jme808

I wouldn't have thought a battery would be so specific when it's on the way out. Have you checked the fuses / visible connections? That's where I would start.

Sounds like a nightmare, I would be cursing Skoda as well if it happened (or happens) to me... I would consider a recon as well if in your shoes - or at least look into the pricing and warranty side of it more. £4k is almost the value of the car. Out of interest when you say 'the garage' do you mean a skoda dealership? If so, I would wonder if any independent garage would be able to offer a more competitive price for repair... Good luck, whatever you choose to do.

Had the same on my fabia (I have 4 elec windows). I fully opened and closed each one in turn which sorted it out (no idea what the cause was though).

Sounds more electrical / sensor related than mechanical to me. Have you tried using a passat specific forum? - might be a common problem / something known by them...

I've never had a car lose water without there being a problem - not sure how much it might cost, but a local garage should be able to do a leak down test on your car to see if there is a problem anywhere. Can't see this being more than £100 (although I've never had one done) - at least then you'll know if there is anything at fault or not.

Thanks for the replies! Interesting to know how the technology has changed. Might give it a cool down from now on - like a few have said, it can't hurt...

Just wondering if anyone had any opinion on this really... The only other car I've had with a turbo was a saab 9000, which was a high pressure turbo. I killed the turbo by not allowing it to cooldown after driving the car (letting the car idle on the drive for a minute to allow the oil to circulate around the turbo, cooling it before turning the engine off, so that the oil and bearings didn't overheat, killing the bearings). Just wondering if this would be sensible on a fabia 1.6 cr TDI to help preserve turbo life... any thoughts?

injector's shouldn't be a major job as far as I know, they're normally external to the engine and can be got at easily. I think the rest is really your call. I would be interested to see why the dealer thinks the injector failed so early on...

I visited them when I was looking to buy my Fabia - didn't really felt as though they were treating me seriously. They didn't have what I wanted (which isn't their fault), so the sales woman said she would take my details and get in touch if anything came in. She wandered off - after 2 minutes of sitting there realising she was chatting to another customer I walked out - ended up buying from Capitol Newport who were decent. Visited again recently when I had a warranty fault - they did sort the fault without problems, but then told me that if I tried to fit a fuel filter (that I had bought when there) myself I would blow up the engine, and that it would be a Skoda only job at £85+VAT per hour. I'm fairly sure this is dishonest.

I have a 2011 Fabia 1.6tdi - have just had a look to see what's needed to do an oil change, and found that my biggest 30mm socket isn't big enough to get the filter housing lid off. I was wondering if anyone would know the correct size of socket, or a link to the appropriate tool. I'm reluctant to use an adjustable socket / mole grips as that'll end in tears... Ta

I've had this recently - mine was down to an intermittent fault with my mass air flow sensor. Needed to be plugged in to be checked and cleared - I beleive it can be anything to do with the air / exhaust systems (commonly a EGR valve issue). Mine usually cleared overnight for a few days, and never went to limp mode (thankfully) - as far as I know (I'm really no expert) plugging it in is the way to find out which part of the system is at fault.

I have a 2011 in the same colours - I always thought the wheels looked a bit lost in them tall arches... I had Skoda Assistance out last week and he said he had only ever seen 3 scout spec fabias in as many years. I dunno if that means no one buys them or they're lucky when it comes to faults. I got a decent price on mine so maybe the looks put people off?

Thanks Bluecar - they didn't actually explain, they just said it had to be or else... To be honest I'm not keen on Blade Bristol Feeder Road - I'm not on here to bash dealerships, as the other South Bristol site staff are all very helpful, but I never get a straight answer from them (Feeder Rd) unless it involves them getting my money. I think I'll give my local a call in the morning - thanks for the tip on the service indicator reset, I'll get them to do that too!

Hi all, My car is a 2011 fabia scout 1.6tdi (70). It's just about up to 40k, and I've just done the oil, air, cabin filter changes. I was going to have my local (and trusted) garage do the brake fluid and fuel filter change - as I normally make a mess of these.. I picked up a fuel filter from Blade Bristol, as I'm using skoda parts as per warranty (£37 though... ah well) - the chaps there have told me that unless the car is hooked up to a diagnostics machine, the engine will "blow up". I don't really want to pay Skoda over £100 per hour for the labor on this job, and would prefer to use my local garage. I was just wondering if anyone could give me a little insight into why the car needs to be hooked up to a machine, and if it's likely that most local garages will have all the right kit? thanks.

I'm driving a 1.6 TDi (70) - 2011 scout estate. The MPG according to the car is 45mpg most of the time, but I'm getting around 57mpg on average. I drive light, and am on the motorway alot. Not sure if the armrest is standard on the fabia or not, but it makes a big difference to me on the motorway in terms of comfort.

Thanks KBPhoto - In case this comes up again... This is how I did it (you can term this a bodge if you wish)... Remove fuse 47 (or disconnect battery). Remove small pop out trim below handbrake. Get your fingers underneath and pull the electroc connector off the socket (you can do this after it's been removed if you prefer). Use a screwdriver to bend up one of the flexible metal parts - then get some needle nose plyers on it. While pulling up with the plyers (or getting your fingers underneath and pushing), use a small screwdriver to press in the 2 small plastic squares (located about 2/3rds of the way up one on each side). It should now pop out! Fitting is obvious. Note that this will pretty much write off the 12v coming out, but mine was already broken so it worked for me!

*Sorry, FRONT 12v* Hi all, I've recently bought a 2011 Fabia Scout, in which the front 12v socket is faulty - very intermittent connection to the point that you have to hold the charger you're using in place for it to stay connected (not very useful). Have taken it back to Skoda who say that they won't cover it under warranty because it's been corroded by something sticky (Having checked before I took it to them I could find nothing sticky in there at all, but that's another matter). As Skoda would like to charge £50 + VAT to change the part, I'll just do it myself - BUT can anyone tell me if this is a pop out or I need to remove the surrounding part of dash (around the handbrake etc). I've worked on most of my cars before, but they've never cost me more than £500 so I'd like to not scratch everything up! Any advice welcomed. Thanks.

Allo. New forum member - recently purchased a 2011 fabia scout - the most I've spent on all my other cars put together, but enjoying it!