LightRobin

have a fabia mk3, always just jacked from the folded edge, no issues as of yet and the cars been jacked up countless times this way

mk3 began towards the end of 2014, and i believe mk3.5 is the 2017-ish facelift, with a new infotainment, but the owners handbook would be the best place to consult for making these changes, as for the lights i know some specs have a "coming home" feature that leaves the headlights on for a few minutes after you get out of the car which might also keep the interior light on, my car doesnt have this option though

i wasnt even able to find the master cylinder on any of the usual websites, only on skoda-parts.com which sell at dealer prices from my experience. Maybe its the same part on older generations of polo/fabia but that would take some looking in to

while i cant help with the lights not coming on, you should be able to change the way the doors unlock in the cars infotainment settings, in my mk 3 its in car settings > opening and closing

Hopefully not, a new master cylinder will run 274eur not including installation (brake fluid ect) 🥴

Thanks for all the help with the brakes but what about the clutch noises i talked about, any ideas what those could be?, would it most likely be just the clutch and throwout bearing or could the gearbox itself be on its way out?

tried this, brake pedal seemed to feel the same This makes perfect sense to me, as well as ruling out the brake fluid being the culprit since ive had the pedal feel soft just after startup, (cold brakes)

yes, inside the cabin, theres a rubber boot where the brake pushrod goes through, its looks damp around that area, not dripping or anything, i didnt think too much of it

i tried looking through the side of the reservoir, also tried illuminating it with my phones flashlight to see it it helped but i couldnt fit my phone close enough, i couldnt make out a clear brake fluid level, the fluid level was just above the mesh filter when i took the cap off which seemed fine to me

Just one extra thing that just came to mind, very very rarely when I go to press the brakes the pedal will get stuck, and once I keep pushing it makes a loud *click* and begins to move again, completely forgot about since it hasn't happened in ages, also I decid d to take a quick look at the master cylinders from the footwell, the boot on the brake master cylinder looks damp and has some dirt stuck to it

Any other symptoms it caused/how would I diagnose to make sure that's my issue?

No it was clean on the inside and I wiped the area around the cap down before opening, the fluids looked good but the little filter cup refused to come out (wasn't seized in place or anything, I'm just guessing it has to be oriented a certain way to come out, played with it a bit and decided there's not much point) so I didn't get to look past that

Are the cheap brake fluid testers on Amazon any good? They just tell you the water content of the brake fluid and are very accurate from what I've heard, id want to avoid going to a garage out of pure laziness 😛

Hmm, my handbrake seems to hold well, I'm not sure what you mean by sheaths tho (I'm not 100% familiar with drum brakes but have a good idea) it is worth mentioning that when I went to work today (yesterday now) the brake pedal felt much much better than it did when I made the original post, could an issue in the drum brakes cause the pedal to feel soft seemingly randomly?

I've only owned that car since April (150000km), there no service record of it being done, I took a quick look at it and it looks clear and clean