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As far as I'm aware, all Skoda Fabia Mk4 cars (irrespective of age) SHOULD have adaptive cooling shutters. They were referred to in this February 2021 Skoda Storyboard relating to the then-new Fabia https://www.skoda-storyboard.com/en/press-kits/skoda-fabia-covered-drive-press-kit/aerodynamics-innovations-increase-efficiency/ and the information provided reads as follows: Cooling shutters save up to 0.2 l of fuel per 100 km at 120 km/hThe addition of a new type of cooling shutter has been an important measure. These shutters are actively adjustable slats in the front bumper’s lower air intake. When there is little need for cooling, they close automatically, thereby improving the car’s aerodynamics. This results in fuel savings of up to 0.2 l per 100 km when travelling at a constant speed of 120 km/h. To allow for a high level of cooling or to accommodate short stops, the system opens the shutters so that the maximum amount of air can flow in. Also mentioned in this October 2021 Skoda Fabia link https://www.skoda.co.uk/news/details/skoda-fabia-setting-benchmark-in-its-segment Cooling shutters improve fuel consumption ŠKODA has installed cooling shutters in the front bumper’s lower air inlet – the first time this technology has been used in this vehicle segment. To improve aerodynamics, actively adjustable slats automatically close when there is little need for cooling. To allow for a high level of cooling or to accommodate short stops, the system opens the shutters so the maximum amount of air can flow in. To further reduce drag, a larger roof spoiler and side finlets optimise the airflow at the rear. At the front, the air is guided through vents in the bumper, known as Air Curtains, in a particularly aerodynamic manner close to the side of the body and the wheels. Twelve panels now cover a larger part of the underbody instead of three, especially in the areas that are crucial for aerodynamics, such as the engine bay and the axles. (I don't know exactly where they are or how they operate - there's nothing obvious I can see when I look through the bottom and top radiator grilles.)

Time to reach out for insiration and insight as we are looking to change our much loved 2012 CFGB 4x4 for a 2019 car hopefully as an upgrade. The only thing I can well do without is a pan roof but only due to the potential for water ingress, so advice from this Mk 3 forum would be appreciated. I have my eye on a diesel L&K 4x4 wagon with a decent spec inc heated/cooled seats, heated rear seats, heated steering wheel, surround camera, virtual dash, Canton sound, Apple car play, electric tailgate, blind spot assist, side assist etc etc. I would prefer another diesel but do like the idea of the powerful TSi, especially after Rick from RE performance did some tweeks on the green one, but I'm too old to play like that these days and the mpg looks to be a shocker in comparison however. All maintenance is done by myself, mine has been fairly trouble free and is way better than my previous 2005 petrol A6 Allroad 2.7 Bi Turbo which was a proper money pit in comparison, but fun to drive. One car caught my eye today online, but not sure on the colour, mind you the car I have now was bought for all the goodies it had fitted and certainly not the colour! I can live with it as I dont see it from the inside. DSG is on the radar for the first time too, my works VW Transporter has a DSG box, touch wood, seems to be reliable so far, but at only 40,000 miles and a two years old, not much to go on re lonevity. Thoughts and horror stories alike most welcome from you real world owners to illustrate what I am getting into. The Biturbo Passat was considered and dismissed fairly quickly due to lack of toys in comparison to the Superb and how much of a swine it is to work on should the low pressure hair dryer fail......

If you have a Nextbase dashcam you can get an OBD to Dashcam cable for between £19-25, this is for: Nextbase Series 2 models including the 122, 222, 222G, 222X, 222XR, 322GW, 422GW, 522GW, and 622GW (as well as legacy Series 1 and other listed variants like the 320XR, 380GW, and DuoHD) either direct from Nextbase or Amazon. If you have other cameras you can get similar cables from AliExpress & Temu for less than £10, you may want to add a OBD splitter adaptor if you do a lot of OBD port work. https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=nextbase+obd+power+cable&crid=V1ZR1DDGD57K&sprefix=nextbase+o%2Caps%2C134&ref=nb_sb_ss_mvt-t11-ranker_1_10

In the mean time and in between time can anyone or does anyone know how I might be able to find the manual ECU kit for my car, namely computer, instrument cluster and key barrel please Thanks in advance

