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Update: ABS wheel speed sensor was replaced and as of now no more errors yet, but still remain a bit concerned after that episode. Battery was checked again on its visit and coding was apparently rechecked and confirmed as ok. Thanks for the help/guidance from people Will have to play it by ear and see if any problems reoccur or develop.

Update: Battery was tested and found to be "borderline" on its health check, I elected to replace it as the car is 9 years old and has never had a battery change. Despite this the warning lights have remained, had that tested too and they confirmed a faulty sensor so booked it in for a suitable date for myself (2nd December) Unfortunately today I had a very worrying event that's leaving me wondering if I should cut my losses. Turned the car on and got an array of warning lights soon after settings off including: - Warning that the bonnet was open - Windscreen Wiper light - Engine coolant light On top of this: Windscreen wipers stopped working properly, indicators stopped working entirely (at least on my dash, no idea if they were actually going outside), wasnt sure I even had brake lights but was very close to home so drove extremely carefully. Once I got home i turned the car off, popped the bonnet, closed it properly. Restarted the car and all the above warning lights went away and it seemed "normal" again. After what's just happened I've entirely lost confidence in the car, if that were to occur again on a busy road it would be dangerous, but with it coming and going I'm not sure how to proceed.

Thanks for the write up Nigel. Certainly sounds a sensible first point of call, it's going for another look at the garage on Monday so I might enquire with them about this but if they can't do it/don't have the time will look into it myself. I guess low battery wouldn't cause an engine light and EPC light though right, especially returning a camshaft error or could a bad battery cause all sorts of weird and wonderful things?

Hello all, I have a 65 plate Skoda Fabia (45k miles) that's unfortunately running into a bit of trouble and I'd appreciate any help or guidance on offer. A couple of weeks ago after starting my car up I had the EPC and Engine lights appear in yellow, also resulted in it going into limp mode unable to go over 2k revs. I took this to my local garage who does my MOT and Service and the error code returned was P001100 (Camshaft position Bank 1, Timing over-advanced or System Performance), this appears to be an Autel report from a Maxisys Elite? The codes were cleared and those at least haven't returned, I had my cambelt replaced at a DMKeith a few years ago so it isn't the belt itself, the mechanic (who ive been with a few years and is well regarded and has been fair to me) gave some suggestions to what it could be but unfortunately couldn't nail it down, he suggested something more at large regarding the cambelt might be the issue, anyway long story short he said the work he'd want to do would cost about £1k but that he also couldnt guarantee it'd definitely fix it. Needless to say I took it away to ponder a bit more. Fast forward to today and on my way to work I had 3 lights all ping up mid drive (below), electronic stability programme, ABS and Tyre Pressure monitor. These stayed on until I got to my destination, and then part of my journey home where at some point they all went away and thus far haven't returned. I guess my question is where would any of you start with this. The car has generally been reliable, hasn't needed any major work doing to it except the expected maintenance jobs due to age (cambelt, breaks, etc). People close to me are suggesting I look to move on rather than going down the road of looking to repair it because it will be expensive and speculative and suggest it's the "beginning of the end" and will just need more and more doing to it. I understand it's a 9 going on 10 year old car but I don't know if I should be subscribing to that train of thought, it's treated well and it's always had its annual service and MOT. Any help or advice would be much appreciated, thank you in advance.