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Ah yes, 55k miles and 5.5 years old. I have had it from new. Always serviced at Gloucester main dealer.

During 2022 my Superb DRG (2017 reg) developed a horrible judder when setting off from rest. Opinion (local garage and mobile garage - dealer not much help) eventually settled on a gearbox problem. I went off to Bristol Transmissions for diagnostics (£90). Yes, they would need to replace 2 clutches and the flywheel. They quoted a fixed price of £1500 + VAT (less the £90!) I duly turned up last December, delivered it and made my way back to Stroud by bus and train. Thank you Google Maps! Got the call to collect it 2 weeks later, as estimated. Now, a month later, the car has proved to be delightfully smooth again. Sadly, this is not an uncommon problem with this and related models, they said. Highly recommended service.

Did you solve this rattle? I've got something very similar (Superb III 1.4 Petrol DSG). I've booked it in for diagnostics with Bristol Transmissions after advice from local garage.

Thank you!

I haven't needed to consult the online handbook for ages, and now with a new phone and the old app gone, I can't find a replacement! I installed MySkoda (Android) but it seems to be a bit useless and is not a handbook! Is there another app? My questions are, in case anyone has an answer at their fingertips: 1. If someone phones (Columbus infotainment) and you (passenger of course) want to take the call on your phone & not broadcast to the rest of the car - how do you switch the loudspeaking off? 2. Where on earth is the setting for sound front/back left/right? I'm coming up to 4 years in the 2017 Superb, and it has got to be my best car ever. A few niggles about silly electronics (especially the ability to open the boot inadvertently!!!!) but that's it. Cheers, Rob

At the drive-in "Film on the farm" last night, shown to position so that we can see the screen. Engine off, settle down, wait for the film. A few minutes after it starts there's a few raindrops. Ignition on (push-button, as it's keyless). Wipe screen, ignition off. Odd - after a few minutes the low-level lights are still on. Thinks - the car senses that we are in it so keeps them on for a bit. These things are sooooo clever. After a few more minutes, man appears - we've had trouble with a few new Beamers, lights go off after about 15 minutes. Oh, OK then. After a lot more minutes another man appears (I have now lost the plot of Jurassic Park). He asks if the keys are in - no, they don't go in. Then - bright idea! What if you turn that switch to off? Yes, that did it. I should have thought of that - the rotary light switch. Sorry to the car behind, and the one in front ...

I've just changed the battery for my Skoda Superb (2017). paul_7_7_7's post worked for me - but the screwdriver blade size was critical. Mine was just under 5mm - smaller ones just did not work! I know why they try and make these cases secure (i.e. difficult to open) - I had a Hyundai once whose key fob had to be held closed with duct tape!

Solved! I tried using another cable and it worked fine; I'm surprised, learned something there. Thanks for the replies. As an aside, it's not that impressive from a display point of view.

John, thanks for the response. Yes, I have got the app on the phone. I didn't do anything with it other than open it. Under its settings it has a section "Connected cars" and in this under "Accepted cars" it has SKODA. So that leads me to believe that it has talked to the car! I don't know about the cable quality - I'll play around with some others this pm.

It's time to replace my Superb III's satnav with Google - or at least try it out. The built-in satnav just isn't clear enough for me at (not very) complex junctions! Anyway, things seem to have moved on with Smartlink and so on since I bought nearly 2 years ago, so I tried following a video "ŠKODA SmartLink – Android Auto". I plugged in my Android phone to the car via USB and here's the first problem: the car doesn't "see" it. I know it's plugged in because the phone shows that it's charging. Menu => Smartlink shows that I need to connect via USB - see photo. Any ideas?

Thanks both! I just have to wonder if I ever would have found that from the manual. Rob

See this on an apple discussions site: "It is considered malware by many experience users on these forums. OS X does not require any cleaning, antivirus or third party maintenance apps. All that is needed to keep OS X safe is a little common sense" So I am wary of "free" utilities. I seem to remember that it is hard to uninstall too. Are you sure that Apple themselves host it?

Not just Finder! I kept away from that, but I had to eject the card after everything else was done. I couldn't do that from the command line (not sure why). So I used Disk Utils. And lo and behold there was a .Spotlight file and one or two others. Mac can be such a pain at times... CleanMyDrive was flagged by somebody as a known malware once.

Some time ago my Columbus infotainment started showing the (see attached photo, top right) image instead of the first 1 or 2 contacts. I have no idea what it means - if I click it I then get asked for a source to download from (e.g. SD card). I have unpaired and re-paired my phone, which has incidentally fixed a problem I have always had in that it didn't upload contact image files automatically. But the unwanted Images download stuff is still there. Any ideas? Rob

Interesting, thanks. Well the download onto a Windows PC worked straight away. I am now updated on the car to ECE 2018. When I looked at the Mac-unzipped files on the SD card there were still some "hidden" files. So my efforts to remove them were not enough. Some further digging seems to show that it is possible to prevent these hidden files on a Mac, but the long and short of it implies that the Columbus unit is not engineered well for Mac users.