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Thee was me thinking it was the load rating of the wheels being asked as in as fitted to an axle / corner of the car. EDIT, i was slow there. @Mr Grumpwhat are the wheels going on?

@Carlstonis the one that should be able to help.

The Manufacturers said a replacement engine cover would coming. They actually put that in writing. @TheWandererposted £128 as the cost. Others told get it done sometime. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/494489-front-differential-service-vrs-245/page/2

@Dooge Does your shifter not go P R N D S or P R N D/S ?

The first registered keepers are piling on, the cars manufacturer warranty has just over a year to go. I think the introduction of the Mk4 has nothing to do with those that want to get a vehicle and then sell for more than £2,000 than they pay for it.

VW Group have these 'much cheapness' Peoples Car, Fabia sized EV's coming sometime maybe, like not anytime soon, but they will spin the story. This year actually. Pandemic, war, full of guff, it does mess things up when really you are just not quite there with so many things including tech or materials, capacity, cheap enough workers. http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motor-shows-frankfurt-motor-show/volkswagens-sub-£18000-small-ev-due-2023

I will be interested if anyone at Skoda UK pick up on this this weekend and Dealerships will be getting reminded,. There is a new Golden Goose. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/501456-front-differential-to-gearbox-oil-leak Once they tell people an oil change is required hopefully they can do it correctly. So, Service Managers can say 'Call them and tell them their VAQ is due a service.' Even those that do not have a VAQ,. we can do a free check / up-selling. The AC needs serviced @ 2 years, & tell them their timing chain / belt is due as well. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/485788-cracked-haldex-unit

VW Group / Skoda are big on this 2 year interval stuff including the first brake fluid changes. Anyone would think they were fined billions for defeat devices, then there was a pandemic. and a semi- conductor shortage and they need dealerships to get more work. Or. Have they found with the VAQ just like with the Haldex that the intervals were wrong, and the same with brake fluid that used to be first at 2 years then each 2 over a decade ago, then was changed to first @ 3 years then each 2.. Maybe the can make it clear in Owners Manuals since owners / drivers do not get Service Books. Mk3 VAQ's. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/471790-vaq-haldex-on-2016-pfi-230vrs-does-it-have-one-and-the-service-interval http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/494489-front-differentil-service-vrs-245 http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/482132-vrs-vaq-diff-servicing

It is a DQ200 7 speed dry twin clutch DSG as standard on a 250 Nm or less FWD VW Group Petrol or diesel less than a 2.0 lt. (as long as it is not a Hybrid, then it can be a 6 speed wet.) @NeilMHwhere did you find conflicting answers to that?

@LukasikThanks. can you explain, is this a schedule with the prices? The DQ381 @ 120,000 km etc. 192,60 euro ? Any idea how much they want for the VAQ service?

@J.R.I am not a fan of creeping as i only have one foot and i use my left foot on the cars pedals with no adaption, i do not want to use the hand brake if not using the foot hard on the brake. (I used to fit hand controls for others and had to road test the cars, i did not like these with a DQ200 DSG, but you are either on the brake or the accelerator.) I use the accelerator gently to move. Being in S can help move along slowly in traffic, but what engine / power / fuel type matters. Autohold can be great. Not all cars though, and not in all situations, weather etc. Using both pedals with a DSG means that power / drive can be cut. There are those that say they can heel and toe., well that needs practice and care. There is a delay with the clutches getting bite, from brake pedal to accelerator starting off, some more than others with a DQ200, not to do with Hill Hold Assist. (Hill hold assist / Hill hold control being part of the subject and different over the years.) Hence for Sprints / Hill Climbs / 1/4 miles i used the hand brake not the brake pedal for standing starts. For 'races' / traffic light Grand Pr!cks, etc you might find with a DQ200 that a rolling start is preferred, to stop the wheel spin, ASR / TC and cutting of the engines power, or what people call 'axle tramp' but is not. but a loud bang.

The DQ200 has 2 oil. Unlike the Wet Clutch the oil in the box is no also in the MCU. Yes the clutch plates are dry, or should be, and there have been over heating and wear issues over the past decade and a half. The DQ200 issue as it has evolved is that it had to as there was a mess over the years, 2009-2012, 2012/2013 cross over, the 2013-2015, then 2015-2018. Then a few issues since. Engines petrol or diesel 3 or 4 cylinder from 70 ps - 192 ps. 1,0. 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 1.8. , TDI 1.2. 1.4 & 1.6. Lots if different software / management changes, and need for clutch upgrades etc. If VW could dump DQ200's they would, but they have no replacement now, bu they can use Mild Hybrids to have them behave until they discontinue them. As to Autos and all creeping. Well not all ASG's, or MTA's, CVT,s or even Torque Converter Auto's or cars without a clutch pedal do creep, and i have driven only 2 pedal cars since the 1970's since i lost my right foot. I know which creep and which do not and which i need to use the parking / hand brake with, or e-brake, autohold etc.

