I purchased my Yeti from our local Skoda Dealer in mid September. It soon became apparent that the rear wiper motor was defective and this was replaced without question by the supplying dealer.  Seven weeks into my ownership I discovered that the passenger front and rear nearside footwell carpets were saturated, most likely due to a leaking sunroof.  The supplying dealer collected the car and had it for 8 days to replace the sunroof seal and dry the car out. To give them their due this was all done at the dealers expense, notwithstanding that according to Skoda’s used car warranty, the sunroof is an excluded item!

The car was returned to me, without prior notice, last Friday but on inspection both nearside footwells were still wet. The rear so wet that water oozed out of the carpet when pressed.  Subjectively this was even worse than before, although last Friday was one of the rare dry days this autumn. Clearly the carpet is never going to dry out naturally during the winter months giving rise to misted up windows and musty smells, quite apart from it being near impossible to tell if the problem has been cured!

This was bad enough but on driving the car I then discovered that both the Park Pilot and Park Assist functions were not working and displaying faults whereas they had been functioning correctly before the car was collected (not that I have ever used Park Assist). I can’t imagine that removing the sunroof would disturb these functions unless, possibly, the battery was disconnected or if they did remove the carpet, as they claim, they disturbed some connections.

My concern now is that water may have entered the wiring loom through connectors under the carpet and shorted out these systems which I imagine share some functionality.  If this is the case then other spurious electrical problems seem likely to occur and it would therefore seem prudent to reject the car rather than risk facing further problems in the future.  In some respects this would be a shame as I do like the car and enjoy driving it but it is quite the worst experience I have had of any new or used car I have bought over the last 50 years. I would therefore welcome other owner’s on the likelihood of water ingress being the cause of the latest problems.

The dealer has again collected the car this morning to try to rectify these issues and seemed genuinely concerned about the problems I am experiencing but no doubt it will be another week or two before I see it again.   In the meantime, I am making my views known to the service manager in writing and asking for a full report on the work carried out.

Return immediately for a full refund under the final right to reject section of the "lemon law". Any vendor is only permitted one attempt to repair a defect which you have had, then if you are still dissatisfied you have the right to finally reject the car.

Just look up "lemon law" UK. 

In the first instance it would normally be 30 days to reject for a full refund, however when repairs are carried out you have 6 months to use the final right to reject clause. 

Edited 2 December, 20196 yr by Gmac983

In my opinion reject this car and get a full refund. Simply not good enough for a car just over 3 years old.

If you can reject it then do so