Anyone own-ed a skoda fabia?

[dransy]

Got the chance to buy a 51 plate 1.9 skoda fabia for 200 quid

Seems like a bargain , needs a new shock and PAS light is on.

Searching the net and the PAS seems to be like a common problem , anyone own or owned one of these cars and is there anything else to check out for?

Cheers
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[SQL]

for 200 just run it for a year and then dump it

[Rigga]

My dad has one and he loves it, two mates have also had em and they also had nothing but good things to say
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[andyscooter]

if you turn the engine off and restart it again light goes off

well it did for the 5 years we had one
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[metalangel]

Maybe go ask on Briskoda.net? They're very helpful. I had an Octavia which had repeated issues with the MAF and a kind member who had the diagnostic system met up with me and give me car's self-diagnostic.
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[Faldo]

I had one as a company car years ago.

If it's a 1.9 SDi Non turbo then it will be dreadfully slow. Steering racks used to be a common problem on them.

Be careful, not sure if it applies to steering warning lamps, but recently a whole host of malfunction indicator lights have now become an MOT FAILURE, rather then just an advisory (unless you're happy to 'fix' the light rather than the cause of course).
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[jimspeed]

I fix em for a living, that is cheap even if it just the 1.9sdi non turbo.
PAS light could be anything from a battery dieing (start it let it run for a minute then switch off and restart, if the light goes off a new battery will fix it) to a power steering pump unit (electro hydraulic pump with an ecu built in) or possibly a steering sensor in the rack, pumps are around £75 used on ebay later ones are better, sensor is around £45 I think(it has been while since I saw an invoice lol)
rear shock is 10 mins to change, front is a bit more involved tho, also fitting audi A1 or cupra wishbone bushes is very worthwhile .
if you are close to me I'll gladly help out mate.
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[robs321]

The other halfs 1.9 non turbo now has 99k on the clock. One sensor (11 quid) and one broken spring.
Not the fastest car in the world but high 60s mpg on a run.
Its a 2001 and i paid £2200 for it in 2007 with 20k on the clock. Money well spent!

[dransy]

It's 100k on the clock 2 female owners both family friends .

Its the 1.9sdi I'm not bothered about it been slow as its for the misses because I'm sick of her crashing my car ! With admiral multi policy the insurance is a steal for 2 cars .

Should be sorting the cash out for it today
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