Karoq Manifold manufacturing defect

Two weeks ago I was setting off for a holiday at approx. 5:45am when about a mile down the road I got the warning Battery not charging!, I thought it may just have been the cold early start but turned off and back on and it appeared again after a couple of minutes. Rang Skoda assistance and they sent out the AA, after about one and a half hours he duly arrived and said the alternator wasn't charging so he boosted the battery and informed Skoda assistance that he was following me back to the dealers as only about 4 miles away and my battery should last that long without a charge but had to drive with most things turned off. On arrival at dealers I informed them that I was on my way to spend two weeks away, they then said they would check it out and let me know, they also said they would arrange for a courtesy car should they not be able to fix it that day. They rang me back after about two hours to say there was oil in the plug that connects to the alternator and needed to investigate further. Problem found to be a breather pipe on the manifold had a small hairline crack where it enters the manifold, this released oil which then dripped down into the alternator, the car was going nowhere! As I had all my luggage plus a roof box on the car I had to return to take everything out then wait for courtesy car to turn up. This arrived about 6pm that evening, so quickly piled everything in and set off. Had a phone call on Thursday to say that all has been fixed, new manifold, alternator and connecting cable. This is on a car approx. 11 months old, went to pick it up today and they said this is the first time they have seen this fault and it was a manufacturing defect. I would suggest that when checking your oil to look and see if any oil is around the manifold as I may not just be the ONLY one. Suffice to say the Tiguan was Ok, but not as nice as my Karoq!  At least the 850 miles I put on the Tiguan was better than putting it on mine!!!

Edited 1 June, 20197 yr by don_kiddik
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