David62

Hi all sorry for the delay in replying and thanks for all the replies. The car was due a service and mot just after posting so left it with the skoda garage to fix. Very pricey as the part cost £51 and labour was £95 on top of the service and mot. The good news was that the car passed its mot!! Cheers all Dave

Hi all, The blower on my Fabia Estate mk111 16 plate only works on setting 4. Searching the internet it seems a common fault and it is down to the resister. I can find YouTube videos for older Fabia's and Seats but not for mk111 Fabia's. Has anyone got any advice or step by step guides? The part itself looks quite cheap anything between £11 and £49 so would have a go at replacing it myself if not too difficult. The car is out of warranty unfortunately. Thanks in advance. Dave.

Just an update. Used my battery charger last week and haven't had a warning since so happy days. Hopefully lockdown might be eased a little soon and I will be able to use the car for longer journeys. I have now got another fault with the blower but will start a new thread for that. Thanks for all your help. Dave.b

Thanks AG Falco. Will use the smart charger this weekend. Probably use it regularly at weekends after as well.

Agree somewhat with you TerFar but in my case it is down to not driving as much due to the current restrictions. I now only use the car for work which is under 5 miles round trip where as before I was using it a lot more. That said, I didn't use the car excessively. Only for driving to golf and visiting family but I suppose that was enough for keeping the battery ticking over.

Thank you all for the replies and links. All very informative. As I said, I took the car for a 40 mile run on Sunday. Got in this morning and no error message. So it must be down to lack of usage. This has got me thinking though. Going on a 40 mile drive to keep the battery charged during the current lockdown, would this be classed as an essential journey if stopped by the police? Thanks again Dave

Thanks SJ, Yes only get the warning. It starts fine. The smart charger I have does say it shuts down when fully charged so it shouldn't over charge the battery. I am not going to charge it until next weekend now. Took the car on a 40 mile run today to see if that helps. That's the longest it's been for months! Dave

Forgot to say. Thanks in advance of any help. Dave

Hi all, Just signed up after browsing. I saw a topic on charging batteries but I can't seem to find it now. I have a 1 litre Fabia estate that I purchased 19 months ago. It is a 16 plate and currently has only 14550 on the clock. With the pandemic, I only use it to go to work at the hospital which is only 2 1/2 miles away and have now started getting a warning that the battery is low and to start the engine. Because of this. I have purchased a smart charger from Halford (noco genius5) and would appreciate some advice. If charging with the battery still in the car, I believe, after reading the thread that I now can't find, that I should connect the red lead to the positive battery terminal and the black NOT to the negative but to the earth bolt that is linked to the negative terminal. Is this correct? Also, it was mentioned that the battery will only charge up to around 75%. Is this also correct? Would I be better off removing the battery, thus enabling the battery to be fully charged connecting the leads to both terminals? It is an EFB battery and the smart charger manual says to charge this on normal 12V mode NOT the AGM mode. Do you think this is correct?