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Ok, when i get a chance I'll get under there and have a look. Going to be the weekend now. I've tried working the handbrake lever a bit more, i don't think anything has adjusted / freed up yet. Noticed with the brake pedal held depressed hand brake lever does feel a little bit stiff and creaks a bit at the top end of its travel. I take it the handbrake compensator bracket is just behind the hand brake lever assembly hidden under the trim? Is it easy to get the trim off around that area? I'll have a bit of a google / YT trawl. Cheers

I think its about 4 or 5 to be hard on. It always used to be like 2 from memory. Just feels like its getting a bit high in use. Didn't realise it was supposed to be self adjusting or how it goes about doing that. Mines discs all round, all the pads are good with plenty of life left in them. They didn't mention anything during the service / MOT, everything was green ticks. So you mean hard on brake pedal and whilst depressed release and engage the hand brake lever a few times? Can't say I've tried that yet. Cheers

Hi guys. Need to adjust the hand brake lever travel, is that a fairly easy thing to do without a visit to the garage? Its just were the cable has stretched i guess, never been adjusted since new 4 years ago. Can i do it front inside the cabin with some trim removed? I should of got them to do it a few weeks back when it went in for the service / MOT. Cheers

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I might have some PTFE spray or some of that bumper & trim gel. I'll have a rummage in the shed...

I might have some tyre dressing left in the sprayer, didn't think about using that. Not heard of the Gummi stuff before. Just had a quick search there's loads of it out there. Guess just have to get in the habit of doing it regularly.

Hi all. This has been bugging me for a while but never got around to asking. The front window glass sticks to the rubber seals when closed so i always have to bump the electric windows down to un-stick them before fully engaging the motor. Is there anything i can put on the rubber to stop it happening, like something silicon based? Just feels like its going to trash the window mech if i keep doing it. Seems like a bit of a **** design on these cars along with the body shape where water from the roof just goes straight into the car when you open the door! My drivers door has water marks all down the trim, I've given up cleaning it off this time of year. Cheers

Good info there, cheers. When I'm next filling up I'll try some good stuff in there, probably next month now. I would of done this time but pumps were dry on the 97.

Probably start seeing more of it soon i guess. If my 60 mile blip up the motorway and back the other day really has cleared the problem then the 200 mile lincolnshire trips i do say 3 times a year most of been enough. Its pretty much all motorway until i get to near Grantham on the A1 then take the back roads to Sleaford. Car always sounds much smoother and usually can't hear the engine running when i stop to park up. All being well will be doing that journey middle of next month. I'm doing 18 miles a day through the week on the work run. Its all country B roads with a about 5 mile 50mph section. its like a 20/25min journey with a clear run, i can get home in 15mins if the roads are empty. Obviously not enough run time at higher speeds. I can get on the motorway but its the M27 and its crap where i am so never use it on the work run. I'll just have to work the engine a bit harder to try and get the exhaust temps up and go and visit the family more often!

Oh yes, usually a fault code is a side effect of another fault, I've done a bit in the past but tend to not want to too involved under the bonnet these days. We did fix one of the guys at work Ford Focus Sport dash the other day though. Resoldered the main connector on the cluster, sometimes wouldn't start and just doing weird ****. If you bumped the dash it would get it going again, until it didn't Its just handy to have a look at any fault codes that do appear for some feedback that there is something amiss.

Yeah, i get that. There's no predicting what antics people will get up to with this sort of thing. I use the local Sainsburys just out of convenience and its the only local fuel that's not a complete rip off. Did try to fill up today with some of their 97 but all the pumps where shut off. Next time I'll hunt some down. I'll keep an eye on the prices meanwhile at the other stations i pass. There's 3 others on the work run, Shell is just taking the **** though i noticed so stopped filling up there for now. There is an Esso & BP i also pass though. Prices seem to vary a lot on location. Up in Sleaford, Lincolnshire there used to be a cartel operation going on with fuel prices. But now its cheaper than down south by about 10p a L having spoke to the folks yesterday.

Try changing up at higher revs, more than at the point when the display tells you to change. They're quite lively little engines so no harm exploring the upper rev range once things are at temperature. Don't do it when first started and cold though! When the oil temp is around 70+ your kinda there. Good luck, I'm sure it fine :)

On the mk2 it was behind a removable panel in the area you suggest. I'll have a rummage for it at some point. The jury's out still whether the 'feature' has done it thing for me. I'll definitely drive it a bit different moving on, i just poodle along trying to save fuel and the revs never get that high. I forget on a smaller engine that they generally like a bit more of a work out. I think the idle is back to where it was, probably around 900 / 950rpm. It definitely sounds back in the area were it should be. The rev counter needle behaviour was weird as well while this was going on. It would sit just above 1000 at idle while moving but when the speed dropped to say 10mph or stopped it would suddenly jump up to just under 1500 with no discernible change in engine note. I used to use the free VCDS just to read fault codes on the VW Bora. Had to buy another interface with the mk2 Fabia which was bluetooth and used Torque on the android tablet. Worked well enough for some basic home diagnostics. Actually the first one i brought was for a VW Golf mk3 GTI. It was running like **** one time and found the wires were broken on the lambda sensor from a previous half arsed repair. Total cost was £20 at the time for the OBD2 adapter. Total guessing game without being able to look at fault codes and live readouts.

