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Hi My old Fabia has Climate control, So I didn't mind drilling holes in the back of the glove box as it wasn't removable. Your 2010 Fabia might just have a removable lower glove box which would make the job simple. You might be lucky but it really isn't that bad a job just awkward . No need to mess with the air bag either.

I looked underneath to see roughly where the screws are located then drilled a tiny pilot hole and shined a torch through it it see how far i was out then drilled out a bigger hole.

Yes designed to make money. Evidently the Mk1 Fabia you can remove the whole glove box which made it far too easy for people to fix themselves.

Hi Took a couple of pics top left and next to the right fixing point as close as you can get it and up about 2cm. I could get at the star screws to remove and replace them. Shine a torch and you will see them. You can glue the plastic back in afterwards I just used some rubber grommets used to seal electrical boxes as were a good fit.

I have just fixed my Fabia 2009 electric windows that stopped working. After checking everything for hours I noticed the right angle adapter on the top of the drivers side window motor can be removed , the one the harness plug attaches to. I sprayed some contact cleaner in , reattached and everything works as it should. Maybe the motor vibrations causes a bad contact. Worth a try if all else fails and a lot cheaper than a new module. I did take the motor to pieces to check the bushes and the circuit board looked ok thats when I noticed the plug to motor adapter.

Thank you for that useful information about trim levels. That has nothing to do with thread wear on inner track rods that could cause a serious accident which is relevant to all fabia's and well worth checking The offside one was nearly as bad when we took the track rod end off it but looked ok with lock nut tight and had no movement when attached meaning all can look ok unless the track rod end is removed to inspect the threads which evidently can fail with no warning Perhaps you should stick to comments on the topic.

Water must have been getting in due to rust all along the inner arm threads which is the only place they're normally rust free.

It is a 2009 fabia mk 3

No it is a Mk3 Fabia 2009 . Fabia Mk3 started production in 2008.

It is 2009 1.4 Tdi Fabia Mk3 90,000miles . It was on the mot rattler only a couple of weeks ago which finds any problems with the suspension and ball joints, everything o.k. The threads were not stripped just barely visible with rust and then tie rod could be pushed on. Maybe just the seriously bad roads full of potholes.

I just popped to the local shop in a Fabia Mk3 and steering wheel didn't return to the correct position after right hand bend so I turned left into the first entrance I came to. The car stopped dead . Jumped out had a look and nearside inner tie rod had come out of the tie rod end as wheel was at 90 degrees I was only 100 yards from home so went back got some tools . On inspection with the wheel off the inner tie rod threads at the tie rod end were virtually none existant so could push the tie rod end on to the inner tie rod with ease. Luckily I was only doing 5mph because at speed it would be seriously dangerous Well worth a look as these are the original inner tie rods on the car. I pushed it back in the tie rod end and used lots of wire to hold it in place for the 100 yard very slow drive back home. Bought a new pair of inner tie rods as didn't trust the other side just waiting for the special tool so I can get them off.

Just replaced my fan just about the same way as your post. The only difference is I had to drill 2 holes in the lower glove box to access both the upper fan fixing screws. I had been putting it off for about 2 years as knew it would be a long job. Then read your post and thought I would give it a go . 2 hours later all done and only £15 from a ebay breaker for the fan. Thanks for the short cut info.

Hi 2008-2014 the bottom glove box is a moulded part of the dash on a mk3 fabia . I wish there where screws that could be removed to take the glove box out but there aren't.

Hi They must have altered it from the early mk3's as the bottom glove box before 2014 is part of the dash and is not removable so I have found out. They probably changed the design due to so many heater fan failures and the whole dash had to be removed too replace the fan. which a garage would charge a fortune for. I have the same problem so I'm just going to carefully cut out a hole in the glovebox with my dremmel and change out the fan and use a rubber glass window gasket too refit the cut out, as it really is a long laborious job to remove the dash.