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Thanks that’s good to know.

Thanks for your reply Rooted. Skoda approved the anti corrosion warranty repair and the work was carried out my a Skoda dealership in Dundee - Specialist cars. It was at 32000k and the car was 2 years and 4 months old at the time. So the 3 year paint bit I would assume. I can see where the paint has been rubbed down around the area so doesn’t strike me as a replacement sill or wing. Thats all the info I have at the moment as this happened before I owned the car.

Hello there, I’m looking for any advice from you knowledgeable forum gurus on the best way to deal with an issue on my first Skoda car. This is my first post and it’s a wee bit long winded so please read on and hit me with any opinions or advice 😁 So, I recently bought my first Skoda. A very nice 2016 Octavia 4WD DSG VRS Estate (Diesel). I’ve owned the car for about 6 weeks and yesterday noticed a small area of surface rust on near side sill where it meets the wheel arch. This wasn’t there when I bought the car. It’s like an area maybe an inch or so across has just flaked off and exposed an area below which while solid has surface rust. Upon inspection it is obvious there has been a previous repair. Just paint no serious corrosion (yet) and no sign of any filler or anything . So I checked the service history as I remember seeing an anti-corrosion warranty repair mentioned. There was indeed a repair carried out by a Skoda dealer at 32000 miles back in June 2018 under the anti corrosion warranty. This was 5 1/2 years and 40k miles ago. But it seems obvious to me the repair wasn’t up to standard you would expect and has now failed. It’s quite obvious there has been surface corrosion below the paint which has resulted in the “flaked paint” and exposed metal. I’m thinking Skoda should be fixing this at no cost to me as their warranty repair has failed. I haven’t contacted them yet as I hear they are notoriously bad with anti corrosion warranty stuff. Does anyone have any opinion on what I have described?? Would you agree their (Skoda) warranty repair should last way longer than 40k miles in Sunny Scottish weather 😁 and therefore they should repair this again (hopefully properly this time)??? And any advice on best way to approach this would be appreciated. Go to dealer first or straight to Skoda UK. Unfortunately the dealer is 50 odd miles away!! Thanks in advance

Hello there. Just bought my first Skoda a few weeks back - Octavia 4WD DSG Vrs estate. I’m told this is the place to find the Skoda knowledge 😁 Cheers