59vrs

Recently had this happen to me. Coming home last weekend, been driving about 10 minutes, car not fully up to temperature. Then within 2 minutes of joining the motorway dashboard went mad with engine overheat - stop! alert. Temperature gauge had shot round to about 120. Pulled onto hard shoulder, took a photo of temp gauge as proof (in case needed later!) opened bonnet, no heat, no steam, coolant tank cold enough to touch and keep your hand on so clearly not circulating properly. Gave it a few minutes, gauge back to 90, set off again (carefully), gauge quickly climbed to about 115, then went down to 90 and stayed there for rest of 25 miles home. Thanks to having previously read this thread I knew straightaway what it was likely to be! Year of registration: May 2016 (think this is one of the latest cars this has happened to?) Engine: Scout 184, 2.0TDI DSG Mileage when fault occurred: 53000 Dealer name & response (i.e. "don't want to know"/"yep, they all do that"/other): RRG Rochdale, were really good, booked me in within 2 days, agreed it sounded like water pump, diagnostics done, confirmed water pump problem. Kept my car overnight to get parts in, loan car provided. Warranty or goodwill contribution? Covered under Skoda extended warranty, no problem at all. Opted to pay the extra to have the cambelt replaced at the same time as almost due anyway. Any other info. (Full Skoda service history/independent?) Full Skoda history (owned since new) Collected it today, fine on drive home on the motorway, so hopefully fixed the problem