Nightmare fabia vrs engine replacement needed!

[Jav_110]

Sorry for not keeping you posted. Put the car on ebay as it is, cant be bothered with it anymore. Cut the long story short skoda are not paying out financial ombudsman said they are investigating it can take up to 3 months i want 2k for car and am out can’t be bothered with this bulls**t. Sold the 14 reg fabia vrs and got this one (60 reg) on ebay and i just gone and got myself a mitsubishi evo 10 fq330 sst so not bothered about this one anymore

Edited 29 January, 2018 by Jav_110

[2ndskoda]

Hi Jav_110

 a sad end to this saga.

As many have found, it seems to be a deliberate policy of Skoda (and enforced upon their dealers?) To deny any suggestion that the product has inbuilt problems. Whilst this is an understandable stance by the dealers - (product loyalty etc) it does nothing to gain the respect and confidence of the customer.

Sorry your VRS days have been a bitter experience - but wish you well with your new acquisition.

 

 

 

[Ootohere]

Just bumping this.

The car might interest someone that can repair it, or needs parts to fix another car, ie the DSG.

[Hudson1]

A sobering tale of woe to deter anyone buying a VRS today. Glad to hear you have moved on.

[Ootohere]

Just bumping so that anyone buying a vRS can be aware that even buying a Skoda Warranty is not giving peace of mind, or a 'Trust Building Measure'.

They are just terrible people sometimes.  Scandalous.

[Jav_110]

Fabia sold. Gone to leeds to get stripped for parts. Sold both fabia vrs and my octavia vrs and my brother and sister both sold their octavia vrs, all i can say about skoda is stay well away from them, even if they have full dealer history and skoda warranty they still worm their way out of paying, they said no refund on warranty policy will be given as i put a claim in therefore,, against the terms and conditions no refund will be given for remainder of policy. Good luck to all you skoda owners wish you the best, and btw i have already put a claim in on the evo 10 for a new ayc pump (£2200) bill and mitsubishi replaced it immediately no questions asked as it is a “common fault” if only all manufacturers were like that 

[Ootohere]

Just putting up this 'Skoda Warranty' link up again for a member that has had to pay for a DSG with MCU failure and Skoda not interested in the slightest.

 

As to this Warranty, surely they can not keep getting away with selling it and then saying a car they take the policy money for had a known issue 

when it was taken out. 

Mis-selling surely, taking money under false pretences maybe...  A court would have to decide on that, if the Company was to go to court to defend their actions.

Extended Warranty from ŠKODA Insurance – putting ŠKODA into your insurance..mhtml

[Paul5000]

Well this is pretty depressing reading as  Fabia VRS owner of 60k miles.

Companies will indeed try to wriggle out of things but the worst thing is that the financial ombudsman etc is seemingly unable or not wanting to get to the bottom of this issue.  Deep seated corruption at the top of the chain (as usual).......?

 

[Ootohere]

Bumping this thread for a member.

Buyers of Skoda Warranties beware. It can never be said too often.   They will sell you this and then you are no better off, actually some are worse off by the cost of the warranty.

[Ootohere]

'Design Faults and Recalls.'  In exclusions. 

But Skoda VW have never admitted to Design Faults with a 1.4 TSI Euro 5 Twincharger or done Recalls.

[Sittingbull]

Sorry to say I'm aware of a further 3 of these in dire straights, one owner seeking to break and the other unsure, plus one other that's going through oil consumption tests at the dealer spoken of above, using a litre every 700 miles. 2 of the 3 are CTHE engines, one 13 and other 14 plate. One that is for breaking is CAVE, misfiring and loss of compression cylinders 2 and 3.

 

Not sure if owners are on here, if so they can maybe update themselves.

 

Really puts a dent into the confidence of long term ownership of these cracking little cars, even after we've had engine replaced and spent a fortune on DSG we cannot say for sure how long we will keep ours as you always seem to have that wee niggling doubt as to how long it will last. And that's a shame.

Edited 8 February, 2019 by Sittingbull