bigjohn

If it comes back it could be the battery is past its best. Strange electrical faults appear due to low voltage.

Hmm, possible oil pump / 3 cylinder balancer shaft chain rattle? Unlike the 4 cylinder 1.9 pd the 1.4 pd has an additional balancer shaft to try an reduce the vibrations of having a 3 cylinder engine. This is fed from the same chain that drives the oil pump and introduces extra stresses / wear and is known to fail at highish mileages - usually preceded by a rattle.

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Take it to an aircon specialist. There are many things this could be including compressor, control valve, fans, sensors etc. It needs properly diagnosing as fixing by substitution can get expensive quickly.

Looking at early reviews DAB was introduced at the introduction of the Octavia mkIII "All models get a touch-screen infotainment system as standard, which lets you control various car settings, as well as choose what music to listen to via the standard USB-in, aux-in or DAB radio. In top-spec Elegance trim this screen is replaced with a larger, high-resolution system."

I thought all the mkIII Octavia's have DAB - although on other cars without you can usually get the channels through your phone / internet. Eg I listen to Scala radio on my Bobby basic Superb mkII(no DAB) via my phone / Amazon Auto. Your current car has the fabulous 1.9 pd without a DPF - capable of starship mileages. Modern diesels are much more complex and have a Diesel Particulate Filter that aren't great unless you do highish annual mileages. ULEZ for diesel versions was from about 2015. The petrol tsi versions are surprisingly driveable the sweet spot being the 1.4tsi in my opinion, reasonable torque at low revs(bit less than pd) but my goodness it picks it's skirts up as the revs rise. Economy is also better than you'd imagine as well. I went from a 1.9pd Superb mkI to a 1.4tsi Superb mkII and though the petrol was clearly less economical the real life difference was closer than I expected 1.9 pd diesel mkI Superb circa 50mpg vs 1.4 tsi petrol mkII Superb circa 46mpg. 1.4tsi is amazingly quiet as well!

I'd say there is not much in it, I have a Superb II and my son an Octavia. Mechanically they are very similar and even have the same size tyre so I don't think there will be much in it re running costs. I've also found the closest Haynes manual to be for a VW Golf 09-012! Insurance may be a touch higher I suppose. Fuel economy isn't an issue with most engines if you avoid the v6! eg my 1.4tsi Superb II averages about 46mpg. The Superb Estate boot is indeed very large but so is the boot in an Octavia Estate it's not that much smaller. However the biggest gain in the Superb is in the interior space length. There is a LOT more rear legroom (not much more width though) and the doors are bigger so B pillar is further back - important for me as I'm 6ft 4" and like a slightly reclined driving position. Other considerations :- Superb is more refined Superb can be bigger than some parking spots! I've seen quite a few rusty mkII Octavias. My friends 2005 Estate will probably terminally fail it's MOT soon. Sills badly rusting + rear estate hatch/door bottoms showing bad signs of tin worm. Most Superb II's seem in reasonable body condition although I've found a bad debris trap where front wing joins the sills behind the wing liner - easy to clean out though.

Likewise - Mine now 100k miles and still sounds the same as when I got it at 14months old. It's only had front brakes, a snapped spring and just recently rear shocks, All in all fabulous car. Touching wood...........

My local dealer used to give me a printout of the service record thus far after each service. After I stopped using main dealer servicing a couple of years ago I bought a blank Skoda service book and stapled the last printout into the front of it. My local indy stamps it now.

You're only putting a tiny bit of coolant in - I'd just top up with the concentrate as is.. Blimey another member of the 1.4tsi mkII owners club - rare in these parts! My Dad lived in Hull(bad limescale area) and frequently used tap water in his old pre crossflow mkII Cortina over many years. Once when I rebuilt the engine for him there was a little evidence of limescale in parts - mind you that was the least of it's problems. The cooling system had failed(big hole in rad) and it had melted a piston - the temperature gauge sensor was high up in the engine so it didn't show there was a problem in the car as the water level had dropped so quickly.

First car I used to drive was my Dad's pre-crossflow mkII Cortina - easy to fix although it wasn't that reliable. Total pig to start on a cold morning and the dynamo control box was just bonkers. It had two steering boxes fail as well. You could fix almost everything with a plain socket set, a few spanners and some screwdrivers. (af!) I was in a miIII Octavia Uber in the Manchester area this weekend -1.6 diesel with 303k miles on the clock and sounding well.

