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ajmat · 5th March 2009, 19:13

Further to my throttle body issue here. (Beauty of the Beast Skoda Octavia RS - 30000 km review) When I was told that I needed to spent Rs 35000 on new coils and a throttle body. I threw a wobbly and sent the following mail

From: Matthew, Ajit A [
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 5:58 AM
To: CustomerCare
Subject: Premature Failures on my 2005 VRs

Dear Sir Madam

I have a 2005 Octavia VRs, chassis no TMXXXXXXXXXX825. The car has been serviced regularly and has completed only 29000km. In December, I suffered a water pump failure. I detected the failure in time so no overheating occurred.

Last week, the car started idling roughly and later broke down. My VAG COM system showed the following fault codes pertaining to the throttle body.

17987 - Throttle Actuator (J338): Adaptation Not Started
P1579 - 35-00 - -
17579 - Angle Sensor 2 for Throttle Actuator (G188) Implausible Signal
P1171 - 35-00 - -
17950 - Angle Sensor 1 for Throttle Actuator (G187): Implausible Signal
P1542 - 35-10 - - - Intermittent

Vinayak recovered the car, cleaned the throttle body and say that the car is jerking so the throttle body needs to be changed. I find it rather alarming that so many crucial components are failing. I would be most obliged if you could have a service/ product representative look into this. If you refer to Team-BHP - The Definitive Indian Car Community - Home, you will find a lot of concerning stories about Skoda reliability and it looks like I will be having to add my story there. I will have potentially spent Rs 50000 in three months on this car. I never spent that much on my Honda for its tenure of 56000 km

Regds

Ajit

5th March 2009, 19:13	#1 (permalink)
ajmat Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 6,359	Hello Skoda - Did you read and analyze or merely read ? Further to my throttle body issue here. (Beauty of the Beast Skoda Octavia RS - 30000 km review) When I was told that I needed to spent Rs 35000 on new coils and a throttle body. I threw a wobbly and sent the following mail From: Matthew, Ajit A [ Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 5:58 AM To: CustomerCare Subject: Premature Failures on my 2005 VRs Dear Sir Madam I have a 2005 Octavia VRs, chassis no TMXXXXXXXXXX825. The car has been serviced regularly and has completed only 29000km. In December, I suffered a water pump failure. I detected the failure in time so no overheating occurred. Last week, the car started idling roughly and later broke down. My VAG COM system showed the following fault codes pertaining to the throttle body. 17987 - Throttle Actuator (J338): Adaptation Not Started P1579 - 35-00 - - 17579 - Angle Sensor 2 for Throttle Actuator (G188) Implausible Signal P1171 - 35-00 - - 17950 - Angle Sensor 1 for Throttle Actuator (G187): Implausible Signal P1542 - 35-10 - - - Intermittent Vinayak recovered the car, cleaned the throttle body and say that the car is jerking so the throttle body needs to be changed. I find it rather alarming that so many crucial components are failing. I would be most obliged if you could have a service/ product representative look into this. If you refer to Team-BHP - The Definitive Indian Car Community - Home, you will find a lot of concerning stories about Skoda reliability and it looks like I will be having to add my story there. I will have potentially spent Rs 50000 in three months on this car. I never spent that much on my Honda for its tenure of 56000 km Regds Ajit __________________ Rice is cheaper than German Potato's Last edited by ajmat : 9th March 2009 at 12:14.