Seat Ibiza out of warranty turbo charger failure

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A few days ago my 2011 Seat Ibiza 1.2 tsi went into limp mode with elm light and epc lights showing on dash. Got the car towed to The seat dealer where we bought it from and where car has been serviced since.

After a day of diagnostics and contact with seat uk turns out there has been some sort of turbo failure. Car is out of warranty by a couple of months and would be a 1600+vat repair bill.

Without prompting the dealer has negotiated a good will gesture between seat, seat uk and the dealership which brings it back to 110 for us to pay...I am obviously very happy at the vastly reduced cost however wondering if others have experienced similar things and should I push for further discount?

If I'm honest I'm pretty happy with the way the dealer has handled this and ready to accept the 110 payment as feared would be much more but interested to hear of others experiences.
 
That sounds very reasonable to me, the car is out of warranty and you are being offered the chance for a very major repair for often less than the outlay of most extended warranty excesses.
 
Have to say i was pretty much set on the be very happy with what I have been offered camp but interested to see id others have had a similar experience. To me it stinks of im not the first person with this issue and probably not the last but not worth taking any further.

For other tsi owners as well as the turbo do get your timing chain inspected if you are under warrenty as after reading about it on other forums found that seat will inspect the chain and replace it if stretched as was the case with ours as part of a technical bulletin! (Not a full on recall)
 
£1600 for a turbo on a 1.2 Ibiza :eek:
That's exactly why it annoys me that the majority of new cars are getting small engines with turbos on its just an added expensive headache that u don't need on a small low powered run around of a car.
You've Put me right off getting a mazda MPs or Focus 225 ST now if that's how much turbos can cost lol :(
 
£1600 for a turbo on a 1.2 Ibiza :eek:
That's exactly why it annoys me that the majority of new cars are getting small engines with turbos on its just an added expensive headache that u don't need on a small low powered run around of a car.
You've Put me right off getting a mazda MPs or Focus 225 ST now if that's how much turbos can cost lol :(

I wouldn't worry. £1600 to replace a very small turbo with extremely easy access is silly. It was probably a price for a brand spanker new turbo, when all that is required is a reconditioned one.

I would disagree on the turbo being useless. I have a 1.2 tsi, and I drives very well for a very small engined car. The 1.4 Vag offers is gutless and dull to drive, but the 1.2 tsi drives more like a 1.8 with the increased torque output. Fuel economy is good no matter how you drive it.
 
I'd pay up no quibble and keep what sounds like a decent dealer on side in case you need to get particularly awkward about another repair at some point in the not too distant future. Even if it is a common fault its a very fair contribution they've asked for really.

The original cost was circa 3 times more than it could easily be fixed for, but regardless you'll have a new, warrantied part on the car for not a lot of money
 
I'm really hoping there is a typo somewhere in the OP as charging less than 10% of the original quote seems odd to me, I suspect the is a 0 missing from the £110.

If there isn't a typo, then best of british luck to you getting a further discount and if I was the manager in question I'd be telling you to jog on and charging you the £1600+VAT for your cheek.
 
Searching for 1.2 TSI problems on the internet makes for some unsettling reading. A friend of mine had an engine rebuild pretty much at 45k.

Very good dealer you have there by the sounds of things.
 
I'd be biting their hand off at that. Sounds to me like what they are charging you for is the dealers diagnostic time, and the "goodwill" is actually covering the parts and labour of the replacement.

A deal not to be sniffed at, and as said above, suck this one up so your dealer is on side for the next time the turbo blows up. Although I suspect the replacement part will only have a 2 year warranty, so you may find yourself 14 months out of warranty the next time round.
 
You can pick up a used ST225 turbo for £150ish. I've only ever heard of two failing though :)

Yep, when turbos are that cheap it's because they are ultra reliable. When they are more expensive, it's generally because they are sought after (such as the K03s or K04 in the VAG group), or they often go pop, so have a decent market.
 
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