Tom_S

Just to update. The garage have cleaned the throttle and EGR valve and the car is running much better. The engine used to be very rough whilst idling and is now noticeably smoother. I've done about 300 miles and the frequent EPC faults (p0106) have vanished, however my son reported that the car threw a fault and cut out on him on a recent long journey so there may be some other issue at play as well. I'll try and find my OBD reader and have it to hand in the car for when it next happens. Thanks again for everyone's help.

@Wino and @sepulchrave, thanks for your help and suggestions. The local garage had mentioned looking at the EGR system as a first step so that all fits. I'll try monitoring the intake air temperature and see if it goes high as you suggest, if I can do this using my OBD reader and the Torque app.

Apologies for bumping this, however I am experiencing EXACTLY the same problem that pistons described. Eerily similar in fact, right down to the fact that the problem occurs frequently on exiting roundabouts. I will PM pistons and Jakeelee directly but suspect they are long gone (last visited 5 years ago). Has anyone else has the same issue? The car is reaching the end of its life so I don't want to spend much money on it.

Currently running an 06 Fabia 1.4 16v, however am repeat offender as previous two cars were Octavia diesel estates (03 and 06), have probably racked up 200,000 miles in Skodas so far