HI All, After having my Skoda Octavia written off because of someone not taking the time to scrape the ice off his screen I have now
bought a Skoda Karoq, It is fitted with an electric retractable towbar, has anyone had experience using one of these. All comments
welcome, good or bad. Thanks in advance.

As Colin said, but if you have a friction style hitch then remember to de-grease the tow ball before towing

Dave

hi Valjon

I have the Karoq Scout with this fitted. I also had an Octavia Scout previously with the Skoda manual retractable tow bar but after cutting my hand when I first tried to move it I never bothered again, and left it permanently in position.

I find the this tow bar a doddle. Like Colin's Audi the simple switch to drop it is in the boot. You give it a final push into position. I've also fitted it with a plastic cover for when it is not in use. Simple to push it back under the bumper area when you are not using it.

Its great to have no danger of accidentally banging your leg against it when messing in the boot.

For me it's a great piece of kit.

MikeT

Hi again Valjon

Colin's right about the winter grease of the tow bar ball when not using. The cover doesn't stop the ball rusting if you don't - and of course Dave is right about degreasing before using it again.

Just checked mine and I forgot to grease it this year so there is a nice coating of surface rust. Just another job when I get ready for our first trip of the year.

MikeT

We have the Kodiaq with the Skoda retractable bar, a doddle to use and all the electrics are connected and work properly, [something people sometimes complain about not being done properly in VG cars]
Dave

Thank you for your replies, it gives me a comfort to know you all appear to be happy with it.
I get the new car on Saturday so will have a play with it before I am able to get the Triton
Out of storage. Thanks again.

Thanks Colin I will get it checked out, the dealer assured me the fitter had done quite a lot of
these for them.

Now have my new Skoda Karoq complete with retractable tow bar, I am really pleased with it and will take all your good advice regarding greasing and de greasing tow ball, electric all appear to be correct but not able to get to caravan yet. Thanks for your comments.

We have a Kodiaq and had a removable hitch fitted to tow our Troll 540GT. No worries about de-greasing as it sits in the boot when not in use

Hi Rhys, I had a witter with detachable hitch on my Octavia, I was always happy with it, I asked the dealers to
fit a witter but they gave me such a good deal on the car with this tow bar I couldn’t refuse it.

I think we were discussing a retractable not removable tow hitch

Dave

not really! That sounds a bit harsh in retrospect.

We tow our 530GT with our Karoq, also a retractable hitch, but the instructions for our hitch specifically warn to never apply grease to the tow ball. It's an anti-sway hitch, and the grease would defeat the anti-sway feature.