Sorry did I forget to mention that at this very moment i bought a manual computer from someone here at home who purchased it from somewhere in Europe for his fabia even though his ECU was not the problem and when the technician attempted to code it ( for my car) by changing the values/code, think it was 00071 or 73 it changed back, by the way it's a magneti marelli, heard from more than one person that this particular brand is not the friendliest They preference is Siemens or Bosch which some fabias came with mind you, mine unfortunately did not

Although you can only change between D and S (and manual, of course), as the coasting and such is part of the Eco setting for the whole car. I drive long journeys in eco sometimes, although my car has the coasting mapped out.

Hello there sir, thanks for reaching out and offering help, I'll pursue the link see what happens and send subsequent info to my technician in addition, my concerns are that the car dies not want to climb small inclines, much less hills, also since my car is the 74 kw version I'm uncertain regarding whether or not this Auto ECU came from a 74kw fabia the fact that it's searching for the TCM (transmission control module) on scan tool says a lot about my current issues despite immobilizer data having been copied, but for a certainty I'll check the link you shared, see where it leads and share results Thanks a million Alasdair1👍

I’m guessing you plan to keep the car for many years, so make sure the service interval is set to Fixed so oil and filter changes are every 12 months or 10,000 miles. Nothing to stop you doing oil and filter changes more often though. I bought my 2023 Karoq (in April 2024) with 1,080 miles recorded, selling dealer included an oil and filter service as part of the presales prep. When I bought our 2015 Fabia in 2016 900 recorded miles and 1 year old, from a car supermarket so no pre sales prep, I had my local independent do and oil and filter change immediately. Karoq does around 7000 miles a year and the Fabia around 2000 miles a year both have annual services though.

Hi I have also been looking for software to fix the carplay crackling issues in my 2019 Skoda Fabia. I think this is the right place to ask can anyone help?

I would check the gearbox oil level....

I've been all round the houses on this even comparing an older Golf V system that has ABS indirect speed based TPMS enabled and working. I've reached a few conclusions.: for TPMS there has to be comms to the Instrument controller. The yellow icon is present and can be lit. The Golf V has no active controllers in the gateway list for TPMS, neither does it have the adaption options which Yeti ABS module 03 has. Yeti has two options for adding controllers to the gateway list, activating either brings on the dash icon but scan then errors because it finds no supporting module. I've concluded our Yeti only responds to coding for Skoda INTERNAL TPMS sensors with a Skoda TPMS controller? Older cars like the Golf V were hard programmed for basic indirect ABS based TPMS with integrated hardware before internal sensors were available, which would explain why there are no TPMS gateway modules or ABS adaptation settings? I've now decided to add a cheap aftermarket TPMS, which is a shame because their sensor battery life will need monitoring. If I was marketing the 2012 Yeti with optional TPMS addons, why would I enable a basic ABS system and add the panel switch which buyers might be happy with? Good thing regulators have now made TPMS a mandatory car safety feature. I'll keep an open mind just in case somebody here has another answer?

