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All well that ends well then. A bit dramatic at such a low speed. The tech did it's job and nipped the brakes. Best check treads right across the tyres and look for any wear of te inside edges. Then reset the tyre pressures for a lighter load and reset the TPMS.

So what tyre are fitted front and rear, size and brand, and what are the tyre pressures front and rear, and are they still with a good tread, and is the back of the car empty? ESP will or should kick in. Is it a TSI or TDI vRS, and is it a FWD not a AWD? Makes little difference, it was tyres, road surface, lack of grip was it not?

Simple enough as only the driver knows how they use their car standard or remapped to try different fuels and see if you feel any difference in smoothness / efficiency or economy. & take into account they can change by season or area of the UK. They will meet the Minimum Octane on the pump though.

Some movement. The App on my phone showed the Charge & range for the car this morning at 8.45 so it had been turned on and then at 3.15. I missed a call but got a voice main that they have looked at the car and ordered parts and will be in touch when they are fitted.

An Electric Timber Truck trial for 3 years in Southern & Northern Scotland. http://bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-65455941

This top one for the EU / UK usually these days. Bottom one for some engines and other world regions. PS This 'Super & Super Unleaded / Super Premium', appearing on fuel flaps is really lost in Translation for the UK. Unleaded 95 or Super Unleaded 97 or 99 octane min in the UK.

Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire is quite an affluent area with lots of Oil related businesses with car parks. You will see older cars parked there during the working week, also at the long term parking at the airport / heliport the same at other Scottish airports. This is because people have kept older cars or bought ones as daily drivers and do not use their good cars for driving to work or park up and leave for a few weeks. There are lovely cars about on the roads and the dealerships selling prestige / expensive cars. Quite often these are not on the road side or on drives they are in garages and out of sight other than when out at weekends or times onshore. Plenty older used cars might be 1 owner or ex demonstrator and one owner and low mileage in the North East of Scotland but end up in the trade further south when eventually they are moved on.

In no way is the brake lights on when Autohold is functioning illegal as it is the driver that presses the brake pedal and then has the system enabled so holding the brakes instead of them having their foot on the pedal. There is an on / off button. It is the driver that needs to be aware it is the same as if they had their foot on the brake pedal and what is in the UK Highway code if they are in the UK. 'Autohold' is not a parking brake. If they want to apply a Parking brake be it the e-Brake or a hand brake to not sit extended times with traffic / vehicles / cyclists behind seeing the brake lights then they should know how their car works. There were and are VW Group vehicles just a few years old that do not have the brake lights on when 'Autohold' is working.

@wyx087Usually that is the case. But the discs were actually shagged and i told them that before the car ever went in & the video confirmed that, but then because Motability will demand they are done under warranty they said not a safety issue. I told Motability and AC's that the car would be staying with them then. As it is, those replacement discs are in as bad a state again and now sitting with them for 3 weeks they will be no better. Car first registered August 2020 but built late 2019 and then delivery delayed due to lockdown. This was what i posted here this January. These are the new discs fitted last September. I hardly touch brakes on cars as i have one leg and am used to not using brakes and they need little use with an EV. But really these are more crappy than Skoda fit. VW are right to have drums on the rears of EV's, Even if not RWD.

@JimWHThe plate on the car that gives the weights does not say if it has 'Towing Prep' just the weight the car can tow. Someone here might tell you how to get the vehicles 'Build info, specs etc'. But fine if you are getting that from the dealer. eg.

So in D not N and with parking brake on. Why not just 'Autohold' , are you sure you have not got autohold enabled.

@SkodaTish sorry, Manufacture year 2024. So the Karoq that will be getting built after the factory closure during the summer.

@SkodaTishDo you know the spec of MY24 Karoq's?

@croquemonsieurJust so we know. Is this a 1.0 TSI DSG and are you stopped in D with e-Brake applied and you have 'Autohold' disabled. Stop / start off and your engine running.

'Autohold' applies the brakes front and rear and can apply more holding force / like pushing the brake pedal if any movement. The e-Brake just applies the rear brakes / parking brake.

@3rdoctaviaGood stuff, I have CrossClimate SUV's on my Shogun and they are sh!te in mud & will be getting changed soon for a decent set of All Terrains. I even put on narrower than the standard 285's hoping they would be OK. & was wanting a bit better fuel economy. So i failed miserably, and luckily they were just a bit cheaper with a trade discount.

