milldick

Thanks for the advice folks, much appreciated. I'd be reserved about a recon one Devonutopia, not knowing much about the motor trade... couldn't it go bang in a month's time with no redress? The Skoda garage now say it looks like lubrication failure: all 3 conrods worn. Plenty of oil in the system at the time of breakdown (RAC man confirmed) and once retrieved to the garage; not an obvious oil pump failure, and it's never obviously used/ lost oil. It doesn't really help us as it means it's difficult to prove blame and that's what we understand we'd have to do to get a contribution from Skoda with a 4 year old car. Ho hum, ~£500 sunk costs to date, and £3,400 to get it back working again. At least that would then have a 2 yr warranty. So through no fault of ours that we're aware of we're suddenly £4k worse off... thanks Skoda! We're not likely to buy another one!

My daughter's Fabia 1.4 Greenline diesel has recently suffered sudden engine failure for no obvious reason: it just stopped at a roundabout & wouldn't go again. No oil lights or other warnings prior to that. 4 years old and 50k miles that's pretty disappointing for a diesel engine: arguably "not fit for purpose"? Garage says conrod bearing failure in system 2 led to significant engine damage. No lack of oil or oil pump or filter problem. Recovery, investigation & repair costs are likely to top £4k... ouch! Skoda pretty much say not their problem, only likely to make a small if any contribution, and then only if expensive further diagnostics prove it was a manufacturer's fault. Service history is OK but not all done at Skoda dealers. Any advice? Scrap & buy another make? Repair & hope for the best it doesn't happen again? Any arguments that might persuade Skoda to be more reasonable over the failure of their car? Any suggestions welcomed!