I've posted about this in two threads (look up breakdowns) but it is still being raised. Do not ignore the situation or accept a dealerships insistence that there's no fault showing so nothing to be fixed. Our 2023 Fabia mc had this issue and we got nowhere with getting it sorted despite it being likely to result in a fatal accident. The local dealer has a service department which they said is state of the art and has a full team of Skoda certified staff, but I never saw it. Customers are corralled in a comfortable seating area. I suspect their tech staff are fine carrying out a service where they follow a checklist but if you complain about an issue and no fault shows they are not really interested or trained to handle the situation in a customer friendly way. The first time the car was taken to the dealer the AA had cleared the fault which means the car retains no trace of the problem. Despite the AA saying that it was throttle body related which was backed up by a photo of what showed on their equipment the service manager said the car should have been taken to the dealership on a low loader with the fault showing because the dealerships electronic equipment was not compatible with that of the AA. I’ll give Johnson's Skoda's service manager credit for having the car in later on and trying but failing to get to the bottom of the matter. He was very upset because the dealership lost money over this. Skoda won’t pay the dealership for work in such a situation. They might even have insisted we pay for this farce but fortunately that didn’t happen. The only way we got through this was through the AA breakdown service when the issue occurred. By then, we’d learned about the AA “silver service” vans. These are manned by experienced staff fully trained for VAG group vehicles like Skodas who have all the necessary software on laptops. I’d go for this option even if you have to sign up for the AA to get a silver service vehicles to attend. The van – yes it was silver coloured - came to the house after the wife limped home in the Fabia at about 12mph. It turned out that a software update came out in summer 2024 specifically to fix this issue on our model. He knew from the off what the problem was and took half an hour to update the car. He said the problem would not recur. The Skoda dealer’s service department knew nothing about the update. Battery levels are not the cause because we replaced ours before the last limp breakdown and the technician said it was unconnected. I’m horrified that Skoda and dealerships are still getting away with the no fault so no fix strategy. It ruined the enjoyment of the car for us and because we are quite old, we began to think it must be us doing something wrong. It has been a very unsettling situation. I am not optimistic about you getting this sorted by Skoda without raising a huge fuss and being prepared to take legal action. A comprehensive list of available engine management software updates for Skoda cars would be a valuable resource for Skoda owners. Dealerships like the one we bought our new car from could use it for such situations too, because they are not up to speed or confidence inspiring. Good luck.

Hi, Just wondering if anyone can confirm that a 2025 Fabia Monte Carlo has adaptive grille shutters. I am led to believe that it does. I am asking because I have looked at startup but have never seen any evidence of a grille shutting or going through a setup procedure. Any thoughts on this will be appreciated.

Those are not DSG modes they are vehicle modes, which is why they include settings for steering weight, AC mode, etc. The DSG only has Eco (earlier shift points and coasting on trailing throttle), Drive ("normal") and Sport (later shift points).

Hi replacing bushes and swing arms on my sons MK1 fabia. Large consol bushes have gone but what angle does the swing arm get fitted into bush in relation to car. Not sure if its fitted horizontal and pulled down or at an angle downwards. Cant tell from old bushes as the centre has parted company from rest of them. Old bushes seem to have been fitted upside down as bump in bush is furthest from car. Hope that makes sense. Alasdair

I get the feeling that the "fine-tuning" of the new application was just a fabrication.

And now all done. Went without any trouble, thankfully.

All done now. Using the 3 files from here: https://mega.nz/folder/6B1yxYqY#VGP-rXf4CJ5h-xnkEg_hQg USB C Stick in the slot under the screen Open the service menu (ignition on, press the menu button I think it was, the top left one - hold 10+ seconds until it comes up) Then just go through the on screen steps. Takes a while sometimes to realise you need to press something, and sometimes you need to scroll down, but its not too tricky. Then just wait until its done. I had a quick drive after each of the 3 updates just to make sure it didn't throw any codes, but nope, all fine. Even got that OTA update that's been bugging me for months and a message saying it was completed. Happy days.

Just resurrecting and old thread. I noticed on a quad lock pin out diagram it has pin positions for speaker 5 and 6 + and - should be pretty straight forward to pop off screen to get to the back of the dash and run a pair of speaker wires down to the MiB quad lock. Not sure if the standard MiB units have capacity or coding capability to output to a 5th speaker though.

I haven't been updating this thread as so many hubs are opening weekly. A good example is that Tesla open to all (OTA) superchargers now number 150. Up 25% on a year ago.

Depends on your mileage, type of runs and what makes you happy.

This link discusses common LED headlight problems. https://homeofheadlights.co.uk/blogs/news/what-are-the-common-led-headlight-problems Clearly there's no point replacing a flickering headlight-unit if the unit itself is not at fault, but deciding if the unit is the culprit (and is unrepairable) or something else that can be replaced/repaired is going to need a professional diagnosis.

New screen in and all is well!

I’ve just bought a 2014 VRS and want to get the Focal kit. I know I’m going to have to modify the wiring like your comment says but have you got any info/pics of what modifications are required?

Just to answer my own question, should it be of use to others, yes - the iPhone pro max does fit in the phone charging bays 😊 (I bought one anyway). It fits pretty much perfectly (with a thin apple weave style case on) and I suspect it was designed to do so. Any bigger a phone, or a bulkier case, and it probably wouldn’t.