I currently do a lot of motorway miles a day, and my previous runabout has reached the end of her life.

 

One of the cars I am looking at as a replacement are MK1 Fabia VRS and may be looking at a couple tomorrow.

 

What should issues should I be looking out for with the Fabia?

 

Many Thanks

Rear door seals leak- common issue easily fixed

 

Window regulator failing.- common fault 

 

Rear callipers seize up easily so just make sure the callipers arnt seized.

 

Apart from that just usual things service history ect 

 

If your test driving one make sure there no bad turbo whining or anything. The standard KKK turbos are ****

 

 

 

Edited 22 September, 20178 yr by Blackfabiavrs19

On 22/09/2017 at 21:15, Blackfabiavrs19 said:

 

If your test driving one make sure there no bad turbo whining or anything. The standard KKK turbos are ****

 

Really? I thought the only benefit to swapping the standard KKK for a Garrett was that you could hybridise the Garrett. I’m not aware of any known weakness with the standard KKK turbo that would put me off buying a vRS. Turbos die. That’s a fact. When you buy a vRS you’re buying a car that is 10-14 years old. Don’t expect faultless reliability unless you get one that has REALLY been looked after. And even then, parts fail. 

 

There is very little that really goes wrong on these cars except wear and tear items. At 10 years old, if the clutch and turbo haven’t been swapped (not uncommon on low mileage cars) then you need to budget for these, especially if you’re going to really put some miles on it. 

 

Edited 24 September, 20178 yr by wja96
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