Hi, I have the same issue with my Skoda Fabia 2001, the ABS light came on and would not go off. I took it to the garage, error code 301 came up, they changed the sensors and ABS pump (£200 from scrapyard but guaranteed for 1 month) surprise, surprise the light went out, i drove teh car 2 yards and the ABS light came back on, can anyone help?

Hi, I have the same issue with my Skoda Fabia 2001, the ABS light came on and would not go off. I took it to the garage, error code 301 came up, they changed the sensors and ABS pump (£200 from scrapyard but guaranteed for 1 month) surprise, surprise the light went out, i drove teh car 2 yards and the ABS light came back on, can anyone help?

Hi there, if you go back a page you ll see the problem explained with pics too lol, basically its a blown fuse on top of the battery

Many thanks for the 40a strip fuse pic, bought a vag reader cable read the code...thought the worst....then found this thread and it turns out the fuse is cracked...woohoo

Shame the dealers near me don`t have any...in fact they need one in the workshop right now...numpties.

Same fault code read using VAG-COM, same solution for Fabia 1.4 16V 2000 W reg! Awesome tips.

Had been quoted ~�500 for ABS Hydraulic Pump and ~�500 for Control Unit and ~�150 for labour by two Skoda dealers.

Also this has possibly resolved a problem with the alarm going off at random - fingers crossed! (When I reconnected the battery with this new fuse in place it triggered the alarm but since then (<1 day) it has not given a false alarm, whereas usually this would be several times a day.)

Got the replacement 40A strip fuse (for position 6 in battery fuse / junction box) from VW dealer (as used on Mk IV Golf) - cost = �2.50!

Pics below.

HI,

I have this exact same problem for my skoda fabia elegance 2001 model.

can u please tell me did you replace the fuse by your own or go to garage? from where you by this fuse?

do you know any good mechanic in Reading, berkshire area for skoda ?

Hi:

Just had exactly the same thing with the fuse on a 2000 X reg 1.4, so thanks for the tips guys!

It seems to me that a lot of the posts appear to be from year 2000 or 2001 owners. Could this fault be an age related thing perhaps?

Fuse is really simple to change yourself, I bought mine from my local skoda dealer & it cost about £2.50.

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Hi guys hoping you can help!

I have just bought a 1.4 mpi classic fabia 2001 model. No abs light goes on when i start up and i get three warning beeps! Badtimes do you think this is the same issue, mechanically im a numpty. The car stops but the abs is definately not working. This is my first post so be gentle. not got it checked on a diagnostic reader yet.

Thanks in advance

Same fault code read using VAG-COM, same solution for Fabia 1.4 16V 2000 W reg! Awesome tips.

Had been quoted ~�500 for ABS Hydraulic Pump and ~�500 for Control Unit and ~�150 for labour by two Skoda dealers.

Also this has possibly resolved a problem with the alarm going off at random - fingers crossed! (When I reconnected the battery with this new fuse in place it triggered the alarm but since then (<1 day) it has not given a false alarm, whereas usually this would be several times a day.)

Got the replacement 40A strip fuse (for position 6 in battery fuse / junction box) from VW dealer (as used on Mk IV Golf) - cost = �2.50!

Pics below.

This work lights went out as soon as i drove the car and played with the ASR button (on/off) thank you so much

Hey guys, first of all you saved my life... and a whole bunch of money. I'm currently living in Monterrey Mexico, and I am the owner of a Seat Cordoba or Ibiza 2003. The same problem "00301 ABS return flow pump V39" appeared on the scanner screen. I was told by my local garage, and not Seat dealership, that I might have to replace the whole ABS system which costs around $16,000 MXP or $1,300 USD. I went directly to my home in resignation. However I tried to find a solution for my problem. In very different blogs I read that there was nothing much to do but to replace the system. I refused to it and continued looking, until I found this blog. The solution was quite simple, as stated @docdlb I saw the pictures he posted and literally ran to my car to see if the 40A fuse was broken on my car too and it was!!!

I went to my local garage to explain what I just found and he "bypassed" with a wire just to make a test which worked exceptionally. I ran to my seat distributor to buy the 40A fuse for $88 MXP or $6 USD, installed it and works perfect... I didn't have to re-scan my system. The ABS light went off immediately after driving a short distance.

It works great now and all thanks to you!

Second of all... I rushed back from my local garage to write my experience in this blog.

Merry Christmas all!!!

Wife, Fabia and problem with ABS light! 1,4 2001. Yesterday I got estimation for changing the unit for >1000€ and today I read this thread. I chacked all the fuses couple of days ago, but not these 40A fuses in the battery cover.

After reading this thread problem was solved! Thank You all very much.

Br. Jari from Loppi, Finland

I love how this thread keeps on helping, great stuff.

This solution just worked for me too ! ( 2001 1.9 TDI Estate )

Thanks to docdlb for flagging this one up. This is the second time Briskoda has saved me a fortune !

OK, first of all, I am not a mechanic, nor a petrol-head. I know where the various liquids go and that's about it. All I ask from my Fabia is that it gets me and my family from A to B safely. And it does.

I've had the ABS warning light on for some time and when I put the car in for its MOT I was told that it failed because of this light. I was also told by the garage that the error code that came back meant a new ABS pump. The quote quite frankly shocked me.

