Advice Needed URGENTLY

gypsyemz

Good news, the garage have contacted me, they have agreed to go halves on the repair - £91.88 for the replacement and they will sort out my service history book while we are there. So a better result then expected following comments here really. Thanks for the kind replies.
Regards
Emma

TiTheRev

mustrum_ridcully wrote: »

VW/Skoda/Seat (probably Audi as well) have, IIRC, several servicing patterns depending on your driving (e.g. mainly short in-town journeys or mainly longer commutes). One of them is oil change at the end of year 1, proper service end of year 2.

Longlife servicing is at 20k or 2years which ever comes 1st.
Time & distance is 10k or annually.

Either is an option to be chosen by the customer at purchase or can be changed at the service point.

TiTheRev

skiddlydiddly wrote: »

Are the bearings inside the discs on this car(I had a quick look on ebay and they don't look like it)?If they are and reused the old bearing without fitting it properly it could cause problems but if the bearing is inside the hub I don't see how anything to do with the discs could affect it.They lasted 34k miles...thats good.Thats around 30 years commuting for me.

The bearings are built into the hub, and as such not touched when the discs are replaced. About average life for a set of discs.

TiTheRev

Reason we havent travelled to a nearer dealer was due to warranty work/servicing etc that I have always been told I had to go back to the dealer for.

ANY Skoda dealer in the country can do the servicing/warranty work, not just the selling dealer...

TiTheRev

gypsyemz wrote: »

Good news, the garage have contacted me, they have agreed to go halves on the repair - £91.88 for the replacement and they will sort out my service history book while we are there. So a better result then expected following comments here really. Thanks for the kind replies.
Regards
Emma

At least you got it sorted amicably :T

Harry_Flashman

TiTheRev wrote: »

ANY Skoda dealer in the country can do the servicing/warranty work, not just the selling dealer...

ANY VAT registered garage can do your servicing to maintain warranty - it woyld not be lawful for Skoda (or any other make) to insist you have the car serviced at a dealer.

Only a franchised dealer can carry out warranty repairs though.

TiTheRev

Harry_Flashman wrote: »

ANY VAT registered garage can do your servicing to maintain warranty - it woyld not be lawful for Skoda (or any other make) to insist you have the car serviced at a dealer.

Only a franchised dealer can carry out warranty repairs though.

Semantics...pedant

Block exemption states that ANY vat registered garage can do the servicing as long as they stick to the recommended service regime, using manufacturers parts and lubricants.

Harry_Flashman

Maybe pedantic, but that's how you sometimes have to be with these companies. AND it can save a fortune on servicing.

TiTheRev

Harry_Flashman wrote: »

Maybe pedantic, but that's how you sometimes have to be with these companies. AND it can save a fortune on servicing.

...but if the dealer is doing price matching (as we are), why on earth would you take your prize and joy to a fred-in-the-shed when the car's not even a couple of years old? Best of both worlds.

jd82

As I said I bought my car from Birmingham and I am not taking it there for a service (it would be a 162 mile round trip!).

However I would always advice to take a car to a main dealer for servicing if the car is still under warranty. There is no legal requirement for you to do but if a fault develops one month out of warranty they are much more likely to help if it has full service history at a main dealer.

I will probably take my Panda to a FIAT dealer in Stockport when the time comes. Not going to ask voiding the warranty for the sake of a £20 saving.