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I need to take off the long black plastic grill under the front bumper to get at the radar unit. See pic. Has anyone done this and can offer pointers or advice? Thank you

Thanks for the reply Joe, and especially the measurements. Mine are 37cm long with 16cm from the shroud, so possible longer. Either way I've spoken to the dealer on the phone and one way or another they've said they'll sort it under warranty.

Fabia MK3 1.0 2020 estate. Rear Wiper. I've had the above Fabia estate for 2 months now and I've noticed that the rear screen wiper does a poor job of covering the screen. Close inspection shows that the end 4" isn't in contact with the glass either when "parked" or during the "sweep". This end of the blade is spring like and if I try to bend it (to increase contact with the glass) it just goes back to its original shape. The result is a large area of the outside of the "sweep" doesn't get cleaned. Any thoughts?

My 70 plate is grey both sides of the bonnet, even after adding a load of sound deadening material to the underside and the sound absorbing mat Skoda choose to leave off its later models, it's still grey underneath.

Ordered mine today from the local dealer using the part number you gave me. The price was £15 including the clips. Thank you for your help!

Not wishing to barge in on Marks thread but to add my own two penny's worth on your question I'd be interested in what Mark thinks too. I had an Octavia Elegance 1.9 TDI estate prior to this new 2020 Fabia SEL estate 1.0 110 bhp. They are very different cars. The Octavia was higher spec, larger (of course) and had more soundproofing. However the Fabia is surprisingly nippy. It's early days (500 miles) so I'm being careful. The boot on the Fabia estate is smaller of course but still a good size for our dog and other paraphernalia. The steering on the Fabia is very positive too. My only real niggle with the Fabia is the lack of soundproofing (road and wind noise) but I'm working on that. All in all I'm thinking this is going to be a nice little car when it's quieter.

Well after more unsuccessful searching I decided to start digging with a screwdriver. As I said in my original question the outer spigots (next to the doors) are simple enough. But to release the spigots at the base of the rear seat backs in the centre, there's as a plastic cover over a metal clamp. I broke the plastic cover (hopefully cheap to replace) but it revealed a torx screw holding the metal clamp. Once removed the clamp comes off and the spigots and the seat backs can be lifted out. Result (albeit with a broken plastic cover). With the rear seats fully removed I can get on with sound proofing the metal bases under the seats and all over the boot floor. I am using Noico sound deadening pads with Noico foam absorbing sheeting on top, throughout the car. In some of the more accessable areas, I'm using Dodo sound absorbing matting which is good thick stuff but the adhesive on the back of it is "challenging" to remove if you make a mistake. All in all it amazed me that it was just bare metal under the rear seats, so something needed to be done. Mine is a no rush job and I'll work throughout the car slowly over a period of weeks. I'm saddened that there is very little sound insulation built in. What's going to cost me in the region of £100 over maybe 30 hours or so, could have been done at the build stage for probably £20 and 2 hour's labour.

Excellent thank you. It's so much easier using the digital version than the paper handbook. I've found several things I didn't know about by using the digital version.

Once again I'm calling on your expertise with my 2020 Fabia 3 estate. I'm trying to remove the rear seat backs. I've searched here and googled but have drawn a blank. I've found that there are pivots either side on the base of the backs. The pivots next to the doors are released easily by using a flat blade screwdrive and rotating the cover holding the spigot and out pops the spigot. However releasing the spigots that fit Into to the central holder has me flummoxed. With the outer spigots released I've pulled, wriggled and twisted the seat backs to try to release the inner ones with no success. Anyone help please?

I recently bought a new SEL 110ps TSI estate and it's surprisingly nippy compared to my previous 2.0 litre Octavia estate. By using CarWow the price was amazing (less than a SE 95ps TSI hatch). It was a stock car with extras (zero mileage) at a dealership 60 miles away. So for a bit of research and a little drive you might get a bargain.

Excellent thank you Paul. What model and year is your Fabia? I want the liner more to cover up all the Noico soundproofing pads I've put under the bonnet. If the liner adds any extra sound absorption, then that'll be a bonus, but at the moment the under bonnet looks somewhat daft.

