how long is the car out of warranty?

I had the same fault last year just 3 weeks out of warranty, big bill, but since I've wrote to Seat they've agreed to pay half and i should FINALLY be getting the cheque next week
 
if mine does this I will just cry. Luckily I have a dealer warranty for 2 years up 2 £500 got a fealing its not worth the paper its wrote on though
 
After linking to this forum and sending an email to Seat UK the price of repair has dropped to £453 from £900 - weird eh?