Hi all

I've had the vrs for a few months now. When I purchased from skoda the car came with a warranty up until September. The car has covered 11,600 miles and touch wood I have had no problems with it.

So the question is should I renew the warranty next month? What are everyone's experience with their past dealings with skoda as I have yet needed to deal with them.

Also in the space of having the car for 3 months I have covered 3,500 miles and only topped the oil up with half a litre if that so I can say I am lucky not to have an oil burning car.

I'm looking to possibly change the exhaust on the car so will this initially void my warranty on the car?

If you change the exhaust, it will void the warranty on the exhaust (obviously) and parts that are affected by it. Suspension, bodywork and wheels etc are not linked to an exhasut system so would remain unaffected.

 

Now in theory, if you have problems with your engine down the line, with a turbo etc... they could argue that the issue is caused by having an aftermarket exhaust fitted.

 

Obviously that is a worse case scenario, but in the world of warranties, they will look for any excuse to not pay out.

Skoda would tell you that the Original Exhaust is not covered by Warranty after 6 months anyway.

Cars with Replacement / Upgrade exhausts are not a Warranty Problem to Skoda UK since by the time someone changes it they are pretty sure they have a good car.

 

Some Dealers have been Awkward like one was with vRSforever, but eventually Skoda UK paid up and his CTHE got new oil spray jets.

Issues are Fundamental Design & Manufacturing with the Engine / Gearbox & the Exhaust does not change that.

 

The OEM exhaust is cr4p material anyway and have you checked what one costs from Skoda?

(A Skoda Supplied original one has a 2 Year Warranty though, odd the one on a new car has them saying not covered after 6 months.)

Fit what you like and what works on the car.

Edited 12 August, 20169 yr by GoneOffSKi

Thanks for the info.

So theoretically anything I change on my car will void the warranty for that part in exhaust/suspension etc....

So would you think it's beneficial to pay for the extended warranty? I am only thinking of this encase I get any issues with turbo/supercharger/dsg etc

Just from the big components point of view I think it may be worth it. The cost for the year is just over £200.

What I don't want to do is change the exhaust for a performance exhaust and then they turn round and say you have voided the entire warranty that I forked out for.

You need to read the T&C's and exclusions in the Extended Warranty.

(i have not read the Policy book on the latest ones.)

The Skoda Approved one from Car Care Plan ltd i did buy said you had to get permissions for modifications and they approved who did them.

I would not run a vRS without Warranty Cover on the Engine & Gearbox if i was not Re-mapping.

 

However i do run one without a warranty because i drive what i want.

 

A replacement exhaust will not void a Warranty, but a De-cat or Sport-Cat might well.

Or the Warranty provider might try saying it does, you need to prove it caused no issues with what you want 

a Warranty Claim on.

Edited 12 August, 20169 yr by GoneOffSKi

The only thing to say is that if you change to a sporty exhaust, make sure you have the engine set up on the dyno to make sure it's not running weak or rich. This will damage your engine and void your warranty, My nephew handled a warranty claim on a VRS last month and it had an after market exhaust. The motor had not been set up to run properly with that system and it blew holes through number 1 and 3 pistons due to lack of back pressure. I had a look and the engine was totaled. Cost was enormous and Skoda turned down warranty as the car was non standard. That judgment was correct. Owner was left with a bill for over £4.4k. In my opinion, you need warranty on any VRS. Great cars though and so much fun to drive.