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It located on the back side of the rear left fender and it's a pain to get to :) If you follow the instruction in the Superb repair manual, you need to take off about 4 or 5 trim pieces in the boot, the rear seat in order to get to the airbag on the side of backrest, I think the airbag too. As to your previous question: For me it was swapping the module, for others - changing the struts (or repairing broken wires in the struts' wire bundles). Edit: This was the part number of the replacement module, that I ordered: 5Q0959107J. I believe the original one was the same, but AFAIK you can buy a 5Q0959107 with another letter in the end and it should work. I was told they were different revisions of the same module. I could be wrong about that.

The price would vary quite a lot depending on your location. I paid about 50€ for the module itself (used from ebay) and 80€ for the service in Bulgaria. I have no idea if the guy programmed it before or after the installation.

Yes, I did. I tried to do it myself with OBD11, but failed miserably, so I just paid a local expert to do it. He told me he had to pay for a one-time access to some Skoda database to be able to program the swapped module. It still works as it should.

My problem was solved by swapping the control module for the tailgate. It's located on top of the left rear fender, but you'll have to remove quite a few panels to get to it. The part number was 5Q0959107J in my case, but you can check it with an OBD scanner ( I used OBD11).

I made a short video to try and show the problem: Youtube (HD in about 30min). If you turn the sound way up, you'll hear a notable click after me pressing the button. That's the struts trying to do their job and something not allowing them.

1. As I was told, that the struts were the problem, I didn't make the effort to remember/write down any fault codes. After the cable repair, the electrician reset the codes and one popped up - some kind of protection (probably useless info since I don't remember the exact fault). 2. Live data - yes. It said open circuit I believe in Motor 1. As far as I understood from my research, that's normal, when cables are broken. I cannot recall any info after the cable repair. 3. The new struts were not calibrated, but I can't imagine that's the problem, since they display the same behavior as the old ones. But I've been wrong before. 4. The latch operates correctly. I probably should have mentioned, that there are no error beeps, when I press the button to close the tailgate, and the struts actually activate, but either do not move the tailgate or move it about 1-2mm. You can definitely hear the electric motors turning on for a moment. I'm currently looking into which OBD tool I should buy.

Just tried it. It didn't do anything, the problem persist. Disconnecting the battery actually didn't even do the reset thing, the tailgate wouldn't close immediately after reconnecting it. I read about a similar problem with an Octavia RS, that was solved under warranty by replacing the control module for the tailgate. Now I'm trying to locate where it's located in the Superb 3.

Hello! I have a strange problem with my electric tailgate, that I couldn't solve by installing new struts. It failed about a month ago. It wouldn't move up or down, so I researched the possible problems, went to an electrician and he fixed the broken cables in one of the struts (a known issue). Then the tailgate would only open and not close automatically. I tried troubleshooting myself and found out it would work fine after I detached the connectors for the struts in the C pillar and reattached them. I guess it was a kind of a hard reset. After that the struts would work fine, as long as I didn't stop activating them (tried about 10 cycles of open/close in a row). If I let them be for 5-10mins, the tailgate would again only open. After I talked to the electrician and my mechanic, I ordered aftermarket struts hoping they would solve this very annoying situation. I had to use the car in this state for about 2 weeks and also found out the tailgate would occasionally close automatically, but I couldn't find a pattern. I installed the new struts today, the tailgate started working in both directions, I gathered the tools I had lying around (2-3min)... and it would again only open. Now I'm left wondering if it is a software or a hardware problem. I don't have access to an OBD scanning tool (I might buy one) and any specialized software like VCDS. Does anyone have an idea what could cause this behavior? I wanted to ask before my next visit to the workshop. Thank you! I hope I explained everything good enough and I apologize for any grammar and lexical mistakes. English is not my mother tongue.

Hello! Sorry if it's been mentioned before (reading through 27 pages is quite a lot and I may have missed it ). Would the Osram LEDriving PY21W bulbs (for indicators) trigger an error without CANBUS controllers? Their power consumption is a bit lower compared to the Philips X-tremeUltinon LED gen2 (1,3 vs 1,8w).