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Don’t know if anyone else has had this issue? On a number of occasions now, when I’ve left the car for a couple of hours, on returning and starting it, the DSG restarts in Sport mode rather than Normal. Is shows it’s in S on the dash, but In the Mode selection on the Columbus, this shows Normal is selected. Weird, huh? I have to change the mode to say Eco and then back to Normal to get it to change back. It’s not a massive problem, but it’d be nice to have it fixed. Anyone have a solution? Of course, it’s now two months out of warranty.. 😖

Well, that’s 10 mins of my life I’ll never get back. Did you direct me there just for the part numbers? Anyway, I’m happy to help, but with one caveat; if it means dismantling half the boot, I’m afraid that ain’t gonna happen! Where are the amps on a Superb hatch?

I think you’ll find all the VAG units are as awful as each other. Certainly an friend who has a 2017 A6 with the TV (something like an £800 option) is just as poor as the one in our 280. PS - the thread is a Russian site. What would up you like me to read? 😁

One word of caution to all those wanting this function. We have a March 2016 model and whilst the TV is really great to have, the picture quality is, to be frank, utterly abysmal; it’s SD and a very poor SD at that, so please bear that in mind before you spend more time and effort to retro fit this. It also doesn’t help that there are practically no picture adjustments either. That said, it was great to have DVD (remember those?!) function whilst waiting for a ferry at Holyhead which had been delayed for 6 hours - wizzed though half of S3 of The West Wing!

Took all ours off as they looked awful, including all the dreadful L&K’s. It took all of 5 mins and 10 mins more to remove the shadows.

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I note Castrol now state its Edge 0W-40 for the 280? I wonder why it’s changed?

🙈 Sorry everyone. I found the problem; that’ll be me. I’d inadvertently unticked Convenience Indicators when trying to turn down the dash lighting.... What a nob! 🙄

I’ve searched and couldn’t find an answer. Half way through my journey last night, the comfort indicators stopped working - I now only get a single blink when I flick the stalk. I did change the number of times from 3 to 5 blinks via VCDS back in April when I got the car, as I did on our S2 and never had a problem. I’ll do a scan with VCDS to see if it throws up abut but in the meantime, has anyone else seen this happen before? Could it be a hardware failure? All help appreciated. Cheers... Rob

Thanks MartiniB 👍🏻

Thanks Gizmo 👍🏻

Hi all, I have a 2016 MY Superb L&k 280 and I'd like to get rid of the pointless white on the ambient light strips and change it to red. I've searched on this section and although its metioned several times that members have, or have had it changed, I can't actually find the coding itself. Would someone be kind enough to post the full VCDS codings please? Thnaks in advance... Rob

Mine is currently a 280 BS - Bog Standard - but I’m thinking of a JB4 or remap. However, given just how quick the car is compared to most others on the road, I probably won’t bother.

Interesting. My dealer said the noise I was experiencing was from the anti-roll bar bushes which, when replaced, solved the bloody annoying creaking once and for all? How odd that the model could suffer two noisy suspension components.

Creaking sound will be the anti roll bar bushes. Had mine replaced under warranty and voila, creakiness all gone...

It won’t. Knackered Police vehicles have zero effect on the particular model RV’s.

People say I’m stupid, but I think the 280 will become collectible, if only because it’s the fastest production Skoda ever produced. I’m still absolutely over the moon with the car; I’m seriously thinking about shoving into a Carcoon and buying a Fabia for everyday use. As for going green well, I’m holding out hope for Hydrogen powered vehicles, as I think range anxiety will always be an issue with electric vehicles.

After moving the seat all the way back to clean under the seat I had the same issue; no seat memory and no easy exit. Did the backwards/forwards thing and hey presto, all working again! Thanks very much to the OP!

On the few occasions I've really given it some stick, there really is a deep noisy throaty exhaust note on our 280, which can definitely be heard in the cabin over the engine sound. Personally, I want to keep it quiet until needed and looking BS; it's what a Q car is all about.