Had my vRS for 6 months and so far it's had an ignition coil in it, had another just before I bought it, both gas struts for the boot replaced and the water tempreture gauge is now doing it's 'thing' and in need of a new sensor.

Been to the dealership this afternoon to try and get it confirmed as a dickie sensor, and when the put the test machine on the only code it pull up was 17705.

Turbo Pressure Loss...

:rotz:

I had a Civic 1.8VTi before this. I had it for just over 2 years and put 32k on it, taking it from 16k to 48k, and ragged the **** out of it, not hard when it reved to 8400! When I traded it in it was still on it's orginal brakes, had only just got the end of it's 3rd set of front tyres and it's orginal rears were just coming to the end of their servicable life., and apart from servicing I had a back box on it which Honda did under warrenty. I think I know were I'll be going back to after the Skoda...

I love my 4x4 but I have to agree, 02 on a 52 with 34k on the clock and I only have it

six months and the central locking is busted.

Age?, Mileage?

Annoying, yes but hardly end of the world problems.

A group of common problems.

Coolant temp sensor wont often flag faults. Really all the coils should have been updated at the same time to the latest spec (Skoda will quite often cover this even if out of warranty).

Boost fault also quite common, widely covered on here.

I wont bother entertaining you with the list of faults on my Octavia :thumbdwn:

I had 16 A4 pages (YEAH 16) of bullsh*t problems with my previous car. Renault Megane and they didn't seem to give a t*ss either ! At least these minor glitches on your Skoda WILL be sorted. Count yourself lucky mate.

It appears that the few design faults are well documented and that Skoda dealers will admit them and attempt to rectify them, you can't say fairer than that.

Ford dealers are nothing like that.

As for Goochie, well, I've seen videos of the treatment his car gets!

I agree, they've been very honest and help full, when I told them the central locking was gone, they said drop it in straight away and took care of it no questions asked. My last car was a VW and they would have told me they wouldn't be able to look at the car for a least a week. Still its a bill I don't need!

VW dealers = money-grabbing bar-stewards.....

need my drivers side door re-aligning, shut-line is a bit off.... assume strike plate moved or hinges need tightening.

VW dealer line : needs to go to bodyshop, need it for a week.

oh, and rust, according to VW, is a paintwork issue, not a corrosion issue..... my ****...

conversely, my octy was faultless after five years....

you pays your money and takes your chances.....

My brother-in-laws brand new Focus ST was driven straight back to the dealers as the steering needed re-aligning and he still has a wobble between 40 and 80 mph! This thing had not even turned a wheel before he picked it up

My old octy vRs, which is now owned by my brother has covered nearly 60K miles now. Car is just coming upto 5 years old, has only had 3 coilpacks fail. No other issues and car is also on original brake pads/disks. I have also seen the 17705 error twice on it. The car was never in the workshop apart from servicing and those coilpacks. The 17705 error is quiet common, and is quickly solved by restarting the engine. Mine also had a substantial quantity of track laps both at the nurburgring and at bruntingthorpe here.

Age?' date=' Mileage?

Annoying, yes but hardly end of the world problems.[/quote']

'01 Y Plate with 42k on it. Should be barely run in by modern standards...

Yes I agree but it's still a 5'ish year old car and the problems you mention esp the coilpacks are very common on VAG cars of that age. You can't expect a used car to be totally fault free. You pays yer money and all that.

You can't expect a used car to be totally fault free.

You do if it's from a supposedly reliable make!

Chris

Yes I agree but it's still a 5'ish year old car

So was the Civic and that was invincible... It

You do if it's from a supposedly reliable make!

Chris

So you're telling me that you'd expect a 5 year old car to be 'totally reliable'. Not even a couple of minor niggles which is what we're talking about here to put it into context.

So was the Civic and that was invincible... It

Colipacks were a problem but as others have stated they should have all been relaced FOC by the dealer quiet a while ago when serviced ... unless the previous owner never took it in to have it done. Once replaced they seem to be far more reliable with few owners having any problems.

I guess there is always a potential problem with used cars that the previous owner treated it like rubbish and didn't have basic things done. I've been lucky with mine (touch wood) and had no problems even though I bought mine used as well.

So you're telling me that you'd expect a 5 year old car to be 'totally reliable'.

One with the fabled "VW build quality", yes.

My smart is 7 years old now, it's a diesel (so should be shaking itself to pieces), at 45k of town driving, lax servicing and general abuse it's never failed to start and fit and finish is still spot on with no rattles.

Yet at a mere 5 years old with 50k of mainly motorway driving and full dealer on-the-dot servicing with "VW build quality", my Skoda's got through temperature sensors, dealer has still not managed to turn off the engine warning light yet, it's left me stranded once through a sensor fault, it rattles to buggery and parts of trim have fallen off. Compared to both the Nissan Micra and Vauxhall Astra(!) I owned previously (both of which were in the 4+ years old and 80k+ miles region), the Skoda has been pretty shonky, which is fairly annoying considering I traded in my Astra for it on the grounds that I wanted something that was newer and with lower miles and "VW build quality" so that it would be reliable.

And then of course, you look at the survey results for the Golf Mk4, and you realise that Skodas do come with VW build quality, but that actually doesn't mean much these days...

Rob.

So you're telling me that you'd expect a 5 year old car to be 'totally reliable'. Not even a couple of minor niggles which is what we're talking about here to put it into context.

I was referring to the used cars I'd bought (as you didn't specify an age!). I tend to buy mine a shade before their 3rd birthday and the only dud one I've had was the Skoda which I expected to be the best because of its reputation for "excellent build quality and reliability". None of my other buys has needed any work aside from routine servicing and all were sold on when they were over 5 years old. As you say, you pays your money..........

Chris

Had our Octavia Tdi Elegance for almost 3 years now. 28,000 miles - best car I've ever had for reliability.

Y reg 55k vRS.Sound as a pound.Thank you Skoda

Near 5 year old Y-plate RS. Just had new brake pads at 67k miles. 4 coilpacks done for free outside warrenty. Oh and it snapped a clutch pedal as well.

Still a lovely car that I plan to keep for another year or two.

Touching wood now.

23k in 16 months car now on 35K, no issues.

Asked dealer at 20k service to check the coil packs, ''no need to Sir, all the coilpacks were sorted by 03 reg'' 2 weeks later coil pack went, all replaced FoC, embarassed dealer.

I love my 4x4 but I have to agree, 02 on a 52 with 34k on the clock and I only have it

six months and the central locking is busted.