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Its actually quite strong at low revs. Feels like a diesel on the low torque, but still have plenty grunts on the high revs. U can go low on speed and still pick up quick in 5th and 6th gear.

Superb doesnt weigh much more then the Octavia, its only 1420kg or so. So its quite light weight for such a big car. The 1.6 tdi is much slower. You would be positively surprised with the 1.4 tsi!

Hi! I recently replaced my halogen DRL bulbs on my FL Octy 2010 with these LED bulbs: http://www.ekstralys.no/products/p21w-9w-cree Unfortunately I think that the bulbs is a bit weak. I would like a bulb that got some more effect and gives a stronger light. And if I could get a LED bulb that was CAN BUS safe also, that would be nice:). What do you guys use and recommend? Pictures would be great:)!! Thanks!

Hi all, Got a rental car while my 2010 Octy FL 1.6 tdi 4x4 is in the garage. This is a 2011 Superb 1.4 tsi estate. Manual, not DSG. Wow, I was really surprised of the litle petrol engine. More then enough power even in this large car (even tho its not that much heavier then the Octy). Only downside is that it has a low towing capacity. I have a camper that is 1300kg and the Superb can tow 1400kg maximum. Is this because of smaller brakes? Lol, could make a deal with the dealer to swap cars, is really tempting at this point. I am afraid im gonna miss the 4x4 in the winter, but is good to avoid all the DPF, glow plugs, heating problems with the diesel... Any thoughts on the 1.4 tsi 125hp? Is this a reliable engine? Thanks!

There is not a check for the dpf in our countrys "MOT" right now. Many have removed and are still passing the MOT. But.. we are also a EU member and if the authorities are thightening these checks in the UK, I guess it wont be long before this happens in Norway too. So I have talked to the dealer again and we agreed to let them take it back for another attempt to fix the dpf back to original. So I wont get any troubles. But this will be their last attempt to fix it, so I now hope they change the dreaded DPF for a new one... but I still have a bad feeling. They might put on a used filter from another car, I dont know. But it will be easy to see if a new one is fitted or not. To be continued..

I have now told the dealer that I want the car to go to a garage of my choice for a diagnostic and repair. They have agreed on that. I told them that this garage can remove the insides of the DPF and reprogram the car so that it wont regen e.g. The dealer want them to just make a diagnostic of the DPF and the cleaning that have been done first, but hope that the garage says the best is to "remove it". Never an issue again.. I told them that this was a much cheaper fix then replacing the DPF with a brand new one, wich I understand they didnt want to do in the first place. And I dont want them to keep cleaning the DPF as it doesnt help much since this is so full anyways. So have booked my car in with this second garage upcoming wedensday, so hope this gets sorted out now soon..!

Hi again. The dealer dont want to give money back, but says they now wants to fix the DPF again... sigh. Now my car is none useable. The engine light is on in addition to the glow plug light flashing with fault in maxidot: "Engine fault - Workshop". And it is in limp home.. The engine light have come on now, but when the limp home came on when I tried to regen, it was only the glow plugs flashing. As I said, I dont use the car now in fear of damageing it. If the car have been driven alot with full dpf, would that hurt the engine? Could there be an underlying fault with engine?

Hi again. Here follows a litle update on the situation. After 2 weeks in the garage, I got my car back yesterday, friday. The dealer had fixed the following faults: DPF, error on headlights (faulty hight sensor), criuse control not working and replaced one side mirror that was faulty. So when I got to the dealer and checked the car, all was good. They had replaced the side mirror (check), repaired the cruise control - new arm (check), headlight was working properly (check) and no DPF light in dash (check). The DPF had been in a garage that had cleaned it with some special cleaning system. Dont know why exactly, didnt get a good explaination on that.. They said they had used diagnostics to meassure the soot/ash in the DPF before and after, and that it was in good condition now. Anyways, got in my car and started to drive home. After 15minutes or so, the DPF light came back on in the dash.. sigh.. Called the dealer and informed them about this and he said I should just drive the car and "see what happens", maybe it would solve it self.. ok.. 5 minutes later, the dealer called me back up and said he had talked to the garage where the DPF had been cleaned. They had said that the car might would ask for a active regeneration, but that is should sort it self out. Told me to be in touch. Because of traffic situation back home yesterday, I wanted to wait until I came back home to try to find a place to drive the car. So.. late last night I got out to take the car for a long drive. Low traffic on motorway and perfect conditions to do a regen. Put the car in 5th gear in between 2000-2500rpm (closer to 2500) as the instruction manual said. I have done this earlier with success, so just repeated this. Drove first for 15minutes, nothing happened, just continued and after I had driven the car for 40 minutes I had to stop because of traffic. Stopped by a gas station and topped up the fuel tank. Desided to turn around and take another test. This time - I followed the motorway far. Put the car back in 5th, same RPM and just kept on going. I actually drove for abit over 1 hour!!!! before something happened. To the worse. Got the flashing glow plug light and "Engine fault - see garage asap" in maxidot continued by limp home. Sigh x2... Nothing I could do. Had do drive all the way back home in limp home, that was a long drive. Just in case I also checked the exhaust gas preassure sensor and it has the "made in malaysia" on it. So today I sent an update to the dealer and I have to say I am completely fed up now. I want the dealer to take back the car and pay me my money back (alitle Bruce Springsteen ref there.. lol).. I have had so much hassle with this car now. Think I have had it only a few days now the last 4 weeks. Alot of back and forward. I cant be bothered with this anymore. Also can mention that the car soon is up for MOT. What do you guys think? Thanks for any advice.

What about the satnav antenna when changing from Bolero without satnav to e.g. Amundsen? Does it use the original antenna or do you need to retofit a new one?

