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I had a breakdown just over a month ago. The RAC Skoda Assist chap found the wiring loom just below the ECU on the right was chafing on a bracket and was worn through a bit causing a short circuit and therefore going into the limp mode with relevant warning lights. Car was repaired under warranty and a new aluminium accelerator pedal fitted as well. Full description of fault was not communicated to me and I didn't get a written report as I was told it was a warranty issue.

Yes. I've just bought a pair of bars from Lidl today at £26.99! The packaging lists the cars they will fit - certainly my Skoda Fabia Scout and Octavia Post 2005 are mententioned in the list. They are aluminium and are lockable with 2 supplied keys. They will support up to 100kg but max 70kg for Skoda is recommended in the handbook. Go to Lidl website to view, but be quick as limited stock.

Not quite sure, but was told by the garage that it was on the right below the windscreen. It has the number 06-42-12 on it and is about 1/4 inch in diameter. There are a number of these hoses on the right in the engine bay that lead into and under the engine cover.

Hope it's not like mine where mice ate through a rubber hose - still gave the same warning lights as above. Not covered by warranty in this case.

Try Aldi. Just this last week they were on offer at £4.99. I bought another today. They are flexible and can be cut to size. I have one in my Scout and I must say that it's very handy when transporting muddy/wet items as it can be cleaned easily.

The article was in Auto Plus, 8 April 2013. It mentions (after translation) that the reason they have chosen this new rubber is that the hoses resistance to heat needs to go from 100 C to 150 C and that the manufacture of the rubber needed to be modified - hence the odour given off. A replacement rubber containing an additive exists that will meet these specifications and is repulsive to rodents - but at a cost!

Just returned from France after an unusual breakdown experience. After an overnight stay at a Campanile Hotel near Laon in France and driving down to my holiday location, the coil warning light came on together with a flashing exhaust warning light. The car went into 'emergency mode' so had no turbo assistance and the final 200 miles of my journey was OK since I was on ordinary roads and didn't need the extra power. Arriving at my destination I called the Skoda Assistance (RAC) and they booked me into the nearest Skoda garage, which was for a week later! The garage assured me that I could use the car for normal driving in the meantime. After repair and going to pick up the car, I was presented with a bill for 180 euros even though the car was under warranty. ' Sorry, Sir, but one of your rubber hoses has been chewed through by a rodent'! 2 hours labour and 5 euros for parts. Now I realise that this may not come within warranty terms, but on reading a French Car Magazine article about rodents doing this kind of thing, they pointed out that Skoda and a few other manufacturers have adopted a particular kind of rubber for certain hoses which emit an odour which is attractive to rodents! This rubber is only found in relatively new cars and those affected are Skoda Fabia and Yeti, Audi A1, Ford Fiesta, VW Polo and Touran and Renault Scenic. I contacted Skoda UK and asked how this might be rectified. A polite response, but no offer of help or warranty reimbursement. My own view is that if they are using this kind of rubber for these hoses, they should replace them with another type. Could a chewed hose present a potential safety hazard and a recall therefore be put into operation? Anyone out there who had a similar problem? If Skoda aren't doing anything, what can be done?

Sorry about the law requirement quote, but my Scout is fitted with the facility as should Dapperfrancis's. The latest Fabia manual is dated 11-2012 which mine is.

Switch on your ignition without starting the engine, get out of the car and look at your headlights - one of the three lights I mentioned should be on automatically even when you have not turned on the lights themselves. If nothing has happened then see your dealer because it has been law for a while now that all new cars should have the facility to show day lighting. If the lights don't come on just switching on, start the engine and have a look again.

I don't think you read my reply on the previous thread. As I said before, my scout delivered this last december does not have daylight running lights, but it does have daylight lights - a third bulb in the headlight area which comes on as a sort of side light automatically as with old Volvos when during the day they were always flashed for having lights on.The specification on the scout DOES NOT have daylight running lights - the spec on the Skoda website for the Fabia Scout is wrong as also is the quoted spec for the computer being MAXIDOT. The maxidot is an extra which you will see in the Fabia brochure priced as an extra when ordering.

The Scout does not have leds for daytime running lights, but in the main headlight area there are 3 bulbs, the smallest (blue) bulb is the daytime running light and comes on when the ignition is turned on despite the light switch being off. On turning the lights on to the first position, the 'blue' bulb goes out and the small 'sidelight' comes on. Switching to the next position also turns on the headlight.

No, this is not correct! According to my service schedule booklet dated 11/2012 for my december reg Fabia Scout, the service interval is detailed as Q16 which is variable servicing for the Fabia and Roomster. This means the service indicator will be 'as display' and is generally 30000kms (18600mls) or 2 years maximum provided longlife oil is used. The service sticker in my booklet and on the door pillar is 'as display'.

This for the Fabia? http://new.skoda-auto.com/fr-BE/models/Fabia/skodafabiagalerie

Here is the latest version of the Fabia II owner's manual dated November 2012. Link from Belgian website: http://ws.skoda-auto.com/OwnersManualService/Data/en/Fabia_54/11-2012/Manual/Fabia/A05_Fabia_OwnersManual.pdf

Well, MikeHart, I'd just like to add some further info. Today, returned 67.5 mpg on a 44 mile trip with about 25 miles of these at 65 mph on busy motorway traffic.The engine was at running temp after having reset the trip computer to zero on a fill-up. Overall I've done 1300 miles from new (purchased last December) and on brim to brim have averaged 49.43 mpg. I'm not enthralled with this BUT I've done quite a few short journeys of about 4 miles each taking my elderly Aunt up to the shops/cafe or myself popping down to the gym - the engine never therefore warms up sufficiently and on the trip computer records an average of about 35 mpg for these trips. I'm hoping for a good return on longer runs in the future. About regens, how do you know when the car is regenning and how often does it do it? Does it regen according to a sensor in the filter when a certain amount of carbon is present? I was very worried the first time after a long run on smelling the burning effect under the car and rang the dealer for an explanation. Never smelled a rubbery one however.

If you had a service at 9500 mls then the service indicator would have been reset. If you were on variable, then you would be expecting the next service to be in 18600 mls more. Since the light has come on at 18700 mls, that is 9200 mls between services which would indicate you are already on fixed servicing!

Just done an 80 mile round trip today in my 1.6 TDI CR 90 scout. Monitoring the trip using cruise control (safely) at 50 mph since most of the roads had this speed limit, the trip computer showed a return of 71.4 mpg. Its the style of driving folks!

I'd just like to say that it seems to me that of the 6 1.6 TDI variants, 75PS/90PS/105PS/hatch/estate - doesn't it seem odd that all have the same fuel test consumptions (even to the first decimal place) and CO2 emissions despite different engine powers, drag co-efficients and kerb weights. Were all six tested separately? Very odd indeed.

Bought a new Fabia Scout in Candy White this last December and I must say that I'm very pleased with it so far - a good looker and well specked.