Hi all,

A new update on the long-running saga that some of you may have read about my '04 Fabia vRS and the fact that it's glow plug light keeps coming on when I am driving...

As I said in my previous thread(s), initially the problem was that when driving along, the glow plug light would come on and I would lose all power - this happened for about a second and then everything returned to normal. The dealer reported a camshaft sensor at fault, replaced it but this didn't cure the problem. They then had the car for a whole week, checked everything and eventually replaced the ECU. This seemed to cure the problem...

I drove up to Yorkshire at the weekend (helping out my friends at Richmond Racing in the Ginetta racing happening at Croft, including running Vicki Butler-Henderson... ) from my home in Surrey and the car was fine....until I got about 20 miles from home...

At 70 mph in sixth on the M25, the glow plug light came on again but this time was not accompanied by a power loss... I took it to the dealer the next day, who said that no error codes were showing on the VAG-COM... I drove it away - got 100 yards up the road and it did it again...

One quick U-turn and it was back in the dealer's being checked again - again no fault codes...so they said there was nothing they could do, and that I should take it away and bring it back if it does it again...

I now don't know what to do... Do I just live with this, with the light coming on at random intervals, and then wait for something more serious to go wrong?? Or can I reject the car (it is 4 months old and has done 4,300 miles...) as not being fit for the purpose for which it was sold??

Or does anybody have any other ideas?? I'm sure I heard a click-click from under the dashboard when it happened near the dealer's, but I mentioned the old relay 109 problem and the dealer said that they haven't changed one of those on any car newer than 1999... I'm sure they think I'm a bit of a know-all now as well, as I tell them all the things that I read on here (brake light switch etc.)..

I am at my wits end.. I don't blame the dealer as, with no fault codes, where do they start?? But on the other hand, I am not happy with the car the way it is..

Help!!!

Cheers.

Darren

Other options would be to try another dealer, or push your dealer to talk to Skoda Tech as you are unhappy with the car and you want it fixed. I guess you could try contacting Skoda Customer Services directly, but I'm not sure what that would buy you?

Chris

Give Skoda Customer Services a bell and get the Techincal Manager out to have a look.

Lest anyone feel too sorry for DP....

Nice, very nice. Vicki is not really what you would call good looking, but there is something very attractive about her.

Nice, very nice. Vicki is not really what you would call good looking, but there is something very attractive about her.

I wouldnt say no...

I wouldnt say no...

I wouldn't either if I was single, but I do not find her classically good looking, but she does have something, and every time I see her on TV I end up trying to figure out what it is.

I wouldn't either if I was single, but I do not find her classically good looking, but she does have something, and every time I see her on TV I end up trying to figure out what it is.

Have to agree with you there. Something intruiging going on with her.

Thanking you Guy...

She is lovely...and just to make you chaps more jealous, she is even lovelier in the flesh (so to speak...).

Now, any ideas on what to do with my car?!? :( Does anybody have the Skoda Customer Services number handy??

DP

Have to agree with you there. Something intruiging going on with her.

It's the voice and that dirty laugh.

Is there a femaile equivalent of a rogue?

It's the voice and that dirty laugh.

Is there a femaile equivalent of a rogue?

You could be onto something with the voice

Does anybody have the Skoda Customer Services number handy??

08457 745 745

Chris

I would get Skoda CS a ring get a case opemed with them, tell them that you want the car fixed and if it happens again after another dealer visit then

you want to reject the car as it is not fit for purpose..

Then await CS who will only contact your dealer and discuss.. I would be kicking up a fuss... Why if nothing shows on the ECU is this an excuse to do nothing..?

on the subject of VBH ? not sure.. she can drive better than most of us!!!

usually sideways ..

ta

Dazz

does anybody have any other ideas??

Yes.

Petrol can full of petrol, lighter, empty field, mate in another car to give you a lift home

Get Skoda Tech to look into it,they might have come accross this already.

VBH - a definate yes,teach me how to drive a bit better as well as anything else she likes!!! lol