I have had my skoda for 6 years now and have decided to get rid of it because i am fed up of ploughing money into it. Anyone on here looking/thinking about getting a skoda, dont.

There has been so many problems with it one after the other. More recently ive had to have the timing chain replaced £500 later. The clues in the name 'skoda' which are ****e cars which dont last. Rant over, new car hunt begin.

Try and be a bit more specific about the problems you've encountered over the last six years and how much it's cost you.

All car manufacturers make lemons every now and then!

Was it used? Why not explain the issues? Could be that the last owner abused it and you've landed the bill. Hardly skodas fault. Can't be that bad, plenty of reapeat customers and high customer satisfaction surveys.

Matt

I have had my skoda for 6 years now and have decided to get rid of it because i am fed up of ploughing money into it. Anyone on here looking/thinking about getting a skoda, dont.

There has been so many problems with it one after the other. More recently ive had to have the timing chain replaced £500 later. The clues in the name 'skoda' which are ****e cars which dont last. Rant over, new car hunt begin.

I think you may have the problem, not the car Here is you very first post on Briskoda.....

"Hello all. Great forum, joined today! Got my skoda last weekend 03 furby standard, ( though not for long, watch this space). It was a free gift off my good old nan, superb!"

Interesting

Edited 30 November, 201015 yr by Lady Elanore

Occaisonally there's lemon cars, but quite often problems in later life are due to poor maintenance when new. Do you know the history of your car?

I have had my skoda for 6 years now and have decided to get rid of it because i am fed up of ploughing money into it. Anyone on here looking/thinking about getting a skoda, dont.

There has been so many problems with it one after the other. More recently ive had to have the timing chain replaced £500 later. The clues in the name 'skoda' which are ****e cars which dont last. Rant over, new car hunt begin.

I agree things do go wrong more often its not just Skoda, same issues occur with many VAG cars. All depends on how your car has been maintained you cant fault SKODA in particular.

If your thinking of getting an AUDI, VW, SEAT, dont because they share similar parts depending on the model obviously.

Go Honda or Toyota and you will not regret it! Pure reliability!

My above post refers to him getiing his the car free from his Nan, 10 months ago

Edited 30 November, 201015 yr by Lady Elanore

The main things that broke on my Skoda was a non Skoda part anyway. Steering rack (TRW), engine (VW designed AUB) and a coil spring (not sure who)

I have had my skoda for 6 years now and have decided to get rid of it because i am fed up of ploughing money into it. Anyone on here looking/thinking about getting a skoda, dont.

There has been so many problems with it one after the other. More recently ive had to have the timing chain replaced £500 later. The clues in the name 'skoda' which are ****e cars which dont last. Rant over, new car hunt begin.

I am buying my 4th Skoda. The last three have all been fantastic, but thanks for your advice.

Edited 30 November, 201015 yr by kevberlin

My 2007vRS has been a disaster and if I could get rid of it now without losing a lot of money I would !!!!!

haha! good find Amanda. I'm still not sure if he had the car 6 years or 10 months. A mistype?

To the OP, if you've had issues with your car do not fret as we all have had to go through this at sometime or another. If you've had it for 6 years then to be honest it has done well. When yo say you had the timing chain replaced, do you mean the "belt"? as far as i'm aware the Fabia doesn't use a chain. I stand corrected if I am wrong here.

But bear in mind it was your "nan's car" as you stated earlier so I'd assume it was used as a run around and probably didn't see many motorway miles.

I've seen many cars that have belonged to grandad's nan's etc and they usually are neglected, oil changes are only done annually(that is not enough for stop start/short distance run cars.) and they are not run for great distances. All of these will contribute to many mechanical problems, regardless of what brand of car it is.

Skoda are OK in terms of reliability and generally owners are happy but they are not the best, but they are certainly not the worst. If you want something better then look at Honda, Mazda or Toyota. Mitsubishi are good too but very expensive if it does go wrong.

Edited 30 November, 201015 yr by newskoda

like above, it would be better to give some detail into the problems you have had with your car rather than just slagging of the skoda brand. I've owned mine for 3 years now and I've only had to spend money on services/wear and tear parts. skoda always seem to be winning car awards and i understand that skoda got a bad name years ago but i wouldn't call skoda/vw/audi/seat ****e cars.

maybe you just got very unlucky or previous owner abused car?

1.4 8v and 1.2's used chains. Think all others were belt (dunno what the 1.0 was though!).

i wouldn't call skoda/vw/audi/seat ****e cars.

I've had VAG cars for years. The only one that gave me trouble was a much abused MK1 Golf that hadn't seen enough maintenance.

1.4 8v and 1.2's used chains. Think all others were belt (dunno what the 1.0 was though!).

Quite unusual it broke then as they do tend to be sturdier don't they?

I stand corrected

Guys, I think the troll has left the building. Save your collective breath

Quite unusual it broke then as they do tend to be sturdier don't they?

I stand corrected

Dunno, I know (well) 3 people with Corsas with chains. One snapped requireing and entire top end rebuilid. And with one the acutal cam shaft snapped in two (common fault as well:o), not sure if the chain went as well or not.

The chains can get noisy (rattles) but they don't often break.

Bye Nick. I doubt you'll be missed

Whoops lol :no:

all cars are crap....

they're not built to last forever

Big jase has the right idea, all cars break down/have problems regardless.

I have no idea why people do threads like this?! Needs to be deleted.

My comment was entirely serious!

I agree to some extent......my VRS is pretty **** tbh...

FM radio don't work. Major suspension issues. Replaced two CV joints, Front ARB, cambelt,waterpump. Spent ages fixing the leaky doors. The seat creaks. The suspension groans, the car constantly rattles and shakes. Even the rear demister window sticks in this cold weather....

I truly believe they used vastly inferior parts in these cars.......

The sole reason I bought this car was because of the bombproof PD engine. I had an Audi with the same engine and it never missed a beat.

The worst thing is I could have easily bought a 120d instead.........My wife is currently considering setting fire to the car as its her daily driver. Thankgod I have such a patient and understanding wife!

Edited 30 November, 201015 yr by Beancounter1980