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Discovered a line of dead pixels in my new mib2.5 screen today. Luckily there was one day left to return it to eBay! Replacement ordered.

Thereare no fault codes listed for the transmission. Otherfault codes perhaps seem related to low battery and low battery can affect the gearbox. The battery is over 7 years old so i'm going to replace it. The current one, fitted under warranty at a few months old is 70 amps. Number plate checking suggets 60 amp is appropriate. Any thoughts.

This is interesting

I expect flying really ruins ones miles per kwh....

Thank you anyway!!!

Thanks for all the replies!

Unfortunately I don't have this firmware ☹️

If I'm allowed I would like please to make an inquiry, I've tried searching the fabia forums and have not found anything matching my specific issue so here goes: When I purchased this car 3 years ago it became a different learning curb for me, mind you this is my second one the first being the 2005 model, anyhow, I observe that on cold start the car, after a few secs of idling would tremble then gradually sort of smoothen out as the engine reaches temperature. Let's fast forward: had a lube service done by a mechanic not Skoda trained but who worked for the then company that sold them at the time, when he plugged in his scanning tool the reading kept asking for this "TCM". We then figured out that the computer I purchased the car with is for the automatic version so trouble in the camp ever since

I don't understand why people want to replace a screen with nice physical buttons down the side for one with horrible touch buttons down the side. Physical buttons - you can feel when you're driving without taking your eyes off the road, and actually go in when you press them so you know you pressed them. Touch buttons are stupid and don't belong in a car. I replaced my pre-facelift small 6.5" screen to the larger Columbus 8" version. It's perfect. Not a touch button in sight. If you have MIB2.5 it's a straight swap pretty much.

I don't think that's correct. The only MQB cars with an alu subframe are the S3, RS3, GTI CS, R and top spec hot Cupras. I'm reasonably sure the vRS, GTI and nothing else has an alu one, let alone the Karoq, Kodiaq or whatever! I've got an issue with my steering (knocking from steering column/dash when wiggling side to side), so will be getting the car on a lift on Monday. It's unrelated, I'm sure, but talk about timing!

I've tried in the past to become a member of this community but for some reason lost track, anyhow now is What counts and it feels good to be here I'm hopeful

Hello there thanks so much for your kind assistance, just trying to make certain that I abide by all community rules which I've read thus far

Hi and welcome to Briskoda 👋 Normally we ask you to introduce yourself in your own topic instead of adding to someone else's but as you're new here we'll just overlook that 😁👍 Feel free to make another one if you like or if not that's cool as well

Good afternoon to all where ever you are in the world I hope this hello is being posted the right place if not the site staff will assist me I'm sure. I live in Barbados and there's somewhat of very small Skoda community here (Stress on the phrase VERY SMALL) last Skoda fabia model sold in Barbados was in 2005 said thing for the Octavia models, at present there is no representation for Skoda in Barbados, perhaps may never be again, time will tell. I own and drive a mk1 fabia hatchback with the BBZ engine 74kw 5 speed manual

I have just bought a brand new Skoda Karoq, 1.5 TSI, petrol and I was wondering when should I do the first oil and oil filter change for longlevity of engine (vw508, 0w-20)? I own a Skoda Fabia, 1.0 TSI, petrol from 2018 and I did the oil and oil filter change firstly at 5 000km and then every 8 000km (vw 504, 5w-30) and car is now at 92 000km without any issue.

There are threads on the Octavia forum about this. I would suggest that you compare the petrol automatic with the petrol manual because of a) AEB in the manual; b) the lack of torque and the revs dropping away at low speeds in 3rd in a manual. I think that the engine characteristics suit an automatic, not a manual.

I’ve had a look in the engine bay and the only thing that side of the firewall is what I would consider the motor for the blower (the bit to the right of centre) but if some could confirm this I would appreciate it?

Haha, yeah I probably did dredge this up a little! I've got a manual so I'd doubt it was gearbox related. I'll have to keep investigating, but I'm glad to hear your Yeti didn't go kaput 10 miles later or something, bodes a little better for myself.

New Chicklade site on A303, not far from. Stownhenge look impressive, opens i. 5 months ready for spring, summer, autumn busy time. Instavokr site in the similar form to Gridserve's Electric Forecourts. My son took my Scenic to the Gatwick EF, very impressed. No drop in power unlike what seems to happen at smaller Gridseve sites but then it does have 6 MWh of irs own battery storage for its 30 odd chargers. Bring on the Home Park Plymouth Electric Forecourt please. Devon already has one jf the biggest, if not biggest, EV charging hubs at Exeter Services with over a hundred chargers I gather.

Wow, I'd forgotten this one from 7 years ago! It definitely wasn't exhaust related but we sold the car the following year. is your Fabia automatic as I wondered if it was the mechatronic unit starting to play up?

Got a 22 plate Fabia. This morning, a message popped up to say check headlight. I noticed it was flicking when on full beam. Went into Halfords and they said because it’s an LED light it needs a whole new unit unless I can find a garage who would strip it down to just replace the bulb. This seems ridiculous that a whole new headlight unit will probably be needed. How much is that going to cost? More than a bulb for sure!! Has anyone gone through this and could advise of cost etc and what to do (apart from getting it done!)

You should get auto glass to fix the chips, they done that on mine but it didn’t last long, so got an official Skoda replacement

I've noticed this issue recently with my 1.2 TSI Fabia, were you ever able to find out what caused it?

I was under the impression that, by 2025, all Skoda Fabia cars had, as standard, a 10.25" Virtual Cockpit. However, I now realise that the SE Edition model is the exception and its standard 'screen' specification is as stated below Infotainment and Navigation DAB - Digital radio reception Wireless SmartLink for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto 8" Skoda Infotainment touchscreen display 8" Digital display There's a video about the 8" digital display here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-REdqHbOqs Although you will not be able to have the separate round rpm and speed dials display you were asking about and that's available with the 10.25" Virtual Cockpit, there's still quite a lot of flexibility. The full digital 'look' is very tidy (image below) and what I used to use on my 2021 Hyundai i20 that had a similar type of instrument cluster.

Annnd just picked up her up. Water pump and LSD oil change has been done by the dealer (at no cost to me) and, full service history with Skoda, recently had DSG serviced too. Right now, I'm a happy bunny 👍🏻 All in all, an excellent service from Skoda Southend.