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Skoffski, is it something that needs doing ASAP would you say? Is damage likely to occur the longer the car is in this position? Thanks again

Thanks for the info Sir. I'm just mopping up my tears!

Thanks for your reply mate. Redex - Its a good independent garage who have never seen that fault before. They're good guys who were just making a general low cost stab at a solution if something was sticking in there. The car is 2013 and done about 69k. The engine light came on 7 days ago. Independent garage ran diagnostic which stated undisclosed fault. It cleared the engine light off and car has been fine for 7 days. But today (the 7th day) and the engine light came back on with the errorn ode stated above. Dont know about coolant level I'm afraid.

Well I've just had my skoda fabia vrs come up with MAGNETIC CLUTCH FOR MECHANICAL CHARGER OPEN CIRCUIT come up on Independants diagnostic. They have said try Redex and if that fails it's the dealership. If anyone had any advice as to how to proceed that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks all!

Thanks Offski. Will bear that in mind! How long after the 'repair' would you think is reasonable to see if its worked? I'm wondering if they will plan to do another oil consumption test after the repair to check on it so wonder how long afterwards they should be doing that test.

My worry now is that my 6 months spent using the car whilst the Dealership delayed the 2nd oil consumption test may have been damaging my car even more! I wonder if they ever go straight to engine replacement rather than modification first? Perhaps I have a case to argue for this to happen now? PS I'm now booked in for the spray mod in approx 2 weeks.

I did ask this on the phone but he said we'll have to cross that bridge when we come to it (or similar). I would like to know where I stand with this important issue. I was thinking I should ask for another consumption test after the repairs to see where it stands.

Hello everyone! The delay has been due to the dealership being typically slack in their responses to S.U.K. Eventually they provided their data of the 2 consumption tests and SUK were not happy! In their view the first test should have been done over more mileage, which is strange as I thought the dealership were only following out orders of SUK when doing this test.... The second test was not disputed and showed my car to be using nearly DOUBLE the acceptable amount of oil. And now, the bombshell: They have offered to fund 100% of the £800 repairs bill. So naturally I'm over the moon with this as I've finally got what should have been done long ago. The Skoda Executive I dealt with was actually pretty good. Always rang when he said he would and after he got the test results he made the offer of 100% without trying to argue/wangle or reduce it further. So I now await the car being booked in for the repairs! My only worry is if the repairs will actually work or not and what will happen then? The car is now out of the warranty period so I don't know if I will get any further work carried out under warranty or not. Thanks once again to everyone for all your helpful comments. Success has just about been achieved! Paul.

Thanks for that Chief. It will indeed be interesting to see. Funny how he only seems interested in the 1st test data. Probably will try to fob me off if the 1st test was done technically correct. They can then try to claim the fault only transpired AFTER warranty expiry.

1st test - 186 miles. 2nd test - 600 requested by Dealership but ended up doing 750 due to being away on holiday. PS - Still not sure he'll give me a paper copy of the data, but will expect me to be happy with being verbally told of the results. We'll see!

Afternoon all! I'm back with a small update..... A chat was had today with Mr Executive whereupon he has stated that he needs to: 1. Do further investigation regarding the 1st oil consumption test by obtaining test data from the Dealers (surely S.U.K should already have this?). 2. Review the test data to determine if test was done correctly (as above) 3. Speak to S.U.K technical team for further advice & guidance regarding 1st oil consumption test. 4.Get back to me Friday latest. Mr Offski will be pleased to hear I've asked for the consumption test figures to be provided to me as well which he says he will. And so now I await..... But without holding my breath as from my experience Skoda time travels about 1/4 pace. Paul.

Some great points from everyone contributing here which will help me a lot tomorrow. Really appreciate all your time and help. I'm now ready to go get my 'preferred resolution' Paul.

Hi Sittingbull, hope you've had a good day aboard the Venga-bus (?!) Thanks so much for your bullet points - very helpful indeed. I have today done as you suggested, and raised it to executive level. They've told me to expect a phone-call from an Executive within 24hrs so that will be (most likely) tomorrow morning. I can see a couple of points they'll use against me: 1. The 2nd oil consumption test which confirmed excessive oil use was conducted outside of the warranty period. However my come-back is that I originally reported the issue to them well within the warranty period. It is not my fault that they have been unable to organise a 2nd test without months of missed communications. Hmmmm wonder why...? 2.They may say this type of repair is not covered by the terms of the warranty. I have read elsewhere on here that the extended warranty only covers 'sudden' and 'unexpected' failure. They could therefore argue that the car has not failed as it is still roadworthy. My comeback to this? Potentially what you have mentioned in that other cars repairs have been fully funded by Skoda so why not mine...? 3.My car was purchased from a non-Skoda private dealer (with the warranty transferable from previous owner). They may not like this fact, and indeed the Manager of my local Skoda dealership (where the oil consumption tests were done) has declined to contribute to any of the repair costs as it was not bought from them. And that actually (for once) seems a reasonable standpoint, from dealership at least. Paul.

Thanks for replying. Would be great if I could get the same resolution as you. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks.

Thanks Rhys, another worthwhile two penneth. I assume this was Skoda UK whose warranty covered all those tests, spray bar mod and engine replacement? If so, then surely they should be covering my repairs as well. PS My car was bought from a dealership with an Extended Warranty that was transferable from the previous owner. Which was one of the reasons I bought it. I reported the oil consumption issues with a Skoda UK case number generated in Feb 2018 and the warranty expired May 2018. Its taken 6 months of fudging and delaying from Skoda but now they admit that its using too much oil. But come back with the 20% slap in the face. I think it will be a phonecall to SUK tomorrow to establish what is/isn't covered under warranty. Surely this should all be in black and white and provable ? Thanks again all