Hello BHP-ians , I just wanted to share an experience with all of you to show you how stupid and irresponsible Skoda service is !
So here it goes ,
My Laura aged around 4 years old had not experienced a single major problem to date . One day on discussing about cars with my father and brother my father suddenly mentioned me that there was water all over the footwell of the car on the drivers side . I was shocked and exclaimed "No way " its a Skoda , this cannot happen . I went out and checked and saw no water , little did i realise that was just a teaser trailer of the horror movie .
One cloudy and rainy day I get in the car ad see that the whole foot well area has become a mini pond soaking in water , shocked , disgust etc etc so many thoughts running across my mind !!.. A 20lk car and i get to see water inside ?. Never have seen such a type of problem in our earlier cars !.
Call up Vinayak Skoda , arrange for a pick up and drop of the vehicle costing Rs300
( Ford does it for free
) . The guy shows up in the morning
Send it to the workshop , I had asked him to call up and brief me about the problem incurred and the total cost for the repairs !
Call comes at around mid afternoon
Skoda : " Sir problem diagnosed . There is a problem in the cars "cowl" and need to be replaced . replacing costs Rs 6000 , I can repair it to you for a lesser amount ( I dont remember the correct figure ) . Sir also the entire carpet flooring needs to be dried and will taken 10 days
I was in turn narrating all of this to my father , he gave a thought and says " No need , tell him to get the car back safely "
I was shocked and a tad angry
Me : " thanks i would like to have my car back please "
Skoda : " ok sir I will drop it by the evening " .
Car comes back home in the evening . I was like " Now what ????? "
That night dad drives the car off to my native on some work .
He come back next day and tells me problem solved , I go and check it out
Wala !!!! No water no leaks !!!.
I was like How ???.. When ???.. Who ??...
The solution was pretty simple . Now water was seeping in through because it was getting stored some where ( a theory u may suppose ) . He took a bucket of water and splashed it on to the windscreen , Water not moving freely enough , he checked for areas where possibly it could get stuck and finally spots the culprit ! .
The drain which runs down from the windscreen and to the wheel arch's .
The end of the drain inside the wheel arch was completely blocked with muck dirt etc , there was lots . cleaned up everything sealed the matting properly and tested again , water flows freely . The water on the inside was removed with the help of a vaccum cleaner and lots of paper ! . I was relieved that the problem was solved .
Also that moment i hated Skoda Service , I wanted to pull them up and show them " Do you guys know how to diagnose a problem !!!" . These guys end up operating the heart when the problem is at the liver , Even if I had got the car repaired there , it would leave me just more disgust , pain and more of rs 300 tips !!!... I am done with Skoda's service !.
Now the wiper blades of my car needs to be replaced , I would be very happy If anyone could let me know of a authorised service of Skoda apart from Tafe and Vinayak !!. I will post the pics soon to give you all a better idea!
Thanks
Red's