My 2014 Yeti has just passed its second MOT with no advisories

 

Must admit to a degree of anxiety regarding the new diesel tests, but all good. I'd gone so far as to poor an entire bottle of Redex into the tank (no idea if it works, but on offer at local Asda), followed by a very spirited drive, deploying the full range of engine revs

 

No issues with the rest of the car and it was good to take a good look underneath (with the friendly MOT inspector) and see all is in order.

 

The car has covered 70k miles and the discs and pads have lots of life remaining (at least another 20k miles) according to the MOT chap.

 

Remain very happy with the car and, barring any major unforseen mechanical maladies, will continue to run this car. I did take a look at both Karoq and Kodiak, but somehow prefer my Yeti.

Edited 10 June, 20188 yr by pinkpanther

In the 70k miles covered thus far I've replaced all the windscreen wipers and tyres, other than that there has been a recall for the EGR cooler and a couple of zinc inclusions. The zinc inclusions affected a previous (white) Yeti I owned, but I'm choosing to ignore it this time.

 

I did have the EA189 update, but quickly realised the error of my ways and had it sorted by Shark

 

This is the longest time / mileage I've owned a Skoda and am hoping the next 4 years are equally as uneventful, although do of course realise the possibility of costly failures will rise with increasing age.

 

Skoda actually quoted more than £700 / year to renew the manufacturer warranty (at 3 years / around 55k miles). Clearly they aren't confident in its ability to not fail in a costly fashion

Edited 10 June, 20188 yr by pinkpanther

^^^ Something was way out with that Warranty Quote.

What does it show today?

Extended Warranty from ŠKODA Insurance – putting ŠKODA into your insurance. (1).mhtml

Just out of interest, what was the recall for with the EGR Cooler, and do you know if it only affected the Yeti? 

 

Many thanks. 

There was no EGR recall,  maybe a Service Campaign & someone calling or writing and saying 'there is a recall', or a Skoda Secret Service Campaign. Maybe a TPI on some EGR's.

http://master.skoda-auto.com/mini-apps/recall-actions 

8 hours ago, Offski said:

^^^ Something was way out with that Warranty Quote.

What does it show today?

Extended Warranty from ŠKODA Insurance – putting ŠKODA into your insurance. (1).mhtml

The quote was done via the online Skoda Portal when the car turned 3 years old.

 

I've just run another quote (70k miles, more than 15k miles / year, all component cover and £0 excess) - £1071.77

 

I'll manage without

8 hours ago, Fin69 said:

Just out of interest, what was the recall for with the EGR Cooler, and do you know if it only affected the Yeti? 

 

Many thanks. 

I believe it related to the water cooling aspect of the EGR valve. Definitely a recall as main dealer contacted me to carry out a modification.

 

I'll see if I can dig out paperwork tomorrow

Many thanks. 

 

I'm only asking as I had to have my EGR Cooler replaced under (extended) warranty at 6 years and 82k, which the warranty company stated was unusual at that age and mileage - their words not mine. 

 

I had raised concerns with my two local Skoda dealerships about the 'weird noise' coming from the engine, and fumes entering the cabin for two years prior to the EGR Cooler being replaced, and they gave the car a clean bill of health on each occasion. 

 

Once it was replaced, no more 'weird noise', nor fumes entering the cabin. 

 

Warranty Wise quoted me £850 for a 3 year extended warranty on my Octy Scout when my Skoda warranty expired at 3 years and 50k miles with a £50 excess. The cost of replacing the EGR Cooler and rear diff (which also received a clean bill of health from Skoda after it had been picked up on the MoT, came to over £1100.

Shame, if the car had been affected by the EA189 emissions recall you'd have been able to claim for a replacement EGR for free under the 'Trust Building Measure'.

 

http://www.skoda.co.uk/owners/dieselinfo/trust-building-measure

 

Did you get the dealer to acknowledge the weird noise and fumes in the cabin whilst under warranty? I had something similar in the past, where they confirmed the symptoms but said all was well. I asked them to add my concerns to the invoice at the time. When the item failed outside of warranty and the repair cured the earlier issues I argued it was faulty whilst still under warranty.

On 10/06/2018 at 11:41, pinkpanther said:

 I'd gone so far as to poor an entire bottle of Redex into the tank (no idea if it works, but on offer at local Asda), followed by a very spirited drive, deploying the full range of engine revs

 

I'd avoid any fuel additives in the future, Skoda make a point of mentioning in the manual not to use them.

 

Some refer to them as snake oil.

 

The only emissions tests in the MOT on diesels is a smoke test. As long as the DPF is working and hasn't been tampered with it'll always pass.

 

Edited 11 June, 20188 yr by silver1011