I decided that the kamiq was due a quick hoover, and whilst in the boot area, would take a quick look at the spare wheel, check pressure etc. At first it was a real struggle to remove it from the spare wheel recess, but eventually I managed to extract it (was pretty tight fit in the recess). I was surprised to find that it was fitted with a 205/55 R 16 tyre, whereas the four road wheels had 205/55 R 17 wheels/ tyres !! There's no way a 205/55 R 17 sized spare would fit into the boot recess, so I'm assuming that Skoda decided to " standardise" with the R 16 for all Kamiq spare wheels, regardless of the actual road wheel size fitted! Has anyone else stumbled across the anomaly and will it be a problem to fit a R16 size wheel should the need arise, with the other three remaining road wheels being R17?
Kamiq 1.5 TSI SE
Spare Wheel size
It's a space saver spare, so it's only for short term use and limited to about 50mph. It's fairly common where a spare is supplied these days, but is far from ideal.
Had a 2021 1.5 SEL manual with reversing camera and Simply Clever pack in quartz grey. After a number of mostly software issues, it's been replaced with a Kia Soul.
Have a good look because although my spare is of "normal" tyre size, it's still only a temporary spare and is only good for 50 miles @ 50mph.
My space-saver is a 195/60 R16, for what it's worth - as backup for 205/55 R17. I take it from the above that this isn't always the case.
It's slightly smaller overall diameter, but the 60% ratio means the sidewall is deeper than the 205/55 so the inch difference on the rims is not as pronounced as one might expect. According to tiresize.com and my own calculations, there's about 0.7" in it.
It's slightly smaller overall diameter, but the 60% ratio means the sidewall is deeper than the 205/55 so the inch difference on the rims is not as pronounced as one might expect. According to tiresize.com and my own calculations, there's about 0.7" in it.
Kamiq 1.0 110 SE manual, new since January 2021
According to tiresize.com (which I found reliable before), the low-profile 215/45R18 SEL tyres actually end up slightly smaller in diameter than the 205/55R17 tyres on the SE, so the best match of the range (under half an inch difference in diameter) to the space-saver 195/60R16 spare.
SEL/MC: 215/45R18 - diameter 25.6"
SE: 205/55R17 - diameter 25.9"
S: 205/60R16 - diameter 25.7"
Space-saver spare: 195/60R16 - diameter 25.2"
Kamiq 1.0 110 SE manual, new since January 2021
Sorry! I lied (unintentionally!) in my original post. On re-checking the spare wheel, the tyre fitted is a 195/60 R16 as other members have also found, and not 205/55 R16 as I originally indicated, but with that said, the issue is fundamentally the same. Given the responses, it seems not to be too much of a problem, and as commented, is a whole lot better than a " can of gunk" so I am thankful for small mercies, and thanks for the responses.
