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Did you ever go for a wander in the woods and find them trees?

Welcome to the forum to you and your dad 🙃 If you need help or advice with anything, just search in the Scala sub forum, (most issues have been had by someone already) and if still stuck post a new thread. also dont forget to checknout the social, non car areas, we are a friendly bunch all round.

Hi, and welcone to the team 👋

Morning, ive just moved your post from the classic parts section which requires admin approval to post in. you specify whether your vehicle is a mk1 or mk2 2007 Fabia. i guessed with mk1, but if im wrong let me know.

Please stop posting email addresses within the posts on the thread. this isnt a good idea for individual internet security. please use the pm function for sharing personal info, only with members you feel you can trust with that information. thread is being locked for now.

Hi @TheBlackedOutSuperb your thread was posted in the wrong section so got held up in limbo. Its in the right place now. let me know if you already reposted about the question or found a solution please? tha ks

Hi @leecho66 just popped this into the mk2 Octavia section for you, to get a better chance of help with hot starting 👍

crafted not built.. gawjus, even if not a preferred colour. a bright white, deep red or maybe a royal blue would be car prawn....

I cant remember if the passat seats use the same rails as the mk4 golf platform. so check exactly what car they came out of. assuming they are actually mk4 golf platform - fronts will fit no problem. I think the wiring loom can be fitted without too much hassle. rears might fit but look "wrong" as the shapes across the platform models are slightly different. from memory, the golf seats are narrower than octavia's so leave a gap along the edge.

Well, you need to be a bit more exact about what you want to take apart. theres a lot of different bits. numerous guides for different jobs will have instructions for taking that area apart. eg threads on door lock issues will tell you how to disassemble the door cards - including the switch modules in them. if your even reasonably handy with a screwdriver and torx set (im assuming you must be if your willing to tackle led replacements on circuit boards) you figure it out pretty quick. top of my head - the headlight switch > put it to the corner lights (12 o clock) push the switch into the dash, rotate it and then it will pull out.

My 10 yr old is currently working his way through the entire binky series :) Its a youtube thing i have no issues with him watching unsupervised, unlike so much of the car related dross i have found him watching... hes really enjoying it and he told me 20mins agonhed just seen theres a new episode out 👍

Havent watched either of them. ive just listened to a couple of podcasts that have covered it (in rather hilarious fashion to be honest, along with several other conspiracy theories, just a couple of Those Guys.. who discuss Conspiracies. yeah, im quite sceptical (theres even guide to universe i listen to) but i enjoy listening to stuff from both sides of that fence :)

this one looks like those car-icatures that were popular back in the early 00s. (ya know the ones that gave civics huge wheels, and tiny windscreens, but massive spoilers and bonnets scoops )

Im slightly more concerned about the lad that appears to have been Philadelphia-project'ed into the wall of the building.. it appears the AI has been partially trained on Conspiracy theories 🤣🤣

Hi @Greycar You have put this in the website help section. a mod @Dean might move it to the relevant car model section of the forum for you. in relation to your issue though, it sounds to me like a frayed wire in the door controller unit or wiring harness that goes from the door the main body of the car. its moving about while you drive and causing a short thats activating the locking circuit.

from what i saw the plaintiff said the onboard driver log had recorded his 25mile standard commute as a 75mile journey on a number of occasions. i dont think Warrior was necessarily making a claim about the range per cycle discrepancy, more so putting it out there as a possibility it could impact on it.

from what i have read, the issue isnt with it altering the range, but with manipulating the total odometer mileage until it reads over the warranty cover distance in a shorter time period than it should reach that limit. range manipultaion was a different lawsuit a couple of yrs ago 😆😆

its on thestreet.com classaction.org and carcomplaints.com its not getting media coverage because, well, lets face it the current US new media sphere is being very quiet about most things even loosely connected to Elon or Trump 🤷‍♂️ if i had more details than that i would them, but its all i have at the minute. Im sure it doesnt affect every vehicle, these things rarely do, and it may be a jurisdictional thing - ie its only been done in certain places. but it may be worth tracking for anyone with a tesla

Why do you think Elon is slowly trying to gut all the US safety administrations and consumer protections are being stripped by Donny...

I could put this in several places, but i feel like this will reach more people who may need the information. Just saw a video on Tiktok that Tesla is facing another class action lawsuit in the US, for essentially clocking their cars. Turns out the Odometer reporting on some/ many Teslas have been using AI and driver "analytics " to alter the odometer reporting to increase the displayed distance travelled. Why would they do that? well because its another way to invalidate the warranty - by exceeding the warrantied distance faster. a guy noticed that the drive reporting was showing his very regular 25 mile commute was showing as erratic and varied driving up to 76miles. but after the vehicle went over the warranty covered 50k, the reporting normalised to it being a 25mile drive consistantly.

wonder is it the same failure points as the santa fes are having 🤷‍♂️ the dealer tech mentioned theyd had a couple of tuscons in as well...

warrantyor not id be getting fair sick of not having my vehicle because the engine keeps eating itself.. one of my main contractor reps in work had a hybrid kia thing for about 5months. it spent more time in the dealers than at work. his company insisted on a replacement vehicle after the 5th trip and went back to a diesel for him, which also had gearbox issues...

you like the look of them?! its like a slightly blurry faxed picture of a 1997 jeep cherokee.. except somehow even boxxier 😳

Fun (?) fact... was chattin to my dad yesterday who had been talking to his local mechanic who told him he was in a local Hyundai dealers collecting some parts. he was chitchattin with one of the lads in their workshop, askin were they busy. and was told, they were tipping along kept busy but they were going to get fairly hectic. there is currently 13 (yes, thirteen) 2024 reg Santa fes out the back with blown engines, waiting on the new ones to be delivered...

Door lock could be the dead bolt is stuck. if it sounds like it is getting power when you press the buttons, its the deadbolt. theres plenty threads on replacing them, just dont use a hammer etc. to open the door, i have explained many times on the lock threads its unnecessary violence. a stanley blade, 2 allen keys and patience. the rear wiper - check if the fuse has been pulled as a very first check. i pulled my fuse as the water damage electrical short made my front wipers come on permanently one day. pullingthe rear fuse stopped them. The washer fluid pipe passes through the center line of the motor, which why the motors get damaged... so that was a great design choice. the trim falling off is also common on estates and hatchbacks 🤣 couple of new clips, line it up and smack it into place, be grand. cup holder... ohhh its been a while, but presume its the 1 by the handbrake? mine was broken too, iirc (10yrs ago) it was the little spring had unseated itself. fiddly job to fix it, i possibly left it be. if you want, glue it down and you can get a double cup holder from a Lupo that fits in place of the storage cubby under the radio, if you have a single DIN headunit.