Thank you for accepting me to the group. I’ve searched through for the items I mention. Picked up my July 2020 Karoq Edition 1.5 petrol manual from a Škoda main dealer last Saturday. Not had much luck so far. Tried to get the rear washer to work and nothing. Opened the bonnet to find water everywhere. Looks like a hose has sprung a leak. Sprayed front and rear with the bonnet open and it’s spraying out from near the reservoir like a fountain. Not sure if the front and back use separate motors but the front motor you can hear but can’t hear anything when trying the rear. Hope this is covered under the 12 months warranty that came with the car! When trying to go up a steep hill into a car park could smell a burning type smell. Have not had a car with hill assist before so maybe I was not releasing the clutch enough? Another issue which maybe nothing is I have the virtual cockpit and the active lane assist works but on vids it looks like there should be horizontal white lines on the screen whereas mine are just orange lines (with no horizontal or a pic of a car etc) going from bottom to top of screen. If I do go across the white line they go from orange to white. The lane assist light at the bottom of the screen is green to indicate it’s working but I would have thought the large lines would have been green instead of orange? I’ve read the handbook which is slightly confusing as mentions green and orange but not sure if that’s referring to the indicator at the bottom of the screen whereas I’m looking at the big lines that go diagonally. Apart from that I love the car and it drives well. It’s taken me years to save for the car and the second most expensive thing I’ve ever bought so am just nervous at the moment that everything is working ok.

Hi, welcome.

All of those things need sorting by the Škoda main dealer you bought the car from the burning smell particularly doesn't sound good you want that looked at (and sorted) ASAP.

 

The (to me PITA) lane "assist" I don't know on your car but a green symbol usually means you have the system turned on, AFAIK on amber lines means you have crossed a line or the computers think you have, or you are close to a white line or other object or the computer thinks you are, never fully trust these systems they can be unreliable and often like a very nervous passenger or very inexperienced driver only these systems when switched on actually start grabbing at the wheel and interfering with your driving.

 

You have certainly done the right thing by reading the Owner's Manual but yes some of the information is a little confusing, I never bother with the Škoda videos as the few I've seen don't seem that instructive to me.

 

It is very important on modern cars that the car battery is in a good state of charge (and health) as the computers don't like a battery that is in a low state of charge and that can be well before the engine takes a bit more effort to start or any warning messages or lights so I would suggest you get the Dealership to check and report on your battery and replace if required. If the battery isn't replaced then I suggest you have an appropriate battery charger maintainer, read the instructions in the Owner's Manual and fully recharge the battery when required or better still  do a preventive full recharge when required.  Just one example of a charger, low and slow is best so 4-amp (or less). - Ring RSC 904 - https://www.ringautomotive.com/en/product/RSC904

 

A 2020 car may be low milage from the periods of covid lock down which didn't help car (or their batteries) but if your Karoq continued to be little used and/or lots of short and/or infrequent journeys then sat with the Dealership there could be other items suffering from this lack of use that need sorting and only appear with more use of the car.

 

Whatever the mileage and use it needs the full time and/or mileage servicing and maintenance, a low mileage car needs proportionately more servicing and maintenance in some respects than average or high mileage.  And servicing now is quite limited, basically an engine oil and filter change and a look for chargeable work and maintenance of some items far too stretched or missing IMO.  Do not expect that the Dealership has fully checked the car properly and make sure it is up to date with any recalls and software updates.

 

To conclude, for info on the lane "assist" and lots more info about the Karoq you are best looking at and asking in the 'Skoda Karoq' forum, you'll also get a more cheery attitude as I'm not a VW fan but hopefully all there will also be honest and know about any issues with the car and (some?) Dealerships. -https://www.briskoda.net/forums/forum/364-skoda-karoq/

 

More details on your name badge(?) might also help, as an example mine.-

 

HTH.  Good luck.