Since buying my approved used Fabia it has spent more time off the road than on.

I had to wait 2 weeks for the dealer to fit a new subframe.

Then it developed a gearbox fault. They've already had the car for 3 weeks and say it'll be at least another 2 weeks due to parts on back order.

Total 7 weeks off the road !!!

I'm thinking of asking for my money back now as they are clearly in breach of contract under the Sale of Goods Act.

This is my first Skoda and will be my last, the dealers are friendly but if they cannot get parts they are about as useful as a chocolate teapot.

Ford seem to have good spares backup, why not Skoda. It's part of VAG it should be a lot lot better than this.

I'm trading it in for a Toyota Auris or Honda Civic me thinks.

Im sorry your having problems and i should think you are fully entitled to your money back.

Every manufacturer will have there terror cars that seem to be endless with problems, unfortunatly this one was yours. I have to say with my dealings with Skoda, they have all been good ones.

Hope you get it sorted.

Since buying my approved used Fabia it has spent more time off the road than on.

I had to wait 2 weeks for the dealer to fit a new subframe.

Then it developed a gearbox fault. They've already had the car for 3 weeks and say it'll be at least another 2 weeks due to parts on back order.

Total 7 weeks off the road !!!

I'm thinking of asking for my money back now as they are clearly in breach of contract under the Sale of Goods Act.

This is my first Skoda and will be my last, the dealers are friendly but if they cannot get parts they are about as useful as a chocolate teapot.

Ford seem to have good spares backup, why not Skoda. It's part of VAG it should be a lot lot better than this.

I'm trading it in for a Toyota Auris or Honda Civic me thinks.

I have a month left on my warranty from a second hand car dealer and am having serious doubts about my car and all the niggling problems I have had so far. Like they say when one thing starts to go there is normally a whole lot more on the way. I haven't has one whole week when something hasn't gone wrong.

With the end of the warranty fast approaching I want to know if there is anything I will be able to do like get an extended warranty, get my money back, swap it for another car etc? the last 2 are the last resort an extended warranty would be my ideal option.

What options areopen to customers bearing in mind the warrantly is with a second hand dealer so prob not really worth the paper it's written on. Especially as they are probably counting down the days to when it runs out so they can get shut of me. I was going to go down and talk to them on saturday about the power steering and express my concerns and see if they can offer anything.

I think this link from Honest John covers what you can and can't expect from any claim under the Sale of Goods Act. I hope it's of use.

From personal experience, I once rejected a second-hand purchase on the grounds that the advert said it was 'well-maintained', but after doing a bit of asking around between putting down the deposit and paying the balance, I discovered that the diesel-y noise from the engine wasn't a trait of T-Spark units (as the dealer told me), but a sign that it had been run without enough oil in the sump. As such, I stated that the car was not as described in the advert, and so therefore was able to cancel the purchase contract, and get a refund on the deposit. But they didn't give up without a fight, and it took a phonecall to the local Alfa garage (on speakerphone so we both knew what was being said) before the guy would admit that what he told me about the engine noise was wrong.

I think I had a distinct advantage in that I hadn't driven the car anywhere, even though I'd signed a contract to buy it, so I hope you don't end up arguing the toss with someone who digs his heels in as deep as the guy who was going to sell me the Alfa...

I am a law graduate and studied consumer law for 12 months, if they try to give me the run around I'll just go to the small claims court and have them for the

I don't think I would have a chance as the dealer has rectified all the problems straight away for me

"has held that the supplier must be given three chances to rectify the fault for which the goods are rejected "

You can purchase an official (Car Care Plan) extended warranty through your local Skoda dealer.

I am a law graduate and studied consumer law for 12 months, if they try to give me the run around I'll just go to the small claims court and have them for the

You can purchase an official (Car Care Plan) extended warranty through your local Skoda dealer.

And not worth the paper it is written on

The very first obligation is that it has dealer full service every 6000 or it is invalid

hey ho

^^ Which is why we didn't bother extending the 'warranty' on SWMBO's car. Neither of the sensor faults it's experienced would have been covered, so we'd have shelled out for the warranty, the over-cautious maintenance, AND the parts and labour for the repairs. Instead, I've paid just over

WHAT IS NOT COVERED

All body work and trim seat belts glass, sunroof panels, fuel tank, wheels and tyres, hinges, brake facings, seized calipers

HT leads, spark plugs.filters. wiper blades. lights and bulbs, belts,shock absorbers, wiring looms, glow plugs

Exhaust manifold. exhaust system, brackets, mountings and hoses. watrer ingress, cables

Worn or leaking seals and cylinders

Cheers for posting that saved me going to the dealership and finding out about it.

above is all the problems which I have had, which they wouldn't cover anyway so i have been lucky to get everything fixed from my 2nd hand dealer.

Think I might go back to garage and tell them I am not happy about a few things (power steering) but explain my concerns about how my car is a bit rubbish and see if they will give it a full and final check over especially the suspension.