I got my fabia 1.4 16v from a dealer despite everyone's advice. there was an engine management problem which was supposed to be sorted out before i bought the car, but it had to be taken in after i picked it up. they gave me a corsa to drive around in the meantime (bloody awful)

anyway, turns out that the problem is a faulty power steering pump and this needs to be replaced. the bloke says it's going to be about

Surely this is covered by the warranty that the dealer provided on the car, especially if it was a fault known at the time of sale!?

Chris

Yeah, you shouldn't have to pay anything surely ??? What dealer was it... I take it that because you got a corsa, it isn't a Skoda dealer ?

no. it's a second hand dealer. they just happened to have this skoda in. would have liked to buy one brand new, but don't have the cash. after owning it for a couple of weeks and coming on this forum, it appears to have every single problem that is possible including the spower steering, lights and faulty ignition...

maybe i made a bad move, but i knew i wanted to stay with skoda. i'll see how it pans out. and thanks for your comments by the way. i have since had some very heated discussions and the dealer has admitted that they are liable for the costs.

cheers

carl