Hello,

This is disappointing that the kodiaq brakes gets worn out in every two months, surprisingly only one of the back Tyre brake pads gets worn out. I think that there some sort of manufacturing defect.

If it took only 2 months and only one is worn down and the opposite side isn't, then I'd be straight into the dealers shouting"Warranty! Problem!"... 

The most likely reason for only one brake pad to wear after two months, is a sticking brake caliper or a defective brake pad.

 

Either way, as mentioned above, this is a clear warranty claim.

 

The very fact only one has worn prematurely supports the fact that this can't be attributed to wear and tear.

The showroom, is replacing the rear brake pads and disk for the second time now. Asking money to replace the front disk, even though I feel the problem lies with the calipers. 

Simply replacing the rear discs and pads appears to be fixing the results of the fault and not the actual fault.

 

If your dealer is replacing the discs and pads for a second time then it should be clear to all involved that there is an underlying issue that they've failed to identify.

 

We're talking two months here, 8 weeks!

 

• How many miles / kilometers has the car done?
• How many miles / kilometers has the car done on each of the two sets of rear brake discs and pads?
• What is their reason behind the required replacement of the front discs?
• Which country are you from?
• After you've driven the car, are the brakes and alloy wheel hot to the touch?

 

1. The car has done only 15 K kms. And the brake pads has been replaced twice already. 

2. Around 6K

3.they say that in 15 K, the front pads and disk is also worn out and I had to pay for the front replacement 

4.india 

5. Have to check 

15,000 km's = 9,300 miles.

 

It is very difficult to wear brake pads down in such a short distance.

 

Either the brake pads used for the Indian market are inferior, compared to those used on European models, or there is a manufacturing defect with either the braking system, or the pads themselves.

Driving style and roads will make a big difference, but my car has just had its first service at 18k miles and the brake pads are apparently 10% worn. 

 

If you’re replacing pads very frequently I’d ask them to check the callipers aren’t seized. If you’re replacing disks so soon, something is very wrong. 

 

What engine do you have and what fuel economy are you getting?

On 28/11/2018 at 20:32, dvivek9999 said:

Hello,

This is disappointing that the kodiaq brakes gets worn out in every two months, surprisingly only one of the back Tyre brake pads gets worn out. I think that there some sort of manufacturing defect.

Hey!! Im facing the same issue... my car's done nly 8000 kms... company changed it under warranty... but there is a manufacturing defect for sure!

Welcome to Briskoda

 

Where are you located?

 

Did your Skoda dealer acknowledge to you that it was due to defective brake pads?

 

Edited 23 June, 20196 yr by silver1011

7 hours ago, silver1011 said:

Welcome to Briskoda

 

Where are you located?

 

Did your Skoda dealer acknowledge to you that it was due to defective brake pads?

 

Hey!! Im from Nashik, Maharashtra. Yes the dealer did acknowledge after 21 days of pestering... the car used to make a growling noise from rear left tire while braking. Kept the car in the showroom for 21 days for the same issue. Finally when they saw im not budging they accepted the fault and changed the brake pads...dreading if this would repeat again after 6k kms...

On 28/11/2018 at 15:02, dvivek9999 said:

This is disappointing that the kodiaq brakes gets worn out in every two months, surprisingly only one of the back Tyre brake pads gets worn out. I think that there some sort of manufacturing defect.

 

5 hours ago, rishigrover88 said:

Hey!! Im from Nashik, Maharashtra. Yes the dealer did acknowledge after 21 days of pestering... the car used to make a growling noise from rear left tire while braking. Kept the car in the showroom for 21 days for the same issue. Finally when they saw im not budging they accepted the fault and changed the brake pads...dreading if this would repeat again after 6k kms...

 

Given that Kodiaqs for India are produced locally in Aurangabad, it is possible the supplier and specification of brake pads differs from those supplied in the European market. 

Quite possible... but at the end of the day looks to difficult to me

It seems more than coincidence that the two rear brake pad issues both originate from India. I've not read any similar complaints from Europe (excluding the excessive corrosion we see on the rear discs over here).

 

It is either pointing to inferior product quality, or poor assembly.

Mine had new rear discs and pads at 11,700 miles. Only 13 months old.

