On 02/03/2025 at 13:33, mistac said:

..... like to check the oil level but the dipstick was stuck solid. Not sure if you have to check it when the engine is warm instead of cold.

As per the owner's manual I check the oil when it's warm, 3-5 mins after it's been running. it seems counter-intuitive as all the oil should have settled in the sump overnight. However the low oil sensor should warn you on first start up. A weekly fluid and visual check under the bonnet is an ingrained habit. TSI engines don't seem to use oil. My 1st VRS TFSI drank it in comparison.

Regarding ACC, the old style ACC, like in my 2019 Karoq, can't be downgraded to simple cruise control as far as I'm aware.

The new style ACC that was maybe going to be called Predictive Cruise Control at one time and that incorporated extra functions like slowing down for bends etc. can however be switcheable to the old style ACC.

9 hours ago, croquemonsieur said:

Regarding ACC, the old style ACC, like in my 2019 Karoq, can't be downgraded to simple cruise control as far as I'm aware.

The new style ACC that was maybe going to be called Predictive Cruise Control at one time and that incorporated extra functions like slowing down for bends etc. can however be switcheable to the old style ACC.

I think my Karoq has predictive cruise control. Are you saying it’s switchable to old style ACC or old style cruise control. If so, how as I can’t see any easy way of doing it?

@Redboy 'Warm' is Wrong for the Oil Check.

It is At Normal operating temperature, so 90*oC or so indicated.

HOT was what VW Group used to say. only check cold to see there is oil, or with 1.2 44 kW engines.

Compare Cold / warm and at Normal Operating te,perature.

It is basic stuff, just Skoda translate wrong from German to Czech to English.

Edited 5 March, 20251 yr by Ootohere

3 minutes ago, Ootohere said:

@Redboy 'Warm' is Wrong for the Oil Check.

It is At Normal operating temperature, so 90*oC or so indicated.

HOT was what VW Group used to say. only check cold to see there is oil, or with 1.2 44 kW engines.

Compare Cold / warm and at Normal Operating te,perature.

It is basic stuff, just Skoda translate wrong from German to Czech to English.

Would any of this explain why I could not remove dipstick to check level?

No.

It is stuck. Put in dry.

Sorry i see now that @Redboy had quoted you.

Edited 5 March, 20251 yr by Ootohere

48 minutes ago, Ootohere said:

@Redboy 'Warm' is Wrong for the Oil Check.

It is At Normal operating temperature, so 90*oC or so indicated.

HOT was what VW Group used to say. only check cold to see there is oil, or with 1.2 44 kW engines.

Compare Cold / warm and at Normal Operating te,perature.

It is basic stuff, just Skoda translate wrong from German to Czech to English.

Of course, my warm is your hot. I would check at a petrol stop or after returning home. As You say it's common sense to check it when cold if unsure of level.

Mistac, I only have ACC but that's what I understood from messages a year or 2 ago. I don't actually know for sure, nor if possible, actually how to 'downgrade' Predictive CC to ACC. This may have been explained in those earlier messages. I'll try looking later on.

25 minutes ago, croquemonsieur said:

Mistac, I only have ACC but that's what I understood from messages a year or 2 ago. I don't actually know for sure, nor if possible, actually how to 'downgrade' Predictive CC to ACC. This may have been explained in those earlier messages. I'll try looking later on.

Thanks. Regardless of whether I have ACC or predictive ACC

, I’m more interested in trying to clarify whether there’s any way of reverting or switching to old style cruise control.

Just received an email from the dealer to say my car has now been built and is in Germany awaiting shipment.

As I said in my first paragraph yesterday, I can't find a way to switch my old style ACC to plain old ordinary dumb Cruise Control and I don't think anyone else on Briskoda has found a way either. But I'd never want to do this anyway, as I'm very fond of ACC in my Karoq.

Regarding Predictive Cruise Control PCC (sticking with the original name for clarity, even though it now may also have been renamed ACC), I thought I read somewhere that PCC could be switched to old style ACC, but possibly not to plain ordinary Cruise Control as well. However I've not tried any car with 'PC.

