killysprint

Had both front springs replaced on mine last month. Passenger side snapped in 2 places after hitting an unseen pot hole, drivers heavily corroded - only a matter of time.

Honestly - leave it like it is. Before you do ANYTHING to the car - check the impact the mods with have on your insurance. Make sure it's insured with you as the main driver, and in your name, not anyone else's, spend your time and money on making it reliable and presentable. If you prang it, and it's found to have any undeclared mods, and/or its not insured in your name and you're the main driver of the car, you're snookered. We've all been though it - wait 12 months - get some no-claims under your belt, save some cash and then buy something that has a bit more go, and has the sparkly bits on. I have the same car as you, my parents old car. I bought them a new Fabia earlier this year. Its battered and bruised, reliable now, and the most used car on the drive, a set of rear tyres on my other car is probably worth more. It is a great little car. Enjoy it for what it is, and move it on when to get something you can mod and play with once the insurance costs are more bearable. Sorry to sound like an old fart - save some cash, the Fabia is a cracking thing, a fantastic first car - enjoy it for what it is. Your next car is the one to start and mod.

Hello all, I recently replaced my parents car with their 3rd Fabia, a very nice 21 plate SEL DSG estate. Cracking bit of kit. So I've "inherited" their old car a Navy Blue 2011 Fabia 2 1.2 "S" 60. I needed a runaround as I was waiting for my new car to arrive, so took it on, and thought I'd fix the niggles and get it ready to sell on. But to be honest, it's a cracking little car, been parked by touch over the past few years by my ageing parents but with only 50k miles, but drives great, is totally anonymous, and the perfect antidote to the other cars in the household and known by all as the Super Skoda. So far its had...... A new spare key - the original blade had snapped A replacement fuel filler cover - my dad had walked in to the original and snapped it Drivers door loom - windows and central locking weren't working, snapped wires in the hinge area. Drivers door window switch - my mis-diagnosis of the above Fan resistor pack - common fault on VAG cars of this age. Fan had 2 speeds off and full tilt, now all 4 work Service pack - plugs, oil, fuel, air and pollen filters New Bosch aero wipers 2 rear tyres (how much!) Failed MOT New front pipe and flexi Gaskets, rubber mounts and copper nuts for above New Mot Will give it a machine polish to try and remove some of the grazes it has and to clean it up a bit - but it won't get any paint, it's too honest a car. Hope that's it for the time being, let's see how long it lasts before its moved on, but at the moment its fitting in quite nicely into the routine of the household! the forum so far has been invaluable to fixing the issues so far - a great reference point. Keep it up all!!

Had exactly the same issue and have recently fixed this. Fan had 2 speeds - off and full tilt. It is a common fault on all VAG cars of that period. Part is about £35 from Skoda, or I paid £12 for a knock-off from eBay. A bit fiddly, but takes about 30 mins to do. Disconnect the battery, have a cup of tea and wit around 20 mins for the airbag system to discharge. Remove the "top" glove box, this allows access into the dash to the passenger airbag, remove the 3 torx screws holding it in. Don't drop the screws, they'll be lost forever and you'll have to order more from the local dealer! Using a trim removal tool - not a screwdriver prise the airbag out of the top of the dash and disconnect the wiring and set aside. Looking through the windscreen you can seen the resistor pack towards the centre of the dash. reach in and turn to remove from its housing and remove the wiring. (note which way this fits!!) and as the old Haynes manuals used to say - refitting is the reverse of removal. Honestly if I can do it......

remote - from the key fob. I'm new to this... the key fob has to be pressed quickly twice to open the other doors, to be honest never really tried this before the replacement loom was fitted, and had to use the key before I replaced the loom. Works fine now. Was shocked at the state of the loom in the rubber bellows. Aside from the broken wires, there were others where the insulation had broken and the copper core showing. Ok the car is 12 years old but has only done 50k miles. I have the "S" so has none of the fripperies the higher spec models have - just front electric windows and central locking, but the loom I received had all of the connections for the other accessories on it for the price.

I've just changed the loom on the drivers door of the Fabia I've "inherited". Exactly the same issues as you describe, windows and door locking intermittent and then totally non-functional. A relatively easy job to to do, once replaced there were no codes or errors kicked up when checked. The loom was ordered from the local dealer - £120, and it was done in less than an hour. And I am totally hamfisted!! I originally thought I'd have a go at a repair, but the original loom was completely knackered - 5 broken wires in the protective rubber sleeve in the hinge area. It would have been possible but taken an age to fix. Worth replacing for the peace of mind.