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Thanks for your replies. I guess the first thing to do as you suggested is to sort out the faulty microswitch in the door that is giving a false 'door open' warning light. I have switched the interior light to be permanently off. The weird thing is it has been running for about six months with this faulty door open light warning but has only started giving problems over the last couple of weeks. Maybe that the battery is also tired and needs replacing. Thanks again Jo

I've got a Skoda Fabia HTP 70 and the battery goes flat if I don't drive it for 3/4 days. It is fitted with a Scorpion alarm could this be draining the battery? Also the door open light is continually on which I think is a faulty microswitch. Any suggestions what may be draining the battery would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

Thanks for the replies. Just wondering Tony what a VCD is. Thanks Jo

Hello I have a 2008 Skoda Fabia HTP 70. Wonder if anybody can help with the following problem. Last night I noticed my interior light had come on. The car has not been used since last Saturday and I know that the interior light has not been on since then. I think it must have switched itself on sometime during yesterday. It was set to automatic and has been working fine. The car was locked and the Scorpion Alarm system seemed to be functioning okay (blue light on steering column flashing and red light on door on). Weather here as been very wet and windy. I unlocked the car using the remote to check out the interior light. However it would not switch off automatically so I had to switch it off totally. Then when I went to lock the car using the remote control it would not lock. The blue light on the steering column came on but the doors did not lock. I had to manually lock the car using the keys. As it was late I thought I would have another look this morning. I tried again this morning to lock the car using the remote - no joy (will only lock using the key), but the remote does open the car doors and disable the alarm. The interior light is still not working on auto and I also noticed now that when I switch the ignition on the door open light is illuminated and will not go out. Also when I went to start the car this morning the battery was flat so we had to use jump leads. Took the car for a drive and the door open warning light remained on even though all the doors (including boot) are securely closed. We had a look under the bonnet and couldn't see anything obvious but we did hear a high pitched intermittant whining noise when the engine was switched off (could this be something to do with the alarm system). Does anybody have any ideas if the problem is related to the alarm system, the interior light, door closure, weather etc. Any thoughts would be gratefully received. Thanks Jo

Thanks for the tip.

Hello Does anyone know if the Fabia II HTP 70 has a MAF sensor and if so how can you test that it is working okay? Thanks

I am using an excel spreadsheet to monitor the fuel consumption. This converts the litres into gallons to give me an avg MPG. I'll probably monitor it over another 5 fills to get an overall average of how the car is doing.

Thanks for the replies. Each time I have filled it up I have done so when the fuel light comes on. So I have ended up putting in roughly about the same amount of fuel each time - 37 litres. I don't drive it until the tank is empty as I have read this can damage the catalytic converter. I would assume there is probably about 7 litres left each time at this point. The higher MPG was when the weather was nice in April, so that may have some affect but the mpg has dropped by about 25%. I don't think I have filled up the fuel venting area as I have put the same amount of fuel in each time ie 37 litres. I am baffled how on the second fill it did 150 miles before the fuel gauge started moving. If it would do this again then I would be happy with the fuel consumption as this would push it closer to the 400 miles per fill up which is about 47mpg. I would even be happy with 350+ per tank which would still be over 40mpg. However at the moment I am only getting about 300 miles to a full tank which is mid thirties mpg. It seems like there is 100 miles of fuel disappearing into thin air. There are no fuel leaks that I am aware of. Garage has confirmed this. They also said when I had the MOT that they had done a diagnostics test and no errors came up. At the moment I am counting the number of miles it does to each 1/2 notch on the fuel gauge. This varies between 15miles and 19miles. There are 14 1/2 notches which means that if I multiply 14 x 15 miles = 210 miles plus 50miles it does before the gauge moves = 260miles. Or at best if I multiply 14 x 19 miles = 266 + 50 = 316miles per fill up. Really baffled why the fuel consumption has increased so much when the journeys I am doing are the same.

Hello I recently purchased a 2008 Skoda Fabia HTP 70 and was wondering what should my mpg be? I would expect it to be above 40MPG Fill 1 - 37.71 litres - I did 323 miles which averaged out at 39mpg - this included 172 miles driving the car home after purchasing along motorway at approx 70mph. There were lots of holds ups and diversions so accepted that I would use more fuel. Fill 2 - 37.81 litres - on this fill I did 400 miles which averaged out at 47mpg which I was really pleased with. I also noticed that the car did 150 miles before the fuel gauge moved. Fill 3 - 37.72 litres - on this fill I only managed to do 310 miles to a full tank average 39mpg - this time the petrol gauge started moving after 50 miles. Fill 4 - 37.34 litres - this is my current fill and again the gauge has started moving after 50 odd miles and is averaging about 36 miles for each notch which will probably barely take me over 300 miles for a full tank. For the last 3 fills my journeys have all been roughly the same. Although relatively short, they are mainly along dual carriage ways. I can't understand why the fuel consumption has suddenly gone up by 20 -25%. At the start of Fill 2 the car was serviced - new filters, oil change, spark plugs changed. Tyre pressures are correct. Just had its first MOT and emissions are fine. Skoda garage also said they had done a diagnostics test and no errors were found. I haven't got a heavy right foot and I try and drive it as economically as possible. I am mystified how I managed to do 400 miles one month and then for it to drop so suddenly. Also intrigued why gauge didn't move for 150 miles on fill 2 but then dropped after 50 miles on later fills. Any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated.