Jav_110

Fabia sold. Gone to leeds to get stripped for parts. Sold both fabia vrs and my octavia vrs and my brother and sister both sold their octavia vrs, all i can say about skoda is stay well away from them, even if they have full dealer history and skoda warranty they still worm their way out of paying, they said no refund on warranty policy will be given as i put a claim in therefore,, against the terms and conditions no refund will be given for remainder of policy. Good luck to all you skoda owners wish you the best, and btw i have already put a claim in on the evo 10 for a new ayc pump (£2200) bill and mitsubishi replaced it immediately no questions asked as it is a “common fault” if only all manufacturers were like that

Sorry for not keeping you posted. Put the car on ebay as it is, cant be bothered with it anymore. Cut the long story short skoda are not paying out financial ombudsman said they are investigating it can take up to 3 months i want 2k for car and am out can’t be bothered with this bulls**t. Sold the 14 reg fabia vrs and got this one (60 reg) on ebay and i just gone and got myself a mitsubishi evo 10 fq330 sst so not bothered about this one anymore

They have until the 10th of jan to resolve the issue if not the financial ombudsman said they will get in touch with them and see what they have to say

Hi 2ndskoda thank you for taking a look at this on going issue with skoda. I have rung the skoda extended warranty company up for an update from a lady called “Terri Howard” as she is the one now dealing with my complaint only to be told she is in a conference meeting and will call you back later today, that being 11am suprise suprise no phone calls, so will be ringing again in morning. As soon as i get a response i will give you guys a update.

Not heard anything, i have emailed them twice, will be giving them a ring first thing Wednesday when they re open

They are claiming the problem was there before hand as i asked how much oil ishould it be using, i said it takes 1 litre of oil to a 1000 miles and they (bickerton) told me thats normal and skoda extended warranty said they think the fault was there before because i asked the question and 1 litre of oil is NOT normal

Waste of time and money mate, mine has full skoda service history paid £400 for "all component cover" no excess and over 15k miles a year, car developed a miss fire and i took it in only to be told a month later we are not paying for a new engine because we think the problem was there before I purchased the warranty, cut long story short its not worth the paper its written on, good look with it anyway, just hope it doesn't develop a fault like mine, as you will be paying out of your own pocket regardless wether you have warranty policy or not

Still waiting not heard anything back at all even thoue they said "in more complex cases it can take up to 8 weeks but we will keep you updated on a weekly basis" not had that so just more bullS**t from skoda, had skoda uk ring to today to ask if i could take part in a survey which i did and slated skoda on every single question. Going to email them now and ask wth is going on as i am without a courtesy car now and my car is sat in skoda bickerton car park with no engine init! Its an absolute joke!

Hi guys just an update, had a letter come through post from the financial ombudsman stating they have sent a letter over to vw financial services stating there is a complaint put in against your company, it says give them a few days they shall be in touch with you and i already complained to the underwriter of the policy which they emailed me back saying they are doing a full investigation into the case and should hear from them in 5 workings if it is straight forward or in "more complex cases" up to 8 weeks but they will keep me updated on a weekly basis

There were no previous faults on the car, the car has been using 1 litre of oil to a 1000 miles for a while, which is what i inquired about and got told from bickertons as that was "normal" a month after the extended warranty came into affect and 1 week after it had its major service it developed a misfire issue , thats when the problem started, so the defence of the warranty company is, because i enquired about the car using 1 litre of oil before the warranty came in to affect the fault must have been there before hand, which is incorrect, the car never mis fired before, so just using that as a excuse not to pay out

Bickerton did make me aware of the strip down price before they did it and asked me for authority to strip and did make me aware if not covered i have to foot the bill, which I thought no problem, will be a straight forward engine replacement claim as sooo many people have had it done, plus having all component cover with skoda uk, the last thing I thought is they will ask me to pay the bill as its a known common problem

Well waiting too see wht happens this coming week as this is a complete joke! I am in no way backing down no matter how much it costs to get a result , i will take them all the way to court if need be. It might help if somehow we can find out how many of these engines have been replaced already? IS THere any way of finding out?

Skoda dealership in sheffield (bickerton) have removed the full engine out of the 60 reg fabia because skoda extended warranty told them to, so they can "investigate" the cause of the problem, which they have now done and said we are not payig out, therefore i have to pay for strip down which was like £474 plus whatever it cost to put it back together:(

There is no issue with that 1, have only owned it for 4 weeks, but got rid because of the 60 reg, it had put me owning any skodas in future

The 1 i sold was my 14 reg 29k full dealer history one, that is mint, the one that is having the problems is a 60 reg sat in dealers with no engine in it lol