Hi all,

 

So driving home from Birmingham airport yesterday morning, I was coming onto the M42, gave it a bit of right foot up to 100 when it chugged and the engine management light started to flash. Followed soon by the EPS light flashing, then they both just stayed on. Misfire?

 

I pulled in to the services and turned it off and on to see if that would do anything, but alas no joy.

 

Decided to bring it on home, it was 6am so no garages to take it to and no breakdown cover (had it with my previous insurance but changed to a multi-car policy recently and forgot about it!) - drove about 50 miles with the lights on, engine chugging away feeling pretty terrible! Hope I don’t regret that decision.

 

My nearest Skoda garage is in Stourbridge; around 20 miles drive from me. The garage couldn’t book it in until Friday but have told me to bring it in anytime and maybe they can fit it in. The technician on the phone told me it will not do anymore damage to drive it in but it may be slow. They do not do recovery or call outs. OK to drive it to the garage?

 

I had considered getting my local independent to scan it and see what the issue is. Could it be as simple as a new set of plugs and maybe coils? I’ve had all the work on the car done with Skoda, so thought it best to take it to them, especially if it is something more serious.

 

So a bit of a ramble, but just really wanting others opinions on the situation/ possible outcomes.

 

Car stats: 61 plate CAVE, 34k miles, FSH, spark plugs changed at around 25k.

 

Any comments welcome.

 

Thanks

Andrew

Forgot to say, it's a bit on an oil drinker - about 1 ltr every 2k miles.

Oops, meant EPC light! If a mod could maybe fix that for me that would be appreciated...

 

It could be as simple as the one spark plug that expires early on its way out,

so,

9,000 miles since plugs changed might just be the problem. 

Best not get the same OEM plugs as last time put in, get DENSO instead.

The ones Skoda fit are supposed to be good for 40,000 miles, and many are not good for half that.

If it is one spark plug burning out have the Skoda Dealership that fitted them have then cover changing under the Warranty.

These are the 2nd plug type VW / Skoda went with and thay are still rubbish.

 

The misfires may or may not be logged.

 

Who ever told you it would do no damage is an ar53.

Be sure not to be on Super Charger and Turbo because a tip off a plug destroys engines.

So very easy on the throttle, just keep it on the supercharger gently.

A bit slow is when in Limp Mode, Turbo Inhibited or running on 2 cylinders to save engines.

None are a good thing, and all can still have an engine wrecked.

Edited 30 August, 20169 yr by GoneOffSKi

Thanks for the response. Going to limp it in at lunchtime today. Fingers crossed.

 

I am praying it is just spark plugs or something easily fixed. Been toying with changing it for a while now, so think the time has come!

*Update

 

Garage has replaced the sparks and coils which has not solved the problem. They told me on the phone that there is no compression in cylinder 2. My heart dropped when I heard that!

 

Waiting until Monday for them to put a camera in to investigate before disemboweling the thing.

 

So I'm guessing this means my engine is F@%#*D. :'( Wish I'd offloaded it, but hindsight is a wonderful thing. 

Mine started drinking oil, then started misfiring etc ended up needing new engine was told the excessive oil cunsumption had damaged the internals of the engine. Tho not told exactly what and still waiting for paperwork (14days later)

Mine started drinking oil, then started misfiring etc ended up needing new engine was told the excessive oil cunsumption had damaged the internals of the engine. Tho not told exactly what and still waiting for paperwork (14days later)

 

Yeah, I read your post. Rotten luck.

 

Mine has always liked a drink of oil, but I never considered it a problem given my low annual mileage. I never sat down and calculated how much it used but I'd take a guess at 1 ltr every 1.5k to 2k miles.

 

I read you were offered some goodwill from Skoda and paid c.£1,000 for a new engine, am I right?

 

I have to wait until Monday to see what the outcome is, I'm only guessing until then. I've serviced it bang on schedule with Skoda everytime, so I'm hoping they're kind to me!

 

I was hoping for a quick fix and a swift offload. I even had a car lined up to buy tomorrow! That's all kind of on hold now until I find out how much this is going to cost me.

