CongoSue

We didn’t know trouble was brewing when the car went into limp mode a while ago and had to have an injector replaced. It cost about £700 to get it fixed and now all would need replacing as there’s still swarf sloshing about.

We’ve had our Octavia 1.6 Greenline since new in 2012 and done nearly 105,000 miles. We drive a mix of small town and motorway and have found the car great on fuel economy, boot capacity, and comfort. With many taxi drivers using this vehicle and reports of lots managing 250,000, it was a shock to learn last week that it has a major fuel pump problem that would take ages to fix and would cost a fortune. It’s our only car. The lining of the high pressure fuel pump is disintegrating and swarf is turning up in the filter. Our garage, which is a VW specialist has told us that it’s a rare but known problem, definitely not worth fixing. They could not guarantee a repair. If it’s known, Skoda should have been looking at a fix. This is considered to be the worst time to buy another car. But it’s off to a scrap dealer and we’ve a Toyota on order.