I've had my 56 plate petrol vrs for just under 3 years now and loved owning it until now. Nothing much has went wrong with it except the usual tyres etc which is to be expected. Skoda replaced the osr backing plate last year and advised me rear brake pads were needing replaced, I held off replacing them for a couple of weeks, however the nsr backing plate decided to go as well. So I decided to get the backing plate and pads replaced at the same time.

Before I did this the traction control light came on and stayed on and also my front passenger window decided to cease working. Booked the car in last week at Skoda to get everything sorted. They replaced the backing plate and the rear brake pads and informed me that both rear wheel bearings were done and needed replacing (there was a drone coming from the car, I assumed it was the backing plate) This cost me £498

They also advised me the window needs a new regulator at £200 and the best of all......the traction control fault showed it was a fault in the abs sensor and to replace would be £1500!!!!!

Not sure whether to cut my loses and just trade the in for something else or keep it and live without the ABS, in saying that the timing belt will need replaced soon as well as the exhaust!!!! Car has done 92000 miles

Stop taking it to skoda, find a good independent garage, wheel bearings are £38 each to buy, abs is probably teves problem (loads of links on here for repair) I have a 56 plate vrs cambelt and water pump getting done this week £300 all in.

Teves repair is about £300.

 

Check Ebay, I picked up the kit from a Skoda dealer for £180 and was £120 to fit at an indy.

 

Might even be worth buying a code scanner it'll give you a better idea of faults.

 

Droaning could be sawtoothing on the rear tyres or a bearing. Bearing faults can also cause ABS errors.

Plus at that age the rear ABS ring magnets can rust causing errors, I had to replace both of my rear hubs on an 07 car for that reason (£120 a side with OEM parts, can be done cheaper).

 

Code scanner again will help pinpoint faults and stop the dealers BS.

Edited 10 March, 201511 yr by Aspman

Stop taking it to skoda, find a good independent garage.  +1

The Teeves ABS repair is often done for free - and the dealer should know this.

 

Lots and lots of threads on this, VW and Skoda have been fixing these for free ever since the media got hold of the issue several years ago, even on cars well out of warranty.

 

Ring Skoda UK directly...

 

http://www.skoda.co.uk/about-us/contact-us/contact-us