Most of you will probably be aware that the older style cylinder coils had a problem with them and have since been modified by VAG.

i got my Mk1 Octavia vRS a year old and later found out that 2 of the 4 cylinder coils had already been replaced. A week after I had the car it lost almost all of its power and engine management light came on. I call the AA out who replaced the faulty cylinder coil under warranty.

2 months ago similar thing happened - went to Skoda garage who said that cylinder coil needed replacing and they wanted £114 for it as the car was out of warranty due to the mileage, I didn't want to pay this as in my opinion VAG had fitted a faulty cylinder coil initially. The dealer told me I could ring Skoda Customer Services which I did and to cut a long story short Skoda agreed to pay for the works - which was nice of them!!

This might save some of you some money.

Cheers,

£114!!!! I've had two go on my RS since I've had it, each time I've had to pay Skoda Assist £50ish which I've claimed back under warranty. So how long did they manage to take to swap one coil pack to double the cost!?

Most of you will probably be aware that the older style cylinder coils had a problem with them and have since been modified by VAG.

i got my Mk1 Octavia vRS a year old and later found out that 2 of the 4 cylinder coils had already been replaced. A week after I had the car it lost almost all of its power and engine management light came on. I call the AA out who replaced the faulty cylinder coil under warranty.

2 months ago similar thing happened - went to Skoda garage who said that cylinder coil needed replacing and they wanted £114 for it as the car was out of warranty due to the mileage, I didn't want to pay this as in my opinion VAG had fitted a faulty cylinder coil initially. The dealer told me I could ring Skoda Customer Services which I did and to cut a long story short Skoda agreed to pay for the works - which was nice of them!!

This might save some of you some money.

Cheers,

Regardless of who was paying £114 is a total rip off, It might be a genuine mistake but I would be wary of prices charged by this dealer for a while

i got my Mk1 Octavia vRS a year old and later found out that 2 of the 4 cylinder coils had already been replaced. A week after I had the car it lost almost all of its power and engine management light came on. I call the AA out who replaced the faulty cylinder coil under warranty.

Cheers,

Just a thought but if the coilpack that failed has already been replaced, it should be covered by a standard component 12 month warranty, regardless of you car warranty which is subject to conditions such as mileage etc, shouldn't it?

Had a problem with these on my MK1 VRS and dealer replaced all of them under warranty and had no more problems, so I was under the impression that VAG sorted the problem and was fitting new design level coilpacks. Maybe not though!

ClarkE_123

It cost me £30 for a new coil last Fri & that was from my local Audi dealer. I bet the rest of the money of the £114 you paid was for the labour & diagnostic (if used)