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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.

All on top of one of the DPF sensors going last month and two new tyres. I love my car at the moment............ :dull:

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.

All on top of one of the DPF sensors going last month and two new tyres. I love my car at the moment............ :dull:

Would you mind updating once again with the final cost (unit + fitting etc) once it's been sorted?

Would you mind updating once again with the final cost (unit + fitting etc) once it's been sorted?

Yep no worries, using an independent garage as they've always looked after my cars (just hope they're cheaper than Skoda!!) :smirk:

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!

Edited by silver1011

good timing

User - Model - Registered month/year - Failure month / year - mileage at failure - skoda's response (goodwill)

User - Model - Registered month/year - Failure month / year - mileage at failure - skoda's response (goodwill)

amberlight: Skoda Octavia Elegance estate 4x4 registered Aug 07,Failure July 2011 @86500 kms, Skoda said it would take around €1600.00 to remedy the problem. They said the ABS pump needed replacing.I didnt proceed and am awaiting a responce from Skoda Ireland through my local Skoda Dealer.If I dont get a satisfactory outcome I will NEVER buy a Skoda again !

well looks like i am going to join the list light appeared on today on my 57 plate Octavia VRS with 28000 miles and about a year out of date i am going to see my local garage to scan the car and see if it is the G201 code think i will just get the fix kit as mine has been serviced at independant garage

just a quick heads up guys the repair kits have gone up in price this week now retail £245.40 inc the vat

Yep - just found this out today when the garage went to order the part. Magic - thanks very much Skoda!! Not only do you fail to acknowledge this as a fault but you rip everyone off to the tune of £100 on the repair kit to fix said "fault"! Grrrrr not happy!!! :punch:

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 - 50K - haven't bothered with dealer, £352.40 fitted (no thanks to Skoda for the cheeky £100 increase in part price!)

23 - silver1011 - Octavia Scout - Reg August 2008, failed July 2011, 25K - fixed under warranty, 2 weeks before it expired!

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 - 50K - haven't bothered with dealer, £352.40 fitted (no thanks to Skoda for the cheeky £100 increase in part price!)

23 - silver1011 - Octavia Scout - Reg August 2008, failed July 2011, 25K - fixed under warranty, 2 weeks before it expired!

24 - VinceP - Octavia 2.0D 4X4 Reg Jan 08 ESP light on July 2011, 37k - dealer quoted £1k pump replacement - am awaiting response on goodwill from Skoda UK if no go I have got fix kit before price went up.

Edited by VinceP

Not sure why I aren't on the list?

Mine failed around MOT time so Jan 11. It is a Octy vRS estate tdi reg Jan 07. Failed with esp light on (and so they failed MOT wrongly and only issued cert after I forwarded them the email from VOSA stating that they were wrong.) Bill was £1100 ish and Skoda paid 95% goodwill.

I thought they were doing them all by goodwill if people pressured them and had fsh etc.

Edited by xyster

youneed to put yourself on the list to get on the list :no:

Got the kit through local vw dealer, had it fitted by Autowork, Salisbury for about £360 including full major service. Kit cost me £130 with a bit of talking. No more 'Bing Bong', no more yellow light!! Magic Strangely, the brakes seem to have much more 'feel' to them??

Chris, 2005 Mk2 octy.

Just started my 07 vrs tdi 57200 miles and the ESP light is on. Will have to wait till tomorrow to get it checked out. Meh.

Just started my 07 vrs tdi 57200 miles and the ESP light is on. Will have to wait till tomorrow to get it checked out. Meh.

G201 error. Will try to get a fix kit ordered and get my local indipendant garage to fit it

G201 error. Will try to get a fix kit ordered and get my local indipendant garage to fit it

You're not even going to try for goodwill through Skoda UK?

You're not even going to try for goodwill through Skoda UK?

I asked the dealer about it and they said if I had full dealer service history and if I pay £80 for them to do some diagnostics then there may be some possibility of a goodwill gesture, but no guarantee. If I didn't have to pay them £80 just to have a look at it before they can give me a price on how much it is to be fixed, then I would pursue it through Skoda.

I don't want to pay £80 to find out that I then have to pay more than my local garage to get it fixed.

Local garage quoted £147 ex vat for parts and approx 2 hours labour. (£360 ish total)

I asked the dealer about it and they said if I had full dealer service history and if I pay £80 for them to do some diagnostics then there may be some possibility of a goodwill gesture, but no guarantee. If I didn't have to pay them £80 just to have a look at it before they can give me a price on how much it is to be fixed, then I would pursue it through Skoda.

I don't want to pay £80 to find out that I then have to pay more than my local garage to get it fixed.

Local garage quoted £147 ex vat for parts and approx 2 hours labour. (£360 ish total)

Fair enough, what a ballache.

Not my Octy affected but the missus mk2 Leon FR TDI has the fault and only got 26k on it. Fault has been there since 18k!

£147 for parts? they must have some spare kits at the old price

  • 2 weeks later...

Job done. Fix kit fitted and all working again :)

My ESP light came on this week and the car went in on Friday as it was due a service and mot. I have a 2006 Elegance 1.6 FSI.

When they phoned me to tell me they had checked the ESP fault (and the Airbag faulty message) it was fault indicated with ABS wiring loom, repair kit required to rectify.

I had found this thread before I went and I asked the dealer to not do anywork on the car at the moment due to cash being short and the fact that I wanted to talk to them about the actualt fault and more specifically the actual fault code. When the guy went through the paperwork with me that the mechanic had printed out, the code was G201. I explained to him about the fact that this apparently seems a common and known fault and that I am going to contact Skoda direct as I have had my car fully serviced at my local Skoda dealer since new and am not happy about paying £300+.

My question to you guys who have been in contact with Skoda is, do you have any particular contact details?

Any help is much appreciated.

Cheers

Wayne

Edited by motr

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