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I don't believe that is not the original dipstick. It looks exactly the same with every photo i have seen and i can;t think for a reason to have been replaced in a 3 years old car for an aftermarket one - specialy when the car still is covered by extetend warranty. It also seems to point the correct level as after every oil change the mark up is always at the suggested maximum level. Honestly there is not any need to check regulary as the car with only 20.000 miles on consumes zero oil - it is just me and my chronic anxious to check it very often by my own eyes... Also i have notified that fabia will alert me at the infotainment screen in (rare) case there is dangerous low oil level. To my opinion probably some dipsticks out of specs got in cars during production without nobody notice it. Anyway, as i said after scraping the black coating things are more visible and i will no longer going to bother with it. Maybe at the next service i point it to the dealership just for curiosity reasons

It is exactly as yours but without the raised dotted section at the marked area. It remains plain, flat, glossy, black steel. And i don;t know why... After scraping the black coating it became more visible and it annoys me much less so i will do nothing else about it. Remains the problem that the dipstick gets all wet when inserted. The only way to minimize that effect is checking the level after the car has sat overnight and all of oil has settled.

I scraped with a knife the black coating at the marked area and now it's more visible... Not great but good enough 🙂

My dipstick is exactly the same as the manual describes BUT there is not ANY treatment at the marked area as shown in S19-0760 picture - it is just plain steel. That is why is difficult to see the border between wet and dry. The other reason is when inserted is becomes wet and dirty almost everywhere...

It is steel. I may do so 👍

It shouldn't have been that hard or tricky... easy things are made difficult by vw...

I admit that it is quite difficult for me to clearly see the oil level on the dipstick every time. It usually gets all dirty when it is inserted, and in addition the space in which the level should be is pitch black and without any treatment to hold the oil and thus clearly show the level... I wonder if anyone else has the same problem and if so, what they have done to deal with it...

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Just checked the Skoda recall website and it tells me to contact the authorized dealer - obviously because there is something regarding this particular car. I contacted them by phone but they assured me that there is no recall for my chassis number and to ignore it.... I guess there is nothing else I can do.

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WRONG – WRONG – WRONG.... In Greece we use the metric system so i have learned and become accustomed to measuring consumption in liters/100 km. When i was writing the above, knowing i was referring to UK readers, in prior i converted the consumption numbers to mpg via an online calculator. Just yesterday quite by accident i realized that there is a huge difference between the mpg they use in the USA (and the on line calculator was using) and the mpg you are use in the UK... That is why i was having such a hard time understanding how different the consumption numbers i read here are compared to mine... So, my corrected to UK mpg numbers are: - In the city (depending on the traffic conditions and with auto start-stop system mostly deactivated) about 44-47 mpg UK - On highways travelling with the cruise control set around 80-83m/h (about 130-135 km/h) i see about 48-50 mpg UK. I have seen that it can go much better with 15-20 m/h lower speed, but ... - So far the best consumption i manage on country roads with relaxed and "eco" driving which is around 62-64 mpg UK - and i don't see how it can go more economical than that..... All above based on trip computer Hoping now my consumptions numbers are making more sense than before...

I am not familiar with the trim levels. Mine is a 12/2022 STYLE edition with some additional extras. I bought it slight used 6 months ago and i don't know if the full led lights were part of the style edition or have been paid as extras. But they include the auto on/off function, the auto leveling system, and the corner lighting assist (not at the foglights but on the main Leds). And i have seen at the light menu that there is a configuration option for left or right driving (which i have never used). As i wrote, the combination is excellent

They are just awesome... Great "white" light with full road coverage in any situation. The darker the road the most you love them... Together with the auto leveling system, the corner lighting assistant, and the auto-on/off function you have great lights everytime without even touching a switch ever. High recommanded to my opinion

nta16 As i wrote, i almost always disable the function myself, so it's not that important for me to waste time, energy and constant searching in the hope of finding a solution - which may or may not exist. I wrote it to the forum just in case there was a simple and define answer from the community. I will follow your advice and charge the battery - not exclusively for this, anyway i have been doing it preventively for many years at least 2-3 times during every winter and even more often as the battery ages (that's why I have also purchased the charger long ago). But i believe that a safe conclusion will not be drawn since the malfunction occurs randomly and at inopportune moments at rare intervals of time, so i will never know if something i did or did not do played a role.

