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Does anyone have a Superb on order who can give me an indication of delivery delays due to Covid. I have a Superb Estate on order and was given a build date of week 12 (22 March) but it has still not completed production. Anyone else in the same situation?

Unfortunately Skoda will not pay anything towards it (car is 5 years 1 month old although it had a 5 year warranty) and quote from dealer is £724 to replace gear selector so have decided not to do anything for the moment as the fault always clears after driving 10 minutes. Does anyone know if the fault causes any problems other than an annoying message?

You don't need to go to Skoda for dedicated electrics, any reputable fitter should be able to install them. I had mine installed 3 years ago by PF Jones and the cost for the detachable towbar and dedicated electrics was £518. If you do not have dedicated electrics get a guarantee from the installer that all the lights, indicators, reversing lights will work correctly without faults showing up on the dashboard.

Just had my Superb Mk III (2016) into my dealer who tells me the complete gear selector needs to be changed at a total cost of £758.40. I think I will leave it for the moment and see how it goes as it has only happened twice and cleared within 10 minutes.

When an after market towbar is fitted to a Superb the section beneath the rear bumper is replaced by a new crossbar. It is unlikely this part will have been removed and therefore you just need the missing hook bit as stated above. Presumably the electrics should be there too, perhaps hinged up underneath. If the electric 7 or 13 pin socket is not there it might suggest there wasn't a towbar in the first place.

If it proves to be expensive perhaps you could claim on your car insurance.

Yes I have done the search but it is not clear whether you can just replace the microswitch on a Superb or whether it has to be the whole gear selector assembly.

Has anybody had this error on their Superb? It seems to happen on Fabias and Octavias according to this forum but I haven't seen it mentioned on Superbs. I only asked because I have had the error twice in the last month but then it cleared itself after 10 minutes. It would appear to be a microswitch problem in the gear selector but whether it needs just a new microswitch or a whole gear selector is open to question. Any advice would be appreciated.

Am I right in thinking that if you have any sort of case on the phone then it won't charge because it cannot penetrate the case?

What went wrong as a matter of interest?

The cost of adding the 4th and 5th years warranty covering up to100,000 miles is about £630 for a Superb. It would be interesting to know how many people have spent as much as that on repairs to their Superbs in years 4 and 5. I took out the extra warranty when the car was new but in years 4 and 5 the only warranty claim was for a new battery so it was not worth it in my case.

I used Horton Skoda (skodashop.co.uk) for a new wheel some time ago, they were very efficient and much cheaper than my local Skoda dealer. Shipping charges will be greater from abroad too with lengthier delivery times.

If you buy the extended warranty at time of purchase of the car you get a better warranty than extending it at the end of three years. Don't know why that should be so but it is.

No you can't get a space saver in the iV.

I have had mine 5 years, 62000 miles and the only problems have been chrome window trim and corroding wheel centre caps. Battery was replaced at 4 years 11 months under warranty (car had 5 year warranty). It has been amazingly fault free. Just ordered a new one, there are some very good deals to be had at the moment.

In the Skoda manual it says:- Phonebox functions ▶ Wireless charging of phones. ▶ Amplification of the telephone signal (only valid for some countries). Does anyone know if the UK is included as a valid country for the amplification of the mobile signal?

I paid £309 inc. VAT recently at a Skoda dealer.

I have had exactly the same problem on mine except that it always happens in really hot weather. You can alter how far the tailgate goes up (see handbook) so I set mine to stop about an inch lower than the maximum. That solved the problem.

Many apologies, it is there. I think I might have inadvertently selected an SE config instead of an SEL config so that the 2.0TSI option did not show up. Thanks for pointing out my error.

Have another look, the 2.0 TDI is there but not the 2.0TSI. Incidentally I spoke to Skoda who agreed it wasn't there but thought it might have been taken off to change the specs and to check again after the weekend.

I am thinking of buying one of these and I notice it has again disappeared from the Skoda configurator, it was there yesterday. It is however still listed on the latest downloadable brochure. All very strange.

There is no problem getting a towbar fitted but you do need to make sure you get the electrics integrated into the car and coded. When I had this done in 2017 by PF Jones using a mobile fitter the total cost for everything was £518.

I had mine done at Camberley Service Centre, they are a registered Skoda service centre, all genuine parts and seem to have made a very good job.

My car has a 5 year warranty and the battery has just been replaced under warranty at 4 years 11 months. So it is not deemed to be a wear and tear item if the battery fails under warranty.

Too late it is at the garage now!