cliffschooling

Hi guys, thought I'd better update yous all on what the outcome was and say a quick thanks for the help/cooments. After much pulling arms off teddy, spitting the dummy out and other moaning and complaining to Skoda Uk the final bill ended up being £320, which is a lot better than the original quote of over 800. But, and this is a big but, I still feel agrieved that I'm paying anything, as this appears to be a common fault and it should be subject to a recall. A deisel engine shouldn't suffer from a major component failure after 40 odd K. Anyway, now running tickety boo and contemplating getting it remapped to improve the torque and MPG

Aye, local guy good and reliable, family business. The lot in Dundee, lots of men in shiney suits hangin about and vastly inflated labour charges and as for the lot in Burrelton, I refuse to deal with people who insult my wife. The lot in Dundee contacted Skoda and I was offered 20% on the total bill. Leaving me wi £600 to shell out. No chance. This is a known fault, the product is flawed and they should be offering a recall, not "Good Will Payments", because all they're going to do is loose customers who will look at the good will they're willing to offer and tell them in the long term where they can place their good will. Sent a Letter off to Skoda UK to ask them to reconsider their 20% good will payment...so we'll wait and see. NB I can buy a remanufactured EGR valve for £110, have it fitted for £150, punt the car and buy something else and still be ahead of the game Rant over...for the now

and if this isn't resolved to my satisfaction Skoda will be the looser. The consumer is more aware these days and more protected, The Sale of Goods and Services act is quite clear on the point of durability, and your shrug of the shoulders "Unfortunately 42k or not it's still 5 years old and 2 years out of manufacturers warranty." dont cut the mustard. I buy a car because its reliable, living in a remote rural location I need a car that will last and if Skoda aint it, I'll find something else

My whole grumble is under the Sale of Goods act a product must be durable and having a major engine component fail after 42k is not a demonstration of durability and I dont gie a flying **** who serviced it as long as the job is done properly. My nearest and very good garage is 19 miles away and charges £30/hour, the Skoda dealer is in Dundee (a place I rarely go to) 40 miles away, do they expect me to travel another 40 miles round trip hang about and pay at least double what my local man charges. I am not legally required to use Skoda for servicing during the gaurantees period either. So my take on it is that they either fix it or I fix it at the local garage, punt the car and change brand and fuel.

Just been offered a 20% goodwill discount on a bill o £750. I think I'll tell them to go stick their goodwill where the sun dont shine. 42k miles for a major fault like this is completely unsatisfactory and considering it is a common fault....NOT A HAPPY BUNNY

well, gaily tundled into the Skoda dealer in Dundee yesterday and its the cooler thats buggered on the valve...that'll be 78 quid thankyou very much to find that out and another 750 to fix it. So after a little verbal arm twisting it was suggested that they could get onto Skoda for a goodwill payment. Awaiting with baited breath. This experience has completely put me off deisels and am gonna go back to bein a petrol head until they sort out the reliability

The problem is it main life is spend driving on twisty Scottish country roads, my wifes work is 40 miles away and I'd be surprised if the engine got really hot in winter by the time she got there. Thrashing the nuts off it does seem to help, but the minute teh engine cools down, on comes the coil light and the take to a workshop or yer gonna die message comes up. Is it worth getting some of the cleaning gunk ye skoosh into the intake and shove in the fuel? Beginning to go off diesels :-(

My wife has a Fabia 1.6 Tdi 60 plate wi 45k on the clock and the engine management warning has come on. My local mechanic cleaned the EGR and reset the faults (all the faults refered to the EGR), car ran OK for a wee while then went into limp mode again. What I found was once the engine was warm if I gave it a good thrash it would run ok. Now the question I want to ask having trawled through the subject is, OK I might get a good will replacement from my local Skoda dealer, but is the damn thing going to go on the bum in another 45k. Am I better biting the bullet and get the ECU remapped to do away with the damn thing? I'd rather spend the dosh on a remap if its going to give me more long term reliability