Thanks for all the help on this one guys, still haven't heard back from the dealer about replacing the part! So I am stuck with a dodgy coil pack.

The bulletin was very interesting as I have had two services since that bulletin and not a word was said about the coil packs.

What is the opinion like on here for naming and shaming dealers?

When you went to the dealer, what was the actual letter on the coil packs ?

For if they are the old ones mentioned in the bulletin, and you have had two services since the date of the bulletin, then the dealer is at fault for not replacing them in accordance with the instructions from Skoda UK,and should now replace them FOC. If not get back onto Skoda UK and raise that point with them.

I was under the impression that it cut the fuel to the misbehaving cylinder?

Most, but not all, is my understanding.

Went to dealers today, they said they would replace the one that was broke not the other 3. Will get the part on Wednesday. That was it, terrible service! Got fed up and phoned star performance, drove through in my mothers car and Jim sorted me out there and then. So for customer service its;

Skoda dealership 0, Star performance 1.

Couldn't go without a car till wednesday. Will get them to erase the the fault code on wednesday and will then have a coilpack on stanby. My coil packs are really old, they don't have a letter, the part number is 058 905 105. They are only a 3 pin connection, not a 5 pin. Was bitterly disapointed at the dealership, will never use them again, they have been bad in the past but that was the finla straw for me.

So take the defective one that was replaced at Star to the dealers, swop it for the new one they are getting in on Wednesday, and then you have a new spare, ready for when the next one packs up...................Simple.

So take the defective one that was replaced at Star to the dealers, swop it for the new one they are getting in on Wednesday, and then you have a new spare, ready for when the next one packs up...................Simple.

Er.....Yeah, I worked that one out.

My coil packs are really old, they don't have a letter, the part number is 058 905 105. They are only a 3 pin connection, not a 5 pin. Was bitterly disapointed at the dealership, will never use them again, they have been bad in the past but that was the finla straw for me.

That coil pack version was not included in the Bulletin relating to faulty coil packs since it was not prone to premature failure.

Indeed - the fact that your car is 5 years old is the clue. That engine had totally different coil packs from the ones in the pictures above, and, as Denis said, were not the subject of any recalls since they were a much higher quality part and far less prone to failure. I did have one fail, on my old SLX, but only the one, and that when the car was 3 years old or so.

Mine failed on my 01 vrs at the weekend, luckily I have a VAG mechanic as a close(ish) neighbour so he is sorting mine out for me, although not foc (skoda garage is 40 miles away, dont fancy it on 2 cylinders) The 2nd coil unit had been changed by previous owner, now 1 and 3 have gone.

I had this problem on my Octavia 4X4T after two weeks in a car park while holidaying last year. I have just come back from a one week holiday, and guess what? It is doing it again! So having read this thread I thought it was time to change the remaining three (only cylinder one changed before). Local Skoda dealer say that I need an 'N', but when they try to order it the system says it has been replaced by a 'Q'. There are none in the country, they are on order being shipped from the factory as they are made and even as an emergency order I have no hope before the week after next. To give the garage parts people their due they did check the N type (none available) and will ring around tomorrow to see if they can source any and ring me up if they can.

In the mean time I have a car which I cannot use, possibly for weeks. Does anyone out there know of a good scrap yard in the Beds/Bucks area which might provide an unreliable but available part to tide me over or have an old one which they have removed from their own vehicle to replace it with a supposedly better one? I would pay postage or collect locally.

Finally, I would be very interested to know if anyone can explain why VAG has arrived in a position where a significant number of cars in their range cannot be fixed for weeks if they suffer what is known to be a common fault!

Local Skoda dealer say that I need an 'N', but when they try to order it the system says it has been replaced by a 'Q'. There are none in the country, they are on order being shipped from the factory as they are made and even as an emergency order I have no hope before the week after next. To give the garage parts people their due they did check the N type (none available) and will ring around tomorrow to see if they can source any and ring me up if they can.

What year is your car and what version coilpack has failed? I haven't heard anyone else mention N or Q versions yet. I have a spare H version or 2 which would keep you on the road if your car is fitted with the H, J or L version. But surely you can get one from a VW, Audi or SEAT dealer since these parts are common across the VAG range.

Thanks for your quick response and offer, which hopefully I will not need to take up. The car was first delivered to a Skoda manager in September 91 and we bought it when two years old from the old (now defunct) Luton dealer. Chassis No is TMBKL21UX28546015. It currently has three 06B 905 115Hs and one 06B 905 115L.

I have contacted my local dealer again and I am picking up an 'L' revision coil pack this afternoon to get me going again, as they have plenty of those. I asked why the computer parts system did not suggest this, and they said it was the chassis number that drove to the 'N' revision and then bounced on to the 'Q'. I am now praying that my ex Skoda company vehicle is not some nightmare experimental lash-up! It would be interesting to know what these N and Q versions are.....

They're all equivalents, as far as I'm aware. They have tried different manufacturers and minor design changes in the search for reliability, but the rest of the ignition system remains unchanged. Some early cars which have had multiple coil pack failures may have gone through a number of different revisions - the only constant would be that they were changed for the newest revision available each time one failed.

PS I assume you meant '01 rather than '91 ?