I seem vaguely to remember the bellhousing under panel and an easy way of getting to some bolts via the inner wing - can't remember fully what this was though as many decades have passed by!! I seem to remember it all got a lot harder when 16v petrol and the 1.7 td Isuzu diesel engines were introduced. These days my clutch changing days are over - it'll probably cost more in Chiropractor fees to get over it that the clutch labour cost!

Easy clutch replacement? Access panel in inner wing so that input shafts etc can be removed easily. Didn't work with all though - for some reason on the very latest versions they did away with the inner wing access panel! In the past I had a Datsun 100a that had a similar clutch arrangement - replaced is less than 20 minutes even as a one off DIY.

I got an additional locking wheel bolt key for both my Superb and my son's mkIII Octavia from an ebay seller quoting the letter printed on the top. The same company can also identify if you send a photo of the wheel bolt head. [EDIT] Company was called Boltenvy https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/boltenvy

I wonder if the way it's calculated is different between petrol and diesel because of the way the injection works. My previous Superb diesel was rather inaccurate re on board computer whereas my Superb II 1.4 tsi is surprisingly accurate when compared to tank to tank fills. I used to keep figures in Spritmoitor when I first got the car but got bored of doing this. Even with the previous generation tsi engine the bus is getting late 40's mpg - I'm pretty happy with that. I'm keeping an eye on the Scala 1.5 or Kamiq 1.5 as I eventually want to down size - just worried about some of the teething troubles re Infotainment / SOS etc. I test drove a Kamiq 1.0 which I quite liked.

Possibly, but I'd say a Moll EFB is probably the original fitment and even the ones that weren't the faulty versions only seem to last about six years in a stop/start car. If the car had been stored for a while before it was bought that'd have made things worse. The Moll in my 2014 stop/start Superb suffered after the first 2020 Covid lockdowns .A new battery was ultimately required. My son bought a 3 1/2 year old Octavia back in 2019 which had been stored for a few months and the battery was complaining even after a rather long test drive. We insisted on a new suitable stop/start battery before buying. It's not the end of the earth re cost but you might as well use your rights to get a shiny new battery.

https://www.theaa.com/car-buying/legal-rights The law is on your side. Sounds like new battery required. For stop start must be EFB or AGM battery and coded to the car.

I think this is one of the best feature of Crossclimates - performance in incredibly wet conditions is outstanding.

It might no longer be an issue(fingers crossed) however people were still mentioning in 2020 so I wouldn't say it's very out of date scaremongering. Just pointing out real issues members of this forum have had. Hopefully most of the faulty cover plates have been sorted by now.

Check battery voltage Always check the last thing changed - as battery is brand new I'd start there. Presuming battery voltage is ok (check first) check any thing disturbed during battery replacement eg battery terminals and ensure the other end of these cables are sound and secure (I've known disturbed earth wires etc to cause issues)

Don't know your mileage but as a 2013 car is approaching 9 years old I'd say yes whilst the gearbox is off. Avoid a Sachs clutch as there have been expensive failures of cover plates:-

Nope, not that brave. It still gives me a reasonable range of just over 500 miles. Strangely with my previous Superb mkI pd I once managed to get 70 litres in it -it had a useable range of over 700 miles. Current owner has managed over 750 miles on a tank - he's a much gentler driver than me though.

I've found the on board computer mpg figure to be surprisingly accurate with my 1.4tsi petrol Superb. The fuel gauge less so - I can only ever seem to get just over 50 litres of petrol in when it's showing empty.

As Xman has said try swapping wheels from front to back and vice versa. My son had this on his 2016 1.2. it was tyres. If it was front bearing I'd expect it to change going around sweeping corners etc.

As above any codes? Does it always feel like it's on 4 cylinders - injector wiring loom known to fail intermittently. The control systems for turbo variable vanes and EGR can also cause problems. And as mentioned above the turbo variable vanes can seize up/ stick . Tandem fuel pump (combined vacuum pump/fuel pump) can also give trouble. Any smell/leak of diesel? Presume clutch not slipping?