Skoda India Complaints & Reviews

ubject: my experience with skoda and skoda laura



I bought my skoda laura L&K, MT with great joy and pride on 14th March 2007 and had high expectations from the car and its company. I would like to share my experience over the years with you:



1. Only a few days after the purchase- Car failed to start at my workplace. I contacted the workshop and the engineer came with a service...

I purchased a skoda in 2 nd week of Aug 2009, and immediately brought to the dealers attention about light scratches on the windscreen which are not easily visible unless one looks really hard. The dealer nor the Company oficials have responded to my several e-mails and one Mr Sudir Srinivas had the audacity to tell me blatantly that I was free to go to the Consumer Forum as his Company had a team of lawyers at their behest to handle customers...

We have purchased a skoda fibia car from the agra dealer shiel ventures in 2008 from the first service it came in our notice that the dealer is working with unskilled labour without experiance of skoda cars maintainance. In last service we experianced that they have charged app 3000 rs of labour for for changing of bush and they have charged a huge amount for internal cleaning and done the extreme today when we asked for our car which was...

Dear SKODA Global & India Team,

Problem Statement: Poor service/Lack of responsibility by Mahavir dealer, Poor performance of SKODA Fabia vehicle.

Technical Issues in Brief:
1.FM Auto Channel Changing – Issue exists from 1.5 yrs, promised several times to replace – Never Fixed
2.A/C not working – Problem occurred twice in 1.5 years – Fixed Twice
3.Breaks not working properly...

Hi Sudhir,

Neither i have received firm delivery date nor a convincing reply mail from either of the recipients,

Could you answer couple of questions?

1. What is the root cause for the break down?
2. What is the guarantee that my vehicle will not break down once again?
3. What steps are you going to take to rebuild the customer confidence?
4. How can such break down occur...

Sudhir,

Incontinuation to followup with the dealer regarding the receipt of spares, i was taken aback to know that out of 5 spares 2 have not been approved.
WHAT IS HAPPENING AT YOUR END, HOW LONG SHOULD I WAIT FOR THE DELIVERY?

Jagadish. B

RMG SAP Basis / Security
Steria India Ltd.
CUG: 838-4767
Land Line: +[protected]
Extn.: 4767
e-mail: Jagadish.[protected]@steria.co.inbr...

CAR DETAILS : MODEL : SUPERB ELEGANCE 1.8 TSI

WE PAID FULL ADVANCE IN DECEMBER AND GOT THE DELIVERY AFTER ONE MONTH ON 29TH JAN 10, TODAY FIRST DAY WE TOOK THE CAR AND AC WAS NOT WORKING.WE CALLED UP DEALER SINCE MORNING MANY TIMES , HIS TECHNICIAN CAME AND CHECKED AND SAID THE CAR NEEDS TO BE CHECKED ON COMPUTER AND HENCE SENT TO THEIR GARAGE AT ANDHERI.

DO YOU SUPPLY SUCH DIFFECTIVE CAR AND WITHOUT PROPER...

I bought the skoda fabia from a honda garage in barnsley it was a 53 plate tdi, after the six month waranty had expired thats when the problems started.
1) crankshaft sensor needs replacing
2) camshaft sensor needs replacing
3) base of engine needs replacing
this was due to someone putting the belt on incorrectly ive been in touch with both skoda and honda to help me pay for the work done on the car but both said...

Here with we enclosed the mail copy to skoda auto india about our problem in the vechile TN39 AR 2224
jayakumar to skoda
We wolul like to you inform you we purchased our vehicle dtd[protected] we agree our warranty period is completed now but in your mail you are saying the warranty is crossed more than 11 months but you rcvd wrong information from your deler ship so pls check. at the time of service dtd[protected]kms)we...

This is in reference with my new Skoda - Laura Elegance.
I had purchased a new Skoda Laura from JMD- Auto, New Mumbai on 18th December 2009.

