Emilyj97

Just to keep current and future readers informed. I got my car looked at by a VAG group specialist and sadly the ECU had failed which had to be swapped out. Towards the last few days before going in the garage it basically became totally un drivable. It happened to be quite costly but back on the road and driving better then ever (fingers crossed) Thanks all for your advice and help.

Thank you for your help. I am at my wits end with it to be honest. But I did call a local VAG specialist who you have tagged (autotechnik) and have booked in with them. A lot of people have suggested the battery and I am considering getting a new one as far as I am aware it’s the original. Hopefully booking with a specialist they can sort the issue.

A local garage said it was an intermittent fault and couldn’t find the cause. Škoda did a plug in and couldn’t see any issue and that the codes had been cleared. I did give them the codes so they could help but it didn’t go any further. The problem did stop for a couple of weeks but has now come back but my driving habits and everything else car wise hasn’t changed. I don’t know why it stopped and has now started again which is the irritating part.

Here is a picture showing the dash lights better. The engine light isn’t showing here but it does come on not always but it pops up and goes off which is irritating.

No I understand what you mean and wasn’t getting at anything but my car was under Arnold Clark for service and MOT which I wasn’t 100% comfortable with as I know those places aren’t always helpful. I have been driving for 5 years, my driving habits aren’t the best but I always take care of my car / vehicles I have had. These are pictures of my dash. Please ignore the tire pressure I just haven’t taken that warning off.

No I don’t believe I have had new spark plugs. At my MOT and services every year it never requires a lot of work being done (that’s not always a good sign I know) once I turn the car off and back on these light disappear from the dash.

My car is serviced every year it’s a 2020 reg and done 23k miles. I am only a local driver back to work, shopping etc. I always leave my car in 1st gear and work down the gears as I approach a stop. The stop start does work however I have now turned it off to see if that helps anything. When I took it to Skoda I believe they only did a plug in. The engine light is like the one you have out on your post and it’s amber as well as saying EPC in amber.

Yes my car is a 1 litre manual. I usually put it into 1sr when at a stop. My stop start is always active I have never disabled it. EPC and engine light show on the dash and front assist unavailable pop up on the screen on the dash.

it tends to cut out when the car is mostly stationary for example at the traffic lights etc. the radio screen also says Parkpilot not available. These issues have only started the last 2/3 months. I didn’t have the car from new it was two years old when purchased. It shouldn't be the battery as you'd hope the independent and Škoda garages would have at least noted if the battery was in a lower state of charge let alone health, and would have at least told you if not recharged the battery (or more likely with Škoda garage charge to, er, charge the battery or sell you an expensive new battery and 'coding'). You can recharge the battery if required as good as if not better than the garages using an appropriate charger maintainer following the instructions for this in the car's 'Owner's Manual' and charger maintainer's instructions. Whilst it's always a good idea to have the battery in a good state of charge (and health) especially with electric, electronic and engine starting issues I doubt this is the cause of interment issues. Loose battery terminal clamp(s) or earth or other connections maybe, for intermittent. If you have notes of when this intermittent issue happens there might be a pattern (cold and/or wet weather, after car has stood for a while, after care gets hot, anything else happens at the same time, etc.. This issue could be caused by quite a few things and needs proper diagnostics, probably with the use of traditional diagnostic tools and an appropriate scan tool. A good auto-electrician should be able to diagnosis this but intermittent issues are often difficult to pin down until they're playing up. Then you have to consider computer programs and perhaps updates. Have a look at this VWŠkoda website for any Recalls for your car (well the ones that VWŠkoda admit to anyway (again garages should have checked their databases for Recalls and technical bulletins on issues). - https://www.skoda-auto.com/services/recall-campaigns 2019 Fabias had a few issues (poor quality electric relay not working when cold, petrol throttle body part needed) possibly 2020 too, then of course late 2020 to 2021 might have the effects of Covid parts and production but I've no idea how much that effected Fabias other than some cheaper radios being fitted IIRC. If you haven't had the car from new then there might be something in its history you don't know about, anything else not working as it should on the car, is the car factory standard or has anything been added or changed.

I took my car into Skoda and they couldn’t find a problem but I am still having the same issue. I am planning on checking my battery to see if it could be that as far as i know its the original battery.

The codes are: U01000 U112100 U111200

I’m not sure what that means but all the codes on the left start with ‘U’

This is what my local garage gave me for codes. I don’t know too much about cars to be honest. It comes up with the EML light and EPC light and cuts out at low speed. If I’m driving at normal speed it just misfires.

Sorry that I haven’t replied. I took the car to my local independent garage and they said it’s an intermittent fault.i have it now hooked in with Škoda to find out the issue. Not feeling hopeful to be honest. I do have a copy of the codes that keep showing up.

I am having a similar issue but my car misfires and at low speed cuts out.

This is the software that my car is currently running on. Can someone confirm if this is the latest for the 2020 model.

I keep getting an ECU amber alert on my dash as well as it saying front assist not working on my computer screen. When these warning come up my car jolts as though i have gone to a lower gear to quickly. I have got my car booked in to a garage next week but i was looking for some pointers so i might know what to expect lol Thank you.

@gruger I don’t know how to view that in my car. Can you give me a step by step guide ?

@J.R. thanks for that, I thought the same too. I was going to try another garage and see if they give me the same story.

@toot I asked for something in writing that I would still be covered when my warranty runs out if the problem was nothing to do with ‘Software update’ as I explained I wasn’t going to pay when I’ve taken my car twice now and luckily they did email me.

The garage gave me Customer Services telephone number I gave them a call and said this was on going issue and 85% of Fabia’s in the UK are experiencing this yet I can’t find any information on it. My car runs smoothly except for those two issues, also the stop start disables.

It’s a 1 litre MPI

It’s a 1 litre, manual - colour Edition.

Hi, This is my first time posting. My 2020 Fabia, shows EML amber light and cooling fan runs from time engine is on until turned off. My local Skoda Johnson’s garage have informed me that my car needs a software update which is yet to be released. They told me this is very common but I don’t know what to believe if I’m honest. At present they have turned light off and fan is running as normal however after a week or so fan is running constantly with light showing. I am looking for advise or if anyone has experienced anything similar. Thank you.