So, a small post after one year of ownership, with some questions and comments;
As already stated, I have a 1.5TSI DSG in Desire Red colour. I have covered 12.000 miles (18.000km).
When I bought the car a year ago, there was already a long waiting list, so I chose a car that the dealer ordered for their own supply.
Standard equipment + Business package, unfortunately no android auto.
As a faithful Seat owner, dealer gave us a 9% discount on the sticker price for any Seat or Cupra, which was nice. Also, the price has gone up in the last year about 5-10%.
We started with looking at the Seat Ateca with manual gearbox and ended up with the Formentor DSG after my wife took it for a test drive
A weird thing was that the serial number ends in 004xxx, so it is basically one of the first cars from the factory, but the production of Formentor started long before mid last year. I am guessing maybe the car had a faulty something, and waited for a replacement part before being completed and exiting the factory.
I only noticed this after a month of ownership.
Also, the infotainment version was 1804 (now updated to A896) which is quite new for a VIN that is basically from 2020.
I had one issue with the infotainment, and that is that it did not start on one occasion, the screen was blank, with intermittent RGB flickering every 20-30 seconds. Interesstingly, it did respond to input... if you pressed on the correct place, it changed the values of A/C, but you could not see anything. After a longer stop everything was fine and this never happened again.
I also have an issue with some weird noise coming from the front suspension. When backing up, or turning into a slow tightening corner with the brakes on, I can hear some clicking and clanking from the suspension. This one is pissing me off, it is not loud, but I feel like I am driving a golf mkII... I am having it checked soon as I need to replace the cracked windshield.
Besides that, I love the car. It is comfortable, runs OK, gearbox is fine but could be a bit quicker and the car just looks great.
Fuel consumption is cca. 8 L/100km... Could be worse.
I miss the illumination for the A/C controls, low wiper fluid warning and a USB-A connector.
I recently ordered some screen shades for rear windows. They fit great and really help blocking the sun from the rear.
Can anyone explain how to remove the glovebox to replace the cabin filter? Found a youtube video for some Seat, and it should be the same, but I push those side pins on the glovebox really hard and it won't open. I have a feeling if I push harder that I will break them...
Happy to answer any questions
P
As already stated, I have a 1.5TSI DSG in Desire Red colour. I have covered 12.000 miles (18.000km).
When I bought the car a year ago, there was already a long waiting list, so I chose a car that the dealer ordered for their own supply.
Standard equipment + Business package, unfortunately no android auto.
As a faithful Seat owner, dealer gave us a 9% discount on the sticker price for any Seat or Cupra, which was nice. Also, the price has gone up in the last year about 5-10%.
We started with looking at the Seat Ateca with manual gearbox and ended up with the Formentor DSG after my wife took it for a test drive
A weird thing was that the serial number ends in 004xxx, so it is basically one of the first cars from the factory, but the production of Formentor started long before mid last year. I am guessing maybe the car had a faulty something, and waited for a replacement part before being completed and exiting the factory.
I only noticed this after a month of ownership.
Also, the infotainment version was 1804 (now updated to A896) which is quite new for a VIN that is basically from 2020.
I had one issue with the infotainment, and that is that it did not start on one occasion, the screen was blank, with intermittent RGB flickering every 20-30 seconds. Interesstingly, it did respond to input... if you pressed on the correct place, it changed the values of A/C, but you could not see anything. After a longer stop everything was fine and this never happened again.
I also have an issue with some weird noise coming from the front suspension. When backing up, or turning into a slow tightening corner with the brakes on, I can hear some clicking and clanking from the suspension. This one is pissing me off, it is not loud, but I feel like I am driving a golf mkII... I am having it checked soon as I need to replace the cracked windshield.
Besides that, I love the car. It is comfortable, runs OK, gearbox is fine but could be a bit quicker and the car just looks great.
Fuel consumption is cca. 8 L/100km... Could be worse.
I miss the illumination for the A/C controls, low wiper fluid warning and a USB-A connector.
I recently ordered some screen shades for rear windows. They fit great and really help blocking the sun from the rear.
Can anyone explain how to remove the glovebox to replace the cabin filter? Found a youtube video for some Seat, and it should be the same, but I push those side pins on the glovebox really hard and it won't open. I have a feeling if I push harder that I will break them...
Happy to answer any questions
P
