I have a fabia vars which has the water ingress that has been talked about at great length on previous threads.The water is wetting the bottom of the door cards on both rear doors and is sitting on the bottom door seals.It is due to go in this week for repair but the have said that all that is needed is for the inner door skin to be re-sealed with silicone sealant,as that is what they have done in the past and that has always cured the problem.I have read the previous Post and what the other people have had done and i am a little concerned that i am not going to get a satisfactory result from just having the door skins re-sealed.

All advice would be greatly appreciated as always.

Talk to another dealer and get their take on it? As it's warranty work, you can get it fixed by whoever you think has the best solution

Chris

The solution comes from a Skoda bulletin. As long as the latest bulletin is adheared to then the repair will be sucessfull. If the repair isnt carried out as mentioned in the bulletin then it may well leak again.

As one of those suffering this in the other thread(s), I have just had mine cured on the forth attempt.

The original 'replace seal' fix didn't work on the driver's side (did on the passenger) and so the dealer has now replaced the inner panel entirely this week.

Tried it out with bucket of water today, no leak

So it's possible to cure it. Make sure, however, that the technicans cover or remove the back seats as they left mine filthy where they had been clambering about inside. Also check they replace the door card properly and any clips that hold it on should they get broken taking it off.

Maffwilson, when you say that they replaced the inner panel do you mean the membrain ie the plastic skin or the door card.Lummox is there anyway i can check if they are going off the latest info from skoda ie report numbers or information to give them,as i dont want to have to keep going back and forth,been there done that(vauxhall).

Regards Tweeks:thumbup:

mines going in again 2nd time for this on thursday as thry made it worse when trying to fix it also having rear brakes done some modified part or something

Maffwilson, when you say that they replaced the inner panel do you mean the membrain ie the plastic skin or the door card.

I was led to believe they replaced the internal panel behind the door card, which didn't fit properly (this is what it said on the job sheet). Somewhere on the Fabia bit of Briskoda is a thread with a picture of the rear door without the card on it and it clearly shows a panel, which on some Fabias is screwed on and others riveted.

They dont have a membrane, its an aluminium panel.

Dont ask them if they are using the latest info it wil **** em off, also dont say i told you to either, that ****es me off when Skoda get the hump with me..lol

Thanks for the advice, what happens in vegas stays in vegas as they say.i will update on friday once the car has been abused- sorry fixed by the jd power poll top 3 tech's