How can you tell if a particular car is supposed to have heated windscreen washer jets?

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BarryC
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Post by BarryC »

Only just realised that my Karoq does not seem to have heated windscreen washers, which seems a bit off for an SE L spec. So I'm trying to understand if they are supposed to be heated but the heating is broken, or if the car did not come with heated washer jets in the first place.

Yesterday was below freezing, and I know the washer bottle was not frozen up because the headlights washers worked OK, but not the windscreen, which smeared over badly and I had to pull off the road and clean manually for safety.

The user manual very unhelpfully says that windscreen washer jets are heated if the car is fitted with them!

But how can you tell if a particular car is fitted with heated windscreen washer jets or not? The car is still under its Approved Used warranty, and if there is a fault would like to get it sorted before the warranty expires.

Many thanks.
Skoda Karoq 2020 SE L 2.0 Diesel 150 PS DSG 4x4

IanW
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Post by IanW »

You used to be able to get the full spec for a vehicle from ErWin but there's now no free option.
You could start with the brochure archive here https://www.autocatalogarchive.com/skoda/ . Its not the definitive information because specs change frequently with model years and a change in MY might cross a brochure.
Looking at the 2020 brochure it would seem that heated washer nozzles were part of the optional pack including heated windscreen.
The 2023 brochure shows heated nozzles part of the standard (on SEL) Winter pack. The 2024 brochure from that site only shows the Edition models so its unclear what was standard on the pre-edition ones.
Mike sandy
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Post by Mike sandy »

Hi , lift the bonnet up and look on the inside where the jets are fitted , if there are wires going to the jets I think they'll be heated .
The long pipe to the jets won't be heated , it might be worth using a higher concentration of screen wash
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