 

I’ll be returning to the dealer again soon to show him that the rear discs look extremely unevenly worn. Again.

 

Now with 22,000 miles.

 

As above, I think the calipers must be contributing to the poor wear pattern.

 

I was parked by an A6, a Q5 and a Merc GLC recently and they all had discs shining like mirrors.

 

I drive smoothly. I can drive hard and I can drive gently and there’s no way my driving “style” is causing the uneven wear on the rear brakes. Something odd going on.

Edited 27 June, 20196 yr by BoxerBoy

7 minutes ago, BoxerBoy said:

I was parked by an A6, a Q5 and a Merc GLC recently and they all had discs shining like mirrors.

Why this information should be relevant to a Skoda Kodiak??

On 25/06/2019 at 16:08, RicardoM said:

Why this information should be relevant to a Skoda Kodiak??

 

I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt...... (Erse!)

 

A. Most cars run with smooth discs when the discs, pads and calipers are of suitable quality and work well.

 

B. Cars of similar size, weight, performance to my Kodiaq can have smooth discs.

 

C. Other cars from the VAG family, that may even be using similar or identical components to my Kodiaq, can have smooth discs.

 

So why can’t my Kodiaq have 4 smooth discs?

Comparing Skoda Kodiaq with high end Audi or Mercedes cars is a joke. It's like comparing a donkey with a horse.

Not to mention the name: Kodiaq. How did they come up with that name? Mixed all letters in a hat and a blind midget pulled one at a time? Jeez...

3 hours ago, RicardoM said:

Comparing Skoda Kodiaq with high end Audi or Mercedes cars is a joke. It's like comparing a donkey with a horse.

 

True - horses are larger and faster than donkeys, but they are very delicate animals and are costly to take care of in terms of diet, housing, cleaning etc.  Horses can be temperamental and even vicious.

 

Donkeys have great endurance and are much less finicky about their diet and living conditions. Usually they are amiable and patient by nature, often too much so for their own good.

 

A donkey is much cheaper to keep than a horse. They are also longer lived than horses (the saying in the middle east is that they live forever - because you never see a dead one, do you?).

 

Lastly, donkeys utilise 95% of what they eat which means their manure is not a very good fertilizer for land. Therefore, it is best to have a horse if you want something that dumps crap all over your property.

Just go in and say do that and that with a I know what I am doing tone. 

Then everything will be sorted under warranty. 

4 hours ago, RicardoM said:

Comparing Skoda Kodiaq with high end Audi or Mercedes cars is a joke. It's like comparing a donkey with a horse.

Not to mention the name: Kodiaq. How did they come up with that name? Mixed all letters in a hat and a blind midget pulled one at a time? Jeez...

 

 

The only joke here is everything you've typed so far!

 

"High end" Mercedes and Audi, oh, you make me chuckle. I own a Mercedes, they're no "higher end" than the Kodiaq parked next to it.

 

Someone who claims to own a Felicia, is struggling with the name Kodiaq? Let's have another one of these... 

My not-exactly-high-end Roomster had exactly the same part numbers for brake parts as the Audi A4 ...

13 hours ago, DaveMiller said:

My not-exactly-high-end Roomster had exactly the same part numbers for brake parts as the Audi A4 ...

Well then you are the proud owner of high end brake parts 😁

22 hours ago, silver1011 said:

The only joke here is everything you've typed so far!

Oh, that might have hit a nerve since you felt the need to defend fiercely your precious Kodiaq. In your place I would have fought for my car with a vengeance if it was a British car but what British-owned car industry can we talk about?😎

42 minutes ago, RicardoM said:

Well then you are the proud owner of high end brake parts 😁

Oh, that might have hit a nerve since you felt the need to defend fiercely your precious Kodiaq. In your place I would have fought for my car with a vengeance if it was a British car but what British-owned car industry can we talk about?😎

Better still, lets have a discussion about the Canadian owned car industry.🤐

On 27/06/2019 at 18:54, RicardoM said:

 

Not to mention the name: Kodiaq. How did they come up with that name? Mixed all letters in a hat and a blind midget pulled one at a time? Jeez...

 

The name is derived from the island of Kodiak in Alaska, home of the Kodiak bear. Karoq is also in their native tongue.