Anyone got ideas on this one....

My wife is in Glasgow (250 miles from home) in the Superb - 2014 estate 2.0 diesel. It's done 40,000, recently serviced.

She's phoned to say the wheels are hot after a 2 mile journey, fronts as well as rear (so wouldn't be handbrake) and the fan is on for quite a while after the key is out.

This seems really odd as maybe 1 wheel could be explained but 3 or 4 ?? It's driving well but how could that happen in such a short journey.

She's panicking as needs to drive home tomorrow....

Any thoughts/suggestions? She's going to give it a run first thing. There's Skoda assistance which is still valid. Or shed in about taking into a local dealer...

Help!

Skoda Assist first. 

Find out what is up before getting into Glasgow morning Traffic.

Henry's if it must go to a Garage, Not Arnold Clark

 

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Did that service at 40,000 miles have them changing the brake fluid?

Edited 14 December, 20169 yr by Offski

Yes let the recovery/warranty sort it out. Ditto Henry's on the West side of central Glasgow.

Fans on after shutdown sounds like she interrupted a regen. There'd be enough heat hanging around the engine bay and exhaust area to make it feel like the wheels are hot? I'd second the others though: if you have access to Skoda Assist, get them out to check it. It's straightforward for them to check the measuring blocks for distance since last regen.

Edited 14 December, 20169 yr by chimaera

Ok thanks for those- reassuringly consistent responses...

Can't remember if they changed the brake fluid. They said one wheel was buckled a bit ???? and another 2 very slightly on the service but that's not going to explain things....

Think I'll ask her to give it a run then a call to Skoda assistance.

Thanks

I would like to know where you found a wife with mechanical sympathy? My wife parks by 'feel' and stops for flat tyres only when the noise interupts her radio station.

 

I do wonder why your wife is feeling the temperature of the wheels though? Is this a common thing?

I had a dragging rear caliper on a previous car and the heat was noticeable as I walked past the car after parking if it was just off a motorway run.

I've had a stuck caliper on one car and walking past it was like walking past an electric bar heater. I wasn't going to try touching the wheel.

Well, after all that, all seems to be fine. It was just a regen cycle fortunately and she didn't realise that discs drop get hot.

Skoda assist were brilliant as has been the support and help on here...

Many thanks to everyone, hopefully job done.