JulianSW

Petrol fumes suddenly appeared so my wife found a place to stop the car. Fuel was dripping from under the engine. It was late at night and she rang me in distress. The next day the car was taken by a recovery vehicle to the Skoda Platinium garage (that had just done a complete service on it the day before) for an assessment. They said a bolt had come off a fuel injector. I asked whether it was a known or common problem... they said "yes". Searching this website I see it is a well-know problem by Skoda which I am astonished and angry about since it is potentially just a time-bomb with every vehicle fitted with this engine. This issue really should have needed a recall or some notification to owner!?

Me too. Our Skoda Fabia 1.2 suddenly leaked petrol badly. My wife who was driving was quite traumatized since she had been driving on the motorway minutes before when it could have been catastrophic. Car now in with Skoda for repair.