What warranty is it, the remainder of the Manufacturers warranty, an extended one or a Skoda Approved Used Warranty? Have you read the T&C's? When was the car built. What do they think would have the warranty covering it, a design or manufacturing fault? Not heard of issues on here but maybe i missed them. http://karoqforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=718

For Scotland ignore the above. Not Speedo accuracy, but the !0% + 2 mph & when NIP's might get issued from Safety Partnership Camera Vans, or Average Speed Cameras or being clocked by Police Scotland offers in vehicles or roadside with handheld devices.

EDIT, Diesel comes in regular or premium. Petrol is Unleaded or Super Unleaded. You can buy Super Unleaded 97 or 99 ron that costs no more than Unleaded 95 from the likes of BP, ESSO, Shell, Jet, Gulf, Texaco etc. They will sell E10 or their E5 & maybe the higher octane is that not more expensive, prices can change with the last delivery to their filling station tanks. .............................. The petrol you have been buying since September 2021 in the UK if 95 Unleaded is E10. With up to 10% bio. Since November last year and every year in the UK E10 or E5 is winter formulation til the end March at the earliest. So to get Up to 5% Bio and that can be 0% you need to buy E5 Super Unleaded & that is 97 or 99 ron (Octane) in the UK. Nobody sells 98 ron in the UK and has not for years. VW Group have ignored that 98 Super stopped being retailed on the UK over a decade ago. Even when they put stickers on the fuel flap showing, 98 / (95). http://volkswagen.co.uk/en/need-help/need-help-faqs/fuel.html eg. Green VW Sirocco R, Red Fabia mk2 vRS 1.4 Twincharger.

If you are going E5 so 97 or 99 ron Min then i would be using Tesco Momentum 99, and even Sainsbury Super 97 ron (Min) Asda does not sell E5 Super Unleaded. Costco does. Greenergy part owned by Tesco and that produces Tesco Momentum 99 & some of Esso's fuels for part of the UK import their base fuels with their Partner Royal Dutch Shell. Personally i would swerve Shell v-power. They hqve reformulated once again. You want the octane and enough detergents are in the Long Life Oils. IMO. Not all Super Unleaded E5 is the same around the UK, or even just 97 or 99 octane.

@3rdoctaviaI take it your Scout has road tyres as the Discovery has, but are your's All Terrains rather than Summer tyres. What have you got on the car?

A surprise message came into my phone on a Bank Holiday Monday about the car 'currently going through our service process' and an advisor being in touch etc. The only time i had a massage like this was when in for a Service & software updates and the Tech / dealership wrongly sent the video of the new discs and pads needed which was meant for a private owner but they said Motability would not approve. Maybe the car was looked at last week, plugged in and some procedure started. Maybe it is getting updates while there is Band width at the dealership to complete them and not the usual shutting down when 96% or so complete.

FWD 1.0 or 1.5 TSI have DQ200 DSG's but they do obviously have different power and behaviour off the line. Just as a 1.6 TDI with a DQ200 has. As to those 1.5 TSI AWD or 2.0 litre TSI or TDI's with DQ381,s again still 2 pedal cars but again different moving off, and likely no wheel scrabble like with the small capacity TSI's. Manuals different again.

@Dazl1212When was your car built? Was the timing chain / tensioner replaced because it was getting the later upgrade from the earlier ones, 2010/11 ? EDIT. I see from the video it is a 2011. (So they actually had Black Oil Filters from the factory /OME, as before VW /SEAT, Skoda, Audi went to the silver ones.) The 1.2 & 1.4 TSI Twinchargers Oil filters were the black ones from 2010 until VW Group went to the Silver ones. (I kept using Black Mahle filters with Twinchrgers. £3.45) As to the 1.2 TSI's. In 2012 there were threads / posts here when the Oil Capacity changed with the 1.2 TSI's snd there were also ones with the wrong oil filter supplied / fited. I do not mean black or silver, actually the wrong part number. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/442488-oil-filter-replacement-problem http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/462997-12-tsi-oil-filter http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/488571-12-tsi-larger-filter Then we have the threads / posts on over tightened Oil filters and the ones were the old seal was forgotten and there were 2 on. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/388209-12-tsi-red-oil-light http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/450278-oil-warning-light-intimitent

@varooomor @ApertureSmight be around and be able to give some advice on the DPF and that issue. Plenty good mechanics around Glasgow.