Within ten days of purchase I faced a problem with my car ( I was not able to remove the ignition key of my car)
I immediately informed this problem to the Sales & service Managers of JMD Auto.

I was asked to drop my car at JMD- auto service centre Kandivali...

To, Date:- 20.01.10
The Managing Director
Skoda Auto India Private Limited
A-1 / 1, M.I.D.C.,
Five Star Industrial Area, Shendra,
Aurangabad - 431 201
Tel: +[protected] / 222 / 333, Fax: +[protected], 6631199
24 hour helpline: +[protected]
Dear Sir,
SUB: Breakdown of our new Laura L&k Automatic since two and half month and continuous harassment from dealer...

Respected Sir

I bought my Skoda Fabia from Continental auto at Okhla (Skoda Dealers)on march 2008.
sir my car engine got seized when i was travelling to punjab for some wedding occasion.
my new car skoda fabia which is only 50000 old and regular service is being mantained from the service station from where i bought the car with all service record , this really shame on skoda that this kind of things are happening...

Herewith we enclosed the communication made with skoda auto india

On 1/6/10, Kulkarni, Rahul <Rahul.[protected]@skoda-auto.co.in> wrote:
Dear Mr. Jayakumar,

This is in continuation to your below said mail. We would like to apprise you that concern of AC in your vehicle is due to AC switch. Damage to the switch can be attributed due to mishandling and cannot be covered under warranty. Kindly be informed...

Last month I took my Skoda Ocatvia for service at the "apparently" authorised Scoda Service Centre at Sakinaka known as Autograph Cars. They charged me a lot of money and damaged the following in my car. I have to get this repaired now by a local mechanic.

1) Clutch plates were completely damaged. It seems they have replaced the one I had with a worn out one. I had actually replaced the clutch plates 6 months ago.br...

To

The General Manager
Krishna Auto Sales
Chandigarh

Sub:- Replacement of defective Skoda Laura Car Registered No. PB-10CP-7296

Dear Sir,

Kindly refer to your letter dt. 22.12.2009 asking us to take delivery of the above mentioned car after repairs.

In this connection, we would like to recapitulate the following sequence...

Hello Everyone,



I had purchased a new Skoda Superb and have been facing issues with it since the day purchased.

Date of Purchase-29/08/2009

VIN:-TMBBEG3739A300986

Make: Skoda Superb

Service Dealer: Skoda - Continental Auto Services-Mathura Road – New Delhi 110044

The Vehicle handed over to us without PDI and engine was very noisy (Bought...

Hi, I am an unfortunate customer of a SKODA vehicle. Three months back I have taken a Skoda Fabia (AP 11 AG 6458). Mistakenly, I lost the Vehicle Manual (Including Sevice schedule and Stereo manual). Immediately I have contacted M/s Mahaveer Auto who is authorized dealer here in Hyderabad. They have assured me of arranging another one, but even after 2 months, they could not arrange the Manual.

Since I lost the manual...

Hi,

This is srinivas from Andhra pradesh and I own Skoda Octavia. I am here to tell you that skoda showroom and servicecentre of Vijayawada is so terrible that they took 3 long weeks and they have still done nothing and they are worst at responding the calls even . They dont have even proper technicians and proper staff to respond in a fair manner. Even if we make a call to the showroom or service centre they just play games...

Hello Sir/madem,


I purchase new skoda superb in august till purchase date car giving lots of problem.In 4 months car goes approxmately 20 times to dealer for same problem but still they are zero They do lots of experiment on it but same.Can you believe it they wants to open engine for new experiment till today they dont have any reponsible ans. daily new experiment.How can i give permission to open the brand new car...

To all Skoda Fabia Buyers!

I am one of the victims of the fraudulent activities of SKODA India. I bought a skoda fabia in October'09. The car has just done under 3000 KMs. I left the car in the workshop 4 days ago complaining of vibration problem. I could see in the faces of the service station guys : "Yet another fabia has come" and they have started the usual rituals.

As consumers, what are we...