Problem with the interior light and the hazard warning lights on the door, staying on when the engine was turned off, and key removed from ignition and alarm activated.
It turned out the alarm was faulty. Fixed with no issues.
Very happy with the car. It's comfortable and quick, once you know how to use the power correctly; it has bags of torque.
I just love cruising on the motorway, doing 120k's in 6th, and you give it some and it takes off. That puts a smile on my face every time.
As mentioned before, the seats are a nightmare to keep clean.
Hesitation at 1800rpm can be a pain sometimes, but not a lot can be done about this, as it has to do with stricter eu4 emissions, and I can live with it because I love the car. Anyway chipping it should get rid of it, plus give it some extra ponies!
You don't need to chip it to get rid of the stutter mate.
It's to do with the EGR valve letting in too much gas. Fit a 9mm gasket to it and the stutter will go away. Skoda will not do this for you though, as the car will no longer be EU compliant on emissions, and the EGR valve will no longer be covered under warranty.
Failing that, turn the EGR valve down using VAG-COM.
A remap does not normally touch the EGR valve settings.
The best car in the Fabia range is the basic 1.2. The VRS is nippy enough, but the chassis is not up to the job. The heavy diesel engine weighs down the front too much, and the back end is too light and twitchy giving poor handling when trying to push hard.
The interior is like a £50 Burton's suit - cheap and nasty - although a little better with leather. The paint chips easily and general VAG build quality is distinctly average these days.
The Fabia was designed to be cheap and cheerful, and the VRS is a tart-up that doesn't quite come together to form a complete package!
Disagee with everything in the above comment, have been driving one for over 2 years now, and have had no problems with paint, interior is absolutley fine, quite cool for younger drivers such as myself.., no problems with engine and very economical to drive, also this car doesn't get bullied by anything as its more powerful than a lot of other cars on the road! - buy one!!
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'The interior is like a £50 Burton's suit - cheap and nasty - although a little better with leather.'
Leather wasn't on the options list. Drive one/own one/do some research... then comment.
The interior is fine for the type of car it is, although I wouldn't call this car fast. It's designed as a city run-around that's good on fuel, its definitely no hot hatch as some owners would have you believe. Power to weight is only 98bhp/ton! 0-60mph in 9.6sec as claimed by Skoda. I wouldn't even call it a warm hatch.
The interior is fine, although easy to get dirty - it is MUCH better than much of the competition!! And, yes, leather was offered as an option from late 2006 - the comment was correct.
It is a warm hatch, and consistently quicker than the official 9.6 seconds recorded to please the insurers...
Look at it as a fine Q-car, with good build quality and a decent turn of speed that can be transformed with an ECU power chip to keep up with most hatches.
The vRS is a fine car, and the people who understand it, love it.
Keep your lairy styling, big spoilers and loud exhausts. Understated is best. Thanks.
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