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Cambelt and water pump replaced this week. I know they've got rid of the time limit, but at 5 years and 3 months and 116,700 miles I decided I didn't want to risk it much longer. Motor factors sent the earlier water pump, so had to wait a day to complete the job. Alternator belt changed too. Running much quieter now as the belt had been squeaky for a good while.

I had this same issue which turned out to be the immobiliser. Involved a vehicle that had no keys and needed new ones cut. Battery was knackered but it started and ran fine with a jump pack. As soon as we changed the battery, the immobiliser kicked in. Ended up getting the ECU sent away and the immobiliser deleted. Problem solved :) Shouldn't be more than £100 ish to fix it.

5 years old yesterday and currently on 114k. Just coming up to 2 years ownership and after spending nothing other than a service I'm now having to shell out for a few repairs. Battery failed about 6 weeks ago which when changed still wasn't charging properly and needed an alternator too. Front brake pads a couple of weeks ago. Rear shocks this weekend Service next week Cambelt and waterpump in December. Likely to have lightened my wallet by £1,500+ all in but all work needed.

Is this the black SEL one that was on Ebay for £3k recently? If it is, I thought it looked an absolute bargain for the money.

Just had the battery changed on mine as it died overnight. Yuasa one was £180. Mine was only charging at 12.2 volts so needed an alternator too at £385 :( Now charging at 13.9 volts :) Old one was 4 yrs 10 months from registration and 113k miles.

My 2016 model did exactly the same every few months and never knew why. Traded it in for a 2020 facelift about 18 months ago and the DAB situation is great. SatNav is a completely different story though - 2016 great, 2020 ****e!!

Definitely sounds like clutch release bearing and they have that clanky almost agricultural sounding gearchange.

There was a 170 engined Superb on Ebay a few months back that had been a taxi all it's life that had 642k on it I think.

Contrary to one of the posts above, I've found the FL headlights to be much brighter than the earlier model. I also don't seem to get dazzled as much by oncoming traffic.

If you don't want to donate a kidney to Skoda UK, the eBay copies work fine and are around £200 a pair, rather than £1,000 with VAT, fitting and coding by your friendly Skoda dealer

I was quoted around £1,200 by two local garages and ended up trading the car in to the garage who changed it and they said it was about £700 for the clutch or £1,100 for clutch and flywheel. Definitely much better options out there than main dealers. Same 2016 Superb 2.0 tdi manual.

Going back to the list at the top, I had Pirelli Powergy's on the last Superb and they were not particularly impressive. Just about got 20,000 out of them on the front when the Michelin's they replaced did 30,000.

Alun, I'm pretty sure that all the 1.9 pd 105 bhp models didn't have a dpf unless any of the 4x4 versions did? All 1.6 and 2.0 did have dpf's.

Yep same here, my 2016 S3 had the 24 hr clock but the 2020 S3 facelift seems to only have the 12 hr 😞

At that sort of mileage and the town driving you are probably better going for petrol. The diesels need a good run pretty much weekly to complete the dpf regeneration. Jumping from a vrs to a Superb you will find that the standard suspension is a bit soggy. Worth looking at the Sportline which is a bit lower and firmer.

AdBlue didn't come in on the 150bhp ones until mid 2017 I think. All 190bhp ones have it.

I had a 2016 150 diesel manual until a couple of months ago. Traded it in with 150k on the clock. Needed clutch and rear shocks doing. Only failure I'd had was the water pump at 4yrs and 112k. Rest just routine servicing etc.

That's very interesting to know. I replaced mine with the cheapo Chinese ebay ones and they worked fine if a little noisier than the genuine ones. The garage gave me the old ones back so I'll have to have a look at the wiring and see if they are any breaks or bare wires.

You lot are a lot braver than me!! I think I'm pushing my luck if I get down to a range of 25 or 30 miles 🤣

Had my letter yesterday, need to book it in. 2020 diesel dsg.

Welcome, there are a couple of us in the Northwich area who have Mk3 Superbs. What colour is your vrs? Will keep a look out for you

Glad to be of help hopefully. I had the tyre man come and change them on my drive for me. The wear on the old ones was quite uneven but there was still quite a bit of tread. They were about 4 years old at the time I think. New tyres solved the noise problem straight away.

Glad to be of help. Might get a few more years out of it with a bit of luck!!

Could well be saw-toothing of rear tyres. My 16 Superb did it and it sounded like a wheel bearing. Had an advisory on mot for wear on rear tyres and changed them. Noise gone

Are you sure your 2016 Superb is Euro 5? I though all the Mk3 Superbs from mid 2015 onwards with the 150 and 190 engines were Euro 6.