Hi all,

Finally got round to collecting my vRS from Winchester Skoda on Monday. Already loving it!

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Anyway, they popped a new MOT on it, just noticed that it passed and when the next MOT is due. Not a problem. Until I decided to take a look at the certificate again so I could make a note of the retest date in my diary. Where it says Advisory Notice Issued, it says Yes. But I wasn't given one. So after a research on the Direct.gov website:

Nearside Lower Anti-roll bar linkage has slight play in a pin/bush (2.4.G.3)

Console rear bushes perished

All brake pads becoming low on inner pad

All brake discs badly corroded

Now, what do I do. I don't like the sound of the brake advisories, and had planned on doing them this weekend. Are all these jobs a Haynes 3 spanner jobby? (More worried about the brakes)

Any help would be great!

take it back and tell them youd like to see the sheet.

if they refuse ask them what they are hiding.

when i bought mine around 2 years ago i made the guy change the brakes for me as 1 was an advisory.

just my input u dont have to listen:)

bushes should all be handy to change, brakes you will need a caliper rewind tool

I would take the car back and get them to fix the advisories, if they refuse ask for a refund

Yep if it's from a Skoda dealer I'd definitely try get them to do the work as these are clearly faults which existed before you purchased the car. They'll want you to come back and get services and buy other cars, and probably wouldn't want the chance of bad rep for the sake of only a couple of minor points. Are you certain the work hasn't been done already? Do the discs look rusty on the lip/edge?

It may well be the case you could legally reject the car for a refund under Sales of goods act as not fit for purpose http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2006/sep/28/yourrights.legal2 but would only get to that if they flat out refuse to do the work.

common con this...

throw away advisory sheet, tbh i doubt you have a leg to stand on, car passed MOT so is fit to be on the road, the advised issues will need replacing in the future but at the time of the mot they were sufficient

throw away advisory sheet, tbh i doubt you have a leg to stand on, car passed MOT so is fit to be on the road, the advised issues will need replacing in the future but at the time of the mot they were sufficient

Still evidence of being "not fit for purpose" IMO which is all the law requires. The MOT itself is not very stringent in terms of safety, and advisories can highlight important issues not taken into account by the MOT test itself.

take it back and tell them youd like to see the sheet.

if they refuse ask them what they are hiding.

when i bought mine around 2 years ago i made the guy change the brakes for me as 1 was an advisory.

just my input u dont have to listen:)

Yep if it's from a Skoda dealer I'd definitely try get them to do the work as these are clearly faults which existed before you purchased the car. They'll want you to come back and get services and buy other cars, and probably wouldn't want the chance of bad rep for the sake of only a couple of minor points. Are you certain the work hasn't been done already? Do the discs look rusty on the lip/edge?

It may well be the case you could legally reject the car for a refund under Sales of goods act as not fit for purpose http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2006/sep/28/yourrights.legal2 but would only get to that if they flat out refuse to do the work.

Thanks for the quick replies, really appreciate it.

Anweman, that's the first thing I had a look at just to make sure they had omitted the sheet because they had fixed the advisories. But the disks are very rusty/corroded on the lip/edge

It makes me wonder why they hid the advisories sheet. But the car passed its MOT with only advisories, do they legally have to fix these?

I will give the guy a call tomorrow (Yes its a Skoda Main dealer) and see what he says. It just annoys me that they thought they could bin the advisory notice and if I had just taken the MOT certificate at face value I might never of known about the brake issues (which to me sound serious!?!?)

Thanks again for the advice/help

Every bush on the fabia`s are mullered after exactly 00012.2 miles, so thats no surprise. I`m guessing you never noticed issues with knocking or dodgy cornering when you drove it so that`s an item on its way out at some point in the future but not a major issue at the moment. As for brakes, just sound like the need using, maybe new pads soon, but they will rust a bit if not used, the backs rust anyway because they dont do much

Matt

It makes me wonder why they hid the advisories sheet. But the car passed its MOT with only advisories, do they legally have to fix these?

I believe they need to fix any advisories before giving the keys to any new owner, as to me giving a car with advisories to the new owner is just bad customer surface

As said take it back and ask them to sort it out.

I believe they need to fix any advisories before giving the keys to any new owner, as to me giving a car with advisories to the new owner is just bad customer surface

I agree its bad customer service. Will defiantly give them a call tomorrow then, its just extra hassle I can't really be doing with right now though! :/

Another thing I noticed was the spray nozzle from the rear wiper has gone walkies, will mention this tomorrow too!!