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    Octavia 1.0 SE DSG Estate; Citigo SE ASG

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  1. Hi all, our 2015 Citigo has failed its MOT test today as the tester says that a heat shield that protects the fuel tank is missing. This is not the big shield that fits in the tunnel above the long run of the exhaust, it's one that is fitted further back. Has anyone had this with their Citigo? If so, might anyone have a part number? Many thanks John
  2. We didn't have this with pushrod engines back in the day!
  3. Our Citigo (60 SE ASG is approaching 5 years old and has done 75k miles. I have an email from Skoda UK saying that there is no mileage interval for changing the belt but a recommendation to have it done at 5 years. As we all know, the belt is described in the UP, Citigo and Mini as a lifetime part. I believe that one major element in cambelt wear is coolant leaking from the water pump when it shares the cambelt for drive. Clearly this us not the case on the Citigo. i don't have a great deal of confidence in the local Skoda dealer. Head says change, heart says stick with lifetime. John
  4. Just happened on my Octavia. I'm hoping when I go back everything will be as it should be. John
  5. Many tanks for that. I have just e-mailed Skoda Customer Services attaching scans of the invoices and the Health Check report stating that a gearbox software update was required. In fact the mechanic has recorded the following comment on the software invoice: "Plugged onto diagnostic machine. Fault logged with Gearbox. Asking for software update 1st. If this doesn't work would require Gearbox removal for Clutch inspection. Carried out software update. Car seems to drive OK". I'll update in due course! John
  6. Many thanks Skoffski. No, no mention of the software upgrade. Full story: We bought the car from the dealer at 2 years 11 months old. The car came with a 12 month Skoda Used Car Warranty. The previous owner had not got a complete dealer service record - last service done at local independent garage. We made the decision that my son would service the car (he's a time served Heavy Vehicle Engineer and Electrician - buses). The car has actually been serviced more than the Skoda requirement. When the car went in the first time I got a call that went something like "we plugged the car into our diagnostics and it says it needs a software update". In fact they sent me a text message with a link to "Your Vehicle Health Check". The health check says "software update required for gearbox. If loss of drive continues after update, inspection of clutch will be required". I argued about the £120 software cost and they told me that if the car had been into them for a service the software would have been updated free of charge which didn't make me feel any better! The day after it happened again but worse. I went into the dealer with the recovery agent and spoke to the Service Manager. Eventually he came to the view that I had put forward that even if the car had been to them for a service, they would not have looked at anything to do with the gearbox and he sad he would contact Skoda. The total bill was more than a surprise but what can you do? My next step, having determined that the car seems OK was to contact Skoda. The dealer told me that they had asked for a goodwill contribution which had been tuned down but I wasn't confident. Forgive me if this is a daft question but what is a TPI as in "...there was a TPI then 'known issue'" John
  7. Later that day, our Citigo lost all drive again and this time the engine management warning light came on. Result: a bill for £1,150 for a new clutch, flywheel and associated bits and pieces. So far (fingers crossed) everything seems OK. John
  8. I'm coming to this late and wonder how Moog got on. We have a 2015 Citigo SE with the ASG (we also have an Octavia). On Wednesday my wife arrived home with our Citigo and fond that when she was going into reverse to back in tour driveway the car would not move. The she discovered it wouldn't move forward either. I had a look and found that although you appeared to be able to select a gear (according to the dash display) there was no drive. I switched the engine off hoping for a control-alt-delete moment. It wound't start and the orange gearbox light had come on. So we called for recovery. Recovery man duly arrived. He said "I'll try to and start the engine". It did and the orange gearbox light had gone out. Then he said "I'll see if it will drive". It did. Then he drove it up onto the loading ramp of his recovery truck and took it to the local Skoda dealers. At the dealers, they drove it into the garage, no problem. They told me it needed a software upgrade and if that didn't solve the problem it may be a new clutch at about £900! We had the software at £120. We got the car back yesterday afternoon. This morning this is what happened. WE had returned the hire car we'd borrowed thinking the Citigo was going to be at the dealers for a few days. On the way home, we seem to have lost engine pick up in second gear. Then everything came back to normal. Then about 3 miles further on, the orange gearbox light flashed and I realised that the gearbox was missing out 2nd gear either up or down, manual or automatic. And the orange light stayed on. We got home. After about 5 minutes, I went to the car, it started and the gearbox light was off. I drove up and down the road with all gear-changes, manual and automatic being correct. I hate intermittent faults! Anyone else had anything like this? John PS and like Moog, I'm not entirely happy with our dealer. It's the little things, like measuring the tread depth and coming up with the same depth on each tyre - they aren't. And saying that the "Pressure Canister" was OK. I asked "what's the Pressure Canister?". They said, it's the thing for inflating the tyre if you have a puncture. I said, "I don't have one, the car has a spare wheel". They had no answer!
  9. I realise this is a long-time thread but just thought I'd post what Skoda said to me in e-mail recently on the matter of Citigo cambelts. WE have a Citigo 60 ASG just coming up to 4 years old and almost 60k miles. Not really helpful but if the cambelt is a long life item, that would tend to fit. John "Thank you for your recent contact regarding the cambelt. Please accept my apologies in the delay with our response. I have looked into your cambelt query and there is no ŠKODA recommended interval, so I would recommend the UK interval which is every five years. I hope this information proves useful and should you require any further assistance or have any further queries, please do not hesitate to come back through to us using any of the details below. For more immediate assistance, I would recommend that you use the Live Chat function here: www.skoda.co.uk/about-us/contact-us, or our Social Media channels. Thank you for contacting ŠKODA UK".
  10. Many thanks. This is a great help. John
  11. My Octavia SE has three clock versions for the standby screen. John
  12. Skoda UK say change at 5 years. Skoda say it's a lifetime item. As Orville says, sometimes it's better to let sleeping dogs lie. If I do change the belt, I probably won't go to a main dealer. John
  13. Our 2015 SE 60 bhp ASG has steel wheels. John
  14. Two things I've noticed with mine. 1. If you don't want to sit with the brake lights on to keep the engine stopped in stop/start mode, if you go into neutral on the DSG (handbrake on of course), the engine remains stopped. 2. With the stop/start operative and engine stopped at traffic signals for e.g., if you move the steering wheel slightly, the engine will re-start meaning you can time things ready to set off when the lights change rather than waiting for the engine to start when you release the brake. John
  15. I have had a 1.0 SE Estate with DSG since July this year. I've done almost 5,000 miles. The car is great. I have found no deficiencies in performance and the mpg over this distance has been just short of 50 mpg according to the onboard computer. We will be taking the car to Austria in January, 4 people plus roof box. On my experience so far, I have no concerns. I've done the journey a number of times in our 1.2 DSG Yeti with no problems at all and of course the Octavia has both higher power and torque figures. People have said you need to be in the right gear but of course with DSG, you are. I've always been a fan of bigger cars with smaller efficient engines and this car totally fits the bill. John
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