saying they were misshapen. Indeed I could see isolated patches of the tyre where the tread was visibly thinner than the rest, which explained the thud, thud, thud. Never thought about complaining to Michelin as I assumed something stupid had been done by the dealer in the 2-3 weeks they had the car. Now I make a point in avoiding directional tyres, I like the Vredestein Quattrac 5 which I am very satisfied with.

I would take their measurements with a pinch of salt. Might be just sloppy work or finger trouble on a keyboard. If you have a micrometer or digital tyre depth gauge, go and measure them carefully yourself. Measure at inner, centre and outer band of the tread and at more than one point on the circumference. Its vitally important to use a careful consistent technique, pushing the gauge down or measures to the side of a groove can easily throw the reading out far more than a millimeter. Tracking problems will usually show as uneven wear across the width of the tread or feathering which you can feel by running your hand lightly around the tyre circumference in opposite directions. Be very wary about dealers ability to do tracking, my experience of four such tracking sessions (using VW official gear) were they were hopelessly not right leading to dramatic and rapid uneven tyre wear issues, which were never satisfactorily resolved. In one instance I can prove they just photocopied an old results sheet from a previous session of more than a year previous, conveniently obscuring dates and other info and passing it off as having done the job. Clearly not the case, before and after figures to multiple decimal places and other telltale info identical. Useless. I'd prefer to go to my local F1 autocentre and insist on sitting in on the tracking session, observing and 'helping' them with any adjustment decisions and checking results. I did this with my Alhambra and they were ok with me checking as they did the stuff.. Check the measurements carefully first. Don't fix something that isn't broken.

I would say it's still heavily contaminated, it should be clear to see through and bright pink. They haven't flushed it sufficiently (if at all) or (hopefully not) mixed incompatible fluids/not used distilled water/not actually done as stated on invoice. Definitely not what £1345 should look like. Alternatively, your head gasket is gone and exhaust gases and/or oil is contaminating the coolant (you will also invariably lose coolant in this scenario). There appears to be evidence of some oil or other substance floating in the top photo. A competent dealer would have checked this first with a chemical test. Hopefully not this fault as that will be expensive to fix. Keep a coolant sample as evidence, take another sample back to them and complain. Contact them first to save a wasted journey and record the conversation (most mobiles can do that). If you feel fobbed off, phone and register a complaint with Skoda UK. This is the colour it should be

G12evo is the latest incarnation of VW coolant and replaces all previous versions including G13, G12, G12+,G12++ and G11. Nobody knows why they didnt call it G13+ or similar. No silca bag found is imo a red herring, the bag probably disintegrated and the silikat stuff got released and blocked the heater matrix and maybe parts of the radiator. Although VW would never admit it, I've read somewhere online that the problem of silica bag failure is possibly due to silica bag material incompatabilty with G13 coolant maybe partly behind the change of coolant spec and removal of dubious silica bags on later cars.

This question was posed to all the major manufacturers. You would have thought a straightforward question would elicit a straightforward answer. But somehow Skoda gave a convoluted reply and avoided answering the question, Seat maintains it uses lithium ion batteries which surprised me, VW remained shtum. https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/coronavirus/coronavirus-will-trickle-charging-or-jump-starting-your-cars-battery-invalidate-the-warranty/

Dynamic duo

I really do worry about your inability to pick up humour

He forgot to mention its an electric bike.....or maybe his £350 watch is a fake off ebay. Anyone with that low peak heart rate is not really exercising more than the gentlest walking.

That article is just to throw competitors off the scent. You didn't really think that all that airblade fan stuff was just a toy for use in the (upmarket) home? Air taxis are the future...and dyson are working on it.... 👸🥜🥜

Don't fret girls, our UK boffins at Dyson are working on the ultimate solution. Just waiting for the government grants to take it into production.

In that case you need to have a word with Princess Nut Nut. If anyone can get it changed, then she's the one. That's if it isn't her idea already. Mind you it could be worse, imagine if she was involved with this lot

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Seen enough in the flesh at the dealer and someone nearby has a basic Karoq in that obscene colour. It hurts to look at it. Obviously carefully chosen by Skoda marketing to persuade the 95% of people with any taste to part with the extra cash for a decent colour. Only cheapskates, probably the kind who bulk buy loo rolls only when on 2 for 1 offer, would consider it.

Looks very much like Pacific Blue to me which was the default free colour in 2017. Officially a flat colour, however always looked metallic to me. IMO a darker and much nicer and mature colour than the bright light blue Petrol Blue metallic. And far far nicer than the obnoxious free Energy Blue on recent models. Pty they did away with Pacific Blue, one of my favourites if not my actual favourite. Check the colour code on the PR code list on the sticker in the boot well, maybe also attached in your user manual.

Good for you then. They either fixed it finally, or you are lucky you are not in the minority that are not so lucky. Only time will tell if the issues will fade away into history. Definitely will be gone by 2030 though (in the UK/EU)