2019 5 door SEL Greentech; just had annual service at 4 years and 30,000 miles. Dealer wanted £120 o swap 3 spark plugs which I declined and did it myself for £21. They gleefully told me next year is a cambelt change but eldest son says Skoda have revised their requirements to an “inspect and replace if necessary” ,, whilst I’m fully au fait with the need, potential consequence of a failure can anyone confirm and point me to the link, of this believed change please 

I have a 2015 Skoda Citigo SE 1.0L Petrol with 40,000 miles. The latest full service (at a regular i.e. non-Skoda or VW garage) raised the issue about timing belt replacement and I duly checked the forums, just as I did a couple of years back for our Octavia. I emailed Skoda Europe and Skoda UK the screenshot that I'd seen posted on a VW Up! forum which mentioned "visual inspection only after 240,000 km." Skoda Europe just referred me to Skoda UK, so I didn't get to compare their answers. Here's Skoda UK's Customer Service response from this morning:

 

I'd like to inform you that I've been in contact with our internal Technical Team regarding the timing belt service interval for your 2015 Skoda Citigo SE with the 1.0 L petrol engine. According to their response, the recommended timing belt replacement interval for this specific model is after 15 years, with no specific mileage stipulation.
 

That's reassured me that I can wait another few years until it needs changing.

There are a fair few threads on this forum around the timing belt. Basically they should be inspected every 160k miles but Skoda UK thought it should be 4 years/60k miles. Some dealerships do, however, acknowledge the Citigo is unique with the 'longlife' timing belt but some don't through ignorance, not being advised by Skoda UK or to just take your hard earned cash!

This from VW regarding their CHYA/B Citigo engines. The belt service schedule is to inspect at 240k km (160k miles) and replace if necessary, there is no time limit.