Danoid

Not sure on location but 100% not lithium as that eats into rubber, silicone grease is what you need

Nice and easy then Must admit mines growing a field of moss by my windows so I probably need to keep an eye on it

Had it MOT'd, passed with a clean bill of health. I've been naughty since the last test and today as i've done 3,264miles. Previous MOT the mileage gap was exactly 3000miles

Not automatically at least not on my 2016, have to turn it on/off every March and October

How old is the car and is the battery original? Depending on age it might be worth changing the battery as it seems to cause all sorts of issues

What the!

Is that a section broken off? 😮 You didn’t attempt the Dakar rally did you?

Ah I’m all good then, guess they’ve been scrimping on parts and tried to save money

Ah I think I’ve found the recall, for DSG. Gov website says mine isn’t affected for 2016 tdi. Normally vosa website lists the vin number range but doesn’t anymore hmm

Is yours an IV?

If you google the issue your having but use vw instead of Skoda, it seems there was a recall or software update required. I haven’t got SOS on mine so only briefly looked but might be better than a whole new module if it’s not actually required

You bought the wrong car and at least 4 cylinders too little.

It’s not a legal requirement for winter tyres in UK, so impossible for it to fail

I replaced mine with Goodyear asymmetric 6’s, so much more quieter and grippier Although not legal requirement only change tyres per axle (both backs or both fronts) if you can’t do it all at once, just asking for unpredictability if you change one at a time! Have a look for them on like Asda tyres, black circles etc I actually got mine from the dodgy sounding camskill then got them fitted at my local garage for some additional monies

Ah I didn’t know it was only if stationary, seems odd as that’s technically illegal in some circumstances, though never punished

What these cars should have had is a manual button for DPF cleaning, so when you know you’ll be on the motorway or dual carriageway for a while you press the button and it starts if needed. Some vans have this now, which makes sense

Confusing I bet, what have you decided, or still pondering? I’ve not seen anyone on here with issues, so I think you’ll be alright. The superb is a great car, is petrol out of the question? Though I think I heard they even have something like a DPF. When DPF’s were put on cars they should have been unmountable and easily cleaned, I think some French cars are like that, but it’s French cars so no thanks

I believe HVO’s produce about half as much particulates as diesel, so I guess cars with DPF’s would on average need a regen half as much as current diesel would? In general HVO does seem good, but I still think hydrogen would be better way going forward, but for existing engines HVO seems the most sensible way. My local council seems to be moving towards HVO for existing fleet, probably because it’s more expensive and they’re not paying for it 😂

I watched a Guy Martin programme about energy and he mentioned HVO which I’d never heard of, but I’m sure he said it was around double the price of diesel. If they can push for that even better, electric isn’t the answer to a questionable problem. More damage is done to the earth with the constant building houses on fields. Hopefully one day someone high up will say it’s a population crisis more then anything else. I’m going off on one, OP maybe a newer diesel isn’t the answer, but if you were to get one around my age you’ll be fine, based on my experience

Oh didn’t realise they’ve changed it yet again 😮 Wonder if it’s to push people to electric 😒

I do around 3-4k miles a year in my 190 diesel, so it has adblue Never had any issues, regen does its thing very rarely and never had any lights on the dash. I try to drive my car at least once a week and is usually around 15 minutes each way with max speed of about 40. There’s some other people on here with equally low mileage for the age, can’t remember if theirs are diesels too, fyi mines a 2016 with 41k miles, I bought it in 2019 with 30k ish miles on it already

I bet that’s a pain to replace though, or is it attached under the base with vent pipes?

Yeah I reckon that’ll be original, personally I’d find a suitable Varta replacement and have it fitted. If you DIY you’ll need to plug VCDS etc in, change the manufacturer, change ah from 68ah to whatever the new one is, change the bem code value to be whatever but I’d do date format like 15022024, start the car and turn steering wheel full lock left then full lock right and you should be rocking I’ve not done this myself yet but from what I remember that’s the way

I’ve got a 2016 and still original battery, I hardly ever use it though, so get 12v low now and again so new battery/more driving is needed plus seems to past the usual 7 year ish mark when they start to die. Because I’m cheap I’ll be buying a Ctec mxs 5.0 to see if I can keep it alive longer Have a look if it’s AGM or EFB too

Might be worth making your own thread