MSH4190

Hi This Fabia I have bought is starting to become a nightmare. I absolutely love the car because of its practicality and great fuel economy. Over the last week I have noticed when I'm at a set of lights in neutral with the foot on the brake I can feel some juddering in the cabin. Not sure if it's felt in the passenger seat as I normally run the dog out in it first thing on my own, I usually think meh it's an old diesel and the PD engine is a bit noisy. I have come to start it this afternoon and it's throwing an "Exhaust Workshop" error on the dash with the defacto orange EML.. NOOOOOO! Turning the car of and starting it back up again doesn't clear it... Shock haha! When I have scanned it with my trusty code reader (you have to love Aldi Special buys) it's throwing the error code P2100 throttle actuator control motor circuit open. I have done some reading online on various websites and forums but I'm at a bit of a loss as to what is the cause of this. Some say it's the fuse but some say that the valve in the control module gets stuck and needs replacing. If anyone has any advice or has previously experienced this same issue I would really appreciate any pointers Cheers

Cheers guys, I'm going to do the whole lot Shocks, Springs and Strut mounting bearing next week. Will be just over £120 for the parts and me and friend will fit it. It doesn't seem overly complicated but it's all rust dependent. It will be like a new car after this work. Luckily it hasn't cost me any money. My Kia Ceed estate that I bought off a friend for mates rates was written off a month ago and I managed to get £2500 off the guys insurance company as it was uneconomical to repair. I paid £1750 for the car 6 months prior so no complaints really. Pretty happy that I've found the cause of the issue to be honest considering it's like driving a boat on a rough sea. Any tips on replacing the whole shock, spring and strut mount?

Today I had it checked over by an independent garage that a friend recommended and it turned out to be a crack in the front drivers side coil spring, when the car is stationary you can actaually pull the spring back and forth which isn't good at all. Got the parts on order from EuroCarParts and will be fitting them next week along with new strut bushes considering the whole assembly needs to be removed.

Hi All, I have recently bought my first Skoda Fabia 2 Estate (2008) and all in all it's a great car, since I have had the car the ride has got progressively worse, after getting my friend who's a full time mechanic to look over it the ball joint, track rod end and anti-roll bar link bar all needed replacing, so I decided to do both sides as preventative maintenance. After taking it for alignment at my local garage they notified me that the console bushes where completely shot, these have since been replaced. It has since been fully aligned and now the ride is even worse. If I am driving down the bumpy main roads of south Manchester the steering wheel generally feels so unstable and will vibrate and shake randomly, and if I hit any sort of pot hole (which there is many) the steering wheel will violently jolt to whichever side the pot hole is, this also applies to any bump or dip in the road, it's gotten so bad that I nearly fully wiped out on the M60 last night because of it. I have today taken it to my local garage to get them to fully inspect on the ramp and they came back with no findings, they said all joints and bushes where good, inner track rod was fine and no signs of any leaks or bad condition on any of the shocks. I'm at a bit of a loss as how I should progress before I chuck any money at it. It's a general run about car as I'm not in a financial position to buy a newer 5K car for example. When I test drove the car from the used car dealer it drove perfect with no nasty bumps, knocks or rattles. It has a clean MOT history and fairly good service history along with 4 good continental tires. My first though that maybe the strut mounts up top have gone but as they are not visible from the mount point under the bonnet it's hard to tell. Any help or advice would be much appreciated. It's gotten to a point where I don't even want to drive the car anymore and just want rid unless it can be fixed for good as my previous experience of the 1.9 PD VAG engine has been great, the engine's are bulletproof. The car has 125K miles on it and was 1 owner from new and serviced at a main dealer Skoda garage. Any help will be much appreciated

Afternoon, thanks for your replies, I managed to get hold of the photos the Halfords autocentre have sent over and I think you all would agree the console bushes are shot. I'm assuming this would explain the poor sloppy handling, the wheel wobble at 70mpg on the motorway, the poor ride quality and also over all extra bumps on the road? Luckily enough a mechanic friend of mine has the right bush pulley tool and will be replacing them along with the 2 outer CV boots on Wednesday so all in all can't complain and beats the £400 halfords quoted me for the work, the parts cost me a touch over £50 thanks to EuroCarParts never ending sales!

That's right. The first design. I know Halfords get a bad rep but tracking wise they have never let me down. Managed to get a couple of MOOG bushes from ECP today which should hopefully sort my issue and get my mechanic mate to sort it. Want to chuckle.. Halfords wanted £340 to replace them

Thanks for the advice. From doing some research on the suspension design online am I right in saying that it's the console bushes that go before the actual smaller bush in the control arm?

Hi guys, I'm new here so if this is the wrong place to post this please move to the right location 👍 I've recently got my first Skoda after my Kia Ceed was written off because of a fellow road users incompetence behind the wheel but I won't go into that... I have picked up a 2008 Fabia 2 Estate 1.9 PD, I love how it's small and compact on the outside yet delivers room inside and coupled with great fuel economy. I have noticed that the streering isn't very good at all and when running at 70 on the M60 it doesn't feel stable or solid on the road, there is judder in the steering wheel. I have had the wheels balanced and there is no movement in the wheels when I do my best to pull them when the car is on the drive, also when I drive over a speed bump at an acceptable speed the steering wheel would move right or left depending on the speed bump. Recently I had a run in with a crater of a pot hole that blew the tyre, took out the trackrod end and ball joint. The anti roll bar drop link was checked out at the same time and no damage to them were incurred. I took it to my local Halfords Auto centre today to get the tracking done and they rang me to say we can't do it becuase the 'console' bushes are gone and need replacing meaning it would go straight back out of alignment. In everyone's opinion does this sound about right, are the console bushes a common thing to go because of the control arm design? The car has 125k on the clock and FSH, can't find anything in the previous owners documents/receipts to say they have ever been replaced. Any help or advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks Mark