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Btw there is an earth wire with no connector in the kit, there is a threaded bolt under a rubber cover on the back of the head unit the earth wire can be attached to it with a small nut & washer.

I fitted one of these connects2 kits to a fabia mk1 symphony cd head unit last week. Probably already answered but you have the wrong one. Mine just plugged straight in & worked straight off, it has a 3.5mm Jack which goes into the headphone socket.

New & unused storage box for Mk1 Fabia, fits under passenger seat with two bolts (included). £25 posted.

New item, this will only fit a hatchback (I have an estate, so like an idiot bought the wrong one), purchased to replace my mouldy ones due to leaking seals!!! Looking for £25 plus postage or collection from Kings Norton area of South Birmingham, 10 mins from J2 of M42.

OK, issue solved - she's been holding it on the clutch again in stop/start traffic & fried it! The dust is burned off friction material. She went through two clutches on the previous fabia, the last one lasted about 18 months & the friction disc had literally come apart. Told her to drive the thing properly from now on, or sort her own problems out in future. Bloody women drivers!

I want a fixed towbar for my 2004 Fabia Estate, I've found this (see link below) but upon contacting the dealer they reckon this is a "towbar service kit" & wouldn't be a complete towbar at this price (£92+VAT). Does anyone know whether in fact this is a complete towbar assembly/electrics that will fit my car, not just some kind of service/fitting kit as my dealer suggests...? Thanks. http://www.accessories.skoda.co.uk/productdetail.aspx?p_no=EEA429001

OK, had a look under the battery cover, the fuses & wiring (as far as I can trace back) look OK, no sign of damage to the coil packs. However, the smell is strongest where the main wiring loom comes up into the battery compartment. Am I right in thinking the starter motor & possibly alternator are buried down here somewhere, & this could be a sign that one of them is on the way out? I think I'll have to drop this down to a dealer for them to look at TBH, seems not worth the risk of just ignoring!

Good call, I'll have a look later. The smell is definately stronger in the area of the battery (in fact, a "sniff test" confirmed the stongest smell was the plastic air filter pipe that seems to have some kind of dust deposited on it). I'll update the thread if I find anything.

We have a 2005 Fabia 1.2HTP, was serviced by a dealer couple of weeks ago (nothing major, though did have new rear brakes) & this has now developed a burning smell from the engine compartment. You can smell it slightly inside the car, but more so outside, particularly through the front grille & edge of the bonnet. I've had a look around the engine compartment & nothing seems amiss, the car runs fine & everything works. The smell is a like burning rubber/plastic, its a little accrid. Now I did think it might just be some "pre-ice" spray that we've used to stop the windscreen icing up overnight, but now I'm not so sure. The plastic hose to the air filter seems to smell of it the strongest, it has a coating of like dust on it which may be what the smell is. Any ideas?

I have a 54 plate fabia estate & the same "problem". I have been advised it it the ABS kicking in, even though I don't drive fast or brake in a hurry.

In the last 6 months, missus car has started to drip engine oil on my nice block paved drive, more so since had an oil change & service recently (I'm guessing new oil is thinner...?). It appears contstantly "wet" around the rocker cover (underneath the engine cover). Assuming this is the source, how much dismantling would it take to remove this & fit a new gasket? What other bits would I need to remove, is this going to turn into a major job? Thanks.

I doubt it, lady driver! I think the clutch plate just failed, period. Garage are going to send it back to sachs, but reckon they'll refute any claim. TBH, it is just as well the garage (Nationwide) give a 2 yr warranty on clutches as standard, or they could have just turned round & argued wear & tear. As it stands, they fitted a new one completely free of charge, so fair enough. Wonder if a Skoda dealer would have done the same...

Our 2001 Fabia 1.4 had a new sachs clutch about 12 months ago, & has done average miles since. Yesterday, the clutch pedal went to the floor with a jolt & we couldn't get any gears. It went back to the garage who fitted the clutch in the first place (on the back of a tow truck) who suspected a burst seal on the clutch slave cylinder, so a gearbox out & new clutch again job. But on inspection the friction material which is riveted on was shredded to pieces for about 2/3 of the way round. The only clue is about 3 weeks ago the pedal went to the floor but I just pulled it back up with my foot & it was OK since. Garage replaced the clutch under warranty, but say there is no obvious fault or reason for the failure. Any ideas what could have caused this? Foreign object would be my suspicion, but garage say nothing found, no witness marks on flywheel, etc. They also do not believe the clutch plate was faulty.

2004 Fabia Estate 1.2HTP. Now done 40,000 miles. Is this a straightforward filters/oil/plugs job I can get done at any local servicing place, or does this need cambelt? Thanks.

Thanks. I'll recheck, but think it is probably ABS as brakes are perfectly OK under normal (ie. driving like an old fart) conditions.

Hi, Recently when I have braked harder than normal, there is a real bad juddering from the front brakes which I can feel through the pedals (kind of metallic grinding sensation). Discs & pads look OK to me. Is this normal (ABS kicking in - not even sure if I have ABS!). Thanks.

Inspired by all the TB threads on here I had a look at at TB on the missus 2001 1.4 Fabia MPI - 66,000 miles - last night. Without removing it, the air filter side was incredibly clean. However, it was impossible to see behind the butterfly valve which didn't open much even revving the engine. Now, the engine side could be filthy for all I know & accounting for uneven RPM at idle (but not too bad). Based on this, anyone who has done this reckong it is worth removing the unit for cleaning (as I will have to commit to new gasket/VAG COM to reset) etc?

Did this a few weeks ago, remove plastic trim above the rear window (pull hard where tabs located) & you can pull the rear of the headlining down just enough to get a long spanner onto the nut. It will probably crease the headlining a bit, but this does disappear after a bit. The large nut is the only thing which holds the arial assembly in place. There is not much (any!) slack on the arial lead which runs underneath the headlining so you need to get your arm in there to connect it.

Both the old & the new unscrew from the base & detach completely (although the thread size on the new one is different)

I have to replace the base unit & aerial on a 2001 Fabia hatch because the thread the aerial screws into is all rusted out. I've got a replacement base unit & aerial from a dealer, but the connector on the new base unit is very slightly different to my original & doesn't fit the existing aerial lead under the headlining. The part numbers on the original & new are the same (1U0 035 505B) although the packing says it is an Octavia aerial (presume they are all the same anyway...?) The original one has a connector just like a TV aerial but the new one just has a plastic ring in the middle - no inner/outer contact. Anyone know what my options are here - have I just been sent the wrong part, is there some kind of adapter to fit a newer one to the existing aerial lead, or what? Thanks.

A bit too Fiat Rancho?

The sills on the rear o/s of my silver Fabia on the "inside" of the car (where the door shuts onto) seems to have flecks of rust in the paint, or coming through. This is not caused by chips as it is not on the outside, & the car does not look like it has been repainted. If it was a darker colour I probably wouldn't have noticed. TBH, I can't be bothered to go to a dealer to look at it, I don't think it will get any worse.

Dealer fitted remote central locking to my Fabia about 6 months ago for

idle can be a little rough on the 8V's. Look at the RPM on the revcounter as the engine is ticking over when warmed up- should be between 9-10. As long as it doesn't deviate wildly should be OK. Perhaps it needs a service if it hasn't been done in a while.

I have Telewest cable TV which seems to have turned into Virgin Media. They have just put the price up for my package - again - from