Nikonite

Yes they have serviced it, this is what they have done I may check a few of these things as for instance I believe the cambelt and water pumps are at different ends of the engine.

The car was bought from a MG dealer who also call themselves a Skoda specialist. It was collected on the Wednesday just gone. The fault was reported to them on Thursday, the salesman who said any problems come to.me when signing seemed to be staying inside and another person (called himself the service manager) came out and dealt with us. He was super defensive from the off and said all Monte Carlo's (yes just MC not 1.2 TSI) are like this. They don't just idle at 750rpm they all miss a bit and give that vibration / shaking in the car. When I mentioned the stuttering when pulling away he got his mechanic to drive it and said it was fine and as there are no lights on the dash there was nothing to do. The usual trying to make us feel stupid and walk away. For the record I think they are miffed as when we viewed it had decent Michelin tyres, it was advised on the MOT however that the two rears had nails in. They changed them for Chinese ones and I told my wife to insist on decent branded or walk away. We also called Skoda who said the cambelt was overdue so we insisted that was. The friendly staff started to turn a bit after that but we were paying what I consider over book at 9k on a 2015 with 50k. The brake fault was last year and has not returned according to the scan. I'm reluctant to clear it at the moment, I'd prefer they didn't know I had access to VCDS. I'm guessing then that the 1.2tsi manual doesn't have a DMF? Appreciate the help guys.

I have scanned the car it only has a historic abs vacuum sensor code that hasn't been cleared. I think I'll just see how it goes. The dealer failed to tell us that their warranty (6 months) is a labour only one. We found it later in the paperwork.

Hmm, this is really hard to miss. The clutch itself seems fine, not at all high, no slipping etc. I don't think this has a dmf but it isn't a million miles away from the signs of one failing on a diesel.

Brilliant thanks. I'm presuming some kind of anti stall system?

We picked up my Wife's new car yesterday, I have noticed a few things: The car has a definite judder on idle, feels like a slight miss (or someone moving in the back seat) When at a junction and holding the car on the clutch for a moment before moving off the car has a real knock knock knock judder. It occasionally stutters a small amount at lower revs. Took it back to the dealer today who says it is normal for this car. I'm a diesel driver so not sure what to expect of this small engine. Does it sound normal for this car? Cheers

Sorry if someone posted this already but just did mine and thought I'd post. I believe its a common problem. First remove the gear knob surround, open ashtray and pull on the plastic rear lip of the surround. Next push down firmly on the switch to pop it through the hole Once off undo the clip for wiring. Next on pic one get a small flat screwdriver and insert between the blue and black parts and prise in direction of arrow. Once open it looks like pic 2 Remove rubber part and clean the conductive rubber pads with a cotton bud and alcohol or the likes I scraped the brass contacts with a screwdriver to clean them but there are likely more civilised ways to do it Re-assemble and reconnect wire before pushing it back in its hole as it would be a nightmare to plug the wire in once the switch is back in place. One working switch that I now barely have to touch to operate