Hello,

 

I'm currently considering getting a mid-2022 facelifted Karoq, but I'm struggling to find a full list of all its specs. Is there a place where I could insert the VIN number to get a full trim specification (with extras) for this particular car?

 

For one, I'm not sure whether it's equipped with standard LED headlights, or is it Matrix LED? Attaching a few photos for your reference.

 

Also, does anyone know if these cornering lights below the headlight are halogen or also LED?

 

Thanks in advance!

The pictures you refer to appear to be that of an SEL (or SE Drive) but Matrix lights were not standard on either model. If the picture is an SEL then it definitely had LED lights but not sure about cornering lights. Not so sure about any of the lights on the SE Drive but this link may or may not help Skoda | Auto Catalog Archive - Brochure pdf download

Edited 23 January, 20251 yr by mistac

1 hour ago, jon15 said:

Hello,

 

I'm currently considering getting a mid-2022 facelifted Karoq, but I'm struggling to find a full list of all its specs. Is there a place where I could insert the VIN number to get a full trim specification (with extras) for this particular car?

 

For one, I'm not sure whether it's equipped with standard LED headlights, or is it Matrix LED? Attaching a few photos for your reference.

 

Also, does anyone know if these cornering lights below the headlight are halogen or also LED?

 

Thanks in advance!

That looks identical to my 2023 SE-L.

 

The headlights are standard LED (with manual height adjustment).

 

The fog lights in my car are Halogen and there is no cornering function as standard.

 

I can enable left Cornering light functionality with Carista, but not both sides, which is a frustrating backwards step when all of my previous 4 Yeti's did this 😬

 

8 hours ago, pinkpanther said:

That looks identical to my 2023 SE-L.

 

The headlights are standard LED (with manual height adjustment).

 

The fog lights in my car are Halogen and there is no cornering function as standard.

 

I can enable left Cornering light functionality with Carista, but not both sides, which is a frustrating backwards step when all of my previous 4 Yeti's did this 😬

 

Hmm, are you sure it looks like the SE-L? Would you mind posting a pic of your SE-L lights?

 

I found this: https://www.skoda.tj/models/newkaroq/newkaroq/skoda-karoq-led-lights

 

And as far as I can see the lights in the photos from my initial post look more like the ones on the orange Karoq from the link, don't they?

Hi Jon

 

This is my facelift April 2022 SE L Karoq. LED lights, not matrix im afraid. Im perfectly happy with them. It looks more like the white car shown immediately above.

The reflections are unwelcome but its blowing a gale out there 😆

 

No cornering lights. My 2018 SE L had them, which were nice but I do not really miss them to be honest.

 

 

 

 

 

My Sportline has the Matrix LED headlights with auto dip/main. I’ve compared them to the photos and it’s very difficult to be sure which one they match, so I’ve not indicated in case I got it wrong. If you are buying from a Skoda dealer they should be able to provide the precise spec, it’s on the Skoda systems, I’ve seen it with our other Skoda. Also  there is a chat feature on the Skoda website and they can take a vin of reg number and provide the spec. Matrix LEF and auto dip/main is well worth having. 

6 hours ago, jon15 said:

Hmm, are you sure it looks like the SE-L? Would you mind posting a pic of your SE-L lights?

 

I found this: https://www.skoda.tj/models/newkaroq/newkaroq/skoda-karoq-led-lights

 

And as far as I can see the lights in the photos from my initial post look more like the ones on the orange Karoq from the link, don't they?

Hi Jon

 

Not the best picture (it's the thumbnail from my Fuelly account). 

 

The standard (non matrix) LED headlights are passable and certainly an improvement on Halogen, but aren't as good as the AFS equipped Xenon headlights in previous Yeti's. 

 

Hope that helps. 

16 hours ago, jon15 said:

but I'm struggling to find a full list of all its specs. Is there a place where I could insert the VIN number to get a full trim specification (with extras) for this particular car?

I have had exactly the same problem on specs.

 

The 2022 SE L, or at least mine has LED lights but NOT Matrix.  Also the fog lights are not standard.
I looked into the fog lights, and it isn't worth changing them to LED. (it can't be done legally anyway)
 

I think I would prefer the ordinary LED lights that I have, as the Matrix ones are just more to go wrong and more expensive to fix. 

I got the full spec for my 2024 Sportline from the Digital Certificate obtained on My ŠKODA App.

1 hour ago, chills said:

I think I would prefer the ordinary LED lights that I have, as the Matrix ones are just more to go wrong and more expensive to fix. 

That could be an important consideration, as I think the Matrix version requires a complete sealed unit in the event of a failure not a simple bulb replacement.

15 hours ago, jon15 said:

Hmm, are you sure it looks like the SE-L? Would you mind posting a pic of your SE-L lights?

