dave_scotland

Thanks - i didn't know that - i will bear it in mind next time.

Thanks for the offer Peter.

Yes probably right but my nearest Skoda dealer is 28 miles away and 2 buses and two trains each way to travel to. Not realistic to drop my car off for service and MOT. I suppose I should be thankful that Arnold Clark at least took the car and collected it from the dealer for me. (after charging me £54 to not solve the problem)

I bought my 2013 Citigo all singing all dancing Greentech Elegance a couple of years ago from Arnold Clark and have loved it's performance and fuel economy. A few months ago I reversed left from the side of my house to the front of my house and a yellow steering warning light came on. As I turned right to go down the drive the skiddy car warning light came on. I didn't notice anything different in how the car drove so I went a few miles to do my shopping and then went home. I did some research on the internet and it seemed there was something wrong with the electro mechanical power steering. The solution given was to turn the steering wheel fully to the left - then fully to the right, centre the steering wheel and then drive slowly until the light went out. I tried that numerous times but the light stayed on. As I said there was nothing different in driving the car and as the warning light was not red (stop and get car delivered to a garage) I continued to drive it. Anyway the MOT was due and apparently as any warning light would result in a fail I took the car to a reliable garage that I have used in the past for checking. They said it would cost me £40 to connect to the diagnostic computer which I agreed to. The result was "undefined error". The garage said they would look into it and get back to me. They never got back to me. When I got the car I paid for 2 years Clark Service & MOT so I booked the car in on Tue 15 Jan - three days before the MOT was due and told them about the warning light - they said it would cost £54 to investigate - I agreed. The next day they phoned me and said they couldn't find the fault but they thought it may be the steering pump or maybe the steering column and the car would have to go to a Skoda main repair dealer. As I needed the car to get through the MOT I agreed but I pointed out that as it electro mechanical steering there would be no pump - and they changed it to "steering motor". The next day they phoned me and said that the Skoda dealer (29 miles away) couldn't do the check until Tue 22 Jan and would cost £198 - I agreed. I phoned Arnold Clark on Wed and they said checks were still underway at the Skoda dealer but it may need a software update - I agreed. I didn't hear anything on Thu. I phoned them this morning Fri 25 Jan and they said the Skoda dealer had upgraded the software and my car would be back today and they would do the service and MOT. Phone call at 14.30 - car passed MOT and ready for collection. No parts were required and no work was necessary apart from software update. So after not having the car for 11 days and a cost of £252 to put the warning light out, I got my car back.

When I got my Citigo I was a bit worried about how it would cope with long uphill drags on motorways. I was very pleasantly surprised - handles them with no issues whatsoever. Cruises at 70 with no problems whatsoever. On a recent 277 mile trip of which over half was motorway it did 67.4 mpg

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I really like the PID - it has really made me monitor my driving as the average fuel consumption seems pretty accurate and I challenge myself to improve it every trip My phone always connects through bluetooth so it gives me hands free and also I can play digital radio stations through the PID/radio from my phone.

"Possibly the nearest thing I've driven to a Mini Clubman 1275GT. " Totally agree - most fun car to drive since I used to have tuned 850 minis a long time ago (I could never afford an 1275 as a lad)

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Sasha you are probably on your third or fourth tank of petrol by now. Are you using normal unleaded or super unleaded? When I got my car the dealer said to use super unleaded and indeed the flap over the petrol filler says super unleaded. However the handbook just says 95 RON which is standard unleaded. Mine is the lower powered version.

Sasha I was reading your experiences and updates last night - your car looks great and you have given me a few things to think about - thanks

Thanks - it's great when the sun is out and before the midges have hatched!

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It's Gareloch in the background - first view from my garden and the second from the top going to Glen Fruin.

Hi there - was reading the forum last night and really enjoyed it so I decided to join I got my used Citigo Elegance on Monday and am very impressed with it so far. A couple of photos.