Gordonp46
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Yeti Elegance, 2014 (64 reg but on personalised plate), candy white with unique pale blue leather
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2014
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I received an email to renew my extended warranty for my 5 yr old Octavia and was surprised it was cheaper than last year. Eventually I found out the reason -Skoa have changed suppliers for the warranty and it now DOES NOT INCLUDE RAC breakdown cover. This was not clear in the info I received with the email and even when I read the terms and conditions it looked very similar to previous years.
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Just bought a 2010 L+K estate, and it appears to have a few "lines" on the off side rear 3/4 window glass that look just like the heated rear window "lines"
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I am looking for an L+K DSG estate what year was the old PD engine replaced by the more modern CR engine?
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ESP / ABS G201 Failure (Teves MK60) - List
Gordonp46 replied to scouter2's topic in Skoda Octavia Guides
User - Model - Registered month/year - Failure month / year - mileage at failure - skoda's response (goodwill) gordonp46 -Octavia TDi estate L&K-Feb 06 reg-failed June 2010- mileage 60K-luckily I had extended the warranty after 3 yrs so did not have to pay (best value £300 I have spent!!) -
ABS Control Unit failure
Gordonp46 replied to paulolourenco76's topic in Skoda Octavia Mk II (2004 - 2013)
The bad news -my 06 2.0tdi estate had same problem with esp light coming on, same diagnosis of ABS controller failing and same cost of £1500 (the repairing garage said this had been a regular problem with VWs but was now occurring more frequently with Skodas) The good news -I bought this car when it was just under 3 years old, noticed that you could extend warranty for another 3 years for about £300, so I did! Moral - buy cars with long warranty periods or take up the bargain offer of extending Skoda's warranty for a further 3 !! p.s. I also love my L&K estate and was disappointed to have this problem -
In the past when buying a new "secondhand" car I have always purchased the Haynes manual. Although these threads have been helpful when working on my newly aquired Octavia II 2.0TDi L&K estate 2006 (which is excellent) I would still like a manual. Has anyone bought and used any of the manuals available on sites like ebay (in hard copy or as a DVD) and found them it useful ?