Hello I've owned a 2011 1.8tfsi 4x4 elegance model for 2 years now & it's been a great car but things have started to go wrong all of a sudden for no reason !

The brakes squeak after coming to a stand & then pulling away then I lost the led light on the speedometer needle so took it to the local skoda dealer, was the told no fault with the brakes & it's £700 for a new dashboard console as its a sealed unit !!

So after that bad news the car is now driving terrible any accelaration over 2500rpm it chugged badly & the engine safe mode light staying on !

I've booked it in for inspecation Monday but I'm gutted as I'm expecting bad news, has anybody else had such experience with their yeti ???

Thanks

 it's £700 for a new dashboard console as its a sealed unit !!

Thanks

 

I posted this a few days ago re dash instrument repair.

 

Cartronix  repair the Yeti instrument panel for £150 inc VAT

I posted this a few days ago re dash instrument repair.

 

Cartronix  repair the Yeti instrument panel for £150 inc VAT

The Cartronix prices are for repairing units sent to them. It does say 'Removal and Fitting Service available' so I wonder what they charge for that.

Obviously not relevant to the squealing brakes but before you start taking the car apart, with a four year old car would it be worth getting the battery checked before you go any further? I know it's very unlikely to be the problem but it's a cheap (often free) check, quick and non-destructive. So often strange problems on this forum seem to come down to a battery that's on its last legs.