DerekU

I've looked at how other 'brands' in the VAG Group provide online Owner's Manuals for current models. VW and Audi request a VIN number - so I don't know what those Manuals look like. SEAT's approach is superficially similar to Skoda's https://www.seat.co.uk/owners/your-seat/manuals-offline but the Manual is provided as a .pdf file (Ibiza example here) https://www.seat.co.uk/datamanual-manual/manuals/seat/en-gb/SEAT_Ibiza_11_24_GB.pdf Whether this is thought to be superior to Skoda's approach comprising a short hardcopy manual and a comprehensive online digital Manual depends on the car owner's preference. For non-owners of Fabia Mk 4 cars, it's perhaps worth mentioning that (at least with my car's Amundsen infotainment system) a digital Owner's Manual can be accessed through the infotainment system.

Not sure what you mean by that, but the issues occur on ALL my Apple devices (Mac, iPad and iPhone). OK on my library's Windows/Chrome PC. I tried several Skoda models (not just the Fabia Mk 4 ones) and had no difficulty getting quick access. (I couldn't reach the earliest Fabia Manual (2021/11) but that problem might be at the Skoda website end.) Anyway, I can't say this worries me much as I seem able to eventually access the Manual I need if I work at it. (Just got into the Fabia 2023/6 Manual appropriate to my car using my Mac - quickly the first time, but I had to 'encourage' connection subsequently.)

For the "SWING" infotainment unit, in the digital on-line Owner's Manual this is the English-language system updating advice.

I had no difficulties until quite recently and, even after the problems occurred, I could usually get round them by going into hand-to-hand combat with the Skoda Owner's Manual site. Come this morning, everything was 100% back to normal for a while, but similar issues are now occurring again. I'll see what happens on the library system....

Online Owner's Manuals for Fabia Mk 4 models are not available in downloadable .pdf format. Using any of the Skoda websites that offer Owner's Manuals (including the link you've given) and selecting the current-model Fabia should result in this image Selecting the appropriate Production period from the list and the Language (I chose 2024/1 and English language) and then clicking on the resulting green "Show" button should produce a 'car' image that looks like this and clicking on that image should open the interactive digital Owner's manual (example of the format below) The initial 'selection' step (that produces the green "Show" button) always works OK, but the trouble starts after that. Either the 2nd 'car' image does not appear and an error message occurs, or - if the 2nd image does appear and is clicked - usually either a blank screen appears with or without an accompanying buffering Spinning Wheel of Doom. However, on rare occasions, the full procedure works and the interactive Manual appears and is usable. All my devices are Apple products (I've never forgiven Bill Gates for Windows!) and they all react similarly irrespective of the browser or search-engine employed. I'm pretty sure the problem is at my end and tomorrow I'll see what happens if I use our local library's system that runs a MS OS.

Your forum profile just indicates that you own a 2022 Fabia, but not which model it is, nor the model of infotainment system (eg. Bolero, Amundsen) it has. It could also be useful to know in which country your car was sold, as the Fabia specification varies between national marketplaces. What are the Android Auto-related problems you are experiencing?

For some time I have been unable to access the Skoda digital owner's manuals (not just the Fabia manuals, but all of them). I either get error messages or the procedure 'stalls'. Anybody else having similar problems, please?

This change is a result of the recent forum software upgrade. If you think it's a retrograde move (and I wouldn't disagree) you need to talk to the forum Administrator. However, as long as forum-members are aware that the Profle is where a member's car ownership and location details are held (and how to access those data) I don't see this as a great problem. And, of course, there's no mandatory obligation for a forum-member to provide car or location details if they choose not to. I'm a moderator on a forum that (like BRISKODA) runs on the Invision Community platform. That forum has no capability to define vehicle-related details despite such data often being essential to answering an enquiry. Despite 'pinned' prompts to provide such information before making a vehicle-related technical enquiry, these are regularly ignored and, even when the information is provided, it is often inadequate or ambiguous. I sometimes wonder if people go to their GP and say "I have a pain in an appendage, what's wrong?" As far as lowering the height of the brake-pedal of a Fabia Mk 4 with DSG transmission is concerned, although there is no obvious built-in height adjustment, a DIY modification to extend the bottom of the pedal downwards should not be too hard. Even simpler (as I touched on above) would be raise the height of the foot-well's floor by adding an extra layer of firmly-fixed-down thick carpeting. (The 'pad' of the brake-pedal of my 2024 Fabia DSG has a 90-degree downwards extension on each side that limits the opportunity for a driver's foot moving sideways off the accelerator-pedal (or foot-rest) and catching under the pedal. And the accelerator and brake pedals are also quite some distance apart.)

