When I press the button to start the engine it takes a while before it fires up. Is this normal because when I had my Mazda cx3 it was instant

TDI - glow plugs must fire off first.

 

Cold start? Diesel?

I have the 190 hp TDI DSG and with my foot on the brake, it starts direct by pushing the start button.

Do you mean nothing happens for a while, or the starter turns but the engine doesn’t fire up?

my 2.0tsi starts immediately. 

I have experienced the same issue as OP just as of last couple of weeks, I was wondering if it was due to cold weather and having a Moll battery which seems to have issues as highlighted by others on this forum?

44 minutes ago, WaterMelonMan said:

I have experienced the same issue as OP just as of last couple of weeks, I was wondering if it was due to cold weather and having a Moll battery which seems to have issues as highlighted by others on this forum?

The glow plugs on a TDI need some time to heat up.

The TDi in the Skoda is pretty old fashioned - the glow plugs don’t fire up until you press the start button, so you have to wait for them to warm up before the engine crank. 
 

Other manufacturers have the glow plugs activated by unlocking the car or opening the driver’s door, so they’re good to go by the time you press the start button and starting is instant. 

I always use the aux. heater so my TDI always start the same time I push the start button.

10 hours ago, linni said:

TDI - glow plugs must fire off first.

 

Indeed.

 

On these colder mornings my car shows a message in the dash for a second or two “Engine Starting”, while I press the GO button.

 

Doesn’t show the message again during the day.

18 hours ago, WaterMelonMan said:

...and having a Moll battery...

 

I'd be looking to get that changed whilst still under warranty.

Since new my tdi takes about 3-4 seconds to start from pressing the button, I put it down to glow plugs heating before it turns the engine, not found it an issue - I use the time to put on my seat belt and plug in my phone

Before Kessy, to start a diesel in the cold weather, you’d turn on the ignition, wait a moment for the glow plugs to heat up, then turn the key to start the engine.  Turning the key immediately would make things worse, as the input of fresh fuel and air would cool the plugs.

 

Could it be, then, that the modern Kodiaq has a system to stop you getting it wrong? If it’s cold, pressing the brake and the starter turns on the glowplugs to get heating, but pauses long enough for them to get hot before turning the engine?  And to let you know it’s not ignoring you, the dash shows the “engine starting” message that BoxerBoy mentions?  In which case, the original poster’s car is actually behaving correctly?

 

(I can't experiment, as my latest car is petrol.)

 

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Edited 24 January, 20206 yr by DaveMiller

The same system was already on my 2014 Superb. Car waits, until glow pugs reach certain temparature, and only then starter follows.

Same on my Golf diesel with KESSY: press starter button, few seconds delay, then starter motor functions, car then starts immediately

Thank you to each and every one of you that went to the trouble of answering my question. I have spoken to the dealership and they seem to think that the delay in the start is due it being a diesel. I did mention that I had spoken to the forum and that there had been some mention that it could be the battery. They have asked me to keep my eyes on it and if it gets any worse they will change it. Thinking about it now I think that maybe the fact that it is diesel and the delay is not that bad really  Thank you all once again for your help