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I saw that Halfords also sells the steel clip so went and bought one this morning £8 ! But the Skoda assist guy had used a plastic band type thing to temporarily hold the wiper in place. However this did not work and a found that due to it being held in place it has bent the rod so I can't install this metal clip. I was going to take the rod of and straighten in and try the clip. But it looked like a plastic nut holding it in place.

My drivers side wiper has popped of the wiper linkage. I put it back on but it just keeps popping off. I phoned skoda assist as this happend before and they fitted a new linkage for me at my work. This time they did not have the part so i am going to have a try and fix it myself. I had a look this morning and found the part number 5j0.955.325 valeo. The question i have is how does it conect to the rest of the assembley ? It looks like a black plastic nut or is it just pushed into position ? Thaks for any help in advance.

Due to the short journeys you have been doing the car has not got hot enough to regenerate the dpf. The next time you go out in the car make sure it's a nice long run to get the car warm and the light should go out. If you keep doing short journeys with the light on sooner rather than later it will go into limp home mode, at that point you would need to do a forced regeneration. Mine came on one time and it would not go out even after a long run and it went into limp mode no power, it turned out I needed sensor 3 replaced £158 from Skoda assist.

Not a chance I'd be paying the £1500 . Tell them you don't mind waiting on the right one being built, you can drive around in the auto until yours is built sounds fair ? Or just get Skoda uk to pay the £1500.

I'm pretty sure the vrs diesel engine was not one of the engines needing the fix.

Dpf will be getting on a bit but it all comes down to price for the car and your expectations. What about the egr or injectors ? Any of them been replaced ? Fresh oil at the right times helps.

What about a 2017 vw/seat/skoda/Audi diesel ? Only asking as I was thinking of trading my fabia tdi for a golf gtd or seat Leon fr ? Sorry to hijack the thread I agree with the rest of the guys if you get the chance of your money back take it !

+1 on the don't use super market diesel I use Esso as it's on my route. I used to use shell but it's out my way now never had a problem with either.

I have the same car and did not get the fix done and I would advise you not to have it done ! As for the flashing glow plug light this could be a Lott of things but I have had this before. The fist time it was turbo pressure sensor replaced under warranty on my drive way by Skoda assist. The second time it was egr wire loom that was replaced under warranty. These faults were when the car was in its first year of me buying the car, I have had the car 4 and a half years now on 57500 miles. I have had some unrelated problems like the creaking stearing with the bad batch of inner tie rods that is well documented on this forum was fixed under warranty in the second year. I had a problem with the dpf light being on this was a fault with sensor 4 in the exhaust needing replaced this was replaced by Skoda assist on my drive way this cost me £155 as it was out of warranty by then. Despite all this it's still a good car the last two years it's been problem free and returns good mpg. The good news is that you have a warranty with your car good luck with it !

http://www.fuelly.com/car/skoda/fabia/2012/firefox2/351309. My fully results over 66 fuel ups forget the 139.8 mpg that was two fuel ups in one !

I have the same car and get about 540 miles out a tank in the summer and about 490 -- 500 in the winter. That is 40 mile round trip to work and back each day . I did get 580 miles out the tank on a longer 170 mile run. Remember it only has a 45 litre tank the Jetta will probably have a bigger tank !

Wow it's a good job your on the ball ! Some poor trusting soul could have got really ripped off . As for them taking some money of you for the 500 miles nah full refund in my book then run away !

Mine were fitted at Skoda main dealer brake disks were warped started of as light judder then got progressively worse. The ones they fitted went the same way this time got an independent garage one where my friend works to fit better ones ! The ones Skoda use did not last long and cost me £475 front and rear this time only cost me £142 for front been fine since june.

I'm on my 3rd set of brake disks and pads on mine at 56000 miles. 1st set changed at 18000 miles due to corrosion 2nd set at 42000 miles due to corrosion. Brake disk and pads don't last as long as they used to.

You had the emissions fix done ! I'd be very surprised if it was not fixed foc just tell them it was fine until the fix now it's broke. Good luck I personally did not get the fix done, all I hear is cars breaking down since the fix is done a couple of them were injector issues that were fixed foc ! Mostly egrs break after the fix !

Shame I'd have bought one in a heart beat !

I have had these tyres fitted for 14 months now, and done 12500 miles in that time. The car passed the mot today and the report says 7 mm back tyres 6 mm front tyres. These are the slowest wearing tyres I have ever had, they have great grip as well very impressed by them !

It is true you only get 48 hrs, however any time I have had one the garage either pays for the extra days I need it while the car gets fixed or they ask me to drop it of and I take one of the dealers courtesy cars. You should never be without a car when your car is in warranty.

The police were not involved in my accident it must have been my insurance company that gave my details over. I have had at least four different companies call me saying to claim. This one time I was told if I don't claim the pot of cash,it would be split up between the directors of the company. They said you must have had a little discomfort after the accident.

I had a similar accident last February the car was fixed in about two weeks the damage looks the same as mine. To this day I still get calls asking if I have claimed my free pot of monies that was sett aside for me. Even though there was no injuries and I tell them this on the phone they still keep calling so get ready for that.

I have the same plan from my work. I have never had to use it myself but know of four work colleagues that had various operations. They were all happy with the service and did not have crazy waiting list times . In and out quickly saves employers money in the long run to look after there employee's.

Thanks for the advise I got the needle and thread out today I think it looks better lol. I'm going to get some of them leather fitted tailer made leather seat covers I think. A wee bit expensive been quoted £288 from jc seat covers but they do look the biz.

Hi guys I made a bit of a school boy error today hoovering the car out. I sat the hoover on the drivers seat to reach the passengers seat and the hoover damaged my seat stupid I know but does any one know the best way to repair this ? Can I just replace the base of the seat or is it all one unit ? Would a smart repair be possible? Thanks in advance for your replys.

I'm not looking forward to my first 12 shift back tomorrow.That's after 3 weeks shut down i tried to get up early this morning 0830pm I woke and felt so tired. 0540am tomorrow.