had my fabia vrs for just over a month now. got it from a skoda dealer.

had to take it back this week for a new wish bone bush, also i have another annoying clunk that sounds like it could be a cv joint, drive shaft or worse. get it every time you pull away or go on and off accelerator as if you were in slow traffic. they said monitor it and if it gets louder contact the warrenty people. im not happy as i think they should sort it, as i have only had it a month. first skoda ive had, and im not happy so far!

clunk will probably be the gearbox mounting , quite a common fault , there is a Skoda TSB for lubrication of the mounting

also wishbone bushes splitting is common , Seat Ibiza Cupra has a solid bush which doesn't split and makes the steering feel so much better

I wouldnt let a few knocks and bumps take away the joy of ownership. These things can happen with any car you buy! You may feel annoyed at the moment with the car but stick with it! It is a brilliant fun car to own and drive. I have had mine 2 years now and have the odd bump along the way. But that just the joys of owning a car!

Dont be fobbed of by them. Stand your ground and say it needs looking at!

had my fabia vrs for just over a month now. got it from a skoda dealer.

had to take it back this week for a new wish bone bush, also i have another annoying clunk that sounds like it could be a cv joint, drive shaft or worse. get it every time you pull away or go on and off accelerator as if you were in slow traffic. they said monitor it and if it gets louder contact the warrenty people. im not happy as i think they should sort it, as i have only had it a month. first skoda ive had, and im not happy so far!

I have posted this before, but IMHO it's all relative;

I know it might sound like I am defending the brand here, but you will get a lot of similar issues with just about every other car you will buy. It's not good when things do break but they do. I must have had everything go on my VRS in the 18 months of ownership but I would have had the same grief with a Astra or Focus doing 30k a year. You will also use this forum thinking that everyone has the same problem, which it would seem like the case except this is a forum where people will come to air issues like this. The majority of "Happy" Skoda owners come nowhere near this site, They have no need too, there is nothing wrong with their car! Get it to the dealer who will sort it out.

It's not just a case of poor quality or process either. If you think if of a run of cars, maybe the manufacturer sells 10000 in a year. Now think of an acceptable failure rate maybe 0.5% which sounds like nothing and really good, thats still 50 cars. In terms of mass production that failure rate is fantastic but it's still 50 pi55ed off punters.

Mobile phones (And electrical goods ingeneral for that matter) have a failure rate of on average 4.5% even this doesn't sound too bad until you think that out of 250 000 handsets (Which is a typical quantity bought of the manufacturer) thats 11250 faulty phones.....