Gman1978

Have you had the bushes done? I’m not saying with and certainty, but I did mine to find that they let go and began turning in the bush console housing. The car rode lower on that side and pulled a left a lot. I had noises too so the when they turned I think the suspension arm was able to move up more and hit things.

Hi All, might be of help to someone. I replaced what I thought was a noisy alternator, but turned out that it was the aux belt tensioner pulley that actually needed replacing. Before and after video here, so you can hear what a faulty tensioner sounds like. Vid: cheers

Hi, I had no idea that there was any alignment possible on the rear subframe/rear axles?

Caster alignment I've been suffering a pull you the left (curb) for a few years now. Threw a lot of money at the issue to no avail. shocks/spring all round top bearings droplinks Track rod ends front suspension arms bottom ball joints Front bushes (revised ones) new tyres tracked at kwik fit 3 times. nothing worked. And they told me the only adjustment was toe. The issue was the caster; caster not positive enough on the left. This thread has been a lifesaver as I think I've now sorted it. I know that I needed to move the bottom console further forward on the left to make it more positive (I guess to match the other side, I don't have access to fiddle with a hunter alignment machine) I put the car front on stands, undone the four bolts as shown in the vid, (I just show one side in vid) (you will need a breaker bar for the top bolts) and then the subframe+consoles twist as one complete thing so the left is as forward as poss and right is back as poss. See video. my car finally has stopped pulling left. thank you all. Hunter printouts are both before. if I get one done soon. I will add that as an after result.

May be useful for anyone with a wing mirror vibration/rattle Or anyone trying to replace wing mirror glass.

Hi Admin, please delete this thread/post. Thank you kind regards, G

Hi all, fabia 3 1.4 tdi sel would really appreciate any comments on this noise. Anyone had this, what's the fix? Clutch? Gearbox? it does it 40% of the time. (Typical.. at a garage it didn't make itself heard.) It needs good speakers or headphones to hear it. It's like a knocking (at first it sounds like engine noise but not) video: cheers

My mistake, you're quite right!

Hi Briskoda I gave put this video together to explain how the door lock cylinder is released. I'd wasted a lot of hours, hopefully it will be useful. https://youtu.be/3ZBQ4A5hOBs?si=Z1qBLzBuUS8ZoPk-

Hi Tech1e, "You do need to hold the handle out as per the guide on here." I have found that not to be true, the handle must be out. here is a video I just made on stuck lock cylinder housing. cheers

Hi All, I'm not sure what this function, (what I imagine is a feature that someone thought might be convenience but I find is just annoyance) but perhaps some could name it. When take off you lift the clutch pedal (with no touching of the accelerator) it automatically adds more accelerator for you. It tends to catch me out, making me add too much accelerator. What is that called? and is there a way to disable? (I have OBDeleven pro+sub if needed) (other diesel cars I have not had this, so it is either a feature or an issue) Thanks G

Hi Briskoda characters, I own a 2015 fabia mk3 1.4 SEL, as about a month ago. I have just started to notice a wind rushing noise when driving over 25-30mph sounding like it's coming from the driver's door (right door). I tried pulling the door more closed but no difference. I make sure all windows are closed, but it sounds like one is open (when as far as I can tell, it's not). I tried to adjust the door catch (the bare metal two spine bolts) to see if I could make a change to that to see if any diff, but still same noise. no such noise from the passenger side. Anyone had this? any ideas? is this just the character of the car?

I have just done this. See details in video description. Very pleased!

Update, finally with the slightly warmer weather I have put in the new starter motor I bought a while back. Noise now gone, thank goodness. Thanks all. G

Perfect thank you!

Hi, did you ever work out which tool to get? I need to also remove this connection. Thanks, G

Hi Pab567 it’s TMBKT6NJ4FZ040655 cheers!

Thanks! I will see if I can get that from the seller and will post it.

Question for anyone that knows please! If I want to retrofit an apple carplay compatible oem Fabia 3 head unit into a Fabia 3 that just missed out on getting it, is that something that is possible? the car is SEL spec so has the Multifunction wheel. if so, is that possible to do myself, using a secondhand head unit or would Skoda have to set it up on the component protection. If I wanted Skoda to replace the head unit, is it something they would even entertain? If so, what head unit would I need to buy or ask for?

Thanks people! I agree it sounds just like:- note: a few months ago I did actually remove and attempt to re-grease the starter thinking it was that, but it didn’t make any difference. I can’t have done a good enough job. I’ll do it again but with a rebuilt one from eBay (too much work to mess about), went for: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/323768658186?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=wESXVx7VRnS&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=j1LvZPJGTWm&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY i will report back. Thank you all!

Hi characters, My Fabia 1 has been doing this noise on and off on startup, anyone know what it is? I’m wondering: alternator.. water pump? any advice? Like do I need to get this sorted asap to protect the engine? Thank you

Hi Fabia people! Both the new and old diesel engines are listed as having 105BHP, it brings many questions to my mind... What's the real world difference in drive between them? Anyone driven both? Which has best performance (1.9 more torquey?) They say 105bhp, actually figures? which has better economy? Does the DPF spoil the fun? Is the 1.6 that much quieter? Reliability/problems of either? I can look up figures but real life and how it feels can be very different. My fabia II is the (tried 'n' tested) 1.9 TDI.