 

I found this: https://www.skoda.tj/models/newkaroq/newkaroq/skoda-karoq-led-lights

 

And as far as I can see the lights in the photos from my initial post look more like the ones on the orange Karoq from the link, don't they?

Just to clear this up, in the top picture ( orange car ) the daytime running light DRL is split over the 2 levels of the headlight, you can also see the led main unit is a projector type.... this is the matrix version.

In the lower picture, the DRL is one bar and goes across the whole light, not dropping down in the lower part. You can also see that the unit is full of reflectors.... this is the standard led version. ( a downgrade on the previous LED version which was a projector (non matrix) version) 

 

Thanks everyone for your replies! I think I figured it out in the meantime: as @MrAdamwoodpointed out, Matrix headlights are the ones where the daytime LED strip is split into 2 parts, while standard LED are the ones where daytime LED is a single strip. So from both @pinkpanther and @OldKaroq’s pictures you can clearly see that they have a non-split/single strip of the daily LED, which is indicative of the non-Matrix version.

 

If you take a look at my initial post, the daytime LED strip is split, so apparently those are indeed Matrix.

Edited 25 January, 20251 yr by jon15

I'm facing a huge dilemma though: the above-mentioned Karoq I'm eyeing has cca. 20k miles on the clock, but it's already from the 2nd owner (the latter, as I was told, bought it in order to resell it). Which means I'd be the 3rd owner.

 

I'm worried that this would reduce its resale value significantly and would make it much more difficult to sell in 5-7 (or if I'm lucky 10) years.

 

Thoughts?

Edited 25 January, 20251 yr by jon15

9 minutes ago, jon15 said:

I'm worried that this would reduce its resale value significantly and would make it much more difficult to sell in 5-7 (or if I'm lucky 10) years.

 

Thoughts?

If I was looking at a 10 to 13 year old car, I'd be more concerned about condition than "2 or 3 owners".

48 minutes ago, Paws4Thot said:

If I was looking at a 10 to 13 year old car, I'd be more concerned about condition than "2 or 3 owners".

Vehicle looks well preserved and has done 2 regular maintenance service already, so from the condition standpoint it doesn't seem to be problematic. I'm worried about long-term resale value. If it will be potentially much more difficult to sell it eventually being a 3rd owner.

Edited 25 January, 20251 yr by jon15

I wouldn’t worry about a 10-13 year old car having 3 owners. At that age and value, I can’t see it being an issue. As Paws4Thot has said, condition and service history would be the important issues.

1 hour ago, JimG59 said:

I wouldn’t worry about a 10-13 year old car having 3 owners. At that age and value, I can’t see it being an issue. As Paws4Thot has said, condition and service history would be the important issues.

I agree  with you Jim.

And for a 10-13 year old car I would almost expect 3 owners.

Bought to resell is a bit cheeky, a quick turnaround but dropping the value in the process. Hope this does not become common, a new way to make a few quid.

Flip side is it’s not been resold due to a problem.

5 hours ago, OldKaroq said:

Bought to resell is a bit cheeky, a quick turnaround but dropping the value in the process

 

That's what happens to the vast majority of new vehicles that either are leased or are punted out to fleet operators or extended family members of anyone connected with the manufacturer and dealer network so they can then be resold after some miles are put on them at a higher price than the net price new after the VAT was reclaimed, those that aren't foisted off to mug punters with the fairy tale of being a sales directors car go to auction, often closed auctions to the manufacturers main dealers.

 

Whether its the main dealers or smaller dealers they are selling for a profit so not dropping value.

 

When a dealer in the UK buys a car at auction and sells it on does the V5 reflect that or just show the original registered keeper?

7 minutes ago, J.R. said:

When a dealer in the UK buys a car at auction and sells it on does the V5 reflect that or just show the original registered keeper?

Mine, in the UK,  had the original, and only, registrant on the V5 which was the main dealer. It was their demo car.
It was 7 months old and 3K5 miles on the clock. Which is about 115 miles a week.  

2 hours ago, J.R. said:

 

When a dealer in the UK buys a car at auction and sells it on does the V5 reflect that or just show the original registered keeper?

When a UK Dealer, “Car Trader” in DVLAs words, buys a vehicle a different part of the V5 is completed, so they are recorded as the keeper but crucially not the registered keeper because they don’t buy Road Fund Licence. It’s not SORNed either  so it’s in transition. I’ve previously bought a dealers demo vehicle, which they had registered and taxed, I became the 2nd owner. My Karoq was bought from a dealer, the first owner was a Skoda employee, the Dealer bought it through a closed Skoda auction I am the 2nd owner.

Thanks, I thought that was the situation, so to confirm both V5's had you listed as the new registered keeper and recorded one previous owner?