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Yeah, the manuals are a better bet, or the Quattro version in auto had a ZF box. The CVT is unique to FWD with longitudinal engines and really isn’t a great transmission. Audi discontinued it in 2014 in favour of the DSG things, which are just as bad in my view. The ZF slush boxes are much more home mechanic friendly, I’ve done a few 6HP26’s in Discovery 3’a and, while tedious, are not difficult. Same thing with Borg Warner ones. What I am finding in Spain is that people actually service the transmissions which is not common in the UK. One guy in the Audi Spain FB group has 300k kms on his CVT but he changes the oil and filter every 60k kms. I mean, Jeez, cars over here do starship mileages. 500k kms isn’t uncommon, some as high as 800k. That’s half a million miles. In the VAG lineup it is predominantly SEAT over here, understandably as they’re built in Spain. Skoda are very thin on the ground, lots more VW Passats than Skoda Superbs. Audi is seen as a rich man’s choice, but in reality the Spanish have a love affair with French stuff for some strange reason. Probably because they’re cheap, making Audi look positively expensive LOL. But given the choice of a Peugeot 3008 or an Audi - any Audi, well, that’s enough said LOL.

Well, I sold up in the UK which included my trusty Mk2 Superb estate sadly. Moved to Spain with my job, best day’s work I ever did to be honest. But still lurking here cos it’s about the best VAG related forum in the world. The FB groups just don’t do it for me. Bought a LHD car to get us all here (3 adults and 4 dogs) which is an Audi A4 Avant, 1.9 pd automatic. Did us really proud to be honest, from the UK Midlands to the south of Murcia region in Spain in 32 hours with no issues. I only gave 3 grand for it which seems a lot in the UK but it’s cheap for a Spanish car and it saved me over 4 grand in flights for us and the dogs with the added bonus of having a car when we got here. And it’s rust free, kinda rare for a 2004 Audi. It is, of course, the CVT transmission made by LUK which seems unique to Audi. The rest of the VAG group in that era seemed to use a ZF auto which are a bit more reliable LOL. That’s one of the reasons I hang around here, for all the great technical info. Anyway, it might be an Audi but it’s still VAG so hope you don’t mind.

My Mk2 Superb estate has now gone, replaced with an Audi A6 Avant. It’s been a damn fine car though, like both my Mk1 Superbs before it. Thanks to all members here for the help in the past. This place is a hive of good information. If anyone has a use for an 18” Trinity alloy complete with a decent tyre I have one for sale. I bought it brand new as a spare and it was only ever on the road for about 10 miles when I got a puncture. Will be collection only from near Tamworth cos of the size etc. As in the picture below.

Afternoon all. A wee issue with the Superb which the diagnostics told me is a bad wheel speed sensor. Ordered one from eBay and fitted it today. Still have the fault codes which was confusing but a bit of research showed me there are 2 types, one for cars with park assist and one without. It turns out I do actually have park assist (who knew) which means I got the wrong type of sensor. I got the black one and need the grey apparently. looking at the one I took out, which is grey, has a part number of 10.0711-6336.3. I can’t find this anywhere. Another part code I have is WHT 003 858 A. The only close one I can find starts with 24, not 10. EuroCarParts do list both, but £64.34 is beyond stupid for such a part. Are there any alternative suppliers that do the ATE part? ATE make the OE ones from what I can tell so that would be my preference Thanks

I had this a week or so back. Information I found is in this thread. System fitted depends on trim but loosely, if you have sensors front and rear, and you have the Park-Assist system you have 2 sounders. Front one behind the dash pod, can be got to via the mini glovebox to the right to the steering wheel. Rear one is on the main crossmember at the top of the D Pillars, just up behind the headliner.

Just to add, in case it helps someone out, it was quite a bit of a mission finding the parts on the car, not a lot of diagrams out there for the estate version and some erroneous information as well. Where the car has front and rear sensors it also has front and rear beep speakers. Front is behind the instrument cluster and well documented. Rear is above the headliner at the rear of the car and can't be seen by just pulling the headliner down a bit. The main rear box section supporting the roof has it mounted on the forward facing surface towards the right side of the car (driver's side in the UK) so it's quite hard to get at without removing the headliner. Same 2 plastic rivets as the front one which you can push the centre right through with a small straight Torx driver or similar, at least that's what I did. Refitting was done with a double-sided sticky pad. remove the 2 D pillar trims by pulling off (away from the D post) gently pull the headliner down enough to get your hands in and feel for the speaker. If you prop the headliner down a bit with a torch or similar you can look in the side window to see the speaker. Don't pull the liner down too much or you will crease it. I used a T10 Torx driver (nice and thin) and used it to push the centre of the rivets right through. This means the rivets are then no good as the centre bit will be lost in the box section forever. You are effectively pulling the driver towards you unless you really do want to take the headliner out. One of those mirror mount pads for the windscreen was used to attach the replacement speaker.

