mld25

A mixed report here - generally, they do the job well and are friendly. However: after the last service, the oil was about 20% above the MAX level. they charged £65 for having a quick look at a window winding mechanism and telling me it needed replacing. When I booked the car in to have the window mechanism replaced as part of a service, they didn't order in the part, but yet again had a look at it and told me it needed replacing! I suspect this was communication issues through the receptionist...

Thanks for the ideas - can I check any of those myself, or do I need to keep throwing money at the garages until they get lucky? I've got the Haynes manual, but not with me right now...

Hi, I've got a 2000 (W reg) Skoda Octavia 2L petrol with the engine 'check' light on. I took it to the local dealer, who diagosed a broken baffle in the cat, which may have confused the sensors. They reset the light. We then got the cat replaced, but the light came back on. This time, we took it to an independent garage, who diagnosed a broken baffle in the back box (not the cat, after all!) and a faulty oxygen sensor. So we replaced both of those, and they reset the light. 130 miles later, and the light has come back on again. I'm fed up of this now - how hard is it to find and fix the *actual* cause of this light coming on? The garages seem to charge for an hour's labour just to read the fault codes out, so I'm reluctant to take it in again - is there anything I can check myself that might be the cause of this light coming on? The car generally runs fine, although a bit noisy when accelerating hard in low gears.