Faults:

Brakes and suspension parts at MOT time, can be put down to wear and tear.

Interior cheap plastics did not stand up very well to everyday use.

Coolant leaks, repaired cheaply and easily by local mechanic.

There was more but nothing disastrous, the car was reliable enough if you look after it and service it on time, oil and belt changes are a must, as for any car.

General Comments:

A first car for myself, handed down to me by the Grandparents. Never look a gift-horse in the mouth as they say. I hated it to begin with, but the car's charm grew on me over the years. Friends laughed at me, but they drove similar dull hatchback cars so I did not care.

My Grandparents had this from new and said it never had any issue. This was the car they replaced their old Skoda Favorit with, as they had similar reliability out of that. As mentioned above in the faults section, only wear and tear expected of it as the age and miles rose. The Felicia was regarded as a reliable car, so it has that going for it.

Very dull to look at, I believe this was the first Skoda that had the Volkswagen influence and it shows. They tried to jazz it up a bit, but a small hatchback is never going to be anything special, the interior was a dull place to be, LX spec was pretty basic.

The 1.3 petrol engine was as expected very slow. It did manage well over 40 miles per gallon on a good day however. It is hard to say anymore about this car, I suppose if you want reliable basic transport it is worth a look, perhaps go for a more modern version of course, I sold mine back in 2010, was still going strong, which was good for a 13 year old car approaching 100,000 miles. Doubt it is still around, but who knows.

Faults:

Nothing went wrong. This car was made for hard work, but the engine is so slow, and I'm really looking to change it and put in one of VW's 1.4 turbos.

General Comments:

Really good car.

Faults:

After a week the first problem appeared: the battery. This was normal maintenance.

1500km later followed a new thing: the valves are making a noise; so had to adjust them.

750km later it was leaking oil. A new seal needed to be fitted.

And at last the spark plug broke and fell in the cylinder.

General Comments:

The build quality of the car itself and looks are great. It's uncomfortable, not economical, and has a bad engine. I would go for the 1.6 VW engine if I could choose again.

Faults:

Nothing.

General Comments:

My VW Golf II made the car change very difficult, because I will go to the end of the world with it and had no problems.

I bought every car I owned, used and cheap.

I driven my Felicia for 12000 kms; very reliable, of course it is not a race car, it flies low but I don't mind.

My Skoda Felicia was very cheap; 1500 €, and I never had to spend a single euro in repairs in the last year. Just usual maintenance (oil, filters).