Αs i had predicted, today without me doing anything at all the start-stop system was working normally again. After i tested it 2-3 times and made sure it was working fine, i turned it off as usual. 😇 After 4-5 times it has done the same, i tend to believe that it has nothing to do with anything other than bugs in the software and/or its algorithm. P.S Seems to me that many of the modern digital features are not that smart as they think they are… I have the same bad opinion about the system that suggests gear changes that are driving the engine (which is not the most torquey below 2.000 rpm) at absurdly low rpms without taking into consideration either the car's load or the slope of the road, with the result that its suggestions are often laughable and possibly harmful….🙄

nta16 I own the car only for the past 6 months but at it's service history i can see that original battery has been replaced under warranty 15 months ago. Don't know the reason, but the fact remains that is a fairly new battery. Anyway, i have a CTEK charger so i will give it a full charge and see what happens. My guess is that regardless charging it will fix it's self randomly just as the previous times

Thanks for the info. I have absolutely no indication that the battery is weakening but i will have it in mind.

SKODA FABIA MK4 Style – DLAA engine – 6speed manual It has happened to me 3-4 times that the auto start-stop system does not activate with the relevant indicator on the dashboard coming on. This happening completely randomly and for no apparent reason. The same completely randomly and mysteriously works again... It doesn't really bothers me much since most of the time i disable it myself anyway, but it annoys me psychologically when something doesn't work properly even if i don't use it or need it. Any idea ?

For me, the main reason for rear disc brakes compared to drums is aesthetic. Rear disc brakes look much nicer when paired with beautiful aluminum wheels. My style edition MK4, which has rear disc brakes along with beatiful alloy wheels, looks much nicer than the basic versions i see on the road that have drum brakes and steel wheels with hubs. Functionally, i don't think they make any difference for 99% of users and cases.

I confirm that Fabia’s mk4 brakes (mine has rear disc brakes but don’t believe that it matters) in 1st contact it surprises with how hard and sharp brakes with barely reasonable/usual force on the pedal. Of course after a while you get used to it but in first contact or when you drive it after another car you always notice it and it takes a little driving time to adapt. I don't consider it a “problem” but it is something observable without me knowing or having bothered to find out what is causing it. Seems to me more like a choice of the vw engineers than anything else.

Mine is a Fabia mk4 Style - 110PS - DLAA engine - 6speed - December 2022.. . How can i be sure about ?

Because i'm also interested in the topic, i'm looking at both the VD700 https://www.anceltech.com/product/detail?id=1166651578459877376 and the VD500 https://www.anceltech.com/product/detail?id=1085346504295575552 and I don't see anywhere that it says they're not compatible with VAG after 2022. Where did you see that ?

@Evolution13 Only 3 months with the Fabia and I haven't had the chance to drive in very different weather conditions. Mostly dry with temperatures of 20-30 degrees Celsius. But I don't think it will make that much of a difference.

Fabia mk4 - 110hp – 6 speed manual. In city driving (start-stop system mostly deactivated) consumption is usually about 37-40 mpg. About the same as in the city i see when travelling at highway with the cruise control set at 80 m/hour. In country roads with relax and “eco” driving i manage the best results about 52-54 mpg. I can’t see how it can go better than this… All numbers based on what trip computer indicates

My Fabia mk4 is in extended warranty plan with “free” services that expires at late 2026. Until then all 3 until now lubricant services done at official Skoda dealer. I didn’t want to mess things up so i didn’t intervene at all and let them doing the changes with the Castrol 0w-20 they use (that’s they claim on the invoice). From the next change on (which will be at 10 months from now and around 35-37K km from new), i will be free to use any independent technician and any oil i will choose. Until then i have to decide if it will be a 0w-30, a 5w-30, or a 5w-40