{"id":42897,"date":"2017-02-04T14:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T07:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/skoda-writes-off-my-six-year-old-20000-car-when-it-suffers-a-common-fault\/"},"modified":"2017-02-04T14:07:20","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T07:07:20","slug":"skoda-writes-off-my-six-year-old-20000-car-when-it-suffers-a-common-fault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/skoda-writes-off-my-six-year-old-20000-car-when-it-suffers-a-common-fault\/","title":{"rendered":"Skoda \u2018writes off\u2019 my six-year-old \u00a320,000 car when it suffers a common fault"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nI would have to pay \u00a38,250 to repair the timing chain mechanism although many others have reported the same problemIn early October I drove my six-year-old Skoda Octavia vRS car into my local Skoda dealer with an intermittent fault that was causing a loss of power and strange engine noises. I was eventually told that the timing chain mechanism had failed and it needed a new 2.0 litre turbo engine \u2013 at a cost of \u00a38,250. Continue reading…
\n
\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…Skoda \u2018writes off\u2019 my six-year-old \u00a320,000 car when it suffers a common fault<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I would have to pay \u00a38,250 to repair the timing chain mechanism although many others...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-b9T","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12078,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/skoda-offers-paltry-goodwill-gesture-for-a-4793-bill-for-a-known-fault\/","url_meta":{"origin":42897,"position":0},"title":"Skoda offers paltry \u2018goodwill gesture\u2019 for a \u00a34,793 bill for a known fault","date":"May 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r We have a 2011 Yeti, and company engineers have admitted a timing chain problem, yet we\u2019re only offered 20%We are extremely disappointed in our 2011 Skoda Yeti 1.2 TSI. After 43,000 miles, and despite it having a full Skoda service history, it needs a new engine! We bought it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":48762,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/discovering-holes-in-my-skoda-yeti-and-in-my-729-mapfre-warranty\/","url_meta":{"origin":42897,"position":1},"title":"Discovering holes in my Skoda Yeti\u2026 and in my \u00a3729 Mapfre warranty","date":"March 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r I faced a \u00a36,500 repair bill but it wouldn\u2019t accept my local garage\u2019s reportI bought a 2010 Skoda Yeti 4x4, with 31,680 miles on the clock, for \u00a312,000 in March 2014. It came with a three-year warranty from Available Cars in Castle Donington costing \u00a3729, which was provided by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":49648,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/up-in-smoke-the-vw-emissions-fix-has-left-our-car-undriveable\/","url_meta":{"origin":42897,"position":2},"title":"Up in smoke: the VW emissions \u2018fix\u2019 has left our car undriveable","date":"March 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r About 1.2m VWs, Audis, Skodas and\u00a0Seats are affected by the most significant vehicle recall in history, but some motorists are complaining their cars are not performing after their returnMysterious rattles, poor fuel consumption, difficulties in starting, low power, weak acceleration. It has emerged that many drivers who have been\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":60566,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/thousands-of-drivers-suffer-loss-of-power-following-vw-emissions-fix\/","url_meta":{"origin":42897,"position":3},"title":"Thousands of drivers suffer loss of power following VW emissions 'fix'","date":"July 12, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r 41,000 owners are bringing a class action against the manufacturer citing poor performance, worse fuel consumption \u2013 and no compensationMore than half of VW, Audi and Skoda owners who had their cars \u201cfixed\u201d following the \u201cdiesel-gate\u201d emissions scandal have subsequently suffered poor performance and worse fuel consumption, according to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":106095,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/no-fault-eviction-of-tenants-must-end-but-beware-unintended-consequences-simon-jenkins\/","url_meta":{"origin":42897,"position":4},"title":"\u2018No-fault\u2019 eviction of tenants must end. But beware unintended consequences | Simon Jenkins","date":"April 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The government is right to curtail landlords\u2019 section 21 powers. But too much regulation could end up hurting the poorestTheresa May\u2019s government can get some things right. The curtailment of landlords\u2019 power to evict tenants for no reason with only eight weeks\u2019 notice has been rejected by Labour and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":91802,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/saudi-world-cup-teams-plane-suffers-engine-fire\/","url_meta":{"origin":42897,"position":5},"title":"Saudi World Cup team's plane suffers engine fire","date":"June 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The Saudi team were flying to Rostov-on-Don for their second match, against Uruguay on Wednesday\r \r Source : arabianbusiness.com\r Read more...Saudi World Cup team's plane suffers engine fire","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42897"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}