Upon my strong advice that the Superb was a great car, my Father in law collected his new 62 plate Superb 2.0 tdi CR 140 DSG in October 2012. However, after just 2000 miles, whilst on motorway, car went into limp mode. Recovered to Dealer who diagnosed a cracked Turbo and it was replaced.

However, it is now much noisier when accelerating, as if exhaust is blowing/also a general roughness/vibration from underneath, as best that can be described.

The dealer admitted that Turbo replacement was difficult and awkward job but after 2 trips back, they are not really interested and seem to now be fobbing him off. He has even driven 2 indentical demo cars with dsg box and both are definately much quieter and smoother. The dealer still says their is nothing wrong with his.

He is now so disappointed with the car that he is looking to trade it in. I am gutted for him. I have a 12 plate Superb 2.0 tdi CR 140 manual, which is much quieter than his so i too am convinced there is a problem, probably with the turbo installation.

Searched this forum high and low but turbo failure is never mentioned, certainly not on a brand new car.

Any advice from forum members please?

I don't think he will be buying another Skoda, and unlikely to tell others to do the same.

spk to skoda uk !! and get them to check this car over

Go to another dealer, it should be just as quiet now as it was before.

Selling the car at this age will mean a huge 20%+ loss trading it in and does not make sense, much better to get it sorted and continue to use the current car.

I agree, take it to another dealer. They will be only too happy to look at it under warranty as they get paid by Skoda to do so.

And they might just find something that your dealer should have or not have done!!!

The car doesn't work as it should. Warranty provides cover to get it fixed. Dealer is liable to fix car under warranty. Simples!

Have a word with the garage again and mention Skoda UK and Trading Standards. The dealer has virtually admitted they're not up to scratch:

"The dealer admitted that Turbo replacement was difficult and awkward job"

This sounds like a garage that doesn't really know what they're doing, has admitted failure, and decided to wash their hands of it. Sickening. After spending that much money on a car with them, you'd think they'd be more concerned :wonder:

But, as others have said, you can try another dealer, and in these circumstances it might be the best bet than going back to the spanner monkeys at the selling dealer. Possible name and shame?

I hope your old man gets it sorted - I'm sure he will

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