Ditto. 54 plater Jan 05. Got the letter today via several different people in the contract hire chain.

Pity as i'm currently trying to get shut of the car because of my ongoing back problems

Thanks for this thread, I bought my car a month ago, Nov 54 plate, and was feeling inpatient so gave Skoda Uk a call. Gave them my reg and they said yes it does need to be checked out.

Yep, took mine in today, Flywheel needs replacing, bummer. Car is '54 Model.

Mine was inspected today and needs a new flywheel,

Parts are now on order.

Does this only apply to the 2.0 TDI with manual gearbox or can it also apply to DSG models?

And also is this only a diesel problem?

May as well get a new clutch put on at the same time since they already have that area in pieces

Got my recall letter yesterday from contract hire company. Mines a Jan '05 - 54 plate.

HI, had mine changed under warranty due to it breaking up. This is on a 1.9TDI 54 plate. Guess its not just 2.0 TDI engines

Got mine checked this morning at ClayBank and mines fine no swap out needed.

That's on a 54 Plate registered 18/12/04 built on 23/11/04

From the VOSA website the previous one was:

Recall Launch Date 17/02/2005

Recalls NumberR/2004/215

Make Model(s) SKODA FABIA,OCTAVIA, OCTAVIA 11, SUPERB (WITH 2 VALVE PUMP INJECTOR ENGINE)

Build 01/03/2004 Start

Build End 31/08/20 04

Concern bolts of the tandem fuel pump cover may break

Had mine replaced yesterday, took garage 7 hours to replace. Had a Fabia TDI 3 cyl 80bhp for the day, a surprising little car, and it sounded cool! That 3 cyl engine sounded real, dare i say it, Sporty! LOL

My 05 2.0 tdi has just gone in to the Edinburgh Skoda garage to get checked. Thought I would get my first service done and a new key coded as well so I am looking at about £380 later today when I pick my car up. I have done about 17,000.

Car checked today - clean bill of health!!

I asked my dealers the other day, mine has not been recalled yet! He mentioned they were doing their first change on a 55 plate!

Had mine checked on the recall a while back and was ok...... just been serviced to say needs a new one!! Weird!! (also needing a new turbo!!!) Thank god under warrenty!

Purchased a new Octavia Ambiente 1.9TDi in July '05. Received no recall letter but flywheel had to be replaced a few months later. Now same car is in garage with what seems to be a faulty engine - diagnosis not yet confirmed. Without warning it lost power and eventually came to a standstill. Had to be towed back to dealer. Not what one expects from a new car. Has anyone else had a similar problem?

This recall for the clutches on 2.0TDI's has been going on for some time. First it was VW's, then SEAT's and now Skoda's, it seems Skoda's are always "tail end charlies". I had mine looked at in the summer of 2006 but fortunately mine was not one of the batch at fault.

Purchased a new Octavia Ambiente 1.9TDi in July '05. Received no recall letter but flywheel had to be replaced a few months later. Now same car is in garage with what seems to be a faulty engine - diagnosis not yet confirmed. Without warning it lost power and eventually came to a standstill. Had to be towed back to dealer. Not what one expects from a new car. Has anyone else had a similar problem?

My 1.9 TDi registered July '05 is in the garage at the moment for a flywheel. As a result of this it's also having the engine / gearbox mounts and the clutch replaced. They say I'll have to pay for the clutch myself (car has done 34k miles). Does this seem right? :confused: The clutch will cost just under

My 1.9 TDi registered July '05 is in the garage at the moment for a flywheel. As a result of this it's also having the engine / gearbox mounts and the clutch replaced. They say I'll have to pay for the clutch myself (car has done 34k miles). Does this seem right? :confused: The clutch will cost just under

I have had 2x flywheels/clutches fitted in the last 7 weeks and am getting some Sh**y stuff happening in the clutch department again, the car has 60k miles in 17 months.

my findings

• 1st Violent stalls & murder shudder while crawling on the motorway rush hour 1st gear stop start stuff.
  
• 2nd Murder shudder while crawling on the motorway rush hour 1st gear stop start stuff.
  
• 3rd Noise from starting and ocasional horendous rubbing/grinding.(dealer cant find the problem it won't do it when the spanner-man is in earshot)

anybody had this?

What is the Rub/grind (poss grearbox?) sounds like a really bad noisy old ford release bearing but the noise is there all the time whether clutch is depressed or not, gets louder with engine revs(sound like a real bag of nuts) then just goes away did another 800mile and yet no noise again.

the warranty is up within the month and my plan is to pester the life out of them till they tie down this problem.

help:confused:

Should it not be covererd by warrenty :confused:

You'd like to think so but unfortunately when talking to customer services the word clutch triggers a special 'wear and tear' service item blanket response. Given that the only reason the clutch is being replaced at 34k miles is because of the poor design of the dual mass fly wheel, do you think Skoda should pay for the clutch or at least meet me half way on it? (especially as they can't actually supply the part for over two weeks, leaving my car in bits at the dealers).

If the DMF is fault that will have surely damaged the clutch and they should replace the clutch FOC in the warrenty.

Certainly just charging you for the part and no labour shouldn't be a problem as that's was what ford offered.

Ended up paying for the clutch.

These LUK DMFs are a nightmare! Had to get a new one with my clutch on my Mondeo, cost £600 (for both) from an independent garage, aparently the flywheel itself is almost £300!!! The mechanic reckoned, at 60k, mine was the highest mileage Ford clutch of that type he's seen! They've been having trouble getting the parts as there is so much demand. Called in for a new exhaust the other day and got told some companies are introducing a kit to convert back to a single mass. Asked them to check mine again as I'm still worried by it, it's only done 8k since!

Thinking of replacing the Mondeo with a Skoda (which is why I'm here), my dad's had two Octavia's over the space of 6 yrs & no problems. So it's quite worrying to find this DMF problem here but at least Skoda recalled, Ford have only recalled a few Galaxy's....

(PS. I'm trying to set a new record for exclaimations in my first post!!!)