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Final update, it's now a month and no more bulbs have blown, I assume it was just a run of coincidental failures. As for the miss fire, that went away with the filter change. The Fabia passed its MOT with the same two advisories as for the last four years, an outer CVJ and a rear suspension pivot

No more bulbs have failed but I will check the voltage next weekend. To add to the problems I have found that cruising on the motorway it lacks a bit of power and has an intermittent misfire and the MOT is due. I will first of all change the fuel filter and start another thread if it continues.

I will have it checked if any more bulbs fail.

Nearside side lights are still okay but since Tuesday have had the front offside side light bulb blow and replaced, on Friday the nearside brake bulb has blown. Not sure what is happening, in six years have only replaced a few bulbs, now two in one week.

I have just done that and now the sidelights are working😁. According to my handbook fuse 36 is for the number plate light which I never checked before I pulled the fuse. The fuse was good so I just put it back in and now all the lights are working. I presume that I have a loose connection somewhere in the fuse box. Thank you for your help.

As I posted not only checked but swapped with a known good one. Due to both bulbs failing at the same time it seemed obvious that the fault lay with the fuse. I swapped it with the offside fuse and there was no change and I swapped it with another 5amp fuse simply to be double sure.

That would be good if you can do it.

I have a 2005 Fabia 1.9 TDI Estate which has generally been very reliable in the six years that I have owned it but now the nearside sidelights both front and rear have suddenly stopped working. They both stopped working at the same time, the bulb failure light came on and when I stopped neither were working. I have checked the bulbs and the fuses. In fact I swapped the fuses for known working fuses so that seems to eliminate them from the problem. Any ideas would be appreciated

Obviously if the belt is damaged in any way it should be changed immediately, but perfectly good belts can snap at anytime. A bigger concern to me because I had it happen is the belt tensioner. I bought a second hand Volvo S60 a few years ago, it had a full dealer service history and the cam belt did not need changing for another 30000 miles but two weeks later the tensioner failed effectively writing the car off value wise. On inspection either the tensioner had not been replaced at the same time as the belt or it was an unlucky breakage, although the remnants of the bearing looked dry and rusty, I guess it was the former.

I have had my 2005 Fabia 1.9TDI for just over a year, previously I had a Polo 1.9TDI. My Fabia has just started to play up occasionally, it always begins by what appears to be a misfire and normally occurs when driving quickly ie motorway, dual carriageway etc. This may last for a few seconds or maybe a bit longer if I take my foot off the accelerator it sometimes goes away. This is followed by the traction control warning light and the engine management light coming on together. If I stop and restart the engine the traction control light goes out but the engine management light stays on, the engine will now run perfectly smooth with full power and performance. After a couple of journeys the engine management light goes out and all will be fine for a week or so. I travel about 450 miles a week to work so mileages between it happening are fairly high, but the number of stop starts are low. The car is well maintained but with my current work it is difficult to get the car to a garage for diagnostics (I live and work miles from any garage). I have not tried pressing the ASR button to turn the traction control off but have read it is troublesome, does anyone have any ideas?