Manual gearbox issues?

[Inego]

It makes me feel a little dirty, but the top of the range Kia Sorento they've given me, although totally not my type of vehicle, is not altogether awful But this experience with the Skodda will hopefully prompt my wife into moving more quickly to a replacement for the Skoda.

[woofy]

I have the mid range Santa Fe cousin, it's OK, the diesel engine/auto gearbox is pretty good, if not very good.

You notice the cheapness over time of both of them, I have creaks since new they won't fix as they acknowledge they use lots of hard plastics, although the new model has used more soft this round. I miss many things in the Skoda though and can't wait to get back into another next round. I occassionally borrow my RS from my wife if I get withdrawals. I find Hyundais functional cars but hardly exciting.

If Skoda made an SUV in the Toureg size as they were rumoured to be doing ages ago then I would be all over it.

[Inego]

Yeah, the one I've got has only 6k on it and still feels fine, albeit a little tarty, compared to the staid euro.

A Superb Outback with raised ride height (rather than just cladding, as per Europe) would suit me fine. The Sorento, although it seems huge, only has 4mm more clearance than the Scout

[PassatB6]

Yeah, the one I've got has only 6k on it and still feels fine, albeit a little tarty, compared to the staid euro.

A Superb Outback with raised ride height (rather than just cladding, as per Europe) would suit me fine. The Sorento, although it seems huge, only has 4mm more clearance than the Scout

I think I have exactly the same car as you. Silver manual 2010 Scout. Ive got 85,000k on board and definitely no sign of gearbox issues, so yeah I reckon they stuffed it! Looking to trade mine soon too possibly for a new Octavia. If you trade it soon I'd be interested to know what price you got.

[Inego]

I spoke with a dealer two three months back. $10k was their opening offer. It needs a good polish and the front wheels have been scraped (one quite badly, of course not by this adult half od the family ) but, even so, that is just stupid low-ball.

[Mysticality]

I traded one of the first of the new shape Sorento's (2009) for my Octavia.

I do miss it sometimes, so tall with surprising offroad abilities.
I love my low sportswagon, but sometimes...

Good luck with the repair

[brad]

I spoke with a dealer two three months back. $10k was their opening offer. It needs a good polish and the front wheels have been scraped (one quite badly, of course not by this adult half od the family ) but, even so, that is just stupid low-ball.

And people think I'm being overly generous because I'm going to give my Octy to my daughter. Imagine the trade-in offer on a 2007 build 1.8tsi M6 Elegance with 125,000km on the dial. $8k-$9k?

[Inego]

A quick update on this - advised today that Skoda would be covering the full cost of the repair and the replacement clutch pack.

I'm just taking this at face value, and happy I don't have to pay. My wife's now saying the extra room of the Sorento wouldn't be too bad over the holidays, but my view is our roof bars won't fit.

[Lucas_R]

Good to hear Skoda are fixing it under warranty - but this still sounds iffy to me. Items like clutches/brakes are not normally covered under warranty as they are wear and tear items.

Ok if your clutch died and you only had 5,000km on the car then you could argue it was a faulty clutch, but im surprised that they are doing a warranty job on a 40,000km old clutch.

[Transporter]

Good to hear Skoda are fixing it under warranty - but this still sounds iffy to me. Items like clutches/brakes are not normally covered under warranty as they are wear and tear items.

Ok if your clutch died and you only had 5,000km on the car then you could argue it was a faulty clutch, but im surprised that they are doing a warranty job on a 40,000km old clutch.

I think that the claims like clutch and brakes are individually assessed. If his previous car was manual, he's using the clutch properly and the car doesn't show any signs of abuse, why wouldn't they honour the warranty?
A smart technician would go for the test drive with the customer, letting him drive and would know straight away from the observation if the clutch was used properly or not (assuming he's only the driver that uses the car).