What would you do?

I bought a skoda Octavia (07 plate) 46k on clock full service history from non skoda dealer when I test drove it I noticed the air bag light on and asked the dealer what it meant as this is my first skoda I wasnt sure he said it was to show it was on and working.

I paid a deposit and untill I sold my old car private he would store the skoda for me.

When i picked the car up (a few weeks later) the light came on half way home (I didnt notice the light was not on as per why the dealer said it should be after the test drive)

I read the hand book and realised the light meant there was a fault with the air bag system.

Spoke to dealer and he said put it into local skoda dealer by me and he would pay for it to be fixed BUT........that I should get the skoda dealer to phone him to ok payment.

When I picked the car up after being fixed the skoda dealer said they found no faults with wiring so they reset light, but if the fault re-occurs it will need an o/s/front seat air bag unit fitting costing £280.00 would this show on a fault code?

So 14 days later the light came on again so arranged to take back to same skoda dealer near me and for them to phone the dealer i bought it from.

The dealer i bought it from said no to the skoda dealer for the £280 for airbag replacement unit.

obviously the dealer I bought it from had the light reset after my test drive as i now know it wont do this itself.

I phoned the skoda dealer that the car came from new and asked about any work on my car and they said they reset light in 2008 and sister company carried out an airbag repair 18/10/11 (looks like wires repaired under driver seat)

What do i do now?

Edited 23 February, 201214 yr by mylot

Take it back to the dealer and make him fix it if he isn't willing to pay, or to refund you as the car won't pass an MOT so if not fit for purpose.

If there is a problem get trading standards or whoever they are called these days involved.

Edited 23 February, 201214 yr by cheezemonkhai

Agree you need it fixed under the dealers warranty. He has no choice but to put it right.

This needs fixing and the car should be covered for faults for 6 months under the sale of goods act.

As already said, the car with the airbag light on will fail an MOT test. The fault needs to be rectified, if only for your safety should the worse happen. Without getting the codes read, its hard to say what the cause is but simply reseting the light each time is not an option as it should not even come on except during startup.

I spoke to the dealer I bought it from again today and he said it should be covered under the Warranty I got with the car. They said they had the fault looked at after I test drove it and it came up with a fault about something electronic being out of range or not within paramiters. Possibly due to car battery being low voltage with it not being used for around 4 weeks, causing the light to come on???/

But the Skoda dealer I took it to said it needed the airbag in the side of the drivers seat replacing. I take it these are two different faults.

Any way warranty company wont cover replacing the air bag in the seat (he was very surprised as they never normally develop a fault)

but they suggested I get the skoda dealer to phone them and clarify it.

To be fair the dealer I bought it from has been helpfull (so far) and has paid skoda nearly £70 so far out of their own money to check and reset the light

Why would they get different faults showing?