At the top-left of each of my postings is this and clicking on my user-name (DerekU) allows my forum Profile to be viewed. This includes a Car Info section that - in my case - includes details of the two Skoda cars I currently own Model 2024 Fabia SE L DSG, 2009 Roomster 1.6 Manual and I don't think there can be any confusion over the model, build-year or transmission-type. The Car Info section on your Profile includes the following Model Yeti Elegance Outdoor 2WD 110ps EU6, Fabia Combi 1.0L 110 Kamiq 1.5 DSG Monte Carlo and seems to relate to three Skoda models (age unspecified) - a Yeti, a Fabia and a Kamiq. However, although "DSG" is stated, I'm not sure how one can know whether this transmission-type relates to the Fabia, the Kamiq or to both.

My 2024 Fabia Mk 4 has an Amundsen MIB3 touchscreen infotainment unit and there is no SD card 'slot'. This BRISKODA thread discussed 'free' updating of the mapping of a Karoq MIB3 unit and may be of interest.

The problem with foot-pedal positions on a car with manual transmission is that the first thing a driver must be able to do is fully depress the clutch-pedal and this often results in the brake and/or accelerator pedals then being too close to the driver than he/she would like, or be comfortable with, but there's little that can be done about this by the driver. This conflict does not occur when the car has no clutch-pedal and, although the brake-pedal of my manual-transmission 2009 Skoda Roomster is too high for my liking, that is not the case with my automatic-transmission 2024 Skoda Fabia. I've seen it said that major alterations to car foot-pedal positions can be carried out by firms specialising in providing services to disabled drivers, so it would be interesting to know what a Skoda dealership would be prepared (or able) to do to lower the height of your car's brake-pedal.

A bit more on this... There is plenty of online discussion about cars' foot-pedal height and the pedal catching on shoes (example here) https://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1781198 The last car I owned that had adjustable foot-pedals was a 1970's Reliant Scimitar GTE, but the adjustment then was horizontal not vertical. I have dinky little feet (UK size 7) and I don't wear shoes with significant 'welts' (nor wellingtons or work boots) when driving. If a car has manual transmission (and its technology won't throw a fit) I will choose to 'heel-and-toe' when downshifting if I can, but for me to do this requires the brake and accelerator pedals to be quite close together and positioned at roughly the same horizontal level and height. In the past I've fitted a wider/deeper plate to the top of the accelerator or brake pedal, but heel-and-toeing is realistically a non-starter with most modern cars as the accelerator and brake pedals are at very different heights and - equally important - braking performance is non-linear. When I bought a manual-gearbox Skoda Roomster in 2009 I immediately realised that heel-and-toeing was out and I've now come to terms with this. As car's pedals tend to be too high for my liking, I just add some thick extra car mats to bring the floor level up rather than attempt to adapt the pedals themselves to try to lower them. Obviously doing this has potential safety risks, so I glue/tape the extra mats down so they cannot move about in the foot-well.

This photo shows what the Fabia Mk 4 rear mud-flaps 6VE075101 'kit' is said to consist of. It's possible (as gumdrop mentioned earlier) that the existing wheel-arch screws may not be long enough when mud-flaps are to be fitted and that's why the kit contains the 4 extra screws I've marked. The two clips & screws are also shown and I believe these go on the flaps' 'extensions' (green arrowed) and attach the flap to the wheel-arch liner. It's regularly stated that fitting the mud-flaps is a 15-minutes task, so (presumably) the installation instructions are adequate... 😉

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Your enquiry would be best posted here https://www.briskoda.net/forums/forum/28-skoda-octavia-mk2-2004-2013/

Promark747 The Skoda part number for a Fabia Mk 4's rear mud-flaps appears to be 6VE075101 and this ebay advert refers https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/296787006177 I've copied below the fitting instructions pictures provided on the advert. The quality ain't great, but the pictures do suggest that (as one might expect) the uppermost hole in the mud-flap should have a fixing screw in it. Besides the two mud-flaps, the 6VE075101 'kit' includes two clips and two 'fixings'. It appears from the instructions that (for each mud-flap) the car's original two screws are used in the flap's uppermost and next-downwards holes, while the two extra 'fixings' in the kit are used with the clips that attach to the top of the flap's lower section. 'Genuine' Skoda mud-flaps are designed so that no extra drilling of the car's bodywork is required. Consequently, directly beneath the (empty) uppermost hole in your Fabia's rear mud-flaps, there ought to be a matching fixing screw (or a hole!!!) in the car's wheel-arch.

