After waiting about nearly 7 months (give or take a week or three) had the new actuator fitted under warranty today.
At this stage all good, but won't hold my breath or be surprised if it packs up and throws the service warning again.
I figure if it shits itself again and it throws same code then it will still be a warranty issue.
We were the first on the list, and i think there's another bunch waiting for the part to come in for them.
When we dropped it off, the spanker looked at our sheet and car year (06) and says " this isnt warranty" .
I smiled and said to go check it with the manager, and heard him get told, yes it's getting covered under warranty..
And they replaced a missing plastic rivet under the wheel arch and said no charge for that.....and I had my handful of 5 cent coins ready to give him too
Here's hoping anyway