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Took the car to an auto electrician today. There is only one fault in the memory and it appears to be the sensor that Skoda replaced in April! I've spoken to the service manager at Skoda today & they have ordered a replacement sensor. Hopefully this will put this ongoing problem to bed!!

Received the new battery, but power steering light still on!

Phil Thanks for your help. Hopefully the auto electrician can do that.

Battery checked last night(engine off) 12.8v. Checked this morning(engine off) 12.73v, so minimal voltage loss. Is it possible that the power steering light fault code just needs clearing?

Hi there. Battery is receiving approx. 14.2v when running, so battery is being charged. I've checked the bat voltage tonight-it's 12.8v. I will check it again in the morning, to see if any major current drain.

Yes I saw that in another post. It made no difference. I did it with the engine running? Was that correct? Or should I disconnect battery, reconnect & then try lock to lock, no engine running?

Fitted the new VARTA battery this morning after charging it up yesterday. Started up the car, steering light still on! So that didn't fix it! It's going to an auto electricians on Monday. Is it possible however, that due to the battery change there is a fault code now for the power steering which needs to be cleared?

Sorry do you mean you've had a similar problem? I've not received the battery yet, but I'm hoping it will resolve the issue ,as we want to sell the car.

Hi there Thanks for your replies. Sorry I've just noticed them. No I didn't. Should I do that, and what should happen? Just to advise that after a run and if the car was started again fairly soon after, the power steering light went out .If the car was left for a while(hour or so), the light stayed on when starting. However going for a run doesn't seem to make a difference now. I've decided to try a new VARTA battery, as I'm not convinced the battery I bought 18 months ago is of the greatest quality. It's not a named brand-ie Bosch Varta, Exide etc. It's 72AH & 680 CCA. The car has always started. It's a diesel.

Thanks for your help. We did consider trying this but we trusted what the battery supplier told us. it may be worth paying £70 ish for a decent VARTA or BOSCH battery and see what happens. Thanks once again.

Hi there I'm new to the forum and my wife's mark 1 Fabia 1.9TDI power steering light came on a couple of months ago. The power steering still works, but does get very heavy at parking speeds. I took it to Skoda who diagnosed faulty steering sensor(which they replaced) & they said the battery was also faulty as the fault code low battery voltage was indicated, so light still on. The battery is just over a year old and the car starts every time. I rang the battery supplier to discuss. They said check if there is a current drain. I put a meter In series with the battery and it was reading approx. 120ma. I then started pulling fuses one at a time & when I pulled fuse 43-central control unit, the current draw dropped to 20ma. I took it back to Skoda who then confirmed my diagnosis! but said the unit is behind the dashboard & want exactly £500 inc VAT? to replace the unit inc labour. I smell a rip off (unless this unit is very expensive) Is this unit easy to get at and if I bought it, would I need VAGCOM? to reset fault codes? Any assistance would be appreciated. Regards David Collins

Hi there I'm new to the forum and my wife's mark 1 Fabia 1.9TDI power steering light came on a couple of months ago. The power steering still works, but does get very heavy at parking speeds. I took it to Skoda who diagnosed faulty steering sensor(which they replaced) & they said the battery was also faulty as the fault code low battery voltage was indicated, so light still on. The battery is just over a year old and the car starts every time. I rang the battery supplier to discuss. They said check if there is a current drain. I put a meter In series with the battery and it was reading approx. 120ma. I then started pulling fuses one at a time & when I pulled fuse 43-central control unit, the current draw dropped to 20ma. I took it back to Skoda who then confirmed my diagnosis! but said the unit is behind the dashboard & want exactly £500 to replace the unit inc labour. I smell a rip off (unless this unit is very expensive) Is this unit easy to get at and if I bought it, would I need VAGCOM? to reset fault codes? Any assistance would be appreciated. Regards David Collins