1970dazzler If you are desperate to replace your Fabia's horn, you might try removing the front-left fog-light (I think all UK-specification 2022 Fabia Colour Edition models had fog-lights as standard) and see whether that would allow sufficient access. If not, you'd probably need to replace the front bumper.

My 2024 Fabia SE L DSG's horn is decidedly 'peepy' when heard from the driver's seat, but it is a lot louder when heard from outside the car. There has been the occasional complaint relating to Fabia MK 3 horns (example here) but (so far) you are the first to complain about Mk 4 horns. Fabia Mk 3 horns were said to be located in the car's left front corner (which makes sense for a UK specification vehicle) so I'd expect the Mk 4 horn also to be there. If you lift your car's bonnet and get someone to sound the horn, it should not be difficult to detect (roughly) where the horn is. There's an awful lot of 'stuff' in a Fabia Mk 4's engine compartment and (assuming my car's horn is where I expect it is!!) I was unable to spot it from above, nor from the front of the car. The Mk3's horn was said to be difficult to access and it's probable that reaching a Mk 4's horn in order to replace it would be even more challenging and require even more disassembly. A BRISKODA forum member may be able to give you advice based on practical experience, or you could ask a technician at a friendly Skoda dealership what would be involved in replacing a Mk 4's horn.

I have Falken Ziex ZE310 Ecorun 195/55 R15 85V tyres on all 4 wheels of my 2009 Skoda Roomster and, when one of the tyres needed to be replaced quite recently following a puncture, the cost (including provision, fitting and balancing at a local garage) was around £70. My 2024 Fabia SE L DSG has (factory-fitted) Goodyear 195/55 R16 91V XL tyres and I've seen Falken Ziex ZE310 Ecorun tyres with that specification advertised online for around £70 (tyre only). I've no complaints about the performance of the Falken tyres fitted to my Roomster and I would have no hesitation replacing my Fabia's Goodyear tyres with the Falken equivalents. (You haven't said what size wheels/tyres your 2022 Fabia Colour Edition has, nor whether the £95 price is 'tyre only' or includes fitting/balancing, so I can't comment on whether that's good value or not.)

A comment on the simultaneously opening or closing of all the car's windows feature (called "convenience" window operation by Skoda). This is set via the infotainment system menu as described on the link below (the video relates to a Skoda Superb, but the procedure is similar for a Fabia) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwL9bo4HkA8 There have been reports that the windows can open spontaneously, either resulting from an electrical glitch or from the key-fob button being accidentally pressed. So, if you have no particular use for the feature, it might be wise to turn it off. The video also shows the Central locking/Door unlocking setting on the display. I THINK the factory setting on a brand-new Fabia is likely to be Driver's door only, which can be disconcerting when you unlock the car and the passengers find they can't get in!

I've just experimented with the windows of my 2024 Fabia Mk 4 SE L DSG car. They operate EXACTLY how described in the digital Owner's Manual (that I provided the relevant extract from in my last posting) and they definitely do not "rocket up and down". In fact, their operation is little different from that of my 2009 Skoda Roomster. The printed Owner's Manual for my previous car (a 2021 Hyundai i20 MHEV) was 648 pages long with a pitiful index and excluded guidance on the car's infotainment system that was only held online. My Fabia Mk 4's printed Owner's Manual has 164 pages and a pretty good index, but - as explained on the Manual's Page 5 - "only contains the most important information regarding vehicle operation and maintenance, and only some technical parameters". Where the electrically-operated windows are concerned, (as I said above) the printed Manual advises that precise details of their Operation and Settings can only be found in the digital version of the Owner's Manual. (The digital version is also available via my Fabia's infotainment system.) My first mobile phone was a simple Nokia 'flip' design that could just (about) make/receive phone calls and text. Nowadays, people demand that even the most basic smartphone be capable of taking photos, making videos, recording sound, accessing the internet, etc. etc. Modern cars are much like smartphones and the resultant complexity will be challenging to 'non-technical' buyers. It's no good bemoaning the fact that your 2023 Fabia is less intuitive than your previous 20-years-old car, anymore than me complaining that my iPhone is far more complex than my old Nokia. I'm not interested in much of my Fabia's 'tech', but that doesn't mean I'm unaware of it, or that, if I'm having trouble with a feature's odd behaviour (like your rocket-propelled windows) that I won't check the Owner's Manual to see if it's the car that is at fault or me.

