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Actually the prices are not supposed to be fixed. They are fixed at Participating Dealers, and not all are participating. Then there is the Fix Service Regime thing. and 3-10 year old car. Which is a nonesense. There is the Oil & Inspection Service, 1st year, 2nd year, year 3 that and Extended Scope. Then the stuff extra you pay for. The 2021 prices quoted are one thing, now it is POA / Price on application in lots of cases. So ask what they are doing, ask what extras cost, and hold them to that. If the person on the phone dithers ask them to go get someone that knows. .................. 2021, not late 2022. So check.

The Haldex service is at 3 years / 30,000 miles, which ever is soonest. Sooner than that is often better. A Karoq, but the same story as far as the Haldex. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/508200-3rd-year-service-needs

No Warranty with Skoda requires a Main Dealership to do the Servicing to keep it valid. It does need done correctly with the correct fluids by a VAT registered person and the record of that. (Different story, grey area and all with a pinch of salt.) It is as well if there is a Warranty to have a Main Dealer carry out the Haldex Service and if their Fully Trained or half trained factory technicians mess up things are easier to discuss. Not that a Skoda Main Dealer doing a Haldex Service means it is done correctly. Or that they know what might be required other than the fluid, they say there is nothing else quite often.

Are the members here in Continental Europe using 99/100 or 100+ octane petrol. and are the figures possible from the remap given for when using 99 ron and above only. or for 95 ron E10 or E5.?

I have been charging at Tesco a couple of times a day this week and so far it is just me an A.N. Other that has been plugging in each 15 minutes. There has been 1 car that i have seen just doing a 15 minute plug in,and nobody has been charging and paying on the 7kW chargers. I have quite a few miles to do over the next 4 days and it is very much luck of the draw where i will get a working rapid charger. The single rapid i usually rely on where i would usual charge on each day / night for 1 hour has been broken for 2 weeks.

The cost of Public charging @ Highland Council controlled chargers could become ridiculous. http://pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/transport/4995223/full-electric-charge-cost-could-go-from-12-34-in-highland-council-plan They might just be trying to make it sound really bad so that when they just double the tariff it does not seem to much. As it is 50 pence a kWh is high enough to put many off even considering using an EV. As it is many are put off with 30 pence a kWh for charging. ................... Highland is actually a bit better for rapid chargers than East of the Highland Region & then Moray & into Aberdeenshire along the coast and then down the east to Aberdeen City. It is ridiculous in that North East area for the lack of 50 kW chargers. Many people see the lights behind and think get off my arse, or pass and go faster than i am now with your stupid lights. Then if they do pass get you crappy rear lights away up the road, why are you going slower than i was going as you try to get to the next charger. Arsenal.

@DibDibScout welcome to the forum. How many miles on your car now? Has your Haldex had 1 or 2 services, and done properly? At Dealerships it is not unusual for Service or sales staff to know nothing much about cars or features. Or to just give out BS. The model, age is often important regarding what does what and why. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/411826-scout-off-road-4x4-system-issues http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/364701-scout-off-road-mode-upgrade Kodiaq. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/483964-off-road-mode

My local ford looks nothing when at the lowest water level, and even when a bit higher looks ok to go through but even on a heavy vehicle you get a shock when the car or even an offroader starts moving sideways downstream.

15 minutes is and if you are there you just plug in again for the next 15 minutes. So i did that this morning, and then 2 of us were charging and talking tonight and has 3 x 15 minutes. Charged up free and a almost full battery for an early start tomorrow. Not seen the usual suspects though that leave their cars charging all day, they will be charging at the council public chargers or maybe just at home.

Just bumping this section for someone i was telling about the site so that they will spot this when he gets chance to look in . He is looking to chip a Yamaha motor Haibike. How has anyone got on chipping their bike? I have not been keeping abreast of anything on the market recently, or any issues.

You are missing much then because up to 2012 was dealt with pretty well. Sadly 2012/13 not so. Then as to '34h5' 2013-2015, not dealt well with 2017 on. But a 3rd recall started in Australia in 2019. http://skoda-auto.com/services/recall-actions Check if it was required or not and outstanding or not. Not that Skoda UK has much of a clue quite often. PS. If '34H5' was done the sticker should be in the spare tyre well. If the DQ200 is OK now after many years on the road then good. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/473213-another-dsg-recall-today-sorry-if-already-posted

EDIT. I missed the above manual stuff, but nice to see that it does point out the issues. Wading depth is all well and good, but risky unless you know the road / stream and no manhole cover is up or a boulder in your route. Then when going into the water if a steam / ford be sure there is not a strong flow going down. If dirty water that is going on your alternator, starter etc. Going through a flood it can go wrong when an idiot comes in the opposite direction quickly putting the water over your bonnet, windscreen and maybe into your non raised air intake. Remember and dry your brakes out, and if it is a frosty day / night later that water might be freezing where ever it got in during the wading.

