I have already posted and/or commented about our Karoq Edition boot door being open, but today we had a new one that I've not seen on here. We went out this morning to find the sunroof sunblind closed. I've certainly not closed it. Anyone else had this happen?

When I had my Yeti, the sunroof blind would randomly close overnight , the consensus on here at the time was that the blind automatically closed during cold weather to prevent drips from condensation on the inside of the sunroof dropping onto the seats etc, but this was never proven.

Also remember if the lock button on the remote is pressed for any length of time the global closing will close all window, sunroof and close sunroof blind, so your boot opening and sunroof blind closing could be linked to buttons on the remote being operated whilst in trouser pockets.

My old Karoq did the closing of windows and sunroof / sunroof blind with a long press of the close button too.  The sunroof blind was pretty slow though so it must be a long press of about 20 seconds (assume its the same technology - which I think it is).  It never randomly closed in the cold / overnight though.  It did sense rain and close the roof if it detected it but never the blind.

 

My guess is a button press - only you will know if that is feasible - wherever both sets of keys were at the time. 

 

Do you have a Poltegeist maybe - having a laugh at your expense??

 

Good luck trying to demonstrate / prove / convince skoda service on that one 😞

It doesn't inspire confidence though - if it really is doing it without a button press it makes you wonder what else it is doing that you don't know about.  If it keeps happening then, if the car is on your own drive and has any kind of illumination, you could rig up a webcam/cctv on the windowsill pointing down out of the upstairs window to keep an eye on it for 24 hours. A tad excessive unless you are really suspicious and worried about it.  You should see the hazzards flash and you might be able to see the blind moving. You can also keep an eye on the coming home and leaving home lights to see if they come on and off.  Problem is, if it is an accidental press then it will never happen because you will be very vigilent during your investigations - then some months later when you forget about it a long press might happen again.

 

55 minutes ago, smipx said:

Good luck trying to demonstrate / prove / convince skoda service on that one 😞

It doesn't inspire confidence though - if it really is doing it without a button press it makes you wonder what else it is doing that you don't know about.  If it keeps happening then, if the car is on your own drive and has any kind of illumination, you could rig up a webcam/cctv on the windowsill pointing down out of the upstairs window to keep an eye on it for 24 hours. A tad excessive unless you are really suspicious and worried about it.  You should see the hazzards flash and you might be able to see the blind moving. You can also keep an eye on the coming home and leaving home lights to see if they come on and off.  Problem is, if it is an accidental press then it will never happen because you will be very vigilent during your investigations - then some months later when you forget about it a long press might happen again.

 

 

In my experience, if it's just an occasional random occurance, those who take steps such as this either never reply or say the problem has magically gone away. That said given how heavily tinted it is, I'd be impressed if anyone would know if their blind is open or closed from the outside. It'd be even worse for a camera to see.

 

Electrics in modern vehicles are incredibly complicated but it's almost impossible to think what would cause the sunroof blind to close on it's own. What I'd suggest is to open your blind, go outside the car and then globally close it using your jkey fob. It may seem a long time to close when you're impatiently sitting in the driving seat, but when you watch it close from elsewhare, the reality is it's only a matter of seconds. Anything pressed against that 'close' button on the keyfob could easily have triggered it.

Edited 17 February, 20224 yr by kodiaqsportline

True,  And I dug up that old post about the boot and there is a quote "So it appears that, as I tend to keep the keys in my pocket, it looks like I am accidentally pressing the boot open button some time during the evening."

 

Q.E.D. me thinks ?!?

I tried holding the lock button and the blind started to close. So my bet is that the lock button was accidentally pressed and held for the blind to close. It seems to need to be held for 25 seconds to fully close the blind. The rear door only needs a couple of seconds to open. I'd rather the blind closed than the rear door opened.

Ha ha..   and if you take your keys out of your pocket you will have no problems with either 😁

Wait for the andropause & you will no longer be scratching your balls & the car will behave!

Take keys out of the jeans pocket BEFORE taking the little blue pill 😂