i could go to an independant garage but as they were replaced or not under warranty doing so invalidates any warranties-the pads are warranted for 12000 miles remember by skoda .yes maybe it sounds trivial but this has been going on for nearly six months and its the way dealers and skoda uk have responded that also the issue -good customer service is important-first skoda and im not imprressed with them -car in the main is fine -would i buy another knowing how the dealers and skoda have handled this -probably not even if the car was the best thing since sliced bread -TRUST

I think you've made your point now hill4332. It does sound as if you consider that you've not had the service you deserve but repeating the same thing doesn't reinforce your message.

In my experience sometimes in life you have to take the hit and move on. Your increasing irritation will only make it worse for yourself and likely have no effect on Skoda UK.

 

Fred 

Very true. Skoda UK don't care as I well know at the moment.

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Try Peugeot then.......might as well lube up and brace to get shafted!

17+k miles no brake gride other than the usual cold damp weather noise that most drum cars get.

If fact as much as I've many issues with Skoda at the moment their reliability and service is not one of them.

Pricing on the other hand is a joke....on the new models that is.

Very true. There pricing is getting a bit silly now.

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I have had 2 skodas, both been spot on. Richard has had about 30 with no real issues iirc

 

Well, if you don't include the mk2 Fabia VRS. :peek:

Is boredom an issue?

 

 

 

 

:p

Sounds like you're very unlikely to get the satisfaction you feel you need. Best thing to do is to get rid of your citigo and buy something else.

As I've said on here before, every brand of car has their own issues. They are mechanical devices that can fail or go wrong. The noise you complain of is normal for the car, as for skoda cs, try looking from their prospective, different dealers and master tech's have said your car is okay. Should they go with their trained staff opinions or the word of one disgruntled customer who's convinced his car makes a noise?

I really don't understand why people come onto a skoda enthusiasts forum and tell everyone not to buy one???

Agree with bigdavy, sometimes these issues will never be solved and it really is best for your stress levels to get rid and try something else, have a look at the new i10, next best thing to the triplets

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Changing the car just to get quiet brakes is a bit expensive solution, I think.

independent garage would give their own warranty for new pads, wouldn't it. And you could still have car manufacturer's warranty for other parts.

I test drove Toyota Hybrid yesterday and it really had noisy brakes. Citigo is quiet compared that Toyota.

mah!   I have got a Yeti, 135.000 km and, actually,  my brake pads are over 60% and discs are over 85% of their life.... never had sounds, noise, rattle and more..never

Probably I'll change my pads after reaching the 200.000 km!

 Next week we'll sign for a Citigo mod elegance 75 hp (so, 2 skoda in 1 family), still debating about the colour, what do you suggest? green, blue or grey-sand?

 

 have a good lunch! (13:08) :sun:

Hey CicaYeti, whatever you want for lunch, have some olives and save two, because if you get a Citigo apparently they have noisy brakes and you might need something to stick in your ears.

Looking at it from the dealers point of view, a customer comes in complaining about a normal operating characteristic of the car and gets irritable when the dealer has taken reasonable steps to rectify the situation, or at least eliminate a possible fault by replacing parts. If you where the dealer, how would you proceed?

In 34 years of driving new and 2nd hand cars I have never had a warped disc,  Worn discs/ pads and replaced them all.

I live in an area with long winding hilly roads.

I can only conclude that warped discs must be caused by very prolonged heavy breaking over heating the discs, the sign that a KNOB 'ED is driving the car.

Ease off the brakes a little, watch the road ahead. Petrol engines have very little engine breaking, remember pressing either the accelerator or brake pedal costs money.

 

I have had a serial VW habit for some time, our Citigo is my sons, I would swop tomorrow for 80% of my driving needs. (VW Up variant), Fancy an e-UP myself.

 

By the way my VW 1.6 Passat TDI returns 68MPG in the summer and upto 78MPG on a long careful drive, thats fuel economy.

