Chiselwizard
Finding my way-
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Far north of Scotland
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Fabia 111 Estate 1.0TSi
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2019
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Maybe the steering column fault is a red herring. I could take the key out in any position, not just P. From what I can gather, failure of the microswitch knocks out the safety interlock. Again, from what I can gather, it doesn't affect the running of the car. I was happy to get it fixed for £300. If the quote had been for £1500 as some people appear to have paid, I would have put up with the error message.
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Even after I'd given them the error message showing on the dash (Error: workshop! Only leave vehicle in Position P) they insisted that they would have to run diagnostics @ 140 quid. In the event they didn't charge me for the diagnostics so whether they ran them or not I don't know. Hope you get yours sorted.
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Had it fixed today at Hawco. TBH I'm not unhappy with the outcome. I was expecting a quote of ~ £1400 going by posts on another thread, as the usual VAG solution appears to be replacing the entire selector assembly. Hawco charged £37 for the switch, £220 labour and waived the £140 diagnostics charge. Happily surprised.
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You're right, the Youtube video is very good and a few years ago I would have had a go but at 75 I'll leave it to the dealer. I called them today. They weren't interested in my thoughts on what was wrong. It'll be £140 for the diagnostics and we'll take it from there Sir, click. I'll have to suck it up I guess, though the thought of at least two 5 hour round trips doesn't appeal. I sold my much loved 2009 BMW 3 series to get the Skoda, thinking that a newish car would see me out, hassle free. Aaargh! Anyway, thanks for your advice, much appreciated.