I have the same problem with my Skod Yeti. I have a 2010 Yeti where I found rust (lots of blisters) in 2012. It was repainted in summer of 2012 and now in 2013 the same problem pops up again. VW will not fix the problem again because it is a few months over a 3 year warranty. But it's the same problem that occurred after only 2 years. They made the paintjob just to keep me happy until the 3 year guaranty period passed. I have talked to paint shops and been told that if there is a galvanization problem it is no use to cover it with new paint. The only way to solve it is to get new metal that is galvanized in a correct way. But I guess that VW has no interest in changing my 5 doors. When I talked to the VW authorized paint shop they told me that VW has had this problem with a few of their models. Now I’m stuck with a Yeti that is rusting rapidly (the rust expand quickly when the galvanization is bad). The biggest problem is not that a fault has occurred on my car, but that VW is hiding the problem to save cost.

When I look through forums I can see that VW has problems with many of their car models. It seems that it is only certain batches that have this fault. But it is crazy for such a large brand to not take responsibility for a know production problem.

I would appreciate that 'magic' email address at Skoda UK as we are having great problems getting recompensed for a water pump failure in our 20 month old Skoda Yeti. Skoda Customer Services have shown no interest so far and have actually questioned whether the event really happened (despite us having an invoice and the old parts)!

I presume that means you did not have the work carried out at a Skoda Dealer, why not. All warranties clearly state that work can only be carried out by an authorised agent. In exceptional circumstances I have heard of people getting the work done by not official garages but in all cases the work had to be authorised before hand.