Yesterday my 9 month old Fabia II (1.9TDI) was running fine at lunchtime but when I went to it in the evening it was completely dead (not even enough battery to open the doors). Skoda Assiatnce chap very good, tested everything but couldn't find a fault. Off to the dealer this morning but has anyone else had this happen?

Back from the dealer who can't find anything wrong - so it's a case of hang on and see if it happens again.

UPDATE: Caught it with the radiator fan on, five hours after last run, 2 hours after starting it for a couple of minutes to put it in the garage. So off to the dealer again. They can't replicate it and seem disinclined to believe me - they just log it as "car won't start" (because that's the effect of the original dead battery - duh!). If it does it again I have to call Skoda Assistance who have to be told not to try starting it but to recover it to the dealer so they can find a fault code. I can't wait!

JANUARY 2010 - problem has gone away. Dirt on a relay maybe?

Edited 16 January, 201016 yr by PBOCT
Update

not had this problem but my electric windows didn't work once. i turned the ignition off then back on again and my the electric windows worked. sometimes the left window acts stangely, sometimes it goes up when i want it to go down and vice versa. sometimes it goes down or up fully with the one touch

I don't think this is quite the same problem but the battery on my one year old Fabia 2 1.9TDI failed and was replaced under waranty.

Door locks still worked but the engine would not crank. Must have been a duff cell I guess.