I’m thinking of adding the 5 year warranty to our car before we take delivery, and had a few questions- has anyone else gone for it or decided against it?

 

We intend to keep our car for more than 5 years or 100k miles, and I like the idea of a warranty to get peace of mind over complex and fragile things like the DSG gearbox, Haldex system, and panoramic roof. Is the extended manufacturer warranty the same as the standard 3 year one, or is littered with exclusions that make it useless? Does it tie me to getting the car serviced by Skoda, or can I use independents (provided they use OEM parts)?

It should be 3 years extra factory warranty. 

 

In denmark the law officially says u can use an independent workshop and keep warranty, but I would not recommend it. If you believe the oe skoda service cost is way too high and you are willing to take warranty issues into court (and got the time + extra car?) then do that! 

 

Maybe it is different in uk etc. 

I added the extra 2 years to my car too as I intend to keep it for at least that time.  

 

I think that they can't stipulate the dealership service as long as OEM parts are used but the fixed price services with Skoda seem pretty reasonable to me.

 

I collect my car tomorrow so hopefully I'll get some additional info then.

 

 

Edited 3 May, 20188 yr by Calla

You don't have to use a Skoda dealer to protect your warranty - not if you live in the EU anyways. EU block exemption legislation doesn't allow them to do this. You can go elsewhere provided the manufacturers service schedule and the correct parts are used.

 

If the warranty cover has ended and you are looking for "goodwill"  on a repair (lets say the transmission went a week after the warranty ended) then having a dealer service history often makes it more likely that the goodwill is provided. 

 

First year Kodiaq buyers (up to november 2017) here recieved 4 years additional warranty (altogether up to 6 years with mandatory 2 year warranty) free of charge.

 

You must read what the extended warranty covers because for example faulty interior door trims aren't covered, aswell as oils, brake pads, hoses, burned-out clutch, etc...

 

Plus you need them (any official Škoda dealer) to service the car for the time of the extended warranty to be valid, because for the 2 years mandatory warranty you can have your car serviced elsewhere, but for the extended it needs to be official Škoda place for the entire time you have extended warranty.

 

You should get it depending on the price, if it's cheap (or free like here for last year buyers) take it, but now it's almost 1000€ here. So you pay 1000€ + 100€/year for 6 years more for service at an offcial place that's 1600€. I seriously doubt something that expensive will break that soon, it might probably later if you plan to have ownership for like 8 or 10 years.

18 minutes ago, McGyles said:

First year Kodiaq buyers (up to november 2017) here recieved 4 years additional warranty (altogether up to 6 years with mandatory 2 year warranty) free of charge.

 

You must read what the extended warranty covers because for example faulty interior door trims aren't covered, aswell as oils, brake pads, hoses, burned-out clutch, etc...

 

Plus you need them (any official Škoda dealer) to service the car for the time of the extended warranty to be valid, because for the 2 years mandatory warranty you can have your car serviced elsewhere, but for the extended it needs to be official Škoda place for the entire time you have extended warranty.

 

You should get it depending on the price, if it's cheap (or free like here for last year buyers) take it, but now it's almost 1000€ here. So you pay 1000€ + 100€/year for 6 years more for service at an offcial place that's 1600€. I seriously doubt something that expensive will break that soon, it might probably later if you plan to have ownership for like 8 or 10 years.

 

In denmark:
 

"....The extended warranty covers the same areas as the factory warranty during the selected period." 

 

Of course that is not brake pads and other wear parts.

 

Can't see why they should not fix defective interior under that warranty, if it is a factory fault? If they would fix it in the first 2 years, then they have to fix it the next 2 or 3 years under the extended warranty. At least in Denmark...

 

Nonetheless I certainly believe that "we" can get more for our car, if we decide to sell it after 2 or 3 years, when we have extended warranty. 

 

 

 

 

 

People should read the Manufacturers Warranty not only the extended ones T&C's.

See what they say is only covered for 6 months / 6,500 miles.  But faulty design, materials, manufacturing is not excluded. 

Remember that an extended warranty is essentially insurance. You've got to weigh up the pro's and con's.

 

£630 is a pretty expensive insurance...

 

 

This is true, but how much is it if the haldex, DSG, or some part of the complicated diesel emission system breaks? They don’t seem to have had fantastic reliability in the past - I think I’m talking myself into buying it for piece of mind.

 

Part of me is really niggled that VAG seem to have much lower confidence in the reliability of their cars compared to other manufacturers, and are a bit stingy with their warranty. On the flip side, at least Skoda seem more confident of the Kodiaq than VW are of the Tiguan AllSpace. 

^^^ Exactly £315 a year is pretty good for the Warranty each year.

Especially if it covers the £5,000 for an engine or £4,000 that a DSG might cost an owner.

 

Sadly some have bought the Skoda Warranty available at the end of the manufacturers warranty, one Briskoda member paid £441 because the car they had has the high risk of engine failure, a greater than 20% of failure due to having a 1.4TSI 132kw Twincharger engine. 

Skoda / VW took the Policy Money and when the engine did use excessive amount of oil and was only fit for use as an anchor the member was told an engine was required, 

the warranty provider told the policy holder there was a 'Known Issue' and rejected the Warranty claim, and kept the £441.

 

'Simply Clever',  take the extended warranty before the car is first registered, SKODA / VW are pith taking barstewards.

Hopefully Dr Martin Winterkorn needs soap on a rope.  He signed off some real lemons of engines.

3 hours ago, Offski said:

Hopefully Dr Martin Winterkorn needs soap on a rope

 

He may need that soap to be on a rope. He won't want to be dropping it in the showers of a US prison.....  he'll be having a whole new tailpipe problem soon enough!

