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Number 28!! No. - User - Model - Registered month/year - Failure month / year - mileage at failure - skoda's response (goodwill) 01 - Scouter2 - Octavia Scout - Registered 04/07 - Fault 08/10 - 52,000 miles - 100% goodwill offered (eventually) 02 - darius - Octavia EleganceEstate - Registered 04/1995 (05 plate) - Failure 08 / 2010 - circa 44000 - Nothing (see comments post #3) 03 - pmc - octavia 4x4 estate - reg feb 05 - nov2009 - 50,000miles - ongoing (see post #6) 04 - Bluvrs2 Octavia vrs registered 2 October 2006 Fault Thurs 28 Jan mileage 27416 skoda £884.63 out of £1500 bill I paid 615.37 05 - Keekodog Octavia VRS Registed October 2006, Fault 03/09 - 32,000 miles, covered under warranty 06 - paulolourenco76 - Octavia Vrs tfsi - Reg 03 2006 - Fail 07 2009 - 25000miles - Goodwill due to loyalty, I Paid £294 ish 07 - Rhoobarb - Octi VRS - Reg Dec 2005 - Failure beginning of 2010 - 35k (ish) - Ongoing (see post #13) 08 - fikes75-octavia vrs- jan 2006-fail feb 2010- 24000 miles- 60% goodwill paid £394 09 - Andrew S Wales - Octavia VRS TFSI - reg May 06 - Failed May 10 - 36,000 miles - covered by Skoda Approved Used Car Warranty (thankfully!) 10- VRSbilly - Octavia VRS TFSI - reg Mar 06 - Failed Sep 10 - 12,600 miles - Cost me £600 11 - Daveclar-Octavia vRS CR TDi-Reg July 2008-Fault August 2010-16500- Week outside warranty. Parts and labour covered fully. 12 - Bev.Elliott - Octavia 4x4 - March 06 - July 2010 - 54,000. 35%. 13 - Steev - Octavia vRS 2.0T - Reg May 2007 - Fail Sep 2010 - 25,200 miles - 70% revised goodwill after threats of court action, I pay £363 14 - Niall - Octavia Scout 2.0PD - Reg May 07 - Fail Oct 2010 - 74,500 - 100% Goodwill 15 -Dan - Octavia VRS 2.0PD - Reg Jan 07 - Fail July 2010 - 28000 miles - Skoda Ireland coverered 80% after haggling and dealer half the labour = €372 to me 16- shorty - Octavia Sport 2.0PD - Reg Jul 06 - Fail Jun 2010 - 60000 miles - so far offered 35% goodwill, not accepted 17- Snowie-Octavia 4x4 TDi estate-Reg March 07-Fail Oct 2010-36000miles-Visit to Skoda dealer next week. Will let you know!!!!!! 18- 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!!) 19 - wulliexk8 - Octavia Scout - Reg Jan 08 - failed Oct 08 - mileage 30000 - repaired under warranty 20 - Champion - Octavia sport 2.0PD - Reg Mar 06 - failed Oct 09 - 78000 - 30% goodwill I pay £850 21- Cng- Octavia 2.0PD L&K - Reg Mar 07- Failed April 11 44000 miles- No contacted dealer 22 - MattC3156 - Octavia Vrs - Reg May 2007 - Failed July 2011 - 48K - haven't bothered with dealer, got the fix kit and having it fitted next week. 23 - silver1011 - Octavia Scout - Reg August 2008, failed July 2011, 25K - fixed under warranty, 2 weeks before it expired! 24 - buckers - Octavia 4x4 tdi estate - Reg Dec 2006, failed approx June 2011, 75k, main dealer were not interested, so also bought kit, self fitted and sorted it! 25 - lucy_t - Octavia 2.0PD L&K - Reg 21 07 2007 - Failed April 11 44000 miles- No contacted dealer [/quote 26-coolhand6-Octavia Vrs tdi PD - reg jan 2008 fail October 2011. Dealer said they would ask Skoda to replace under goodwill so I presume they are aware of the problem. Will update when it's sorted. 27 - Andyld - Octavia Elagance with ESP as extra - Reg June2006 - Failed Nov 09 - Dealer replaced and covered about 60% of cost as goodwill. Warning lights came on again Thursday but reset themselves, hoping will be OK. 28 - stuart1350 - Octavia VRS TDI PD- REG SEP 2007, failed Jan 2012 (mileage 94,000)- quoted £610 to fix so I guess its the kit, havent asked skoda for a goodwill gesture as yet and one wasn't offered.

To be honest I cant feel any difference. They were only replaced as a precaution but were working perfectly well. On a side note the electronic stability control light has now come on so there's a big bill for the ABS module :os

So glad I found this thread. I have a PD VRS estate 07 plate, gave Jewsons Skoda a ring in Oxford. No problem sir, they say, drop it in and we'l sort it. 2 days later, new injectors and wiring loom. Result!

Can anyone post the link for the sts software please? I cant find it.

Thanks for the offer Ben. What would be a ball park figure? Stu

Can I be added too please? 07 Octavia VRS pd 170. Cheers Stu.

Just an update guys, went to main dealer in Oxford and they had to de-gunge the throttle body and breather pipes, replace a faulty sensor and hey presto the DPF regenerated!! Cost me £269 which was a lot better than the £1150 I was quoted for a new DPF.

Jewsons of Oxford just quoted me £450 all in for a cambelt kit plus labour and vat. They recommend changing the water pump only if there is signs of deterioration, if it needs to be changed they only charge for the price of the part and not labour.

Hey guys. I've a 72,000 mile 07 plate Octavia VRS PD Diesel, apparently the particulate filter is screwed. I'm waiting on a response from Skoda in that I dont think this part should have failed within 3 years but my query is if I can bypass this fault cheaply? Can I get a new part of the exhaust to bypass this eg performance exhaust? Cheers Stu

Hi there. The missus has a 99 Octavia TDI and the clocks have died on her (no speedo or rev but everything else working). So I thought the easiest ( ie cheapest) option would be to get a set of clocks off ebay and replace them. So 20 quid later I've a set off a 2001 TDI which fitted no problem......except immobilizer is now on. Does anyone know someone in the Oxford area that can clear the clocks or reset them so that the immobilizer doesnt come on???? Cheers, Stu