King John

I noticed water leaking down the side and door opening of the A post onto the carpet. Looking closer it appears to be draining along the bottom edge of the glove box. Can anyone advise on its cause?

Would there be any issues, as I assume they would have stiffer side walls, on handling?

My tyres are getting close to needing to be replaced. Current my 215/50/17 tyres are all 94 W. Would it matter if one axle was replace with 98 W and if so which axle would it be best to mount them on?

VW have recommended that 509 is not compatible with earlier VW oil grades. Manoil do produce VW509 oil, but I think it is more expensive.

I drove my car a short distance this morned and when I got back in, a short while after turning the ignition on an alarm sounded from the central console area. It stays on for a little while after the ignition has been turned off. It sounds like a burglar alarm but is too quiet to scare anyone off. I have never had this happen before. There are no other warning lights to suggest what the cause is. Can anyone advise?

It is a Westfalia tow bar, which I believe is OEM for the Skoda tow bar. fuse 28,38 and 44 are missing.

I can't think why it should go while I was fiddling with the light unit but then, equally, I cannot think why a single fuse should knock out all the lights and not effect the car

My car is fitted with a reversing camera and a Westfalia towing hook. Trying to sort out the side/ stop light on one side of the trailer I must have blown a fuse as none of the lights work now. But which fuse? The three assigned fuse positions do not have fuses. The only indication is that the front parking assister no longer works. Could that have been used? Being linear minded I do not understand why a single fuse should have knocked out all the trailer lights as they have separate circuits and their own fuses (all the lights still work on the Superb estate). Hiding the fuses and providing such a small diagram suggests they do not want plebs to touch them!

Is there any way to turn off the night time sat nav screen? Pretty much all I can see is a red dart on a black background making navigation virtually impossible, especially on the move.

I have just bought a Mk II Guardsman dog guard for my Mk III with a panoramic roof. It fits exactly. The only issue is that it needs longer 'J' bolts (208 - 210 mm) than those for the MkII. Personally, it is such a tight fit and doesn't rattle that I probably won't bother with the 'J' bolts. Note that the standard grill is one 'square' taller than the panoramic (part number with P suffix) version. I was put off the Mk III version because it has a lower grill extension which requires the cargo bay cover end to stick up when fitted.

Possible. I always carry the keys in my pocket. Thank you

Periodically my Superb estate decides to open all its windows. Is there a reason or way of stopping this very annoying trait?

You are right. I couldn't get the plug in until I took terminal locking tab off. Tried it just now and it went in. Must have ben the wrong way around. Said I was thick!

For those thick, like me, the purple cover slides off towards the centre of the car (with a bit of effort).

Both my screen washer jets are blocked, while the rear jet is pushing out a lot of fluid. I never though that I would need to ask this but how can I clear them? I have no idea if it is a fan type sprayer. It just seemed to go on the screen like any other screen washer (when it was working!). 2015 Superb Estate. Everything thing appears to be hidden inside the bonnet.

My wife's fob has just given up. Fortunately not a keyless system. Back home the spare worked. Swapped batteries around and only the spare worked again. Where do I go from here?

Mine was supplied and fitted through Witter.

Two credit cards with a flat screwdriver worked for me, but it isn't for the feint hearted!

Thanks for the reply. One last question. I've seen a number of 6V0 601 025 L (as opposed to A), mainly from Rapid's. Is that the same wheel but by a different manufacturer?

With the seats fully back there is still loads of foot space in the rear, which makes me wonder why they penny piched and didn't fit folding seat bases in the estate?

My 2015 2.0 150bhp SEL doesn't use AdBlue. It has just been Mot'd and on the emissions it just states 'too low for equipment to measure'

I'm looking to buy some spare alloy wheels for the wife's Fabia. What I do not know is the composition of the part numbers. My wife's wheel has part number 6VO 602 025A. I have seen wheels for sale with the part number 5JA 601 025L which look the same. My question is are these numbers for the same design of alloy wheel?

I checked it when I picked it up and it was on the bottom of the rod, so I got them to top it up. It was there to be serviced when I first saw it. It is a 65 reg.

A couple of things. Firstly should the engine be consuming 1 liter of oil in 4,000 miles? It was serviced at 36k and when I checked it today the oil level was at the botton of the level. Secondly, since yesterday the engine has started hunting at idle and then it stops. On the throttle it is non responsive until pressed about half way when the power cuts back in. On a short journey this morning I noticed a lot of fumes (water vapour?) coming out of the exhaust. Any ideas of what is happening or is it just the joys of computerised management systems?

Is the keyless ignition reliable on the Fabia? Looking to buy one but the wife is wary after a friend had problems with her car.