BMW managed to make big price drops on BMW i3's overnight when the UK Government changed the EV grants without notice. Because they were over priced. http://autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/bmw-i3-price-slashed-qualify-electric-car-grant Dealers and traders are sitting with now cars they bought on finance, maybe finance from the Auction Houses owned by Hedge Funds /Banks / Financial institutions. Maybe the Financial Regulator Bodies will get involved. As many business's / companies might lose money or just make less profits and pay less tax on profit there will be winners someplace. Maybe no market manipulation, or insider trading. It will come out in the wash though if TESLA or Elon Musk are 'at it', and not just reducing the selling price of their product.

https://www.auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/auto-components/skoda-auto-rolls-out-3-millionth-dq200-automatic-geabox-from-vrchlabi-plant/72195669?redirect=1 4 million plus just built by Skoda. Vorsprung Durch Technik. you would hope. http://team-bhp.com/forum/technical-stuff/247951-skoda-auto-has-produced-its-four-millionth-dq200-dsg-automatic-gearbox.html ........................................................ Skoda / VW had to address the issue of the amount of owners less than happy about paying for replacing prematurely failing clutch packs out of their pocket because the cars were out of warranty and there were crap clutches and software that the Skoda factory were using when producing over 2,200 DQ200's a day. DQ200's built by Skoda for use in 48 applications / variety of VW group models / engines. A diesel in the thread below, and older, and these have more issues than the lower powered TSI's. The ones over the with most issues / failures are the 180 ps TSI's, 1.4 / 1.8's with a DQ200. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/433948-dsg-fighting-creep-forward http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/498567-14tsi-dq200-7-speed-dsg-clutch-slip Mk3 Fabia and other models, small TSI's & 1.4 TDI,'s, 1.6 tdi , 2014/15 to 2018, still having issues. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/439395-thestory-of-the-famous-dq200-clutch-slip/page/15

That can be because it was done, so there should be a sticker in the Spare Tyre Well with '34H5'' and a date and a dealers stamp. Or because there never was a Recall, it was a Service Campaign only and never appeared on the VIN checker, until 2019 when Australia had a Recall started again. Still there were cars that were part of the Service Campaign that never appeared on the VIN checker. It is not that important really as the DSG is OK near 8 years on. It likely was built after the ones that the software update was for. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/425424-2017-another-dq200-7-speed-dsg-service-campaign http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/473213-another-dsg-recall-today-sorry-if-already-posted I really would leave the DSG well alone.

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So how many miles has it done? Do you know if Service Campaign '34H5' was required and been done? A Skoda Main Dealership or some Independent with the gear and more than ideas could do a reset / software update.

Yes. Because a dry clutch. Some move forward a bit when off the brake pedal, not all do. It is worth if it does not creep in D, trying the shifter back to S and seeing if it does. But as much as DQ200's are much the same that are fitted to so many different engines and can behave differently. 1.2, 1.4, 1.8 TSI,s then newer 1.0 & 1.5, then 1.4 & 1.6 TSI's. Personally if they behave well enough i would not be having them tampered with. It is good IMO that the clutches are not engaged. A little accelerator holds it or moves it if Hill Hold is not holding it.

Welcome. A mod will move your post to the Yeti section, you should get help there and there are plenty similar threads there covering the issue. ? Do you have a sun roof? eg

? Are you being told the VAQ requires a Service @ 2 years or at 3 Years / 30,000 miles? ? How much have you paid for the VAQ diff service or how much are you being quoted? .............. Reason for the question. Different info from different sources but from people that should know. ............................................................................................

They appear to be saying they are going back to about 2010's schedules, recommendations, guidelines when it was Brake Fluid change first at 2 years then each 2 years. Doing the miles has little to do with anything. It is location location locations as in seaside, top of a mountain or taking your vehicle on a track. Those doing motor sports and getting the brakes and brake fluid system hot and using the best of brake fluid & brake components might test or replace brake fluid often. Commuter cars, little H20 in the brake fluid, brakes hardly ever touched much, no steam in the system, no soggy pedal then nobody is any thew wiser. As long as the car stops. Crap ones self of it does not.

? What is the hire car, just to give an idea which autobox it has? Does your Octavia have an e-Brake or a manual hand brake?

Here. VAQ Diff. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/501456-front-differential-to-gearbox-oil-leak A google of Briskoda VAQ diff service will bring up other threads.

EDIT. Re Whole gear selector. That might be BS. OK if being done free under warranty. I assume it is being done at no cost to you. Not OK if paying for it. ..................... A VAQ Diff Service interval is at 3 years / 30,000 miles and good that you have been told. This week a member was told this is at 2 years. So maybe Skoda Dealership staff can tell you when they changed from not telling people about it at 3 years to it being at 2 years. See post by @Jamster330on Monday. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/508177-remap-chiptuning-available-for-the-20tsi-vrs/page/4

So many things to have cleared up. e-Brake, Autohold, Hillhold. If there is Autohold and activated then no need for the foot on the brake pedal after the xar stopped and Autohold activated. And if Hill hold assist is working then the car holds a couple of seconds from the foot going brake pedal to accelerator. If sitting with a foot on the brake pedal and in D and move the shifter to S the RPM will increase. RPM can rise and fall as the battery requires AC on etc. PS. DQ200's 2013-2015 can be part of a Service Campaign started in 2017. '34H5' FREE. This is a Software Update. Started because of some DQ200's with premature failures, leaks, pressure / heat issues. ? So has that been required or carried out. a car would have maybe been at a Main Dealers since 2017 to have been done, or the owner approved having it done. http://skoda-auto.com/services/recall-actions