Looking for a bit of advice. I’ve noticed a metallic noise when pulling away, changing gear, or accelerating from low speed. There’s a slight delay before it happens, almost like something in the engine bay is shifting. I also hear it when going over speed bumps at lower speeds.

The car sometimes feels a bit jerky, but I can smooth it out a little by giving it more revs when pulling away. Also, gear changes occasionally feel a bit stiff.

Car: Mk3 1.0 MPI (CHYE)

My quick thoughts.

2021 Skoda Fabia Mk3 1.0 MPI (CHYE)

What gearbox, manual / auto, number of gears?

I don't know but others might, do you know if it has a dual mass flywheel or clutch at all.

Pinning down where sounds originate can be very difficult even when or in the car and may sound like it's in the engine bay an might be but may not.

Also the sound and feel may be from the same source or different sources.

Have you had a good look and feel around in the engine bay to se if you can find any possibilities.

Could the sound be from the underside of the car, possibly suspension relate (my wife's 2015 has noises from there and others have reported noises they can't pin down, some despite replacing a list of parts).

Engine or gearbox mounts, noise from rebound.

If you could put up a video of the noise, preferably with as little background noise as possible it might help give possibilities.

Don't take offence but do check the noise isn't coming from something loose inside the car, there shouldn't be anything loose in the engine bay or underside but there might be.

Following on from last sentence, have you had any work done with the car before you heard the noise?

2 hours ago, skinnypete45 said:

The car sometimes feels a bit jerky, but I can smooth it out a little by giving it more revs when pulling away. Also, gear changes occasionally feel a bit stiff.

Both of these have been reported by owners of 1 litre, might be 1.0 TSI for jerky though but I forget. There are plenty of posts and threads on it in the forum(s) here. If the stiffness is on a manual gearbox on first and reverse that I have seen posted about.

HTH.