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Do you know that from your own experience please? I'm planning to contact them in the next day or so so possibly need some leverage. thanks

We've been shielding for a year so the mileage is well below what it should be for our 'normal ' lifestyle whatever that is now...

I'll 'phone a friend' ie hubby who's tech-savvy

thank you

It had been parked on the drive for 3 days before 26th Feb but had been on a long run (320 miles round trip) 3 days before. She was started at c.9 30 am and historic data suggests it was 6 degrees C and dry. We started her again on 3rd March when it was about 4 degrees C and dry and it happened again intermittently. She's in their outside yard at the moment until they look at it again. I guess I'm weighing up the odds of spending £800 now including a software update v a new engine ! But there's a possibility it's not the timing belt so I'm really hoping the garage can hear it for themselves and diagnose properly. However, the symptom referred to in the TSB seems to fit: screaming noise when cold.

the garage hasn't been able to replicate the noise yet. They're keeping the car and will try again mid week when they've got the time to do it. I'm hoping it's not the timing belt but as SKODA has issues TSBs for it for my car I'm concerned it is. They have seen the video though but need to experience it for themselves before deciding how to proceed.

if i could work out how to edit my original post i'd make it clearer

it hasn't been changed yet as it's only 3 yrs old and has only done 20k miles. The standard is 5yrs or I think 140k miles? so it shouldn't need changing but there is a 'screaming' noise from the engine when it's cold which sounds like a belt issue.

hi - Skoda have changed the belt spec 3 times in a short period - our garage VW expert looked into it for us and found the information. so, the conclusion is that Skoda knew there was an issue.

I've a 67 reg (November) green DIESEL vRS with only 20k miles on the clock. Last week I took it as far as the gate, got out to close it and heard the most horrendous screaming sound from the engine. so we dumped it on the drive and took hubby's car I got it recovered to our local, very good, garage where there's a VW specialist. He says there's a TSB on it that 'if you hear this noise when the car's cold it might be the cam belt'. I'm pretty sure it's the belt and you can imagine the quote for changing that AND there's software update re catalytic converter too. The garage couldn't replicate the noise late last week so they're keeping it for a few more days. Has anyone experienced this scenario and if so what did you do about it? Did you contact SKODA and did you get any joy from them? I'm planning to contact them once/if it's properly diagnosed by the garage and I have all the details. Apparently they changed the belt 3 times in a short period so they obviously knew something was wrong. I have a video of the noise but it's 55MB so too big to post here. TIA

thanks for your replies everyone. We're going to the dealership in Derby on Sunday so I'll see what they have to say. The newcastle under lyme dealership is very unhelpful

thanks Julie - do you have a link I could use to source one please?

thanks. I've been looking at that. Have you tried it on a 2018 vRS yourself?

thanks I wanted a green car; the only octavia available in green was a vRS!!! The colour choices for non vRS were very dull.

hi everyone. i'm new to the group so apologies if this has been posted before. I'm looking for a rear bumper protector for my 2018 model Octavia vRS estate. Nothing seems to be available in the UK apart from a skinny strip because the 2017 version which wraps over the edge apparently doesn't fit the 2018 model. Have any of you tried one from abroad e.g. superskoda and found it fits OK or managed to find something in the UK? TIA