Hi everyone

I've bought a 2024 2litre diesel skoda karoq to tow my caravan with. It came highly recommended for towing my van. I now find out it's definitely not that simple!

Please bear with me as I'm new to all this ...

It's definitely got the pre towing needed on the car but my local skoda dealer will not fit a tow bar but recommend an independent chap. However having read all about the lack of coding and how you have to disconnect the braking sensors I'm so confused. Can anyone explain this to me in plain English please? Apologies as I'm sure this has already been discussed to death but I'm a newbie and really struggling. Thank you

Ask your dealer for a copy of the options fitted to your car. He should supply a detailed list of them.

You need to look for 'fitted with towing system' or something to that effect.

If it does then you need to get the correct towbar orded and fitted. If your dealer can't or won't do it then poor show IMO.

Towsure if they're still going should be more helpful.

Thanks for the very quick reply! Sadly I bought the car from another garage unaware that this was going to be such a problem. I contacted the skoda dealer after discussion with an independent tow fitter who said he wouldn't do it because of the coding issues.

Just to clarify the car does have the “fitted with towing system” in its description.