Skoda Elroq long-term test: report 4
The Skoda Elroq is one of our favourite electric SUVs, but what's it like to live with? Our Used Cars Writer is finding out...
The car Skoda Elroq Edition 85 Run by George Hill, Used Cars Writer
Why it’s here To find out whether Skoda’s smallest electric SUV can deliver the all-round greatness it promises
Needs to Be comfortable, practical and easy to live with in a city. A good real-world range will be important, too
Miles covered 3197 List price £38,650 Target Price £31,425 Price as tested £44,485 Official range 360 miles Test range 293 miles
13 September 2025 – Opposite day
Anyone who owns a terrier knows that, for the most part, they’re obedient and loyal dogs. However, very occasionally, when you ask them to do something, they do the opposite; it’s a fun game they like to play. And it’s a similar story with my Skoda Elroq.
In most respects, it’s proving brilliant. But it would appear the car has an electrical issue relating to the window switches, where they sometimes do the exact opposite of what you expect them to. For example, if you pull the switch to put the window up, the window actually goes down. And if you push the switch to put the window down… yep, it goes up.
Then there are the occasions when they stop working entirely. This proved particularly problematic last week when my front passenger decided to put his window down a bit on the motorway. After he’d decided he’d had enough fresh air, he tried to put the window back up, but it wouldn’t budge.
In an effort to fix the issue, I tried the control on the driver’s door, but that didn't work either. Then, rather stupidly, I thought I’d see if the window would go down all the way, and it did, but then it still wouldn’t go back up. This resulted in a very blustery drive until, suddenly, the switch decided to start working again.
I can’t get my head around the issue, because 80% of the time the window switches work perfectly fine; it all feels a bit random.
While the Elroq is too new to have featured in our 2025 What Car? Reliability Survey, the bigger Skoda Enyaq, did, finishing in sixth place out of 16 cars in the electric SUV category. That’s pretty good, but after looking at the details, 29% of the cars that did go wrong suffered from minor electrical glitches like my car.
My issue seems to have gone away for now, but much like a mischievous terrier, I can’t help but wonder when my Elroq’s windows will disobey me again. When – or if – they do, I might have to make a trip to my local Skoda garage.
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