Hi all, owner of a 2013 Fabia Estate.

I've read the manual about using the button on the driver's door to disable motion sensors and the towing alarm but mine doesn't seem to work.

The button doesn't light up when pressed, and the red light by the window doesn't seem to flash at all, so I guess some wiring somewhere has broken?

Alarm definitely works though - have tested by waving my arm through an open window!

Not a day to day issue but going on the ferry in 2 weeks so need to work out how to not have the alarm set off.

It seems the double-press on the key fob deactivates the interior motion detector but not the towing protection, so that's not a solution it seems.

Current plan is to just leave it unlocked I think! Any other bright ideas or is this something easily fixable?

Double press on the remote should do both??

The manual says double pressing key fob deactivates the "safe securing system" which I think is just about the deadlocks. It also states "the anti-theft alarm system is activated when the vehicle is locked even if the safe securing system is deactivated. The interior monitor is however not activated."

I assume the towing protection is part of the anti theft alarm rather than the safe securing system.

On our old Fabia and Octavia's the button or a double press on the remote was all that was needed on a ferry.

Try it... Double lock, leave the car for a few minutes then give the car a really good rock about from outside by pushing and pulling on the roof bars etc to see if the alarm goes off.

Interesting! Will give it a try