I have a 5 year old Fabia Mk3 1.0 SE L with 110hp engine. It has 33000 miles on the clock. Last week the EPC warning light came on steady amber, but went off after the car was restarted. This happened over the next few days, but yesterday the Emission Control System (also known as Engine Management) warning light came on steady amber as well as the EPC light. The next day the EPC light went off but the other one stayed on. At no point was the performance of the engine affected, as far as I could tell. I booked the car in to a local independent garage, and today they told me that they had used a code reader and found that the turbo wastegate is stuck and the turbo has to be replaced at a total cost including some other parts and labour of £1611.

I am shocked as I bought this car in Oct 2024 for £11300 from a Skoda main dealer under their approved used scheme. It was 4 years old with 29000 miles and came with a full Skoda service history and 12 month warranty. They offered me an extended warranty but I didn't think that would be necessary for such a low-mileage car. More fool me! I thought I had taken the risk out of buying a used car, but I was wrong. I was thinking of appealing to Skoda UK but I had the car serviced by an independent garage last October so I doubt they would be sympathetic.

Any thoughts or advice would be most welcome.

Edited 8 January8 Jan by vandjq
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SWMBOs MY18 Fabia with similar engine (CHZC) had an identical issue in March last year - except it also occasionally went into limp mode.

The issue was caused by a faulty wastegate actuator arm - which was fixed with a replacement lever arm kit. DTC was P003A.

Kit replacement number was 04C198701D £32.35 from TPS; total repair cost inc. diagnostics, was £293.

What is the DTC on yours?

Thanks for the reply. The codes were as follows:

P2B9300 Wastegate position sensor A exceeded learning limit

P023700 Turbocharger boost sensor A circuit low input

P023600 Turbocharger boost sensor A circuit range performance

My wife is disabled so sometimes the car can sit for a week without being used. I am wondering whether the wastegate has stuck due to corrosion caused by lack of use.

Had similar problems on my 1.9tdi. I oiled waste gate actuator and manually operated until smooth again. I cant see why they are wanting to replace turbo unless they found something wrong with it. I would oil or replace wastegate first as its a much cheaper option.

Alasdair