The car has followed all the services with the Skoda dealer. No holes in the service book. So that should be ok. Also just has one previous owner, so it is him that have driven all the kilometers. Not been a taxi eighter. So I think that the car must have been jused for longer journeys. But ofc if the car has gone alot on 6th gear around 80km/h, the engine would mostly been around 13-1400 rpm. Maybe that would have affected the DPF. I really dont know, but strange the DPF is dead allready out of that drivingpattern. That is why I was suspecting an underlying fault within the engine.

Hi again, I have talked to the dealer and they say they will fix all the problems (DPF, lights, cruisecontrol and side mirror). That is good. Going to deliver the car to them on monday. Will get a rental car meanwhile. As for what they are doing, I want to get it in writing to have full control if there should come up an issue later. Anyways, they said they wanted to check out the DPF abit more before they replaced it. When I talked to the Skoda dealer that had this car in last year, they said that they had tried to do a forced regen of the DPF, but that it wasnt succsessfull. They said it had too high lvl of soot in it. So needed to be changed before 185 000km. Then the soot lvl would be too high. So most likely they are right. But, could the dealer to a "dirty trick" and put in a used DPF from another car that is functional? I dont want to end up having a issue with this DFP again in e.g. one year or so when the guarantee is out and dealer is home free. Could I maybe try to make them replace the DPF with a de-DPF exhaust pipe? Last thing, could there be other underlying problems with the car since the DPF is full as early as 180 000km? Bad driving? Turbo issues? EGR issues? Something that would make the engine produce more soot and make the DPF struggle to keep clean? I dont know, but could be worth checking something else at the same time? I have been driving the car these days and I must say I have a bad mpg on it. I dont get much over 40(!!!) when I drive the most economic as I can (on long drives even!). Maybe the car use abit more as it is a 4x4, but I guess mpg also is lacking from the dodgy DPF. But that much? I could never get anything around 56 mpg!! Dont feel like there are loss of power in the engine. Glad the dealer said they are going to fix it, but a litle ****ed also, as they most likely knew all about this when I bought it and didnt mention anything. Ofc, most ppl would maybe just drive and dont give a rats. Then they are home free for a good repaircost, so might worth it for them. For me, its a hassle as I have had to bring the car to a Skoda dealer, pay for diagnostics, drive back to dealer I bought it from upcoming monday, take time off work etc.. Its not like I dont have other things to do :| .. Well well.. Ill keep you posted!

Hi and thanks for advices! Ok, so I took the time to investigate this further today. Called the Skoda dealer that had noted this about the DPF original, and they told me that they had performed a forced regen of the DPF, but that it wasnt successfull, they didnt get all soot out. Too high level. Basically what they told was that it needed to change the DPF within 185 000km (now at 181 000). Got them to send me a price for DPF + work, and offcourse this was not cheap. DPF alone: £ 2200 and included work, a total of £ 3100!! That is almost 1/3 of the cars total buycost. Pretty insanse. And MOT upcoming in october. This in addition to faulty headlights (level sensors or broken wires) and cruisecontrol not working. Dealer said they would fix the lights, but when I followed up on when, I never heard back from them. Looks like I have been screwed big time. I will take the car and drive down to them as soon as possible and submit all my findings and estimated costs. Ofcourse they cant ignore this. In my head, this is so severe cost that I can claim to cancel the purchase and get my money back. Ill keep you posted.

Hi all! I have recently bought a 2010 Octavia 1.6 tdi 4x4 estate from a dealer. It has 181 000km on the clock. After I took it home I got the dpf symbol in the dash and message in maxidot to check manual. Took it for a longer spin, approx 25min in 4th gear (6 gear manual) at around 2500rpm. Then the light came off. Now a week later, the light have come on again, same message in maxidot. I have recentky been to the Skoda dealer nearby because another error (No bending light (AFS) function). The xenon is in limp home mode, so point just down. I have the bending xenon also. Got the dealer to check this error, and they got a fault coming up on the front level sensor. They tried to grease it up, but did not do anything. They recommended to change the sensor. It was very pricy in my head as they wanted almost 2500 NOK only for the sensor (approx £200!!). Anyways, spoke to the dealer where I bought the car and they want it back in to sort this out (warrenty). And here comes the rest of the story of the DPF (sorry the long thesis..). When I got the documentation from the Skoda dealer, I got some history from the car aswell... In June 2015, it had been to service and had a note: DPF full at 185 000km. What does this mean? Does it mean that at this milage, the DPF must be replaced anyways? If it needs to be replaced, this is very expensive at a dealer. And the car I bought is going to the MOT in october. It could be a significant bill for me to pay if I need to take this on my own, faulty xenon will be marked at MOT, DPF also. If the DPF needs to be replaced, in my head, this would definately be something that the dealer should sort out as I did not have had any information about this upcoming cost when I bought it. Not the issues with the xenon either (yes I should have noticed the error message, but I thought it was just a bulb that was faulty, no big deal.. well..). Also, the cruisecontrol does not work (have tried to clean the switch, no luck). There are several thing getting to the surface with this car now.. What do you guys think? Thanks!

Hi! Just to close this case. langers2k was completey right! There was a mistake in the manual! The manual said PY21W (BAU15s), but the actuall socket is P21W (BA15s). I have ordered new LEDs P21W with CREED chips and some resistance also to get around the bulbwarning. Will post a picture when installed ! Looking forward to it!

Hi! Yes, when I fold the mirrors, they close like normal. How do I "reset" the electronic? I dont know why the turnsignal light on the mirror doesnt work, but I cant see any scratches/marks on the mirror. But previous owner could have reversed the car into a garage or something and been to close to left side and pressed the mirror forward. I really dont know, I guess a mirror would not take damage from that anyways. Certainly not make the turnsignal light collapse.