Luckily the part wasn't in stock and had to be ordered from the VW dealer. Fine. This gave me time to take stock and try to find a solution.

Thank my lucky stars I found this website!

As I said, I am not a mechanic, but this thread and the picture posted 2 years ago gave me the confidence to challenge the garage. I asked the garage to tell me the exact code that came back and - lo, and behold - 00301 ABS Return Flow Pump (V39) was the reply. After the mechanic told me that "my car didn't have one of those" 40-amp fuses, I was able to quickly show him where it was. The fuse had quite clearly blown.

The garage passed the buck saying that it was the VW dealer who said that the error code indicated a broken ABS pump. I don't care - whoever said it is immaterial. I was about to be ripped off by someone.

As a result, my car passed the MOT, is back on the road, and I saved myself over £750. I cannot thank the contributors to this thread enough. This website has been added to my favourites and any future issues with my Fabia (or my wife's - yes we have one each!) my first port of call will be here!

My ABS light came on today on a 2004 1.2 Fabia. I googled around and found this forum. Just followed the pictures and found the fuse has blown. Hopefully that will sort it out! Thanks to those who have posted this!

And - the same problem on my 1.4 16v, though I'd found the blown fuse before this thread! Skoda dealer trip time. Thanks

Hi all at briskoda, just a short intro, i am a trained mechanic of the old school type and have been out of the main dealer network for well over 10 years, so i am quite out of date with the new tech on the modern cars, i also have use of quite a basic scanner tool witch gives an idea of where to look but can be hit or miss and sometimes just misleading, so what i've learnt through almost 25 years in the trade sometimes helps me more than a scanner. But this left me scratching my head for a while, going through the normal fault finding process helped little, and the scan tool just told me the old 301 code was in the computer, but thanks to you guys the photo lead me to the fault and 24p cured the problem, and as it's my partners car she was very happy not to be shelling out for the cost of a new pump unit. It all goes to show that old school fault finding process of going for the least expensive item first is still true in this day of ECU controlled cars. Many thanks to you guys for this wonderful website and all the information held within, hopefully it will keep our cars running smoothly well into the future (yes we both drive Skodas, mine is the mk1 vRS Octavia)

I had this fault code. Checked the fuse in the over-battery fuse compartment - its a 40A special and that had blown. Replaced, job done!

i also had this fault code and also replaced the no. 6 fuse in the overhead battery fuse comp. it cured the prob and the fault light has reset itself automatically after driving a few feet! however i had already had the abs switch replaced which cost 40 for the part and fitting, which i suspect may have blown the fuse in the first place. if you need to get a fuse- ask for part no. N10424902 at any skoda or vw garage. it costs 2.81 inc vat!!! so that'll save anyone with this problemn a few hundred quid!!

Having come across this a few times and looking at the fuses, I don't think that they blow due to taking too much current, it's more like that they fatigue due to the current for the pump cycling through them when the system does a self test when the ignition is switched on. On some Fabias there is actually a spare fuse or two in the fuse box on top of the battery.

I had the same problem with my 2003 Skoda Fabia 1.2 silver line.

Took it to 3 to 4 mechanics and everyone suggested for ABS unit replacement and quoted around £700.

Googled about this and landed here. I checked the 40A fuse. It is indeed blown.

Bought one for £2.81 inc. VAT and replaced it on my own. VOILA !!!!!

The light went off after I drove a few feet. I am very very thankful for the suggestion in this site. You saved my pocket this christmas !!!!

Cheers

Awesome thread!! You propably saved me a ton of euros

I have had this abs-light issue with my Fabia-04 for a couple of months and I thought that I would really have to do some serious repairing next summer when I'll be doing some other maintenance(brakes etc.). But when I saw this thread I just instantly went to check the hidden fuses on top of the battery and BINGO! Fuse number 6 broken.

Tomorrow I'll get a new fuse and replace it, and I'm pretty sure that will do the trick.

Thanks again!

Hi all,

00301 - ABS Return Flow Pump (V39)

35-00 - -

I got also this code during winter time. Now I have to take the car to annual inspection I had to do something about the

code.

A 40 amp fuse had blown. There was an unused 40A next to the blown one so I used it.

After 5 metres of driving the ABS light went off.

Thank you so much for solution. By the way, my model is 2002- a bad season car perhaps?

t u u s m 99p s m s2 a l a l700q q f h g ))))

I have just found this forum, and am hoping for the best. Car has been in garage...ABS light on dashboard, garage says new ABS pump needed. Found a second hand one online and bought it for 70 quid...I knew it might not worked, but had to try 70 quid before spending either 1200 quid (!) on new part, or 600 quid (!) for it to be fixed. My question is this: the new, old part didn't work. Apparently the light went off for a bit but came back on :( In the time it went off the MOT was done, so in theory it has passed that...

My question is this: Would my mechanic have checked this fuse business? I'm a bit confused where this fuse is located? The battery? Would my other half be able to locate it and check without me having to ask the garage? (he is a more car-y than me!)

Many thanks,

It's amazing how many people don't check the basics first. Seen more than one unit changed only to find it was a fuse. The fuses are on top of the battery and quite easy to see.

To add, they never look blown, they develop a hairline crack which is hard to see. If you push on the fuse along its length with something non metallic it will become obvious if it's defective.