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No. The display stays the same, and I have stopped the car trying to change its speed for me regardless of where it has detected the speed limit.

This is the cause surely, but your annual mileage seems pretty average, and usually it's the rear discs that corrode before the front as they don't generally contribute so much to the braking effort. So for one of the front discs to corrode more than the rest suggests that either the brakes are unbalanced due to sticking pads etc as discussed above, or a manufacturing defect in the disc.

My car seems to have two ways to detect speed limit signs, either via the map data or via the camera. If it misinterprets a road sign (such as one relating to another road at a junction) then this will override the map data. The camera also fails to see road signs covered by overgrown trees and bushes, or on overhead gantries, or when the sign is not the standard round shape. (I have set the car to only display the current road sign and not change my speed because of these failures... more modern cars may have problems doing this!) Occasionally the map data is also incorrect, and the speed limit is displayed in km/hour rather than miles/hour! There was one particular stretch of dual carriageway where the car would display an 80 sign rather than the correct 50! Chris

I've also been having weekly updates, but assumed they were to do with the 'shop' pages as nothing else seems to have changed on my Karoq. From your description of the speed-limit related problems, I wonder if it's reset the way it treats speed limit signs? In the menu system, I've always had mine to display the current speed limit, but not take any further action. Now and again it flags up a wrong limit as it passes a junction, or where the sign is covered by bushes, but it doesn't change the speed of my car. (I seldom use the cruise control as I prefer to use the speed limiter function and just step the chosen speed up or down manually.) Chris

Karoqs have had automatic map updates via its Internet connection of years - as long as you have subscribed to the Skoda Connect service. However mine seems to have stuck on the August 2024 issue regardless of having the paid subscriptions! You can download the updated maps from the Skoda website, and store them on a USB-C Flash drive, then plug that into one of the USB-C sockets by the gear lever. Leave it in as you drive around, and that should then update your maps. I'm not sure if you have to be driving in an area where the maps have been updated though, as mine seem reluctant to show an updated date on the system information page and it could be I haven't driven far enough to trigger it yet. Chris

Over 5+ years in mine I have averaged 35.6 mpg. The highs are when making making long motorway journeys at 70, when I get 45+, and the lows are winter shopping trips of 8 miles out and back when I get around 30.

That's interesting. I've had continuous subscriptions to both Skoda Connect services since my car was new, but the navigation database hasn't updated itself since August 2024. (Previously it would update in the background every few months.) I've wondered if it was I tried a manual update from the Skoda website, and that file wasn't set up to accept the automatic updates? Chris

The Superb will have its own character decode information, but I do not have access to that.

Same here. They often seem to offer a discount at this time of the year, so my subs have been extended to November 2026. Let's hope the online map updates work this time as my maps still say August 2024!

As has been said the Sportline comes with 45 profile tyres instead of 40s so that's a help. I hadn't seen alloy and wheel insurance anywhere and wonder what it covers? I've kerbed mine a couple of times in Scotland where their granite kerbs can tear chunks out of your wheel rim. But would my driving errors be covered? I'm planning to take them in to be refurbished this spring, and wondering about having the diamond cut silver varnish painted black! I specified DCC on my car due to the many complaints about the ride on 19" wheels. And I have to say there's a vast difference in ride between Comfort and Sport! On my original Bridgestone Dueler tyres I much preferred the Comfort mode which filtered out the sharp bumps but left you in a "floaty" ride - a bit like my old Citroens used to be. But now I've changed to Continental All Season 2 tyres I find the ride has improved and the Standard mode is quite acceptable. Of course the DCC is active all the time, so it could still be improving the ride in any mode.

I looked at the Q3 before buying my Karoq, and was amazed to find the Karoq was much better equipped! The Audi dealer was insisting that Audi couldn't provide heated windscreens because they were patented by Ford, and had no answer when I pointed out that VW and Skoda provided them!

Hi Phutters, My car is very similar to yours I believe, and way back in Autumn 2021 I was getting annoying error messages saying that the Traffic Assist, Lane Assist and Dynamic Road Signs features were unavailable. The solution at the time was to change the steering wheel controller - which seems to be part of the steering wheel - and so this was changed at the end of November 2021. That cured the problem at the time, but the error messages returned during the first half of 2023. This time the cure was to implement the Service Campaign 48S5, which was done in June 2023. The error messages still occur, but are now very infrequent and easily are reset. I bought my car with a factory 5 year warranty, and all the above work was carried out under warranty with no problems, Chris

I went with Britannia Rescue last year as I only needed UK cover, and had a discounted price via Boundless membership and LV insurance. But watch the small print as they only take you to the nearest garage within 10 miles! On my trips across Wales and Scotland I wouldn't be very confident of always finding a garage within 10 miles, never mind one equipped to deal with today's computer controlled Skodas. So I've returned to Skoda Assist for peace of mind and European cover. Chris

Mine seems very temperature dependent. In very cold weather the plastic must shrink and become loose, while when it warms up it's silent.

My 4 year old Karoq has just its second MOT at 21,691 miles. There were no problems reported last year, but this year I've been advised that "the nearside and offside front lower arm bushes are slightly worn" and that my front and rear brake pads are 20% worn. The shock absorbers are fine, although my previous Golfs had regular warnings about them having slight oil misting on them. Chris