Skoda Rapid : Test Drive & Review

samaspire · 8th January 2017, 23:11

Posting this query for a non-bhpian friend. He has a Dec 2015 make Skoda Rapid Ambition with 2+2 years warranty. Now he wants to install aftermarket parking sensors and reverse camera.

How are Skoda towards aftermarket installs and would it effect warranty. Any specific connectors available for Skoda that will help avoid wire cutting?

Sam

ShaileshHinge · 9th January 2017, 10:56

I got my rear suspension studds replaced outside. Got Gabriel studds from Shetty motors in Navi Mumbai and got it replaced at a local garage. Was pretty straightforward. exactly 3 bolts to be removed and fixed again.

Question i have is that the studds came with Vento Marking. does this mean that the settings on these will be of softer suspensions vs the hard one that Rapid had ?

Car had done 93K and was hitting speed breakers from rear if there are passengers in rear seat. The car feels much much better now with the replaced ones but want to understand if the settings will be different ?

motorworks · 10th January 2017, 04:54

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Originally Posted by samaspire

Posting this query for a non-bhpian friend. He has a Dec 2015 make Skoda Rapid Ambition with 2+2 years warranty. Now he wants to install aftermarket parking sensors and reverse camera.

How are Skoda towards aftermarket installs and would it effect warranty. Any specific connectors available for Skoda that will help avoid wire cutting?

Sam

Although I don't see much of an issue with fixijg reverse parking sensors, you could ask the dealer to help in fitting these. I got all of the electronics fixed at the dealer's end( I bought them separately) before I even took delivery of the car.

F150 · 11th January 2017, 16:22

Hi All,
Does the Skoda battery that comes from the factory have any warranty period ?

patron · 11th January 2017, 16:37

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Originally Posted by F150

Hi All,
Does the Skoda battery that comes from the factory have any warranty period ?

1 year. But the warranty is from the battery manufacturer and the dealer facilitates in claiming it if needed. I got this information from the dealer just yesterday as mine died at 1 year 11 months.

F150 · 12th January 2017, 09:31

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Originally Posted by patron

1 year. But the warranty is from the battery manufacturer and the dealer facilitates in claiming it if needed. I got this information from the dealer just yesterday as mine died at 1 year 11 months.

Oh. Mine is also 1 Yr 9 months old. I can sense some weakness in the battery. Which battery did you replace yours with and what is the price ?

patron · 12th January 2017, 09:52

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Originally Posted by F150

Oh. Mine is also 1 Yr 9 months old. I can sense some weakness in the battery. Which battery did you replace yours with and what is the price ?

I got AMARON AAM-FL-566112060 for 5100.

torque18 · 15th January 2017, 18:37

I am noticing a weird behaviour in my 2012 TDI. The car requires an unusually long cranking to get fired up if parked for few hours also.
I had got the battery replaced recently to Amaron and have undertaken a 2500 km trip as well and everything was perfect.
This issue has suddenly cropped up. VCDS didn't throw any error either. What could be the issue here?

ShaileshHinge · 16th January 2017, 09:59

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Originally Posted by torque18

What could be the issue here?

Do you let the heater light on the dashboard to go off before cranking ?

torque18 · 16th January 2017, 10:48

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Originally Posted by ShaileshHinge

Do you let the heater light on the dashboard to go off before cranking ?

Even wait for a few seconds after all the lights go off for the fuel to get filled up in the pipeline.

crdi · 17th January 2017, 14:36

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Originally Posted by torque18

What could be the issue here?

Could be a dying fuel pump, a known problem with early vento/rapids.

torque18 · 17th January 2017, 15:34

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Originally Posted by crdi

Could be a dying fuel pump, a known problem with early vento/rapids.

How to pin point to it? If it is the cause, I would like to have it replaced before it gets me stranded someday.

crdi · 18th January 2017, 09:10

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Originally Posted by torque18

How to pin point to it? If it is the cause, I would like to have it replaced before it gets me stranded someday.

Wouldn't know how to pin point it. Could be a throttle position sensor error too. My service centre guys once mentioned usual problems and its signs. According to them Injectors, fuel pump and wheel speed sensors were the commonest faults on these models. A reasonable service advisor and mechanic would be needed i guess. Get the complaint (long crank time and black smoke on starting) entered on a job card asap, it is the least one could do.
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sree5999 · 6th February 2017, 21:33

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Originally Posted by torque18

I have serious doubts if that was actually required!
There are absolutely no signs of clutch going bad.
A casual Google search points towards the issue with throw out bearing. However, I am absolutely clueless and at the same time don't want the ASS to mess unnecessarily with my car.

Hi torque18,

Can you please update on this issue so that I can find out if my clutch, release bearing and flywheel replacement were really required as carried out.

Thanks

torque18 · 7th February 2017, 22:04

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Originally Posted by sree5999

Hi torque18,

Can you please update on this issue so that I can find out if my clutch, release bearing and flywheel replacement were really required as carried out.

Thanks

Apparently, it's an issue with the clutch only and is not going to deteriorate over time. Plus, the issue can crop up any time and is not linked to the mileage. Even if the the clutch is changed, it may reappear.
So yes, the sound is very much from the clutch.
I didn't get it changed even though I bought the clutch and pressure plate along with the bearing. I will be observing this phenomenon over few thousand kilometres and then decide.

8th January 2017, 23:11	#2596
samaspire Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Manipal / Udupi Posts: 1,630 Thanked: 4,860 Times	Re: Skoda Rapid : Test Drive & Review Posting this query for a non-bhpian friend. He has a Dec 2015 make Skoda Rapid Ambition with 2+2 years warranty. Now he wants to install aftermarket parking sensors and reverse camera. How are Skoda towards aftermarket installs and would it effect warranty. Any specific connectors available for Skoda that will help avoid wire cutting? Sam
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ShaileshHinge BHPian Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Navi Mumbai Posts: 192 Thanked: 171 Times	Re: Skoda Rapid : Test Drive & Review I got my rear suspension studds replaced outside. Got Gabriel studds from Shetty motors in Navi Mumbai and got it replaced at a local garage. Was pretty straightforward. exactly 3 bolts to be removed and fixed again. Question i have is that the studds came with Vento Marking. does this mean that the settings on these will be of softer suspensions vs the hard one that Rapid had ? Car had done 93K and was hitting speed breakers from rear if there are passengers in rear seat. The car feels much much better now with the replaced ones but want to understand if the settings will be different ?
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F150 Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2011 Location: PUNE Posts: 1,730 Thanked: 870 Times View My Garage	Re: Skoda Rapid : Test Drive & Review Hi All, Does the Skoda battery that comes from the factory have any warranty period ?
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torque18 BHPian Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: India Posts: 482 Thanked: 193 Times	I am noticing a weird behaviour in my 2012 TDI. The car requires an unusually long cranking to get fired up if parked for few hours also. I had got the battery replaced recently to Amaron and have undertaken a 2500 km trip as well and everything was perfect. This issue has suddenly cropped up. VCDS didn't throw any error either. What could be the issue here? Last edited by torque18 : 15th January 2017 at 18:39.
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