Laura A/c Failure!? Share your Experience!

k_shanz · 4th March 2009, 15:21

Any Laura users had faced a problem with their Air Conditioning unit?
The major problems are reported on the A/c Compressor.
My father using a laura ever since w brought the car the a/c is not working! We checked it with the Skoda service centers in Calicut, Cochin, and Coimbatore! For every service when we report the complaint they replace the fiters and other small thing, we were in the warranty period while we report the problem. The car now clocked 90,000 last month when we again tell about the problem they told thye full unit have to be replace, at that time we were out of that warrany period! We got screwed! The a/c became the worst part of the car. Travelling long journies became very hectic! we are forced to change the unit. They told it will cost nearly 45000 including labour. I took the car to a reputed local garage he`s an a/c spacialist. I got the full unit replaced, the original one for 28000/-. Now the a/c is very good conditioning, i must say SUPERB! its working like ever before. "Now i understood our a/c didnt work so far"
After that i dint give my car to any authorised service center. There is no point in doing the service from the company center itself if they have such an attitude towards us, spending more money! God knows what all thay are doing on our car once we left the car for service
After clocking 50,000kms better we take the car to a reputed local garage!
Thats enough!

Thank you!

GTO · 4th March 2009, 19:06

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Originally Posted by k_shanz

ever since w brought the car the a/c is not working!

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The car now clocked 90,000 last month

You waited for 90,000 kms before trying to get the problem fixed?

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I took the car to a reputed local garage he`s an a/c spacialist. I got the full unit replaced, the original one for 28000/-. Now the a/c is very good conditioning,

Glad you got the problem sorted. After market will always be cheaper than authorised.

k_shanz · 4th March 2009, 21:35

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Originally Posted by GTO

You waited for 90,000 kms before trying to get the problem fixed?

Glad you got the problem sorted. After market will always be cheaper than authorised.

ya, that i know well but what came in the aftermarket and OE box were same things! No Single difference!

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Originally Posted by GTO

You waited for 90,000 kms before trying to get the problem fixed?

I included that i tried to fix the problem several times at the company service center! Each time they were telling some other reasons!
What they often said is that the pollen filter was blocked!
and we took a 7500kms clocked car! It was a second hand one!

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manu7781 · 4th March 2009, 22:23

Ya my Laura is also experiencing some problem with its A/C unit. The unit sometime blow cool air and sometime it blow hot air inspite of Climate control setting. They told me that its A/C fan is not working and since it is in warranty they will replace it free of cost. I am waiting for it to be done Then i am going to see if it makes any difference.

@k_shanz : Did the external garage told you what was the exact problem with the unit?

white_vdi · 4th March 2009, 23:49

good that the problem is sorted now but you should have been hard on the issue. cant accept lame excuses for 82500kms.
anyways with summer around the corner, enjoy the AC now.

k_shanz · 5th March 2009, 11:01

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Originally Posted by manu7781

Ya my Laura is also experiencing some problem with its A/C unit. The unit sometime blow cool air and sometime it blow hot air inspite of Climate control setting. They told me that its A/C fan is not working and since it is in warranty they will replace it free of cost. I am waiting for it to be done Then i am going to see if it makes any difference.

@k_shanz : Did the external garage told you what was the exact problem with the unit?

If you want to get it replaced by warranty then dont be late get it soon!!

Do me a favour also, after getting it done by warranty just ask tham how much it will cost for that fan unit! I, too have changed my a/c fan!

duke · 27th April 2009, 20:38

I took mine to Autopsyche's garage the other day. Uncle got the A/C fixed in about 20mins... runs like a baby now.

androdev · 27th April 2009, 22:16

Shanz,

Glad the problem is resolved, I feared it will be another long running thread about how bad owing a skoda is

For some reason one of the AC vents in my car stopped blowing any air and I thought something went wrong but luckily it was just the flap which somehow got closed (this was a third layer hard thick flap below 'turnable' top two layers of flaps). Just used a thin rod to turn the flap open and all is well.