I found the following threads that mention 'PCC', but I'm not now sure they actually answer the 'how' part of your question. 'PCC' seems to have been around for a couple of years. Has there been a suggestion here in an earlier thread that more recent cars have removed the facility of allowing you to switch 'PCC' to old style ACC, but I'm not clear on this without trying a recent car with 'PCC' - maybe a dealer is the best place to clarify.

https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/501032-karoq-sel-incoming/

Jan 2022

https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/502614-potential-purchase-of-20-tsi-sportline/

Mar 2022

https://www.briskoda.net/forums/forum/364-skoda-karoq/page/3/ June 2024

Had a call from the dealer yesterday to say they will be receiving my car early next week, and I'm collecting it on Friday. Looking forward to it.

The comments about ride quality and DCC feedback seem to confirm that the poor ride are primarily caused by the combination of Bridgestone rubber and torsion bar rear suspension rather than 19 inch wheels with 40 profile tyres. The multi link rear suspension provides a better ride.

On 04/03/2025 at 09:14, Redboy said:

I doubt ACC can be reverted back to 'normal' cruise because it's linked to the radar.

I don't see why you can't revert to normal CC. The software would just ignore the adaptive bits.

27 minutes ago, chills said:

I don't see why you can't revert to normal CC. The software would just ignore the adaptive bits.

There does not seem to be any easy/obvious way to do it though ?

13 minutes ago, mistac said:

There does not seem to be any easy/obvious way to do it though ?

I meant it would be very easy for the SW developers to set it up to be optional. There is a screen for selecting driver aids that would be the obvious place to have the option of selecting ACC or not. If it is available for the driver to select, if it isn't then it is a shame.

2 hours ago, chills said:

I meant it would be very easy for the SW developers to set it up to be optional. There is a screen for selecting driver aids that would be the obvious place to have the option of selecting ACC or not. If it is available for the driver to select, if it isn't then it is a shame.

Checked again - the only option is to deactivate ACC, but that completely disables it and the only other option then is to change to speed limiter

4 minutes ago, mistac said:

Checked again - the only option is to deactivate ACC, but that completely disables it and the only other option then is to change to speed limiter

So if you deactivate the ACC on the driver assist section on the main central infotainment screen, you don't get a choice of Cruise Control or Speed Limiter on the drivers' selection from the spedo display with the steering wheel buttons? I would have expected you to still have that choice for Cruise control, just that the Adaptive part would have been disabled. That is the logic I would have expected.

36 minutes ago, chills said:

So if you deactivate the ACC on the driver assist section on the main central infotainment screen, you don't get a choice of Cruise Control or Speed Limiter on the drivers' selection from the spedo display with the steering wheel buttons? I would have expected you to still have that choice for Cruise control, just that the Adaptive part would have been disabled. That is the logic I would have expected.

You can’t deactivate ACC on the central infotainment section - the only options you have is road layout (spots roundabouts, bends etc) or speed limit (adjusts ACC in line with speed limit signs) per pic. Other than that you get the steering wheel option which is either ACC on/off (already tried deselecting it but it only lets you then select speed limiter) or speed limiter as per pic. On a separate point, at least I no longer get the annoying “data set to share your position” message on infotainment screen every time you start car 😀

Edited 16 March, 20251 yr by mistac

So it looks like it is ACC or nothing. A pity.

Has anyone tried to do any customisations on a Sportline Edition using OBD devices? I had a few useful customisations on my previous 2022 Sportline, including Highbeam Assist memory (remember last setting) and Scandinavian DRLs, but when I try to do these things on my Sportline Edition using Carista Evo or OBDEleven Nextgen, they are either not available or "not supported". It's not the end of the world, but they were useful customisations for me.

I also contacted Carista (and Carly from memory) but apparently the latest Karoqs use some newer protection ECU/software and at present are not supported by those types of devices

Edited 24 March, 20251 yr by mistac

36 minutes ago, mistac said:

I also contacted Carista (and Carly from memory) but apparently the latest Karoqs use some newer protection ECU/software and at present are not supported by those types of devices

I guessed that must be the case. I have emailed both Carista and OBDEleven and am awaiting replies. I'll post an update if anything useful emerges.