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I have a 2016 1.2 TSi SE 110 bhp and its been very reliable, fuel consumption is good, very responsive. Keep it regularly serviced and it should be good for many years to come.

If the mass of the car hasn't changed, then why would it require different braking components? A remap increases the performance, it changes nothing else. 🤷‍♀️

I had clunking like that and it turned out to be worn suspension bushes. Heck of a noise going over bumps,

I have exactly the same issue in my 2016 Fabia estate. Fitted a new antenna, seemed to help, now nothing unless I am in a very strong signal area, then it vanishes. Worked great a mile from the Wenvoe transmitter in Cardiff ......probably the metal fillings in my teeth might pick up stray signals there. 😂

The frustrating instrument cluster display on my car is mind bogingly complicated. It was showing the digital MPH until I reset the trip meter............then it was replaced with the average MPH, and now thats disappeared too. How do I change these menus, I can't find any method that works. I do have aa switch on the end of the indicator stalk, but that cooers to do nothing.

Had mine for two years, same model, and the sound levels are average. I had a1.6 TDI before this one and both cars were fairly quiet. Definitely no throaty sound.

And here https://www.volkswagenforum.co.uk/threads/camshaft-variator-loosening.38951/

More here https://uk-polos.net/viewtopic.php?t=77277

You won't see anything like that amount, the payment to you will be much less.

Thats unfortunate.

More photos of the actual base.

Frustratingly I have tried several fixes for my DAB signal loss. I did fit a camera front and rear but it all worked okay afterwards. Even so, every power line associated with it has been also fitted with ceramic cores. When the DAB started to drop out it faded gradually until it was like a covid mask had been put on the signal and it disappeared completely. So I removed the camera....made no difference, and so I decided that it must be the aerial thats at fault. I then fitted a tried and tested screen aerial that I usedd before on several different cars I've owned, and magically the DAB came into life....but the performance isn't that good on this car. So I have now bought a replacement aerial, genuine one, 6C0 035 501 A 5FQ but looking at video's of different repair guides of polo's and earlier fabias the aerials are all bolted to the roof and the roof lining has a plastic bracket to be removed first. Mine doesn't on either count. Has anyone got any suggestions, or experience on replacing these aerials? Thanks for reading and possibly helping

I had the exact same issue with my DAB radio. Its probably the antenna. The one that you have is a stock VAG amplified type and they suffer greatly from water seeping into them and it will need replacing. I have replaced mine with a screen antenna, not a difficult job and immediately the DAB radio worked. Hope that helps, of course you could always replace the stock antenna with another one, apparently the job isn't difficult and anyone out there that done this might be able to help with details. If you do replace the antenna with another and you need access to the control unit, the glove box will have to come off and passenger airbag disconnected. TIP: Once the box is off and the airbag disconnected do not turn on the ignition without reconnecting the airbag or you will have a fault emerge that needs to turned off with an OBD2 reader. Natalie

Resolved, yes it does have four slots and with the assistance of others on here I have now managed to get the job done thanks.

Its done, it was a fairly straight forward job, however the passenger airbag now shows a fault, no idea why as all I did was unplugged it and plugged it back in. But thanks for your guidance on this.

It worked, the facia is now off. Now the tricky bit of dismantling the glovebox et al. I am trying to install a windscreen DAB antenna that has always worked on my other Skoda's. This one the DAB was fine to begin with and now it is totally mute, along with most of the VHF band too.

They certainly look the same as mine.....back to the radio and give your tips a go.thanks for the help.

These are the keys I have.

Thanks for the reply. I found the slots in the top, really hard to see, but the keys I have don't do anything along the top, they go in and there doesn't appear to engage with anything unlike the bottom one, they just go in the slots and do nothing. Totally frustrating. Any suggestion would be helpful. Thanks

Just to be clear, it is the LCD unit I am trying to take out.

So where am I going wrong, I inserted the two keys, there was a click and the bottom of the unit releases, but thats where the problem begins, the top part remains stuck and no amount of persuasion allows the unit to come out any further than a mm or two.

Four slots? Mine has two on the bottom, cant see any at the top...

Frustratingly difficult to get the 2016 Fabia Mk3 bolero head unit out. The DAB radio has stopped working and from what I can find out it is the aerial that is the problem, VHF has very few stations but MW still work okay. So, I bought a windscreen DAB aerial as I have always had a good signal in my other Skodas using them. Problem is getting the head unit out, it only has two key slots along the bottom and when I insert them it clicks and releases the unit a couple of mm and try as I might it will not budge any further. Its like something is holding on to the unit and I don't want to break anything. Has anyone any ideas because at the moment the radio is useless.?

I'm having the same problem, there are only two slots on the bottom and I can release this part but try as I might it stubbornly refuses to come out. At least min went back in okay. The DAB stopped working and I wanted to fit a windscreen type, I've used them in the past as a replacement and they've always been good. Can anyone out there help to resolve this problem of removing the fabia Mk III bolero radio please??

Thanks to everyone, got the internal body repair info from Erwin and it shows all I need to know in that file.