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Thank you. Forgot to say it is a 1.9 tdi. Dont know if this makes any difference.

I had reason to look under my 56 plate Fabia Elegance Estate today and discovered a finned aluminium plate under the driver's side. What is this for and should it have a cover over it?

This seems to be a known problem. I have just had the pedal replaced on a 56 tdi. with 4k. It was difficult to get the part but Skoda UK were very helpful.

Have now had car checked by dealer. Pedal pronounced faulty but if you want the "good" news they tried to order the part and Skoda UK say there are none in the country and could not even give a delivery date. Seems the new Fabias use the same pedal unit and they are in short supply. Hope this is not the shape of things to come!

Have now discovered after wife had hairy moment that if I pulled up throttle pedal with toe, tick over returns to 800-900 rpm. Spoke to dealer who agreed to have it checked out.

Just bought a 56 Fabia 1.9 TDI PD 100 Elegance Estate yesterday. This car has the same problem. Ticked over at about 1100 rpm. when warm and takes off in 2nd. with no throttle. Talked to salesman who said they had one in recently with sticky throttle. Said to keep an eye on it and keep them informed.