Hello friends,

I’ve only owned my vRS for the past three months, with just under 50k miles on the clock and is a 2019 model. I recently went and got my car serviced at an independent specialist, who told me my water pump and thermostat housing was heavily leaking.

I know I need this fixing, so have booked in the repair for Thursday 31st July, at the expense of £1009.00.

However, I see others in this forum and elsewhere have managed to convince Skoda to repair this either under goodwill or warranty. My car isn’t under extended warranty, but I was wondering whether you think it’s worth asking Skoda under goodwill?

Any help would be appreciated! It’s a vRS 245 TSI :)

The dealer you bought it from should be covering that, regardless of warranty status (under the Consumer Rights Act 2015). Within the first 6 months it's up to the dealer to prove the fault wasn't present at time of sale. Unless they have photos of the thermostat housing / water pump area they aren't going to be able to prove that it didn't already have a leak/crack.

If you bought it on credit (finance or credit card) then the credit provider are 'jointly and severally' liable, so if the dealer try to fob you off then get onto the credit provider.

You need to give the supplying dealer the opportunity to repair it first - they may resist reimbursing you if you haven't given them that opportunity first. I would postpone your booking for Thursday until you have spoken to the supplying dealer to give you the best chance of not having to pay for this yourself.

Bought it privately bud.

4 minutes ago, petrolbloke said:

The dealer you bought it from should be covering that, regardless of warranty status (under the Consumer Rights Act 2015). Within the first 6 months it's up to the dealer to prove the fault wasn't present at time of sale. Unless they have photos of the thermostat housing / water pump area they aren't going to be able to prove that it didn't already have a leak/crack.

If you bought it on credit (finance or credit card) then the credit provider are 'jointly and severally' liable, so if the dealer try to fob you off then get onto the credit provider.

You need to give the supplying dealer the opportunity to repair it first - they may resist reimbursing you if you haven't given them that opportunity first. I would postpone your booking for Thursday until you have spoken to the supplying dealer to give you the best chance of not having to pay for this yourself.

4 minutes ago, petrolbloke said:

The dealer you bought it from should be covering that, regardless of warranty status (under the Consumer Rights Act 2015). Within the first 6 months it's up to the dealer to prove the fault wasn't present at time of sale. Unless they have photos of the thermostat housing / water pump area they aren't going to be able to prove that it didn't already have a leak/crack.

If you bought it on credit (finance or credit card) then the credit provider are 'jointly and severally' liable, so if the dealer try to fob you off then get onto the credit provider.

You need to give the supplying dealer the opportunity to repair it first - they may resist reimbursing you if you haven't given them that opportunity first. I would postpone your booking for Thursday until you have spoken to the supplying dealer to give you the best chance of not having to pay for this yourself.

5 minutes ago, InspectahWoke said:

Bought it privately bud.

In that case I think you're probably out of luck

Hopefully the ££ you saved buying private has offset this cost and it's otherwise a decent car.