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Mystery solved, (thanks @AGFalco !) I was rear ended when stopped in traffic some months ago. I'd forgotten all about it - I was the front car in a 3 car shunt. It didn't seem bad - no visible damage on the outside and I was consumed with other more serious things that day, so I just said don't worry about it to the guy at the back. But yes - the wheel well is clearly dented. That explains it all!!! Probably will cost a fortune to fix that but maybe I can pop it back myself because there's no sharp edges in the dent it might be ok.

There's no bulbs in the switches for the window switches. Earlier Citigo models don't even have a light in the boot. Also a possible quirk of mine - the dashboard/cluster only lights up on dipped headlight setting. The sidelight setting doesn't light up the dashboard at all (since new, 2016 model) I never use sidelights anyway, always opt for dipped so doesn't bother me at all. My previous Citigo (2014) they did work on sidelights, so probably something faulty in mine.

Sorry only getting back to this thread now. Tyre on the steel wheel is 165/70R14 ("Falken" brand? ) Just too big for the spare wheel well basically.

Just to chime in on this - I had to replace bulb on mines and it was very hard to release on the drivers side. The connector snapped in the housing and I had to replace the whole lamp unit - total cost including labour was over 500 Euro. The other side - no such problems, connector was easy enough to slide off.

Just had a bit of a fiasco with my Citigo (2016 bought new) - rear drum brake can be a bit sticky for some. It's a common problem on the Citigo/Mii/Up as seen elsewhere on this forum, but normally I can just reverse a little and it pops free. Not this time! I left the car unused during some very damp weather for about 5 days. I got the driver side rear wheel free but the passenger side was utterly stuck solid. I tried rocking the car back and forth etc - no joy. What I did next was be a bit brutal and dragged it along a bit in the hope that a bump might just free it. Stupidly I went at this too much and burst the tyre. Not too bothered about that as the rear tyres are nearly due replacement anyway. However given I have premium AA membership I figured I'd just call them out - I don't have proper axel stands or anything like that. He took off the wheel and took a lump hammer to the drum - mountains of dust came out and the brake shoes released and that was fine then. He said it was unusual to see it stuck so solidly - I'd mentioned the sticking brakes to the main (Skoda) dealers at the last service but clearly they didn't do much about it. They should have cleaned up the drum and shoes. The next bit is even weirder - the spare wheel had never been used. It was factory fitted from new and I'd never had a puncture in this car. But where I expected to see a space saver was a full size spare. Initially I thought that's great, but it soon became apparent that the fullsize spare was not meant to be in there at all. The spindle that screws the wheel down was notably off-centre. Neither I nor the AA guy could get the wheel out - wedged in tight. Of course the valve for the tyre was on the bottom so therefore inaccessible too. So the only option was to use a crowbar in the holes of the wheel against the wheelwell floor to try and lift it along with generous sprays of WD40. We eventually got it free after about 20 mins and then fitted to the car. AA guy said he'd never come across this in his work before. But clearly there's been multiple failures here and this could have had me stranded needlessly unable to do do a wheel change myself. No way should a fullsize spare have been in there in the first place - clearly a factory error. Then clearly the NCT (Irish MOT) must not have checked the spare tyre pressure nor the main dealer at the last service during the summer. Anyway just thought I'd recant my little story here - do check your spare and check you can actually get it out of the boot should you ever need it!