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Further looking on t'internet it looks as though the top of the connector lifts and, I assume, unlocks the connector. Can anyone confirm if this is the case, thanks.

Good evening, I am having some door lock issues, including a couple of codes B122D29 and B122B11(short circuit to ground) and was wondering how you access the cabling between pillar and door, specifically how you get the grommet off the pillar to get to the connect in the hoe I find a cable issue or just reseating the connector helps. Is there a tab you need to locate and press or just pry it off. Also, is there a video guide online about changing the door locking mechanism and where are they best bought from? Thanks in advance. Sandy

Many thanks for the replies. I will swap the spare to the rear. The tyre place is 2 miles away from my house. I spent Thursday evening searching through all the threads regarding spare wheels and the different wheels as options. I had thought that it was because I had specifically asked the Skoda dealer to provide the 16inch full size spare as opposed to the 18inch space saver, but a quick check of tyre calculators shows they are exactly the same in diameter and circumference so it couldn't have been that. I now appreciate that modern spare wheels are of the get you to a tyre shop, whether the spare is full sized or a space saver. I never got anywhere near 50mph though, the car just wouldn't let me. What now intrigues me is if your normal front tyre is going flat, or you get the TPMS warning that it is going flat and so its rolling circumference reduces does it trigger all the symptoms I saw running the spare? Also, does the Skoda TPMS system allow you to set the individual tyre pressures for each corner? From what I saw, it basically just allows you to set the pressure on all the tyres based on what you have pumped them up to. My assumption then was it used the ABS speed sensor to monitor how fast the wheel was turning and hence alert you that the rolling diameter of the wheel/tyre had changed, in other words, going flat. As I also mentioned there is nothing in the handbook alerting you to swap wheels around to make sure the spare is on the rear. Thanks to all once more. Sandy

Sorry, I meant wasn't recommended.

Thanks. I thought for the 4x4 that was recommended though.

Good morning, everyone, I got a puncture on Thursday evening near home and managed to get home on the deflating tyre which was the front drivers side. The tyre is a 235/45R18. Once home I swapped on my 'full size' 205/55R16 spare, and as the tyres were already all at 3mm decided to order four new Cross Climates. The car is a 2018 2.0TDI 4x4 estate. I noticed when the spare was on that it was much less in diameter than the normal wheels and tyres. Originally I was to get the new tyres on Monday, but Blackcircles have pushed this back to Wednesday now due to delivery issues. This morning I had a short errand to do and took the Superb. Well, it is almost undriveable, It feels as though the brakes are gently grabbing at what I presume is the spare wheel as the car seems feels to be 'missing' and juddering like an old fashioned misfire. At the short stretch (a mile) of dual carriageway the car would not go above 40mph and traction control light came on and off. Once I got to my mum's house (the journey is approx. two miles) on leaving the car there was a terrible smell of rubber or clutch from the front wheel well where the spare is. Most odd. I know there can be an issue with fitting a lower diameter spares on the rear of 4x4's but this is on the front. I am technically minded and happy to work on older cars, but this really has me perplexed. The loss of tyre pressure indicator stayed on continually despite trying to set it to compensate. I am assuming that maybe I shouldn't have done that as that was causing the monitoring system confusion but why the car should drive so badly as to be effectively undriveable is worrying me. What makes it doubly annoying is the car came with the bottle of skoosh and I went out and bought Skoda's 16inch full size spare just to cover me for this very eventuality. Have I missed something? The handbook makes no mention of it. Any advice appreciated? All the best Sandy

Hello all, I have a wee annoying zzzz-zzzz 'rattle' from the passenger door, only evident on the rougher tarmac roads. I have watched videos and looked at threads on how to remove the trim but I was wondering if, as the trim seems to need to be raised to be removed whther the little triangular grille at the front (no idea what it is for) needs to be removed first? And if so, how does it come out/off? Thanks in advance. It looks as though the trim has been off before as one of the plastic clips at the bottom to the rear had disengaged from its slot Sandy

Hello, thanks for the replies. As pointed out I should have said the current tyre size is 235/45/18. All the best

Hello everyone, new (well had it three months now) owner of a 2018 Superb Elegance 4x4 manual with, I think, the 150hp 2.0TDI. Very happy with the car, but it is noisier than I expected. The car is high miles, just short of 80,000 at the moment, but the noise seems very road surface/noise dependant. It has Michelin Cross Climates which are hitting 2 to 3mm tread left (2mm on front, 3mm on rear) and am investigating replacement tyres. I have read as many of the Mk3 Superb tyre threads that I can find and I appreciate that tyres are very much personal preference, but a quick steer and input would be helpful. I live in Scotland and I am willing to pay good money for good tyres (they are, after all, all that really stands between you, your loved ones and a ditch) and preferably all season tyres. Would another set of Cross Climates suit? To me, they seem overly noisy, but this may be due to the low tread left, but seem to hang on well, although my wife gives the car a lot more beans than I do. A thread mentioned the new Pirellis Cinturato All Season SF2's. Does anyone actually have them fitted and would care to comment? Otherwise, very happy with the car. It was bought as a long distance cruiser, and while personal circumstances have changed so it now most probably won't rack up 400 odd miles a weekend, it is nice big comfy car. Despite the 4x4, it gets just short of 60mpg on the run down the M74/M6, and would probably be better if not for the long drag up hills on that commute, and otherwise, and I keep track of every fill up, it hasn't averaged less than 50mpg per tank. I bought some nice mats and the mud flaps for it and will probably, at some stage, get the spare wheel kit as the pump and scoosh bottle make me nervous. I am curious as most 4x4's seem to be autos, and I check every Superb that passes me and haven't seen another 4x4 yet either. Are they that unusual? Best wishes, Sandy