Took my car into my local Skoda garage on Friday so they could give it a health check before I take it to Germany next week.

I turn it on and the orange engine light will not go out. I have to take it back on Monday.

They also investigated a rattle under the car and found that the brackets that hold the exhaust in place in the middle of the car have broken I now need a new exhaust from the cat back just because of the broken brackets. This will never be covered under the warranty.

Good excuse to get a Blueflame exhaust............

Good excuse to get a Blueflame exhaust............

What would be the cost on one of those?

That would depend on how many parts of it you wanted. If you just want CatBack then probably not too expensive.

Failing that you could post in the wanted section for the parts of the OEM exhaust that somone has removed from their car.

A new exhaust because of broken brackets? Thats ludicrous. You should be able to get those welded easily enough by most exhaust places.

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:iagree:

That is what Skoda has done. They would not pay for a new exhaust and I think that would have been a waste. Skoda agreed to weld the bracket under warranty.

Orange engine light was a temperature sender unit and that was a warranty item too so I am very happy again. :thumbup:

well, good to see a happy end to it.

Skoda noticed my exhaust rattle and quoted me a stupid price to replace it, something like

Here you go:

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/octavia/rattle-under-car/44113/?highlight=exhaust