I had 2 of the series 1 Superbs, both Edition 100's. First was a 1.9PD manual which went on to see 240k miles. replaced with a 2.5D Auto which also did a stack of miles. My only gripe with the Mark 1 was lack of an estate body option so about a year back I traded to a Mark 2 estate 2.0d Elegance. Maintenance is not that bad all things considered, certainly not an expensive car to run as long as routine maintenance is done properly. I do find it strange that people are unwilling to do a clutch and flywheel though. Just because it costs more than the perceived value of the car is somewhat irrelevant. The real question is, what can you replace it with for the same money?

OK, found it up behind the headliner at the back. Awkward to get out but it’s definitely duff. The front one measures 49 ohms, the back one is open circuit.

Cool, thanks for this. Are there any diagrams to help? Got half the car in bits but can't see it. I found the one up behind the instrument pod and that works OK. Just can't seem to find diagrams for the estate. Thanks.

HI All, Wondering if anyone can help please? Optical parking system, Superb 2014 Estate / Combi. The parking system throws a fault at start up. I get a long error beep. What isn't clear is where the parking sounder is. VCDS shows the below but I'm confused as to where the long beep comes from if the parking aid speaker is supposedly dead? Or is the error beep coming from a different sounder? Thanks for any pointers. Dom Address 10: Park/Steer Assist (J791) Labels:| 3T0-919-475-V2.clb Part No SW: 3T0 919 475 D HW: 4H0 919 475 E Component: PARKHILFE PLA H06 0005 Revision: -------- Serial number: Coding: 149202 Shop #: WSC 33361 790 00056 ASAM Dataset: EV_EPHVA2CAS46X0000 001003 ROD: EV_EPHVA2CAS46X0000_001.rod VCID: 1 Fault Found: 1080340 - Parking Aid Speaker B107C 14 [009] - Open or Short to Ground Confirmed - Tested Since Memory Clear Freeze Frame: Fault Status: 00000001 Fault Priority: 3 Fault Frequency: 1 Reset counter: 25 Mileage: 159055 km Date: 2021.10.25 Time: 15:08:06

Many thanks for this, much appreciated. The diagrams help loads as well, but the info given means I can probably do what I want very easily. The low line only having a single wire pair into each door means I can replace the actual speakers with something more sensitive, higher quality, and I can fit a proper crossover in the door. This really ought to improve the sound quality a lot based on what I can see of the factory fit units. If that ends up being no good I can add an aftermarket amp but hopefully I won't have to go there.

Right chaps, I swore this wouldn’t happen, honest! I have a blown speaker in the nsr door, the bass unit, well if you could call it that lol. So I removed the door card to be sure and yes, it’s blown. All scratchy sounding. I was looking for a replacement, just the factory fit one and now I have 72 square feet of sound deadening which arrived today God knows how that happened. So the HU seems to be the Columbus 510 which is fine, actually sounds quite good. But no amplifier under the seat which I think means it is the low line version, yes? The main question would be, how easy would it be to add a half decent amp? From what I am reading the Columbus can be coded to put out line levels but there’s no sub output. At a guess this is to add the high line amp and the 10 speaker option but line level should drive any amp. I’m just confused as to the actual number of channels, Skoda say 4, the amp labels in google say 10. Which is it? The reason I ask is to understand if they are 10 channels, 1 per speaker, or 4 channels with crossovers in the doors, the wiring basically. Could I, for example, add the factory amp and the high line speakers quite easily? I promised the wife this won’t turn into another complete strip out like the last time I “just” changed the head unit That became 2 months with no interior except the driver’s seat while it was all sound deadened and a full processed, multi amped system was installed. 3 way active at the front with time alignment. I’m not allowed to go there again apparently, although she did admit it sounded lovely. Ideas please chaps, preferably before she kills me.

Yep, retired the Mk1 Superb Edition 100 from active service and collected the replacement MK2 Elegance estate this morning. 120 miles drive home and it’s a lovely drive. I’m still finding the toys. Really loving the panoramic glass roof, especially after the Ed-100 which has the tinted glass. It’s very light and airy in the new one. Just got to find a spare wheel to replace the repair kit thing. And clean up the old one ready for the bay of all blagging.