Hi there,

 

We recently bought a 2.5yr old Skoda Fabia SE L (1 owner from new, 9,300miles). It's 14°C with high humidity outside, and after a bit of research we decided to leave the Air Con and Auto set around 22°C all the time as Skoda reccomend.

 

Moving off the drive yesterday, we noticed a few trails and splashes of what seems to be water (colourless, no smell, no rainbows). It seems to come from one of the weep holes under the car where we found a droplet waiting to fall.

 

Just wondered if this is a normal part of owning this car (condensate from the exhaust or air con drying the air perhaps?) or or could be something that needs looking at? 

 

Coolant and other fluid levels all seem normal. We had used the washers shortly before arriving home (in case it could be collecting from there)

 

Thanks for any thoughts or advice!

Edited 16 October, 20241 yr by Kaniele

28 minutes ago, Kaniele said:

We recently bought a 2.5yr old Skoda Fabia SE L (1 owner from new, 9,300miles). It's 14°C with high humidity outside, and after a bit of research we decided to leave the Air Con and Auto set around 22°C all the time as Skoda reccomend.

 

Moving off the drive yesterday, we noticed a few trails and splashes of what seems to be water (colourless, no smell, no rainbows). It seems to come from one of the weep holes under the car where we found a droplet waiting to fall.

 

Just wondered if this is a normal part of owning this car (condensate from the exhaust or air con drying the air perhaps?)

Perfectly normal for any car with Air Con.

 

Unless you normally drive in shirt sleeves, I'd suggest the lowest actual number on the A/C temperature controls (probably 18C) rather than 22 though.

Thanks Paws4Thot! 

Its a very different experience from our 19yr old VW Polo! Appreciate your time and advice 

Edited 16 October, 20241 yr by Kaniele

My first car with Air Conditioning I drove from the dealers to my local supermarket,

I shopped I came out to the car and there was water all over the floor, eek!

I checked all the hoses and for puddles in the engine floor pan then drove back to the dealer.

A technician came straight out to the car took one look and put a finger in the water then 

tasted it. Air Con condensation he said but checked  the hoses anyway. Phew! 

I see people get worried for the same reason and just taste the water and tell them it is OK

*If they can be bothered I check the hoses. 

 

My first car with Air Conditioning I drove from the dealers to my local supermarket,

I shopped I came out to the car and there was water all over the floor, eek!

I checked all the hoses and for puddles in the engine floor pan then drove back to the dealer.

A technician came straight out to the car took one look and put a finger in the water then 

tasted it. Air Con condensation he said but checked  the hoses anyway. Phew! 

I see people get worried for the same reason and just taste the water and tell them it is

 

Thank you Gumdrop, that's good to know its normal, and not just us that thought that! Really appreciate your time 😊

Even though climate control uses a feedback loop and is totally automatic you will find yourself setting the temperature a lot higher in winter than in summer. Forget the number and just turn it up and down as required to make yourself comfortable.

Thanks for the tips SuperbTWM....last car we only had the option to wind the windows up or down, so appreciate the advice!

Hi, welcome.

 

You will find a 2022 car quite a bit different to a 2005 car in some good ways, and some not quite so good.  I recommend with it's previous 2.5 years of low use that you make sure it's had two engine oil & filter changes (lower mileage is more wearing) and all service and maintenance work is done based on time rather than mileage.  If you can get the seller to do any outstanding servicing and maintenance work, great.

 

As we get threads about car batteries now only lasting 4 years (or even 3) because and battery use by owners combined with often short journeys I would also recommend if it hasn't had a new 12v battery fitted recently that you invest in an appropriate battery charger maintainer and when required do preventative charges with it, after reading the Owner's Manual for your car and the instructions for the charger, that way you will get a much, much longer useful life out of the expensive battery.

 

Some links you will hopefully find useful.

 

VWŠkoda free pdf downloads of their Owner's Manuals. - https://manual.skoda-auto.com/004/en-com/Models

 

VWŠkoda system updates portal. - https://updateportal.skoda-auto.com/

 

VWŠkoda recall campaigns. - https://www.skoda-auto.com/services/recall-campaigns

 

Just one example (other makes and suppliers are available) of a suitable (4-amp)  charger, maintainer. - Ring 4A SmartCharge 904 - https://shop.ringautomotive.com/rsc904-4a-smart-battery-charger-maintainer.html

 

I'm not sure how applicable the system update portal link will be for a 2022 Fabia SE L car. Updates for my 2024-built Fabia SE L are normally OTL (Over The Air), rather than being carried out by the owner.

 

I experimented with the update portal by entering my car's VIN. This was accepted and (for navigation file updates) produced the following

 

 

However (to the best of my knowledge)  my Fabia Mk 4 has no SD-card reading capability.

 

The Owner's Manual for my car advises as follows

 

Edited 18 October, 20241 yr by DerekU

2 hours ago, DerekU said:

I experimented with the update portal by entering my car's VIN. This was accepted and (for navigation file updates) produced the following

 

  .  .   .

 

However (to the best of my knowledge)  my Fabia Mk 4 has no SD-card reading capability.

Yes VWŠkoda not having appropriate information for your vehicle based on your VIN yet again confirms that websites and databases even from manufacturers can't be fully trusted and the information needs checking and cross-referencing.

 

I've no idea if the on line updates (updates, wot could possibly go wrong) apply to year, trim level, infotainment model so as not to confuse myself I bang up the portal and what's not applicable wont apply.  I'll try to remember not to bother with Mk4s but my memory's not the best, as reliable as the VW update portal for your VIN. 😆

 

The Owner's Manuals applicable to Fabia Mk 3 cars advise on updating via a USB port or an SD card as appropriate, but the  Manuals for all Fabia Mk 4 cars just have the 'Updating the navigation database' section I posted above.