Turbo intake pipe came adrift causing breakdown and AA recovery. Since repair the car has been difficult to start and has lumpy performance. Latest breakdown is due to the failure of the engine management system (another AA recovery).
In addition, the interior of the car rattles.
The most unreliable car I've ever had in nearly 30 x years of motoring. Avoid!!
Great performance and fuel consumption totally ruined by the car's unreliability.
It looks like you have got a bad one, but I can't see how you can warn people to avoid when the rest of the reviews for this model are overwhelmingly positive. I for one have just done 22,000 miles in six months in my Fabia TDI and I've not had a single problem or complaint. Take it back to Skoda and kick off because I'm sure you would not have more problems if they replace this example.
Note: A Comments RSS Feed 
is available. New comments appear in the Members Area before the main site