well thinking i not so keen on my skoda fabi estate tdi .

first of wheel bearing had to be changed both sides car has done 184000 miles but wheel bearing`s where replaced at 178000 , then abs sensor packed in and had to have new wheel bearing !! , brakes which are new (disk`s and pads ) alround about 6000 miles wont stop squeeling and hand brake works when it feel`s like it .. had the comon wiper fuse prob when the snow fell , and drivers window refuses to work at moment .. but to finaly put the boot in engine cut out half way across t juction car would not start just spun ,so to move it i put it in second gear and turn`d it on started it did start and get me home and sat ticking over nice when i turn`d it of wouldnt start again , well mot up end of month so guess i maybe getting somthing else very soon

To be fair it has done a lot of mileage! If I had a car of that mileage I would be pleased it had got that far lol!

My brakes squeel a bit on my Octavia after the brakes were changed. I took it back to the garage, still no better. I took it to another garage, and guess what, two weeks later same problem. My solution is to turn the stereo up a bit louder now! Luckily it only does it at low speeds.

To be fair 184000 is quite high mileage for any car (even a VAG)

It is easy to be disheartened when things go wrong, but fortunatly most furby problems are common, easy to fix & there is a lot of info on them around here.

The brakes squeeking can be fixed with some anti squeeking compound that most garages/service centres will have (so I have been told).

At the end of the day its about how much the cars is costing you to run vs the cost of a new car! :p

if youve been happy with it so far whats to stop you getting another skoda, surley something thats done that many mile cant be half bad at all!

The squeaking brake problem is to do with the lack of copper grease on the pads - or so i've been told... mine did squeak but after the grease was applied no more squeak!

well garage looking at it , so far fuel filter , been changed and engine oil lol.

well garage looking at it , so far fuel filter , been changed and engine oil lol.

If you can get it through an MOT and then want to get rid of it, drop me a PM with a price

If you can get it through an MOT and then want to get rid of it, drop me a PM with a price

ok dont think theres a prob getting mot on it most things are new ie front rear disks pads, new front subframe arm ,wheel bearings ,and battery..

well turns out that the temp sensor is at fault , thinks we in the summer (was -4) today .. should of guess`d that had to replace one on my seat 130tdi this summer lol....

well picked up car this afternoon and started of great run really well the outof the blue it stop`d again :'( so phone call to garage and its back in :no: so not loving skoda at moment think the dark side is calling me (jananese) lol..

got car back from Skoda garage now , turns out it was the ECU unit at fault £1200 repair !!! however mecanic has put a switch on dash to bypass unit so car will start only £248 !!! ..never had such an expensive car to run

got car back from Skoda garage now , turns out it was the ECU unit at fault £1200 repair !!! however mecanic has put a switch on dash to bypass unit so car will start only £248 !!! ..never had such an expensive car to run

Question for the techies - would it be possible to get a second-hand ECU (eg. from a scrapped car) that would be likely to work?

Question for the techies - would it be possible to get a second-hand ECU (eg. from a scrapped car) that would be likely to work?

yes it would i believe, buit would have be retuned to your car i believe,

my ecu went on my old rover 25, i got a 2nd hand one from scrap yard but had to be programmed by dealer, it cost be £75 for the programming and £30 from the scrap yard for the ECU considerably cheaper than the £1100 quoted by rover

Has the car ever been chipped?