JamieK said:
Colin Lambert said:
All unto their own.
I have been Mod on this forum for 5 years and can assure you that there have been many problems with these door guards. Nearly every case involving arguments with Skoda and or the dealer. Admittedly the majority in the earlier days.
SUK's attitude has always been unhelpful. Only after after applied pressure have they, in most cases succumbed.
Do these things just break or is it owner error? I say that because on occasion I've got out of the car then reached behind me without looking to close the door and found my hand has been on the door protector. I very much doubt they were designed as a handle to close the door. Thus far I've been lucky and realised my error before forcing the door shut. Other than that, I can't really see how these things break because there's never any pressure placed on them. Perhaps if the mechanism is slow to retract the protector then it may catch and snap but I've never experienced that on my car.
Luckily my latest Kodiaq doesn't have them but my previous Edition did.
The design of these in my view are fundamentally flawed and on my old Edition were not fit for purpose. Two broke and replaced as goodwill gestures which I took as Skoda not admitting they were useless. When two more failed I just threw them in the glovebox and forgot about them. Interestingly when the drivers door one went the dealership blamed my 9 year old daughter for not closing the door correctly.
Good idea but badly implemented.
I really don't miss these things at all.
