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My Octavia was doing something that sounds very similar, except both sides were actually functioning correctly, just kinda gritty feeling from the driver's position. While hunting around I got to the rear ends of the cables and worked a few sprays of WD in there, followed by a few drops of clean engine oil. The cable ends point upwards, which even with a rubber boot is rather inviting crud to get inside. Assume similar on the Superb Seems to have worked, at least for now, all as quiet as one would hope and the handbrake is still grand. Fingers crossed it's the same for you, OP!

I've had such a thing a few times over the years on various cars, usually after changing brake pads.. this means the pistons being pushed more back into the caliper, and the faintest smear of surface rust has been enough to make it all stick. Glad it's sorted, @chrisski

I use mine more in winter for demist purposes, but it was the hot weather and lack of cooling that made me get it checked over at my regular garage. Iirc it was about 80 or 90 quid for checking over, regas (refrigerant was very low) and pressure test (good) Last recorded Aircon service was August 2023.

If you're DIYing, take one out to check which model is currently fitted.

I've just been through this very issue.. original 2015 battery, so I was pretty sure I'd need to replace it before next winter. I'd already decided I want to keep this car a good while, and I'd be mostly DIY (not had to pay for a battery change for over 30 years), so I invested in a genuine VCDS setup. I've seen a couple of folks on here say they paid GBP 250+ for a battery and coding, so having paid 225 for the vcds (basic, 3-vin version ) then just under a hundred pounds for a larger capacity battery (same size battery would have been a few quid cheaper) I feel ok. Easy to fill in the info for the battery change, then a few days later did the oil and filters change so could reset the service interval. Also easy.. plenty of advice and instruction online. Reckon I've pretty much broken even already. Mine was EFB, so stayed with that.. most advice seems to be that if you already have AGM then stay with that. It may be that someone local to you has the Unlimited VIN version of VCDS and might be up for coding a new battery for beer tokens or similar!

Not something I've heard myself, but sounds like there's something mechanical trying to kick in but not entirely successfully. I'd start at the easy bit, check the battery and charging are ok with AC off. Then measure voltage with it on, and see if there's a correlation between the noise and a voltage drop. Get your AC operation checked over anyway, as you don't want anything seizing and causing further problems. A good mechanic may well just listen and know what is amiss.

Hi all, while dismantling all the covers yesterday for access to apply Lanoguard, I found this block of foam rubber tucked in behind the wing on the UK passenger side. No sign of such a thing on the driver's side, and it's so firmly held up at the top that I guess you'd have to remove the wing panel to get it fully out.. always a possibility with an 11 yrs old car. Seems like some kind of noise reducing thingy? Anyhoo I sprayed behind it and pushed it back into place before reinstalling the wheel arch liner.

Was that battery voltage on the car or off? If it's that low off the car it's faulty. That low on the car suggests some drain that needs investigating. Regarding VCDS, if you're planning on keeping the car (or at least staying with VAG cars) for more than a couple of years it works out cheaper than the OBD11 annual subscription. Seems like a good investment if you're going to be mostly DIY.

Hi there, any joy on this? On my mk.3 the limit appears to be about 30mph (probably actually some figure in km/h) but I'd love to be able to change it. I started looking down the list in VCDS, German dictionary in hand(!), but not found anything yet. It's quite probably a safety feature and no override, but like you I live in an area with loads of narrow roads and corner-cutting eejits!

I missed your sunroof reference, sorry.. if there's anything plastic you probably need to watch for mineral oils and more solvent things, but I'm sure such lubricants are easy to find.

WD-40 is great for freeing up seized or sticking bits, but I'd use heavier stuff such as engine oil in locks, probably similar or lighter grease as you said in hinges, by way of routine maintenance. Smear of vaseline for electrical contacts.

You mean in the infotainment? VCDS it is, then. Again mk.3, but here's one thread on here.. https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/484250-headlight-wash-vcds-coding/ If you don't want to go down that road, ask at your dealer, or maybe another NZ member has vcds and is moderately local to you.

I'm on mk.3.. I just got VCDS, and while having a first exploration I'm pretty sure there's one or two settings in there for the headlamp washers. If no VCDS, Might be something in the infotainment menus.

Mine is early.. battery is week 6, 15.

I'm on 1.4TSi petrol. As my battery is the original 2015 I know it's worth keeping an eye on it, and mostly it sits between 60 and 80 percent even first thing in the morning, occasionally pops up to 90 after a long motorway trip Just occasionally I look in the morning to find it reading "SOC 0%", which awakes a little frisson of panic, but it starts and runs beautifully with no problems beside the usual of the stop-start not always kicking in. I assume it is just a glitch, but has anyone else come across this?