New Fabia let me down. Throttle pedal fault.
This is a discussion on New Fabia let me down. Throttle pedal fault. within the Fabia 2007 > forums, part of the Skoda Model Discussion Area category; Only two weeks old and just over 600 miles from new, my Fabia Estate 1.4TDi has let me down. The ...
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08-04-2008, 19:35
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| Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2008
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|  New Fabia let me down. Throttle pedal fault.  Only two weeks old and just over 600 miles from new, my Fabia Estate 1.4TDi has let me down. The engine just died to a tickover and the maxidot beeped and came up "ENGINE FAULT - WORKSHOP". I pulled over coasting, turned engine off and started it again and it was OK with no fault lights so I carried on. It did it again four times in 20 miles so I took it to my dealer. It could have been hazardous losing all power like that. They diagnosed a faulty throttle pedal assembly and replaced it there and then with one from another car. I am back on the road again and it has behaved OK for the 100 miles I covered today.  I seem to remember reading of others having the same problem. Is this a weak component and can I expect it to go again? I didn't ask the dealer at the time. What fails on it I wonder? A faulty batch of components?  TMT |
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08-04-2008, 19:36
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| Mongreller  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ooo-ar, Oi be from Devonshire
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| Re: New Fabia let me down. Throttle pedal fault. Throttle pedal has a potentiometer in it - These are susceptible to breaking as in your case. Probably a faulty batch with it having happened so early on. 
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08-04-2008, 21:45
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| Briskodian Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Dorset
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| Re: New Fabia let me down. Throttle pedal fault. Oh so it was not just me. Mine also happen just before 600 miles. Must be a dodgy batch. Glad to hear you got it sorted instantly. |
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08-04-2008, 21:50
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| Revo'd up!!  Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lincolnshire Yellow Belly
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| Re: New Fabia let me down. Throttle pedal fault. Its most definatly not just the odd one of two.... Hope you get sorted soon talyllyn!
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08-04-2008, 22:02
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Herts
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| Re: New Fabia let me down. Throttle pedal fault. I'm expecting to get my new Fabia estate in approximately four week's time. I just hope I don't have this problem as most of my route to work is on busy country lanes. It would be rather scary if I was on my own. At least dealers seem to be doing their utmost to get people back up and running. Jo |
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08-04-2008, 22:24
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| Re: New Fabia let me down. Throttle pedal fault. Quote:
As I was on leave this week I could get it over to them but it would normally have caused me a big problem. TMT | |
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08-04-2008, 22:41
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| Briskodian Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Herts
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| Re: New Fabia let me down. Throttle pedal fault. I'd have a problem as I work over 20 miles from home where there's no public transport alternative. We do have a second car and my hubby's semi-retired after being made redundant/pensioned off 18 months ago, that would help, but when you pay out for a new car, it's not the sort of thing you want to happen. If it's something that could be a safety issue (and this could) maybe there will be an attempt to replace the part on cars fitted with sensors from that batch. Skoda has a good reputation for customer service and we're not talking of a huge number of cars compared to the likes of Ford or Vauxhall. We had a Vauxhall corsa that had a recurring problem with the off-side front brake binding. We never got to the bottom of it despite replacing just about every component including the master cylinder (GM paid half), brake hose, calipers and discs. We pay our money and take our chance. I do hope everything's sorted for you and your new car will give you many trouble-free miles. Jo |
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09-04-2008, 10:13
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| Briskodian Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Dorset
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| Re: New Fabia let me down. Throttle pedal fault. Quote:
The skoda assistances was first rate! They pick my car up from work and delivered me my rental. Can not fault them, again my worry is the replacement is from same batch. Luck this occured about 1/2 mile from work and by restarting the engine manage to make it to work. Which is 25 miles from dealer. | |
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09-04-2008, 20:46
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| Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Crewe
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| Re: New Fabia let me down. Throttle pedal fault. It is bad that the new fabia's have had a number of owners that have been let down by the faulty throttle pedal. However, there aren't any other problems that have appeared in such a large scale, that's pretty good news for us fabia owners. Happy Days! |
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