Also please share your 90k km ownership experience with us, not many laura owners here with that kind of mileage.

Shan2nu · 27th April 2009, 22:21

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ya, that i know well but what came in the aftermarket and OE box were same things! No Single difference!

Yup, can pretty much get most of the accesories in the open market which are identical to the real thing.

I had a similar prob with my A/C compressor, Honda asked for 30K, got the same one for 10.8K. Its been working without any issues so far and the cooling is fabulous.

Shan2nu

hellstar · 27th April 2009, 22:23

Man i really admire your patience running a premium car for 90,000 kms with a feature as basic as the AC handicapped .

As androdev requested , do put in your 90,000 kms ownership report by the looks of it it will be really interestiing to know about it , especially considering the high mileage .

4th March 2009, 15:21	#1
k_shanz BHPian Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: KL - TEN Posts: 353 Thanked: 75 Times View My Garage	Laura A/c Failure!? Share your Experience! Any Laura users had faced a problem with their Air Conditioning unit? The major problems are reported on the A/c Compressor. My father using a laura ever since w brought the car the a/c is not working! We checked it with the Skoda service centers in Calicut, Cochin, and Coimbatore! For every service when we report the complaint they replace the fiters and other small thing, we were in the warranty period while we report the problem. The car now clocked 90,000 last month when we again tell about the problem they told thye full unit have to be replace, at that time we were out of that warrany period! We got screwed! The a/c became the worst part of the car. Travelling long journies became very hectic! we are forced to change the unit. They told it will cost nearly 45000 including labour. I took the car to a reputed local garage he`s an a/c spacialist. I got the full unit replaced, the original one for 28000/-. Now the a/c is very good conditioning, i must say SUPERB! its working like ever before. "Now i understood our a/c didnt work so far" After that i dint give my car to any authorised service center. There is no point in doing the service from the company center itself if they have such an attitude towards us, spending more money! God knows what all thay are doing on our car once we left the car for service After clocking 50,000kms better we take the car to a reputed local garage! Thats enough! Thank you!
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4th March 2009, 22:23	#4
manu7781 BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: delhi Posts: 117 Thanked: 7 Times	Ya my Laura is also experiencing some problem with its A/C unit. The unit sometime blow cool air and sometime it blow hot air inspite of Climate control setting. They told me that its A/C fan is not working and since it is in warranty they will replace it free of cost. I am waiting for it to be done Then i am going to see if it makes any difference. @k_shanz : Did the external garage told you what was the exact problem with the unit?
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4th March 2009, 23:49	#5
white_vdi BHPian Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: new delhi Posts: 856 Thanked: 38 Times View My Garage	good that the problem is sorted now but you should have been hard on the issue. cant accept lame excuses for 82500kms. anyways with summer around the corner, enjoy the AC now.
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27th April 2009, 20:38	#7
duke BHPian Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New Delhi Posts: 225 Thanked: 137 Times	I took mine to Autopsyche's garage the other day. Uncle got the A/C fixed in about 20mins... runs like a baby now.
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27th April 2009, 22:16	#8
androdev Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: bangalore Posts: 3,255 Thanked: 25,287 Times	Shanz, Glad the problem is resolved, I feared it will be another long running thread about how bad owing a skoda is For some reason one of the AC vents in my car stopped blowing any air and I thought something went wrong but luckily it was just the flap which somehow got closed (this was a third layer hard thick flap below 'turnable' top two layers of flaps). Just used a thin rod to turn the flap open and all is well. Also please share your 90k km ownership experience with us, not many laura owners here with that kind of mileage.
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27th April 2009, 22:23	#10
hellstar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,073 Thanked: 44 Times	Man i really admire your patience running a premium car for 90,000 kms with a feature as basic as the AC handicapped . As androdev requested , do put in your 90,000 kms ownership report by the looks of it it will be really interestiing to know about it , especially considering the high mileage .
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