2000 Skoda Octavia SLX from UK and Ireland - Comments

14th Dec 2006, 14:59

"Never again"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

Car broke down with smoke and fuel billowing out of the exhaust. They changed the main circuit board and the car was on the road again.

Boot lock stopped working.

I wound down the passenger window one morning and it wouldn't go back up.

The car will cut out almost every cold morning before it warms. My local garage have looked at it 3 time now and have not been able to fix the problem. They told me yesterday that they can't fix it so I'm writing this review.

Coolant leaked - part cost £14 but job cost £450 by the time they replaced my cam belt to get at the coolant pump where the leak was.

General comments?

I had a Honda before and it was excellent and never any trouble. I bought the Skoda because I heard it was reliable, but I was very disappointed. The car has been well looked after and serviced regularly.


20th Mar 2008, 09:46

A different Skoda garage eventually fixed the cutting out problem by replacing the Lambda probe and the temperature sender at the same time. Too late though, as I'd lost faith in the Skoda and will never buy it again.

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