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/483229-how-to-change-th-oil-in-a-haldex-5th-generation http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/505678-haldex-and-dsg-fluidoil http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/498074-servicing

Who are you dealing with Hawco or Skoda Specialist Cars / John Clark Group or idiots at Parks.? The Haldex is not sealed. Needs oil changed and cleaned out. Plenty horror threads on here. & pictures. eg. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/482586-haldex-filter-blocked No mater gen 4 or gen 5 they need cleaned out. Main Dealer Servicing does not guarantee that happening. They need to drain the Haldex and not the rear diff, (that is for the years to come, especially on cars launching boats, wading rivers, driving in mud etc.) so no muppet apprentice / fitter doing the job, draining one thing and filling up another.... PS Maybe have an away day. Go to Maud Aberdeenshire & the Victoria Garage. Get the car serviced, spend a couple of hours there and a proper mechanic will do the not difficult job correctly. Maybe get a courtesy car and go visit the millionaire fishers in Peterhead or Fraserburgh. http://victoriagarage-maud.co.uk

@RajaStyleI replied to the other thread you posted in. The 1.4 TSI will have a DQ200 7 Speed Twin Dry Clutch DSG. Check if service campaign '34h5' was needed and done since 2017 on DQ200's from 2013-2015. If a Skoda, 180ps / 250 Nm or less and FWD on a 1.0, 1.2, 1.4, 1.8 TSI or a 1.2, 1.4 or 1.6 TDI they are DQ200 DSG's 2009-2022. *Except maybe a Kodiaq or a PHEV. * Or If 192 PS / 250 Nm or under (VW Polo GTI 1.8 TSI)

They are in the main OK. Far better on a 1.0 / 1.2 TSI than on some others. OK with 1.4 TSI Octavia. Not that reliable with a 1.6 TDI, IMO & IME. There was and is no fix. There was a World Wide Recall 2012 on DQ200's 2009-2012, this excluded Europe that got a Service Campaign in 2014. '34F7'. Change Synthetic oil to Mineral & a Software update. So 2013-2015 interests you. Service Campaign '34H5' a Software Update started 2017 on some cars, 2013-2015. this was a preventative campaign because of pressure / heat issues. Then 2015 on there were TPI's clutch upgrades and software updates for some. Then some with MCU issues from that time. From 2018/19 they are better, we will see how they are at 5 year old when they get to 5 years old.

How it was when Minor / Major Servicing. But then they were charging for parts even if not replaced.

Oil & Filter servicing is just that, have fixed if you want or variable / flexible. You are using Long Life oil anyway with a Diesel. The Haldex Service has been 3 years or 30,000 miles ever since VW first changed it to that an Skoda followed suit eventually. It was 40,000 miles, 4 years, then they were still clueless. You want more than the oil changed, so proper cleaned out. (Some do at 20,000 miles as Volvo had it, some Skoda Haldex looks terrible and is at 20,000 miles.) The brake fluid is at 3 years first then each 2 years, but that can be tested for H20 or just have it done. Get the Service set to Fixed or Variable/ flexible as you want, but be sure that the Inspection service and the Oil Service settings are the same. For the Corrosion Warranty the 'Inspection' needs logged, that is Body Inspection. Not part of the T&C's but Skoda UK try saying no record of it getting done. DSG,s DQ200's no Service, DQ381,s can be at 80,000 miles, other wet clutch 6 or 7 car be at 40,000 miles. Last years idea from Skoda UK. ** This is the FIXED Servicing, and each year and 3rd year extended scope as well. then extended each 2 years after. Or just go to a proper garage with proper technicians / mechanics and get the car serviced correctly according to use. Do not pay £35 for Pollen Filters, £45 for air filters and ridiculous prices for look see and report and do very little. IMHO.

Was the pollen filter changed at 2 years and the area cleaned/washed/ disinfected, then the same again now or are you waiting until 4 years since the car was first registered? 2 years is just a recommendation or guideline on when they should be replaced, they can be checked any place, checked for being dry and clean.

Skoda might get 'snagging issues' finally resolved in the current models & cars people already have or are receiving before introducing facelift models and just continuing with these minor faults that seem beyond the wit of the VW Group. They would not be getting built and delivered until the 2nd half of 2023 would they? http://www.platinummotorgroup.co.uk/news/new-skoda-octavia-facelift-coming-in-2023/26466/newsdetail.aspx

@DutchVRSAvailable from who, as in who has written the new mapping and is selling it, APR, REVO , ABT or others?

Before asking @ the dealership that supplied the car where the security bolts are you had best check there is not one of the other wheels with 4 of them fitted.

Sorry for being stupid, but is it the slight scuff or is that water behind the reflector or is that just how the photo makes the bottom of it look dark?