bigman1976

I'm on my second 272 Superb, so as you can tell, I really like them. I came to them from a Mk3 VRS 220 and the Superb doesn't feel much faster at times, especially as the gearbox seems to be more tuned for economy so likes to change to the highest gear as soon as possible under a part throttle. Having said that, if you put the gearbox in sports mode and put your foot down (or give it some welly coming out of a junction), the Superb is in a different league! I loved my Octavia but always hankered after more power and 4x4 but you knew VW wouldn't let Skoda have it for the Octavia as it would have stolen too many Golf R customers. I love the Superb for it's sleeper status too. There is very little to show it's a really quick car and that suit me down to the ground. I've been quite lucky as (touch wood) I've never had any issues with either car over 5 years of motoring. I've keep them fully serviced and ensured that Haldax and DSG were serviced on time (though I believe both have the DQ381 which now seems to be on 80,000 mile service intervals though I had mine serviced at the 4 year point as preventative maintenance). I do prefer my facelift version for the LED headlights and the digital dash. There seem to be numerous other small changes which add to the car which I keep noticing (lights in the door pockets etc) which I don't recall seeing on my pre-facelift. But, both cars have served me incredibly well as they have everything I've wanted - speed, comfort, style, space. You'll love yours too, no doubt,

I swapped from a Mk3 to an early Mk3.5 and there isn't a huge amount of difference. The LED matrix headlights are the most obvious change and they are much brighter than the xenons in my previous Superb. As it has the matrix LED version, it allows driving with full beam on all the time and it blanks out the beam so you don't dazzle cars you are following or those coming in the other direction. Mine also has the virtual dash which is nice to have but not a gamechanger for me. It may be car specific, but something I've noticed with mine is that it is both a little more economical and the stop start is very reluctant to chime in whereas in my old car, it would be a real nuisance. It does come on in the newer car, but very occassionally.

I have a 2020 Superb hatch which has an odd intermittent issue which has started recently. At times, when the lights come on, the upper element on both the wing and boot will stop working. All other parts of the light work (indicator, break light and the lower element of the rear light) but just the upper element fails to illuminate. If you give it a gentle thump, it will come on but will then fail again soon after. I’ve tried removing the light and checking the connections but couldn’t see any obvious issues. Has anyone else experienced similar or have any ideas as to what has happened?

Hoping someone can help me with a niche question. I have a set of mudflaps which I took off my old Superb and which I want to put onto my new one. I managed to keep all of the torq screws and captive nuts but I couldn’t save the plastic “push” clips. Does anyone know if or where I can buy some or what I could use as an alternative? Thank you in advance.

I’ve recently changed my Superb and my current car hasn’t yet triggered the stop-start function. I’m quite surprised about this as my outgoing car (same model) tended to stop at junctions most of the time, no matter the weather. Could it be that the previous owner disabled it using an OBD reader or does suggest the car’s battery charge is low? It says that it’s using a lot of electrical power when I go through the settings though I don’t know why it would say that - I’m not using it differently to before.

Miraculously, the issue seems to have resolved itself, though I have no idea why. I thought I’d check to see if any album artwork came up and it did, as did radio station logos. No map though. Lo and behold, the next time I turned the car on, once the navigation had loaded the maps on the head unit, there were the maps in the virtual dash. Just a bug I guess.

JR RS - it’s the factory maps I’m trying to show, not those from my phone. Aperture S - I’ve not tried. I’ll have a look this morning on my way to work.

I’ve recently bought a 2020 Sportline Plus which comes with the virtual dash. I love the different layouts but haven’t been able to get the map to show. I thought it might be because I’ve been using Apple CarPlay but this evening went out and tried without my phone. Still no map. I’ve tried rebooting the Columbus unit and when it restarts, the map section of the dash shows ‘starting navigation’ then it changes to ‘starting map view’ and then nothing. When I try the right thumb wheel, you can zoom in and out but there is no map. Any ideas?

I'm looking at trading in my curent Superb Sportline Plus hatch against a slightly newer model and, though I need to have a look around it, it seems to be in decent condition and the deal is good. It has a lot of items which I'd like: Canton sound, digital dash etc. but I've just noticed that it doesn't have a rear windscreen wiper. My current car does have one and I don't know why you'd buy one without! I know the salesperson will say that the rain will be blown off by the wind at speed but I don't know how that'll work when I'm trying to park or drive at slower speed. Has anyone else got a Superb hatch with no rear windscreen wiper? If so, what's it like to live with?

I had someone reverse into my car and it left a sizeable dent in the wheel arch just in front on the wheel. I went to a reputable local body shop and it cost me £600 to get the dent pulled and the wing/door resprayed. Because yours has damage behind the wheel as well, I’d suspect it might cost over £800 plus wheel refurb though that depends on quality of work. You’d not know that mine had been hit at all now. Worth paying for a decent repair IMO, though if you go through insurance, you’ll be forced to use an approved repairer (who aren’t always great but tend to be cheap).

Cannot think why mine is failing at such low mileage. I don’t drive excessively quickly nor require the 4wd to be operated often to my knowledge. 35000 miles seems very low.

To be honest, I have no idea in what condition it is in. I might try and take the wheel off and see if I can take a snap but I’ve not found this garage to be rip-off merchants in the past. However, I’ve not heard any noises (except for a slight transmission whine while off throttle at about 30mph). I’m not going to rush into replacing it as it’s a decent chunk of cash.

My Superb had it's 4th service yesterday and the independent garage identified that the rear propshaft coupling was failing. They've quoted £420 all in to get it replaced (quote suggests Febi Bilstein part used). Firstly, should this part not last more than 35000 miles and secondly, what could have caused it to fail so soon? The car is standard and I don't drive it like I stole it very often. Any thoughts?

It was done last year. I’d assumed it wasn’t that as the noise happens when the drivetrain isn’t under load but may be wrong.

I've recently noticed that the DSG transmission in my Superb has started to make a small but noticable whine when on a partial or closed throttle. It only lasts a second or two and is intermittent but is it a common issue? The car has just passed 35k miles and is due to have the DSG serviced later in the year.