orangewinger
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It's done 29,000 miles so low for the age. Bought it at 2 years old so no idea of the driving style before mine, which isn't too aggressive. I think being sat on the drive these last 10 months and only doing sporadic journeys isn't doing any favours to it,
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Got some errors on the dashboard the other day and no power steering. All errors were to do with steering: ESP, Tire Pressure, Cornering lights etc etc. Replaced the battery, cleared errors etc but they all come back on immediately after turning on the ignition. Recovered to Skoda today and they have diagnosed a steering rack failure and are offering a 40% discount on a replacement which brings the cost to just over a grand. Can't believe I didn't have any symptoms of this before it failed, Anyway, looks like I'll have to suck it up and get it repaired. Had the water pump replaced in the summer and they year before that the turbo replaced, not particularly reliable this car. Perhaps it was one of the Friday afternoon cars!
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Skoda have done a check and they say that the errors are all caused by a fuse which is tripping. All the sensors ground to the coolant pump so they said they need to change that. Apparently they’ve seen a few like this and changing the pump has fixed it but they can’t guarantee it will. This cars already had the turbo replaced under warranty so it’s not been the most reliable.
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So, my car’s been sat around a lot during lockdown, but it had a good run in July down to the coast and it’s been running fine. Went for a drive last week and the engine light came on, so I checked the codes and reset them and then it happened immediately again. The codes are P0445 (evap circuit), P2088 and P2090 which are both camshaft position actuator control circuit errors. I replaced the evap purge valve as it was only £13 but it didn’t make any difference, same errors. Checked the wiring and all looks fine. Car drives totally normal and it’s booked into Skoda for next week but anyone got any ideas on what it might be?