Could well be, i think they all have their own character as such even though mass produced. I always do foot to floor with the clutch, would never have it near to being engaged while changing gears but maybe you don't mean that when you say changing at a lower biting point. I take it yours is a normal manual clutch not DSG? Guess the clutch feel can change over time as it wears so just have to adapt to get the smoothest changes. I do get the impression with these cheaper (still expensive when new) models that things like road noise / transmission aren't top of the list. When i first had mine the rattling noises from the interior trim / doors was ****ing terrible. It went back 3 times to sort rattles out. I think they found a floating screw rattling about one time in the front heater ducting FFS. I'm not impressed with Skoda on this car for that. It still rattles now with the door rims. Don't know what revs you get to changing up through the gears but I've started to get around 2.5 / 3k from 1st up to 3rd once its warmed up and oil temps are nominal. Seems to give a smoother gear change, but i think its always been like that for me from new as sure mentioned this before on here a few years back. If your not sure / convinced take the car back and get them to check it out and explain why it happens.

I know, bit out of order i think when its just a 'normal' cycle the car goes through. Guess it depends who you talk to. If I'd of gone in there in person and spoke directly to someone other than the front desk might of got a different answer to some degree. I might have to look into getting a newer OBDII adapter / software so can look myself. I used to on the old mk2 Fabia, got a cheapo bluetooth one kicking about somewhere that used to work fine for checking fault codes with that. Don't know where the port is on this one, not looked into it. Oh, having looked a number of times at the dash warning lights mine doesn't have the Particulate filter warning lamp K331. Just EPC & Exhaust emissions warning lamp K83 (looks like an engine?)

My 2019 1L 110 TSI seems pretty noisey {to me} gearbox wise. Some days working up through the gearbox up to 3rd is a clunky affair. I seem to of noticed it more recently over the past few weeks, i was struggling to get a smooth gear change when releasing the clutch. Changing at higher revs and slightly slower pedal release at the biting point of releasing the clutch has helped mine. Even just idling / coasting in 2nd gear just as your coming to a stop sometimes isn't a smooth experience. I usually just drop the clutch at that point. Mines always been like that from new.

Gave it a good blast up the motorway yesterday evening. A3M is just off the M27 near me and a good clear run with no cameras, M27 is awful now where I am, cameras everywhere and not so smart motorway. Couldn't get any speed up or enough distance on there last couple of attempts on the morning work run. Managed to get nearly 60miles in which seems a lot, mainly 60 ~ 80mph kept it in 5th. Used more of the rev range changing up etc. Revs have dropped back down to just under 1000rpm at present and the rougher running / hesitant performance seems much improved and dare i say it back to 'normal'... Have to see how long it lasts, just done the shopping run and its still appears to be OK. Couldn't get any E5 97 in Sainsburys though, all the pumps where dry. Just boring old E10. I've heard some cars are having issues with E10, engine management lights coming on but no real fault. Clear it then comes back on weeks later. Who knows! Anyway, cheers. you guys have saved me a trip to the dealers & £90 (for now....) It has made me get the Skoda recovery renewed though, on the fence about the extended warranty. Confidence in the longer term reliability beyond the lapsed warranty isn't really high. Why the dealers didn't say to try that first i don't know. See how it pans out from here.

Cheers, couldn't see anyone near me on that list. If it doesn't sort itself out after a longer motorway blimp later tonight might extend the warranty while its still an option and book it in next week....

She said £90. I asked if that was 1hr workshop time, got a bit of a vague yes....

Fair point i guess, if you think it will really help I'll put some good stuff in. I'm about 1/2 tank at the moment. They would charge me £90 to tell me what they think is going on. I would expect a thing like this really is just after sales advice not something to make money out of people. Of course it could also actually have a problem... I blipped up the motorway this morning on the work run, kept it in 4th revs around 2.5 / 3K ~60mph. Don't think its still long enough to clear it. I can get on there and head north so i think I'll try that when the roads are quieter, no point in rush hour.... If that fails then going to have to book it in i guess....

Oh blimey, its been a while! I don't even know where the OBD2 port is on the car! Do they still use OBD2 on these?

Left it to the main dealers for the servicing as still on the finance for the car. Its probably due a plug change on the next service which will be next Sept now, its just been done. Could try some super unleaded in there i guess, but would that just be a waste of money?

I've never attempted to try and read the ECU on this car. I do have a few OBD2 interface adapters about. Last one i brought was a cheapo bluetooth one for the old mk2 Fabia. Not sure if it would be compatible with this car? That came with Torque, i used it on a android tablet. I have used VCDS in the past, i had a VW 1.8T Bora before the first Fabia so used it with that.

Guess a later evening run after rush hour could work. I could try the motorway in the morning, i never use it as it gets so busy. If its OK i could start using it more if it helps stop this happening. Its a pretty quick journey for me using the back roads so I've stuck with that route for past 8 years. I sort of half not trust the car TBH, I've always had the underlying thought that's its going to play up! There's just something about the build quality on these new cars, but maybe I've got the wrong idea about that one. Its out of the warranty now as well, I'm thinking maybe of should of extended it but it was another £300 for year. But a single repair bill could be at least that and probably more...

Exactly that, I'll just enable the ignition in the morning before starting. I think they all come up then. I'll see if its on there!