Launched earlier this year, the Skoda Kushaq spearheads the carmaker’s India 2.0 strategy with popular models like the Hyundai Creta and Kia Seltos as its target. The C-SUV has been off to a pretty neat start but over the time, many issues that have maligned its image have dropped out of the closet. Of course, the biggest of these is the EPC issue that has bogged down many vehicles. in the middle of the roads they were travelling on. Yet another issue that has been faced by many is the poor fit and finish of external body panels. Today, we have one such example of poor finish as the fuel flap of a brand new Skoda is clearly not a good fit.
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This issue has been pointed by one Virender Khanna, who seems to hail from Delhi. In a Facebook post, he has rather sarcastically called the build quality of the Skoda Kushaq ‘amazing’. He further says that there are chances either Zac Hollis or others would even have his post taken down for pointing out the poor fit and finish of the SUV. The video he has posted clearly shows how the fuel flap of his red-coloured SUV doesn’t shut properly. This issue is inline with similar issues faced by many other owners.
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There have been some cases of Skoda Kushaq owners reporting misaligned doors even after several visits fo the service centre. What makes it all worse is the EPC issue that stays unresolved even after the replacement of fuel pump of many vehicles with an apparently ‘more robust’ unit that is more compatible with the Indian quality of fuel. While several uses have been using only 95-octane fuel to avoid facing the EPC issue, it’s only an inconvenience to use a more expensive fuel in this day and age where petrol prices have scaled new heights.
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The Skoda Kushaq has been on sale in a price range of Rs 10.49 lakh to 17.59 lakh (ex-showroom). It’s on sale in two engine variants – 1.0-litre TSI and 1.5-litre TSI EVO. Both these motors are direct-injection turbocharged petrol units that offer a rather punchy performance and decent fuel efficiency. Unfortunately, both the engine variants have faced EPC issue in many parts of the country. Finally, we would hope Skoda works on all these rough edges at the earliest and even resolves the issues being faced by the existing owners as soon as possible.
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