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Thanks for the response. I'm gonna leave the car at a local garage tomorrow and see what they say about it, because I don't trust the Skoda dealer at all after what they've pulled before. I wish my dealer would just drop a new battery in, the car is on warranty but they've already told me they won't replace it because it's a part that get naturally used up, like the brakes or tyres... Also the battery prices you paid are absolutely shocking to me. My mate replaced the battery in his RS6 C7, it was 110 pounds for a new Bosch 95Ah 850A Start Stop battery, and he got 15 pounds back for returning the old one, so 95 pounds. Edit: Not that you overpaid, I'm shocked batteries and car parts cost so much in the UK.

Yeah I think the engine is a joke, although it might come from the fact all my previous cars were more powerful and had bigger engines. The one thing I like is fuel economy, although it's not great compared to a diesel either. I would say it's just enough for this car, anything less powerful I'd struggle with. I'm now using the car almost daily, and the weirdest thing with the batter is it didn't die after sitting for weeks, it started acting up after sitting for 18 hours after multiple days of driving, and a longer trip the day before. The car isn't in the garage, it just sits on the street, if it was cold as hell I'd consider it an issue, but it's barely -3C at night. And yes, the car is locked, all the lights are off. Again, never had an issue with it before, it actually held battery life great usually, even after leaving it for 2 weeks when I went on a trip it still started fine and ran fine, it's just gone to hell now.

Thanks for the response. I'll look at that tip, I'll remove the black wire. See, I also thought I shouldn't have both terminals connected, but this charger/tender says you should, the dealer suggested it, and it's been working fine so far on all my cars. The car is the dreadful 1.0 3 Cylinder Petrol 110hp. I'm gonna have the local garage check it again, it seems it's charging fine but then discharging like it's powering a bloody city. The voltage goes up to 14.5 according to the battery charger. My car is barely a year old and 25k KM and it's a mess. It's been to the dealer 3 times for warranty work, and honestly the more I drive it, and the more things that fail, the angrier I get with it. It's a massive disappointment.

Okay, So I need a Start/Stop battery even if I never use Start/Stop? That feature gets turned off immediately when I get in the car and it's actually gonna get coded out soon. it's the worst feature in modern cars (imo). Yes the charger is designed for Start/Stop, it was recommended by my dealer and I checked before I got it. Yes both battery terminals are connected. I've used the same charger on a Polo GTi, which is about the same age and twice the KM, works perfectly and that's why I'm shocked this battery has issues, honestly first time in my life I experience a battery behaving this terribly, it's another disappointment with this car. Also, yes I realize that driving won't charge it fully, and short drives can actually hurt it more, but I've never had battery charge issues (with a car with a working alternator) after a 600+KM drive. Also I'm still shocked at the prices of the battery for this car, that's why I'm asking about 40 pound alternatives, even the battery for an RS6 costs less, which is why I'm shocked.

Hi everyone. I have a late 2018 Fabia. I haven't been using the car as much during the Pandemic as before, but I've made sure to drive it occasionally to not drain the battery fully, and if I know I won't use it for a while, I'd charge the battery up with a charger, or leave it connected to a tender, as my dealer suggested I do. I went to start it a few days ago (after doing around a 600KM round trip in it 2 days earlier) and it barely started. I plugged it in and charged it overnight fully. The next morning I unplug it, and it won't start the first two times, and displays the low battery warning. Third time lucky, it started and drove fine, and displayed no battery charge issue. Battery charger shows a fully charged battery. This morning, car shows it needs a charge, and the battery is flat again, the voltage is flying all over the place and shows flat on the charger too (Tried 2 chargers and same issue, fine on other cars). Now the car is still on warranty, but the dealer is very very problematic and I need the car, so I honestly rather spend some money on a battery myself and be done with it (if that's the issue, which I think it is). The dealer quoted me 1200 złoty (235 pounds) and I found one online for the Fabia for 98 pounds, which is still mental to me, considering I buy a bigger batteries for my other cars for 200 złoty (40 pounds). The question I have is; do I need a special start stop battery and the same model specifically for this Fabia (As my dealer claims I do) or can I just throw in a standard 12V 60ah in the car and be done with it? Also, yes the battery and car is on warranty, but the dealer wants to take it for 7 days to test the vehicle on the road and with their charging systems, and honestly if I can buy one for 40 pounds I rather just do that.

Thanks for the info mate. Do you by any chance have any picture comparisons that you could link me? I've seen about a million different forums posts, some saying yeah it's visibly better, with other saying there is barely a noticeable difference, with barely any posting comparison photos or videos to judge. Thanks

Have you fitted the new bulbs? Have you found them to be better? I find the performance of the lights to be appalling and am looking at replacement options.

Thanks mate. We have LEDs in our Polo GTi and it makes a world of a difference, it's actually usable at night. I really wanted to see if someone has used these LEDs because the standard halogens are really really terrible. I honestly don't understand how Skoda could fit the car with these headlights, my 18 year old A3 is better at night than my Fabia.

I tried some brighter Halogens and they honestly made basically no difference. I honestly rather drive my old A3 because even the old Xenons are better than these awful Halogens at night. I saw some articles and photos regarding these "new generation" Philips headlights and they seemed fine, that's why I'm asking if anyone actually used them. I know that the older LEDs were pretty awful and would be blinding and shine all over the place. But yeah thanks for the info, I'll have a look into what you sent. Cheers.

Hi everyone, I currently have a 2018 MK3 Fabia. I like the car, apart from it being slow and the windows not going up or down automatically at the press of the button. But what annoys me most are the lights. They're not terrible but compared to my other cars they're just extremely lacking. I was reading some Polish article regarding Philips H7 X-tremeUltinon LED gen2 LEDs that can be easily replaced in most if not all cars, they shouldn't come up with error codes on the dashboard, and they make a big difference. However according to the website where I want to get them from, these bulbs are designed for reflector style headlights, not projector style headlights. My assumption is that this is to prevent blinding, however the dealer told me that my projector headlights have a built in cutoff point to prevent that anyways and it won't be an issue. Has anyone used these bulbs in their Fabia (or other Skoda potentially) with reflector style bulbs? Or has anyone used them at all and can tell me if they're any good? Thanks in advance. P.S. In Poland the laws regarding retro-fitting LEDs are changing now and they're becoming legal, all you need to do is get an MOT test done for them and they're legal.