Hey CicaYeti, whatever you want for lunch, have some olives and save two, because if you get a Citigo apparently they have noisy brakes and you might need something to stick in your ears.

 

 We tested 2 citigo in the last days and none of them had problems or noises at brake level.....Guess ...maybe.... a GB matter!!!!  :moon:

 

 Now, have good tea-break of course! :coffee:

Just visiting the Citigo page and here's my 2 pennyworth.

I've had more cars than I care to mention, plus a bus pass. No trouble with the bus pass but all the Fabias I have owned have had some noise from the brakes when first starting off but it quickly disappears. Surface oxidising of the discs and drums when left stood for a while is normal and NOT just with Skoda. A Rover 75 I had was awful and a BMW 5 series only slightly less so.

 

I'm on my 3rd Fabia so from that you can tell how concerned I am . Calm down and carry on SKODA  :coffee:

With Citigo it's something else than surface rust for sure.

All brake disc and pad combinations make noise from time to time depending on pad wear state, phase and disc condition. In the Citigo, I found the stock pads to be a bit noisy, but less so than the ones on my last training car (Kia Rio). The Breck pads where similarly noisy for their 1st couple of thousand miles, but are mostly quiet now.

As for warped disks, the set that came with the car showed early signs of being warped with 3000 miles on the clock and got worse as the miles went by. The aftermarket Apec disks seem good so far, having done 8000 miles on them. I've seen warped discs a few times, heat damaged, incorrectly fitted, hub defects, poor alloy composition, they can all cause warping (or thickness variation). The DTI doesn't lie. You can also get pad transfer patches too.

In 34 years of driving new and 2nd hand cars I have never had a warped disc,  Worn discs/ pads and replaced them all.

I live in an area with long winding hilly roads.

I can only conclude that warped discs must be caused by very prolonged heavy breaking over heating the discs, the sign that a KNOB 'ED is driving the car.

 

 

 

Of if the car has some brake binding, although I wouldn't expect that of a new car to be fair.

Defective callipers are another possible cause of disc warping. Someone on the MR2 forum had binding rear brakes on his new Peugeot. A manufacturer in the 1990s had quite a problem with warped discs on new cars as they where driven off the forecourt. Was down to a change alloy.

We had warped discs in our Citigo, replaced under warranty. Worked well until now, as after 7000km there is some judder again. May get after market discs and pads next summer.

Having owned many new and nearly new cars , often bought from main dealers - I could bore for England on the subject of bad service - its a main dealer characteristic. 

 

My worst ever experience was with my local Mazda dealer in Christchurch, Dorset -  I obviously bought a Friday afternoon lemon of a Mazda5 mpv and still own this wretched car..... but I also know that generally Mazda cars ( like Skoda's) are well made and mechanically reliable....mine likes to shed its paint and interior trim and has done this from about three years old.... I only keep it because its nice to drive, the engine is rock solid and it makes a great little van with the seats down! 

having had a driving career of 50 yrs and done around 500,000 miles i know the difference between pads that rub and those that grind.My point is that when they replaced the pads and discs they were warranted for 12k miles. Having had the pads replaced a further 2k miles late without an invoice to prove it and the dealer wont give one -how can i trust dealers to do their job.

Ive paid 9565 for the car -not cheap if on a pension -i dont mind putting in another 500 tp replace the car but why should i then have my payments go up from 87pcm to 147pcm for a mk2 fabia 9although they now tell me theres non left in the uk)

They don't give you an invoice for any warranty work they do.

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They don't give you an invoice for any warranty work they do.

 

 

I guess it must be a dealer specific decision as I have 2 zero cost invoices for our Fabia, one to rectify an issue with the heated seats and the other for the gearbox oil change and ECU reset recall, sorry service campaign. I would demand an invoice because it is your proof the work has been done; very useful should you sell the car later on.

Interesting. I've never been given one anywhere where I've had warranty work done.

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