How did the handbrake fail? caliper adjustment slipped

Popped boost hoses, is the car mapped? yes blew the top and bottom ones off the intercooler

Broken Aircon (Is the aircon serviced per latest VAG recommendations) yes turned out to be a broken wire under the car (took a year and a half for me to find)

Clutch and DMF, is the car mapped? yes bought at 37k from skoda sold as standard... clutch blew 5k later

Leaky doors, easy 2 Hr fix on a bad day all 4 doors leaky

Brake Switch 10 minute job fair enough

Consule Bushes, consumable rubber item, fail quicker on mapped cars poor design

Rear Wiper Fault? the jet doesnt hit the rear window... rotates with the wiper arm

Washer pipe popping off, (is there enough screen wash additive to prevent freezing) yes

just a bit tedious on a 2004 car :thumbdwn:

just a bit tedious on a 2004 car :thumbdwn:

Yeh you can get a lemon with just about any make and model. A mate has a Merc C class 18 months old, and out of that 18 months it's been in the dealers for 6 months total.

The dash had a small fire, the aircon leaked all the gas into the cabin, the gearbox exploded, the ABS failed 6 times, plus a whole stack of electrical/engine management problems. Pity the poor sod who buys that second hand :rotz:

Hope you have better luck in the future

The 1.4 16v engine is roughly based on the same one that came in the Polo 6n/6n2 - as is the gearbox and they are that models weakspot!

The 1.4 16v engine is roughly based on the same one that came in the Polo 6n/6n2 - as is the gearbox and they are that models weakspot!

hold on a sec guys... the problems we're talking about here - are they related to the 1.4 8-valve or the 1.4 16-valve? or do both of these cars have the same gearbox? cos i know that for sure there's a difference of around 15 or 20bhp between the two engines.

I've only had the leaky rear doors (Easy self fix) and the washer pipe pop off (easy self fix).... so far.