 

(The US justice department on Thursday disclosed the filing of criminal charges against former Volkswagen chief executive)

I took out the extended warranty on my new Yeti for peace of mind as I need it to last at least 5 years to get me into retirement and provide a suitable car for use at work.

 

One annoyance is that the extension does not include recovery, so I will have to fork out for that once the car is 3 years old

1 hour ago, kenfowler3966 said:

One annoyance is that the extension does not include recovery, so I will have to fork out for that once the car is 3 years old

OT, I get pan European brakedown cover included with my car insurance (£280-ish, fully comp).

 

Considering what other insurance companies were  quoting me, it is only costing a fraction of what the major breakdown companies would charge me. On the two occasions I have had to make use of it, it was Greenflag that attended. 

Thats a good idea as the insurance renewal will be on the cars third birthday. Quite a few insurance deals can add recovery.

Cars aren’t built to to last more than 3 years now, so just throw it away, as the manufacturers want us to do.

 

I honestly believe that cars are built down to a price so we have to buy a new one more often.

Brakes, AC, gearboxes, exhausts, filters of all kinds. Just junk.

 

No matter the badge.

 

Come the first MOT (UK) at 3 years old, it is surprising what is needed.

 

Mine is 1 year old and waiting for replacement rear brakes. Junk.

 

Save the warranty cash and simply plan to replace.

 

I’m just “renting” cars now and will be turning them in with the minimum hassle and I can’t  see that changing in future.

 

With variable servicing I may get away with 1 service in 3 years of ownership.

 

And if I juggle winter tyres I may get away without buying a replacement set of summer tyres when 3 years come along.

 

In fact, Voluntary Termination of a PCP after year 2 may be a clever option to avoid all the hassle that comes at 3 years old.

 

5 year warranty? No thanks.

I hope that’s not true, otherwise maybe I’m making a mistake buying a Skoda. My 11 year old Honda is still on its original battery and exhaust. Our 3 year old Toyota iQ went back as fresh as the day we bought it, needing only servicing. The 4 year old 90k miles Toyota Prius before that only needed tyres and services. Even my 19 year old Lotus, with its legendary reliability, has only needed a new battery and water pump - still on the original brake disks and exhaust. 

10 hours ago, BoxerBoy said:

Come the first MOT (UK) at 3 years old, it is surprising what is needed.

 

It all depends on how you look after it. If you think of and treat it as junk, then it's no wonder if this is your experience.

 

My experience is vastly different - the Octavia vRS did 40,000 miles in 3.5 years, only needed new tyres because of punctures (annoyingly), never needed anything doing with the brakes or gearbox or anything else, and flew through the one and only MOT I needed to put it through.

 

The only reason I got rid of it was because it wasn't worth keeping at the end of the PCP deal, and it actually made financial sense to get a new car instead.

You can look after it all you like, the locations you drive, park and live can make a big difference, & that is just in the UK without the need of extremes of cold, wet, heat.

Just with the discs for instance which came be terrible as they come OEM from the VW Group.

Now pads outlasting discs with many models.

Then the VW Group rust inhibiting or lack of with brake, suspension and steering components.

 

If buying a keeper then the Extended Warranty is well worth buying IMO.

As is preparing the car for winters and after winters underneath as Main Dealer Servicing does nothing much other than look see, and often see nothing.

The extra two years does not include breakdown recovery, unless you have a very kind dealer.

On 07/05/2018 at 07:55, WiggosSideburns said:

 

It all depends on how you look after it. If you think of and treat it as junk, then it's no wonder if this is your experience.......

 

I really, really do look after my vehicles.

 

After a lifetime working in “maintenance” I do know right from wrong.

 

I don’t treat my vehicles like Junk, I just think VAG and other manufacturers, are building relatively “junk” vehicles that don’t last the way that some of us used to expect.

 

My first car in the 70’s was 20 years old and I knew it inside out. Reliability had nothing to do with age - just how you looked after it.

 

My first new car in the 90’s was going to be a long term keeper but got written off after less than 2 years.

 

I then enjoyed a few company lease cars that were simply turned in after 3 years. Boy, some of those were nice.

 

In more recent times, I turned to Skoda. Captain Sensible. Scoffed at by friends and relations when my Superb showed up.

 

Lovely car for more than 6 years, but after 3 years the bills just kept on coming.  That’s how things are.

 

So now it’s 3 year throw away cars.

 

Well looked after and will be a fantastic buy for the second owner. But the bills will start coming thereafter.

 

 

 

 

On 5/6/2018 at 13:52, Fin69 said:

OT, I get pan European brakedown cover included with my car insurance (£280-ish, fully comp).

 

Considering what other insurance companies were  quoting me, it is only costing a fraction of what the major breakdown companies would charge me. On the two occasions I have had to make use of it, it was Greenflag that attended. 

Interesting, I opted for the five years warranty, and was told it includes the 5 year europen breakdown cover too?

1 hour ago, zamitaka said:

Interesting, I opted for the five years warranty, and was told it includes the 5 year europen breakdown cover too?

Check T&C's that came with the paperwork. Or get confirmation in a printable format from your Dealership. 

 

Remember, no paper, no trail. 

^^^ Exactly.

 

The configurator can be confusing showing Roadside Assistance as free, and then the £630 for 2 years warranty extension.

Get Skoda UK CS to confirm in writing 5 year warranty & 5 years Roadside Assistance. 

http://skoda.co.uk/about-us/contact-us 

 

SKODA_Roadside_Assistance.pdf