The hardcopy Owner's Manual for Fabia Mk 4 models is skimpy on detail about the car's electrically operated windows and refers the owner to the digital version of the Manual for guidance on Operation and Settings. As it happens, the digital Manual that equates to my 2024 Fabia's hardcopy booklet is currently inaccessible, but I've copied below the digital Operation and Settings advice that (probably!) will be the same for all MK 4s.

It's plain from szilvita's 'before-and-after' photos showing the rear discs's hubs that his Fabia's original badly-scored discs were replaced at the Danish dealership, but it would need a closer inspection to establish if the pads were also replaced.

Ferodo's advice on bedding in brakes is here https://www.ferodo.com/en-gb/blog/give-brakes-a-break.html There are on-line discussions/videos about resurfacing brake rotors in situ, but the methods are only practicable if the rotor can be spun (ie. on the front brakes of front-wheel-drive vehicles) and it's doubtful that a reputable dealership would attempt it. I drive a new vehicle carefully for the first 200 or so miles, but the only car I've deliberately bedded in brakes was on a VW Golf GTi Mk 1 in an attempt to get the thing to stop! I had fitted Mintex road/rally brake pads and followed the type of procedure shown here https://mintex.com/bedding-procedure/?lang=en-gbr The result was terrible noise from the brakes (front disc/rear drum) and no stopping improvement. I tried everything (even prayer sometimes) to get the Golf to stop from high speed, but nothing worked. It was a well-known problem resulting from VW's hare-brained LHD-to-RHD conversion and a solution only came when a 3rd-party specialist managed to move the brake servo from the left to the right in the engine compartment. Complaints to VW elicited the response "The car will easily pass the UK's MOT brake test". Modern cars have ABS brakes with powerful servo-assistance and the front brakes contribute most (up to 80%) of the braking power. So, even if brand-new rear discs and pads were fitted to Szilvita's Fabia, it's doubtful that the braking performance would be noticeably better. My 2024 Fabia's brakes (disc front/drum rear) need a light touch at low speeds, but so do the brakes of my 2009 Roomster (disc front and rear) that, after 24k miles, is still on its original discs/pads. At speed and driven hard, the brakes of both cars are much less aggressive - which is to be expected will be the case. Szilvita's comment that "When I drove the car home the first time and touched the brake we almost "banged our heads on the dashboard" it was sooo prompt when touching" doesn't surprise me - it's just a question of getting used to a car's characteristics.

The Infotainment Online product should 'buy' OTA (Over The Air) updating of the the navigation mapping data at no extra cost. The trouble is that how this OTA process actually operates seems to be a mystery to owners of VW Group cars (and possibly to VAG Group dealerships too). My Garmin sat-nav's mapping just covers the UK and Continental Europe. Checking for available up dates is easy and updating (depending on the specific Garmin device) can be done wirelessly by wi-fi or by physically connecting the sat-nav to a computer.An update is currently available for my elderly Garmin non-wifi sat-nav (that has free 'lifetime' updating) and a time-estimate for the process to complete is close to 1 hour. This 2021 VW T-Roc forum discussed map updating https://www.trocforums.co.uk/threads/navigation-maps-update.2494/ and one posting said The only problem is that owners have seldom seen any evidence of OTA updates working, but I believe that some statement from VW suggested that only the map areas where a particular car is driven are updated (presumably to limit download data size and time), so the map version info displayed in the car is not changed. The only way we'd know if that is true would be if some road layout familiar to an owner was changed and then that new layout was reflected in the map data. And we have no idea of the size of the area covered by such limited OTA updates ... is it local, regional, country wide ? There's later discussion here https://www.trocforums.co.uk/threads/help-with-sat-nav-updates.4095/