Škoda is a Czech automobile manufacturer established in 1925. A popular joke is that the “check engine light” is a “Czech engine light.”
   
“My Skoda has a red warning light that is always lit while driving. It is the czech-engine light” was posted on the newsgroup mensa.talk.misc on June 17, 2000. “Do Skoda cars have a Czech Engine light that’s always on?” was posted on X/Twitter by Jordan Running on January 30, 2009. “Why can it be so annoying to drive a Skoda? The Czech engine light is always on” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on October 21, 2016. “I got rid of my Skoda. The Czech engine light was on” was posted on X/Twitter by Robert Wilkinson on April 30, 2024.
 
 
Wikipedia: Škoda Auto
Škoda Auto a.s. (Czech pronunciation: [ˈʃkoda]), often shortened to Škoda, is a Czech automobile manufacturer established in 1925 as the successor to Laurin & Klement and headquartered in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic. Škoda Works became state owned in 1948. After 1991, it was gradually privatized to the German multinational conglomerate Volkswagen Group, becoming a partial subsidiary in 1994 and a wholly owned subsidiary in 2000.
     
Google Groups: mensa.talk.misc
new ridiculous question  
Ray L.
Jun 17, 2000, 3:00:00 AM
(...)
My Skoda has a red warning light that is always lit while driving.
It is the czech-engine light.
 
Google Groups: misc.consumers.frugal-living
Frugal Car Preventive Maintenance
Ray L
Jun 18, 2001, 7:37:33 AM
(...)
My Skoda had a czech engine light.
It was on by default.
 
X/Twitter
Jordan Running
@swirlee
Do Skoda cars have a Czech Engine light that’s always on?
12:17 PM · Jan 30, 2009
     
X/Twitter
Jenni
@JDocia
RT @Ish: If you drive a Skoda, your ‘Czech Engine’ light is always on. -oh that’s BAD…..
10:06 PM · Feb 15, 2011
   
X/Twitter
Jordan Running
@swirlee
@andyerikson
I had to return my new Skoda because the Czech Engine light would never turn off.
2:39 PM · Apr 28, 2011
   
X/Twitter
Marty Lawrence
@TeaAndCopy
My Škoda’s Czech engine light is always on. #1PUN
8:00 AM · Nov 4, 2013
 
Reddit—Jokes
RoburLC—October 21, 2016
Why can it be so annoying to drive a Skoda?
The Czech engine light is always on.
     
X/Twitter
Little Known Fact
@LtlKnownFact
Little Known Fact: All Škoda automobiles have a “Czech Engine” light that is always on.
12:51 AM · Nov 6, 2019
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
lukeurmyson—April 2, 2022
I was driving my Skoda the other day and had to stop.
I noticed the Czech engine light was on.
 
X/Twitter
dancing nekkid in the street 🇺🇦🌊
@martycomroe
My Skoda has had its Czech Engine light on since the day I got it
12:25 PM · Jan 3, 2024
 
X/Twitter
Robert Wilkinson
@robertwlk
I got rid of my Skoda.
The Czech engine light was on.
7:00 AM · Apr 30, 2024