Exhuast Emissons Light on Where to take Car?

hellokitty08

Hello,

The Exhaust Emissions warning light has come on my 58 reg VW Fox, which i have had since new for 2 years and 3 months and I am in a bit of a dilema as to what to do.

Do I take it back to the main dealer incase is something that could be sorted out under the warrenty (although I am suspicious that they would tell me I had to pay for it)

or

Do I take it to a VW specalist garage to see whats wrong? (then if I do pay for it, it will not cost as much)

Any help would be great.

slyracoon

Its a no brainer. If its under warranty you take it to the main dealer for them to look at.

If they say its an item not covered under warranty you tell them you don't want them to perform the work and take it elsewhere.

hellokitty08

Will they charge me to tell me what is wrong?

Gordon_Hose

They'll most likely charge you if you get them to hook it up to their diagnostics and then decide to get the work done elsewhere. If they do the diagnostics and the work they may waive the diagnostics charge.

Best thing to do is call them and ask.

hellokitty08

all fixed under warrenty this afternoon! Thanks, they replaced a "faulty" sensor. Had to wait two hours but was very happy that did it today.

Thanks:j

cyclonebri1

hellokitty08 wrote: »

all fixed under warrenty this afternoon! Thanks, they replaced a "faulty" sensor. Had to wait two hours but was very happy that did it today.

Thanks:j

Glad it's sorted. There should be no worry in taking a car back to the dealer under the manufacturers waranty.
If it means hooking in up to the diagnostics to determine the problem then so be it, that's the only way the manufacturer has provided to access the manufacturers fault codes so has to be done to acertain the problem, if it's been serviced apropriately there can be no charge to you.
Plus a faulty sensor is a faulty sensor regardless of service history and will be changed under waranty regardless, but you may just have to press the point with the garage.

Gordon_Hose

I didn't think about the warranty lol

jase1

Bear in mind as well (for future reference) that if they have put the car on the computer and charge you for this task, you are entitled to take the piece of paper away when you get the car fixed elsewhere. So that £50 is not money wasted, because there is no reason for the second garage to carry out the work a second time.

cyclonebri1

jase1 wrote: »

Bear in mind as well (for future reference) that if they have put the car on the computer and charge you for this task, you are entitled to take the piece of paper away when you get the car fixed elsewhere. So that £50 is not money wasted, because there is no reason for the second garage to carry out the work a second time.

In true MSE spirit this post makes you realise why £50 spent on a code reader which will identify all fault codes and give on screen script for all modern cars, has to be sensible.
Anyone with basic common sense can then fault find, ie, if you can work this site then you can diagnose your own motor faults :T:money:
of course you still have to get it fixed, but at least you've bypassed the initial charge.

jase1

Or indeed if you have a Nissan, just invest in a paper clip

cyclonebri1

jase1 wrote: »

Or indeed if you have a Nissan, just invest in a paper clip

Yep, used to that with the cavs and vectra etc;), but with the correct kit theres no need to scout through the relative forums for the code/fault tables.