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No further problems, but what you say is a bit worrying!

Fault diagnosed and fixed at a dealership for £310. Not as bad as I was fearing. The new actuator still rattles, but with an altogether "cleaner" noise.

18 months ago, when my car was still just in warranty, I took it to get serviced at an independent garage and was advised to get the turbo actuator looked at as it was making a lot of noise when revved. I took it to the dealership and had them look at it under warranty. They reported that this wasn't a fault. I've got the service invoice to prove this. Fast forward a year and a half and I turn on the car to get two fault lights (EPC and exhaust system) and the car in limp mode. Breakdown repair bloke can't fix it but the error code he's getting is to do with the turbo. It appears that the actuator (or something turbo related) has stopped moving. Some googling indicates that people with this problem have ended up having to completely replace the turbo - in the region of £2k. The car is not in warranty. The dealership is going to look at the car this week and I want to be prepared for whatever argument I might need to have with them. The car has only done 45k miles and has a full documented service history. If they want to charge me big bucks to fix this, do I have any recourse? As far as I'm concerned, a well looked after car should not need a new turbo at that mileage, especially since the dealership looked at it 18 months ago and reported that all was well. Any advice on what options I might have would be greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone, sorry to start a new thread about an old subject but I couldn't find anything that answered my specific question in old threads. I took my car for its first MOT today to an independent garage that I trust. This is the car's first MOT and the first time I've taken it for a service since buying it late last year. Incidentally, the previous owner had all services done with an official dealer. The garage has asked not to service it today before checking out a potential issue with the timing chain. Other people have mentioned issues with a rattling chain but this isn't something I've experienced. The garage's issue was that the TSI's chain can slip when oil pressure drops during a service oil change. He's advised me to take it to the official dealer while it still may be under warranty (not sure if the statutory 3 years is transferable between owners?) and get them to check whether the chain needs replacing. From what I've seen on the net, Skoda issued an instruction to their dealerships to replace the chains with an anti-jump belt sometime in 2013. My question is, is a 2013 TSI going to need anything doing to it by the dealer, or were these cars fitted with the new belt that is supposed to fix the problem? If work is needed, am I likely to have to argue with the dealer to get them to recognise the need for the work and have them do it under warranty? Any advice on winning that battle?!