Hi,

I got a 12 months warranty when I bought my Furby Vrs from my local Skoda dealer.

I asked the dealer about servicing and it's effect on the warranty, and he said I didn't have to have the car serviced at a Dealer, or an "authorised" Skoda service agent etc....

Does anyone know if it's possible to service the vehicle oneself without invalidating the warranty? And what's involved paperwork wise?

I ask because a couple of years ago I bought a Rover and I invalidated the warranty because I serviced the car myself.

Thanks.

Phil.

Your dealer was reffering to the EU Block Examption Rules -

Block Exemption for Cars Quick Facts - DTI

You can have your vehicle serviced elsewhere as long as they are VAT registered garage, they follow the service schedule and use genuine parts.

I would think that you will need to get it serviced at a VAT registered garage. You can use genuine, OEM or non genuine parts, but in the event of a warranty claim it will be up to you to prove that whatever parts you used were of comparable quality to the genuine parts.

I would think that you will need to get it serviced at a VAT registered garage. You can use genuine, OEM or non genuine parts, but in the event of a warranty claim it will be up to you to prove that whatever parts you used were of comparable quality to the genuine parts.

O.K. Been looking into this... two pages I've found thanks VRStu...

1. http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/car_sector/explanatory_brochure_en.pdf

Two sections:

Question 37: If a consumer has his vehicle repaired or maintained by an independent

repairer during the warranty period, can the manufacturer refuse to honour the

warranty?

If the consumer has his vehicle repaired or maintained by an independent repairer during

the manufacturer's warranty period the warranty may be lost if the work carried out is

faulty. However, a general obligation to have the car maintained or repaired only within

the authorised network during such a period would deprive consumers of their right to

choose to have their vehicle maintained or repaired by an independent repairer and it

would, especially in the case of

Would you risk it??

Not me personally.

Would you risk it??

Not me personally.

TBH... I'm not paying a garage to charge me

If you are thinking of selling the car it will wipe more than the

If you are thinking of selling the car it will wipe more than the