Spindizzy

The Fabia for fogging was never better or worse than the many cars I owned except the Volvo, never misted much and since Ford tech the electric front screen was brilliant. Worst was my Mk 2 Diesel Greenline. Took an age for the engine to warm up enough to do much. On the subject of fogging they replaced my nearside rear light cluster which was full of water. Ridiculous unsealed design now that just press seals round the opening for the wires. Fogged up since day one. I still like the car though for its foibles. Now the Citigo, that loves to fog up the front window. Aircon almost permanent. Still a great car though (SWMBO's)

Never done the viswor thing, will give it a go. Post was more about that Skoda never corrected the issue in any version of the Fabia. I use dehumidifier bags anyway, always have. I had a brief period of having a company Volvo with a magic demist button. I chuckled going back to a Skoda v3 that it was still a 'feature' to clear drivers side badly.

This is my 4th Fabia. I noticed they never fixed the issue of the LH side of the screen always clears much quicker than the right and the right always misses a big patch. Probably designed primarily around LH drive for clearing the screen quicker. I call it a 'feature'. Wonder if the mk IV has fixed it?

Just to close this one off. Spare key reprogrammed and now working. They also replaced the rear light cluster which kept fogging up.

As far as the original posting the dealer said replacing the Body Control Unit would mean having to reprogram the keys and they will do it for thee spare key next time I go in, which is soon. I guess they forgot to ask about my spare when they replaced it. The door lock handing is an oddball. Just need to remember not to park with the passenger side hard against any walls! They can take a look at the condensation in my nearside rear light cluster while they are at it. Ruddy things been bad since new. Rubbish design having an open back with just a seal around the rear opening where the cables pass through the car. No way is that ever a proper seal as its open to the car interior. I much preferred the old style with the internal bracket holding the bulbs. Levering off the entire unit to change a bulb is silly, but probably cheaper to produce.

Weird then how my 2019 Fabia has it on the passenger side and presumably not on the drivers as there is no cut out for the cover. I have the same info you posted in my owner manual.

Its possible there is a barrel on the RH side but there is no cut out slot in the moulding to remove it. I wasn't going to try and force it. Will ask when I go to the dealer.

Reckon that sums up where I am. They must have either botched it or only coded the key I gave them when they swapped out the Body Control Module. Was all under warranty and its in warranty so will take it to the dealer. The guy in the video really reminds me of Dennis Hopper for some reason.

Couldn't code my spare and just found out it wont start the car either. Early days my car had a BCU replaced under warranty. Some sort of computer. I am wondering if they recoded my main key but as the spare wasn't present it never got re synched to the BCU. Body Control Unit?? Annoying as it means my spare would never have worked. Trip to the dealer I think.

Just so I know I am not going mad. My Mk3 has the slot to expose the door barrel on the passenger side, but the driver door has no slot to remove the same cover. Is there a barrel on RHD version or am I stuck only having the passenger door with a barrel? Asking as I need to reprogram a keyfob and it says driver door to reactivate, but only the passenger door has a slot to expose the barrel.