I need to do some work on a 2014 Skoda Rapid. There does not appear to be a published repair manual. Does not even have a paper owner's guide.

 

They are no longer buying, dismantling and rebuilding like they used to.

Are Haynes Autofix online webpages any good?

Is 3G data plan and mobile phone screen okay?

With a Haynes book I don't care about grease and oil or dropping it in a puddle of brake fluid.

With a book I can write on the pages (section 11.3 is 6 pages backwards) and cross out paragraphs in pencil that don't apply to the model I'm working on,

or underline the tools needed so I can gather them in  advance, or leave notes for myself for next time.

 

I can correct the number of spanners rating the job's difficulty.

I can note how many hours/days it really took me.

 

A rapid is mostly fabia/polo/Ibiza under the bonnet. What do you need to do on it?

Suspension and brakes at the rear

Maybe steering tie-rods and a wheel hub.

 

Engine is chain drive and oil filter is easy access, 

but I recently paid a garage for a major service and the parts and labour were a shock. Not doing that again. Since when were 4 spark plugs £61+VAT ?

From OpieOil the correct Iridium plugs are £10 each (before club discount),

https://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-119682-bosch-iridium-spark-plug-0242240665-fr6hi332.aspx

and with other supplies I need for the Polo anyway, would have been free postage.

So the over 50% markup plus labour plus disposal fee irks.

I could have spent the difference on a repair/service manual.

 

With a Haynes I would have known the spark plug change interval. They actually looked okay to me. No pitting or crazing, I suppose the wire is very fine and they are long life so maybe harder to tell whether they'd got another 6000 or 25000 miles left?

 

As I said, there's not even an owner's manual for them to put a stamp in to assist the value retention.

Spend 7€uros on https://erwin.skoda-auto.cz/erwin/showHome.do  and you can download all the manuals mechanical/wiring etc in PDF format 

1 hour ago, dvderlm said:

Suspension and brakes at the rear

Maybe steering tie-rods and a wheel hub.

 

Engine is chain drive and oil filter is easy access, 

but I recently paid a garage for a major service and the parts and labour were a shock. Not doing that again. Since when were 4 spark plugs £61+VAT ?

 

There's nothing to the back suspension, it's spring next to the shock on a solid rear beam, so dead easy. Back brakes are the same as any VAG. If it's drums, it's no different to doing a mk2 polo, just with a hub in the way. If it's discs, it's just a matter of loosening the caliper, doing a wind back, then the pads drop in. 

 

Front hub, if you're taking the carrier off the upright, it's best to use a spreader socket. The hub and wheel bearing are a press fit.

 

If you can find a manual for a 9n/Fabia/Ibiza, it'll tell you pretty much all you need to know. Pretty much all of it's stuff you'll have seen before.