Out of curiosity what did you have lined up?

Out of curiosity what did you have lined up?

 

Seat Ibiza FR 2.0 TDI. Found a nice one too. It's not completely of the cards, but I need to find out how much the vRS is going to sting me.

 

I had been shopping for an Impreza Sti for a while and was close to taking the plunge, however a change of circumstance made it unfeasible. The higher tax, fuel and insurance bills were too much. Decided to go for something economical for the extra miles I am doing now. Thought the FR was a nice compromise between [reasonable] speed and economy. Just like the Fabia, if it wasn't a ticking time bomb!

Yeah mate i got goodwill from skoda finally got paperwork so i could check what was actually done. I have a new base engine and just a whole load of consumables on there.

Part no. For new base engine 03C100092DX

I googled to find out more and could see what is actually included its 17 parts total.

Was out of warrenty but only 30,000 miles and new car to me. First thing i did apon ownership was have it major serviced and health checked by my local skoda dealership then 2,000 miles later i need a new engine. That probably helped my case for goodwill.

Dont see any reason why you shouldnt be offers goodwill as well seeming as your mileage similar to mine.

Yeah mate i got goodwill from skoda finally got paperwork so i could check what was actually done. I have a new base engine and just a whole load of consumables on there.

Part no. For new base engine 03C100092DX

I googled to find out more and could see what is actually included its 17 parts total.

Was out of warrenty but only 30,000 miles and new car to me. First thing i did apon ownership was have it major serviced and health checked by my local skoda dealership then 2,000 miles later i need a new engine. That probably helped my case for goodwill.

Dont see any reason why you shouldnt be offers goodwill as well seeming as your mileage similar to mine.

 

Yeah, I'm really hoping so. I had mine service in June and covered about 2,000 miles since as well.  

Running a vRS without a warranty from Skoda is not a risk I'd take - and I went in with my eyes open (this was my view five years ago when I bought the car).

Running a vRS without a warranty from Skoda is not a risk I'd take - and I went in with my eyes open (this was my view five years ago when I bought the car).

 

I rolled the dice... I lost. Funny I considered extending the warranty but felt it was too expensive at the time, ruing that decision now of course!

I rolled the dice... I lost. Funny I considered extending the warranty but felt it was too expensive at the time, ruing that decision now of course!

Although just before the Car Plan warranty (sold through Skoda) expired and I found out about the new warranty offering direct from Skoda (underwritten by VW Insurance AG) I was weighing up whether to roll the dice myself.

I have a poster on this site to thank for bringing the Skoda warranty to my attention - if you own a vRS Briskoda is an invaluable mine of information.

I think you've got a very strong case for Skoda footing the vast majority of the bill - evidence from posters on here suggests they are becoming more receptive to dealing with out of warranty engine failure (perhaps because the number of engines is small - relatively speaking - and may prevent any more bad publicity).

Edited 4 September, 20169 yr by Brian69

*Update*

 

Had to chase the garage this morning for some information as they have been pretty slow. Skoda have told them this morning that it needs a new engine and they have agreed to cover 40% of the parts and labour. They haven't actually told me what this equates to yet, they are going to get me a quote later today.

 

They are taking the pi$$, right? I didn't expect they would just agree to pay it all without hassle, but that seems pretty measly! Not even half. 

 

Admittedly not a lawyer, but have been reading the Sale of Goods Act and I don't think a 5 year old car covering 35,000 miles with a full service history could reasonably be expected to need a new engine! Really they should be covering the full cost.

 

Anyway, I am going to wait until the get back with this quote and take it from there. I guess I should contact Customer Services direct rather than just dealing with the garage.

There certainly seems to be inconsistency here with Xylo's experience.

Not sure whether to start a new tread for this or not, but can anyone recommend the best contact details for Skoda Customer Services? I have the following generic contact details:

 

customerservices@skoda.co.uk

Tel: 0333 003 7504

 

Was thinking an email with a follow up call would be best. 

 

Any suggestions or recommendations welcome.

I wouldn't hang about - go straight in with a call.