Hi All,

At the last service of my Karoq SE L 2000cc (ish), the suspension front and back were reported as "misty", which sounds like a bill is looming.....

Any recommendations for what make is a good replacement option and potential parts and labour costs for front and back?

Ta!

Paul

I assume you're talking about the shock absorbers. A year ago my car passed the MOT but the certificate noted there was some misting from one front shock absorber. I asked the dealer who service the car about this and he said said I might need to havee the fronts replaced in a year's time - i.e. about now.

I commented about this on this forum last year and several people here reassured me that misting is fairly normal and not a sign they are about to fail. It turned out to be good advice, as I've just had my car MOT'd (by a local independent test centre, not as previously through the dealer) and they said the misting was still minimal and nothing to worry about and the shock absorbers could last for a good few years yet.

The dealer last year had also further noted that the rear brakes seemed to be wearing and I should be prepared for their replacement soon (but MOT hadn't commented on this). Again people here said that this was unlikely and sure enough, the recent MOT testers said that the brakes front and back were nowhere near worn enough for the need to be replaced. Some slight scoring on the discs but nothing to worry about. They said that in their experience many dealers of all carf makes like to replace brakes well before this becomes necessary.

Out of interest, the recent MOT testers said the engine emissions were extremely low, below the limit by a factor of 10 or 100. I wish I'd paid more attention and taken in which emissions they were referring to. Car is a 1.0 DSG 6 years old done almost 39,000 miles. So came away from the test centre in a good mood.

16 hours ago, Manc_pablo said:

Hi All,

At the last service of my Karoq SE L 2000cc (ish), the suspension front and back were reported as "misty", which sounds like a bill is looming.....

Any recommendations for what make is a good replacement option and potential parts and labour costs for front and back?

Ta!

Paul

I just having more or less this exact conversation with a taxi driver, and me in @croquemonsieur role.

Thanks for that.

To be fair the garage said its normal and it'll be MOT that would decide. They also mentioned the back brake discs and pads but wait till the warning light comes on.

Paul

Both front on mine reported misting at the first MOT and 20K Miles. Subsequently MOT failed on nearside 2 years later and 34K Miles, nearside replaced under warranty.

If my shock absorbers were to have been replaced at the MOT, I'd decided I wouldn't go for the standard Skoda Item as I'd come across Koni Special-Active ones which feature frequency dependent damping, higher frequencies (sharp ridges etc.) being softer than at lower frequencies (more undulating surfaces) + one or 2 other refinements. This would seem likely to at least partially answer the Karoq low speed ride criticisms that quite a few people have commented on.

I discussed this with the MOT people and they think I'd be mad to even think of replacing the existing units - nothing wrong with them they said & will last years, but in spite of this, I'm now seriously thinking of getting a set of these Konis delivered, for fitting a little while before the next MOT. I'm hoping they will be a halfway house towards proper DCC. Of course DCC does more, allowing you to adjust the degree of damping and thus the overall ride softness, but also anticipating the bumps before they happen and adjusting short duration damping accordingly.

I'll let you know later if the Konis work as hoped, or on the other hand, they turn out to be a somewhat pricey failed experiment.

I guess the million dollar question is do they cost a million??