I have just taken s reg felicia 1.3 to skoda dealer for following faults. The temperature gauge hardly ever moves off the base line. Secondly the wiper intermitttent settings work some times, not others. High speed setting normally work

They have quote £450 to fix replacing fan sensor and thermostat , replacing wiper motor and linkage. Asked if they were sure this would fix faults they could only say it should do !

Anyone else had same problems.

more likely to be the wiper switch than the motor, £450 is a **** take tbh

Agreed. Even if the wiper issue is the motor, are they seriously claiming that you can't buy the motor without a new linkage?

Re motor. No Blades are juddering and action is quite noisy.

As for the temperature, do you get hot air from the vents at all? Could just be the sensor, or at worst the thermostat body's gone. Both are relatively easy fixes ('stat body's a bit time-consuming), and shouldn't cost much at a garage...

If you fancy it, you could strip down the linkage and lubricate the pivots. It's not an economic job at London labour rates (or even at Glasgow rates), but very much so as a DIY proposition.

Also, have you cleaned the windscreen properly recently? If not, that could be the cause of the juddering.

Windscreen is clean and blades cleaned as well. Heater seems to work fine .

I had expected there to be a simple temperature sensor in the cooling systam linked to the temperature gauge and for either this or the temperature gauge on the dashboard to be faulty. With the wipers, I had expected that there was a control box between the wiper control lever and the actual motor and either this or the switch were faulty.

The main thing that concerns me is that the garage (a skoda agent) cannot assure me the work they want to do will actually cure either fault. I would have expected them to know their vehicles backwards and faults such as these cannot be unusual.

Ok, the heater work, and the gauge doesn't. Do you get decent fuel economy and a sensible idle speed? If so, then the problem is almost certainly the sensor that feeds the gauge, but since the one that feeds engine temp to the EMS is ok, I'd test the one for the electric fans, and if it's ok, live with it.

My feeling is that the wiper linkage might be worn, but I'd inspect it manually by feeling for free play at the various pivot links before deciding either way. I've seen linkages work perfectly and quietly, and then suddenly "go bang" and fail completely by falling/springing apart at a pivot: DAMHIKT.

As for the intermittent not working, that can only really be either the switch or motor contacts for intermittent mode, and how you proceed from knowing that is dependant on the most economic combination of "play with dismantling the steering colum head to test the switch", "replace the switch", and "replace the motor". If the linkage needs replacing, then the motor will be out anyway.

The Skoda garage near me has worked on Skodas for the last 15-20 years so they know a fair bit and have always quoted me with fair competitive prices.

A Thermostat and sender housing from the dealer was about £60

Rad fan switch is £12

I haven't had to enquire about the wipers.

The Felicia seems an easy car to work on, although other parts are fiddly!!

The wiper intermittent setting? Mine works if you flick it from on to int then the wipers pause period is way shorter than from flicking from off to int where the pauses are longer.

It hasn't caused me any problems as the on and fast settings work fine.

As for the thermo? my gauge stayed cold for ages when the thermo and sender housing were changed then worked fine afterwards.

Temp gauge hardly moving means your themostat needs replacing. Also maybe the temp sensor needs replacing also, that sits in the top of the housing where the stat is.

Easy DIY fix, did mine last month with sensor and now temp gauge sits at the halfway mark as it should. Cost no more than £30. Mine is the 1.3 MPI engine.

Mick

I'm not convinced mate; I've never had a car with a duff stat where the heater worked right or the engine warmed up properly.

:+1: If the 'stat's knackered, the coolant won't ever get hot enough to produce appreciable amounts of heat in the cabin. The sensor, however, causes erratic gauge readings. The thing to be careful of is that the sensor also controls things like fuelling, so it's best to get it sorted to avoid 'hidden costs'...

Thanks for all the replies so far. Big help and will sit and digest them

The intermittent wipers have a system on it where you flick the wiper switch to make the wipers work once, then you when wait however long you like the pause to be then return the wiper switch back to the intermittent position, the wipers will then wiper at the setting until you redo the setting, took me a little while to work this out.

Alan.

I'll have to test that system!!

How did you figure that out?

I'm not convinced mate; I've never had a car with a duff stat where the heater worked right or the engine warmed up properly.

Heater working ok, well it got very warm in there even with the stat broken. I mean broken inside the housing so doing naff all just floating around. Replaced the housing complete with stat and the temp gauge started to actually move again. Also replaced the sensor and now as said the gauge sits at midway postion, it barely moved off the stop before. Don't think the engine was warming up properly before, it certainly runs smoother now so must be good.

Mick

I thought they all had infinitley variable intermitant, saves having an old fashoined thumbwheel to adjust the timed delay, if your wipers are juddering only going one way across the screen use a pair of pliers wrapped in cloth so the jaws dont scratch the wiper arms and twist the arm to alter the angle the blades lay on the screen this should cure most of the juddering:thumbup:

I have just taken s reg felicia 1.3 to skoda dealer for following faults. The temperature gauge hardly ever moves off the base line. Secondly the wiper intermitttent settings work some times, not others. High speed setting normally work

They have quote £450 to fix replacing fan sensor and thermostat , replacing wiper motor and linkage. Asked if they were sure this would fix faults they could only say it should do !

Anyone else had same problems.

:thumbdwn: That is daylight robbery. I would go to a good independent garage and source your parts needed from Jorily.

I'll have to test that system!!

How did you figure that out?

It says in the owner's manual

Heater working ok, well it got very warm in there even with the stat broken. I mean broken inside the housing so doing naff all just floating around. Replaced the housing complete with stat and the temp gauge started to actually move again. Also replaced the sensor and now as said the gauge sits at midway postion, it barely moved off the stop before. Don't think the engine was warming up properly before, it certainly runs smoother now so must be good.

Mick

Ah, it would be slow, but you should still have eventually got a full warmup.

The intermittent wipers have a system on it where you flick the wiper switch to make the wipers work once, then you when wait however long you like the pause to be then return the wiper switch back to the intermittent position, the wipers will then wiper at the setting until you redo the setting, took me a little while to work this out.

Alan.

This actually works I was even counting the gaps inbetween!!!

I've had my car almost 3 years and never knew that.

Problems now appear to have been fixed at a cost of £319 with replacement temp sensor, wiper motor and thermoswith. Perhaps next time I'll buy a Ford

thanks for all the advice

keith

Problems now appear to have been fixed at a cost of £319 with replacement temp sensor, wiper motor and thermoswith. Perhaps next time I'll buy a Ford

thanks for all the advice

keith

Not being funny but that sounds like a lot of money, Would have been more at my Ford garage though if we could get the parts new for a Fiesta of similar age. Skodas are cheap to repair by comparison stick to your Felly mate and don't join the herd:rofl::thumbup:

It says in the owner's manual

Yep it does!!!! I flicked through the book last night