My local dealer is adamant there is no liner listed for my car so he can't order one. I told him about your 2017 Fabia having one but he said it won't fit. Could you put up a pic of yours and if yours looks right, I'll risk purchasing one against the dealers advice?

That is good news! As an aside, is yours petrol or diesel? It might be they are still fitted on a Fabia MK3 diesel but not petrol.

I have a 2020 Fabia 3 SEL 1.0 litre (110bhp) estate and I'm purchasing various items to improve the sound insulation inside the car. To my surprise there isn't a liner under the bonnet, just bare metal. I believe previous models (1 and 2) had a liner. There doesn't appear to be a liner for my car that Skoda sell. Has anyone found one that does? I've read somewhere that occasionally a part for a Golf or Seat will fit a Skoda, but it's not listed as available by a Skoda dealer. I know I can (and will) put sound deadening pads under the bonnet anyway, but a proper liner will look better covering those.

I'd be interested if you notice a difference so please report back afterwards?

Excellent. Thank you.

Brilliant. That's put my mind at rest. Thank you.

As a new owner and not at all "techie" can I ask a quick question ... My new fabia has Kumho Ecsta tyres (215/45/R16) tyres on my alloy road wheels. However the spare is Nexen Nbiue (185/60/R15) on a steel spare. Is this correct and safe?

Having done a little more research on the road noise I discover the tyres fitted by Skoda are Kumho Ecsta HS51s, these have a noise rating of 71dB which certainly won't help. My previous Octavia had GoodYears with a dB rating of 67.

I cannot comment on reliability of the engines as I only bought mine last week. I'd be interested to hear from those who have had theirs much longer. However, having downsized from a 2 litre diesel Octavia, I can say that the 1.0 litre Fabia estate 110 bhp I've bought is surprisingly quick. One other thing I'd say is that, like you, I had intended to go for a low mileage used Fabia estate (perhaps 1 year old), but I found dealers seem to be falling over themselves to sell new ones. I used the CarWow service and found brand new unregistered Fabia estates being offered for prices very close to 1 year old ones. The dealer I bought from actually pre-registered an unregistered one just for me so they could sell it at a price that was equal to 1 year old ones. I understand that a new design (MK4) is due out and I wonder if dealers are clearing existing stock of their Mk3s.

Excellent post and information, thank you. I've just downsized from an Octavia estate to a Fabia estate so your boot pics were very familiar. I've opted for Nocoi sound deadening material and I'm putting Nocoi foam over the top of that (as Nocoi suggest). Fingers crossed it'll work.

Evening all, I've just bought a new Fabia estate MK3. It's the 110 bhp version and I love it to bits. If there's a niggle, it's the amount of road noise I can hear at the back of the car. Has anyone else found this and what have they done to help alleviate it? I've got a "plan" but would greatly appreciate comments and suggestions from those who have done something similar themselves. My initial plan is to add some soundproofing in the form of Nocoi 2mm sound deadening material all over the exposed metal areas in the boot and under the rear seats. On top of that I'll add a layer of 4mm Nocoi foam matting. I'm hoping by just doing the exposed metal areas it'll be enough to significantly reduce the road noise, and save me having to pull out the trim around the boot and doing under that as well. All in all it'll cost me around £50 or am I wasting my money? Thanks in anticipation.

Thank you Silver1011. A job for next weekend!

I have a 2010 Octavia estate, last week the rear wash stopped producing water to the rear screen. The pump is running, but no water. After a little fiddling about I’ve discovered that the top of the inside of nearside locker in the back of the estate becomes wet. See Photo. I’ve found a post on here going back to 2009 with a similar problem. However that original post refers to the hatchback version and the hatchback has a very different rear screen washer setup to an estate. I did find a passing reference to the estate being different, but the link posted no longer works. So my questions: Am I right in hoping that there’s a connector that’s probably come undone above the nearside locker, given that it’s the top of that locker that gets wet after trying the rear wash? If so, is it a case of removing a large number of pieces of trim the only way to get to it? Has anyone done this who could talk me through which pieces of trim need to be removed and in what order? A video would have been perfect but I’ve trawled YouTube in vain, so I’m posting here and hoping for some help. Thank you in anticipation.