Radiator fan fault

The electric fan of my car does not switch off after having been driven even very short distances, and sometimes when I have just switched on the ignition and then off without even starting the engine...

Intermittent Fabia warning light

The problem is intermittent, but it has been narrowed down to happen when the car is driving with the windscreen wiper on, rain or not. There is an amber light to warn of a fault with the lights, and...

Giving up Golf

I am exploring the possibility of replacing my son's current VW Golf 1800 (purchased April 2001) with either a VW Polo or Skoda Fabia. My son who lives in Islington at the side of the Congestion Zone is...

Lengthy reply

We need to replace our 16-year-old Mercedes C180. Can you suggest a replacement saloon car that would have a decent amount of legroom as my son is 6' 10” and I am 6' 6” and we would also need room in the...

Winding down

I own a 6 year old Skoda Octavia 1.6FSI with 50,000 miles on the clock. Three evenings ago I locked the car, only to find later that the windows had all dropped open. I reclosed the windows and left the...

Let us pay?

I recently took my Octavia 1.9TDI into my local Skoda dealership (Progress of Letchworth) for a service prior to its first MoT and asked for a couple of areas on one alloy wheel to be repainted/re-lacquered,...

Winding down

Have you received any reports of Skoda Octavia windows opening for no apparent reason? I left my 59 reg car in front of my garage, fully locked. When I returned to it several hours later, all the windows...

Different tyres front rear

I have a Skoda Octavia 1.4 TSI DSG (18 months old/16k mls) which needs suspension modification to rectify noise. Skoda will fit new tyres to rear only and of a different make but will not renew front tyres....

4x4 estate car

I am looking to buy an estate car that is 4x4 and diesel, I have somewhere between £10000 and £13000 to spend. I seem to be looking at either a Subaru Legacy Sports Tourer or Outback or Skoda Octavia Estate...

Why did a Skoda dealer undertake such substandard work on my Octavia vRS?

Last week my July 2006 Skoda Octavia vRS had to go into the Skoda dealer for a recall to replace the ignition coils. On getting into the car after the work had been done I was immediately annoyed to find...