Pilchhall

Thanks Pete - I can't say I've ever noticed them kick in whilst driving, it's only ever been when the engine is off. I'd personally thought about going down the second-hand route, particularly if we hadn't been able to absolutely, 100% determine the fault beforehand. If I do end up replacing, will be sure to hold on to the old unit and let you know. Like the idea of testing a replacement without fitting too - although not sure where that would leave me, certainly without a driveable car (although potentially a fan unit I can return, I guess). I'll have another look at the wiring later and see if I can see a part number at the same time. Thanks Nackuk - I'd read elsewhere about people having issues with their fans that were linked to the air con pressure sensor and I think my mechanic had a look at that. Excuse my ignorance, but why would the DPF pressure sensor come into play? Cheers.

Thanks J.R. and I'll let Pete come back on this too, but my mechanic thinks the control module is built into the fan unit itself - therefore no separate relay in the fuse box - and if the control module is buggered, you have to replace the entire fan unit. Cheers.

Thanks ever so much Breezy_Pete. Pretty sure my mechanic said he checked all the obvious connections/wiring - but I'll double check this evening and report back. Cheers.

Hello all, I'm in desperate (and frustrated) need of help. I have a 58 plate (2009) Skoda Superb 2.0 TDi Elegance which I've owned for 7 years and until recently has never given me a single spot of bother - I love it. However, I recently discovered an intermittent fault with the fans that was completely draining the battery. The fans are coming on full power at completely random times when the car is switched off (even when it is completely cold and hasn't been driven for a day or two - so it's not the DPF regen ). The keys are out of the ignition, the car is locked up and randomly the fans will come on. It might be straight after turning the engine off, or it can be hours (even days) after I've turned the car off. It seems completely random. It's been into my trusty local garage (not main dealer) a couple of times and my mechanic is totally stumped - no fault codes etc. He's tried a couple of things when it has done it, but no luck in diagnosing it. I even took it to a German car specialist, he had it in for three days but it didn't do it once (cost me £100 for the privilege of him having my car for three days and scanning it). Got it home and a day or so later I heard the ominous sound of the fans firing up from my driveway. I can't really afford the time without the car leaving it with the German car specialist for a few days a week (or to keep chucking away £100 each time if it doesn't do it), so I'm turning to you guys in the hope that someone might be able to help me?! My current situation means that I have to pull the fuse that controls the fans every time I park the car, so that I can be sure I won't have a flat battery when I return. As I'm sure you can appreciate this is incredibly annoying when you're doing school runs, in and out of the office, or the supermarket etc. It's also already cost me one snapped bonnet release lever! My mechanic told me he thinks the fan control unit is built into the main fan (there is no fan relay) and so to replace that you need to replace the whole fan, which is somewhere around £400. That's a lot to fork out in the hope that it might solve the problem, without any guarantees, so I'd rather try and be certain that whatever we do (and whatever that costs) is going to solve the issue. Willing to listen to any suggestions, ideas etc. that might solve this issue. Thanks all - I'd really appreciate any ideas, thoughts, advice etc. on how I might be able to solve this problem.

Morning all, New to the Forum so just saying hello and providing a bit of background. I own a 2009 Skoda Superb 2.0 TDi Elegance that has about 140k on the clock. I bought the car just over 7 years ago now and love it! It's never given me a spot of bother (until recently!) and I'm a fully fledged Skoda convert now. Previously had VWs (couple of Golfs and a Bora - which I put over 250k on the clock (loved that car too)) but moved across to Skoda as I could see the better value you were getting and now don't think I'll ever go back. Cheers, Pilch