Evening all

 

I've just worked out that my 2011 Superb elegance alarm does not sound, looking around it seems that it possibly had a 5 year shelf life for the backup battery, but I can't find anything much confirming a replacement.

 

Looking at the octavia forum, it seems that 1K0 951 605 C is a widely used replacement part in the VAG family and the likes of aliexpress list the superb as a supported model (Aliexpress listing) on the same part......

 

I'll gladly take a punt at £40 delivered, but I have no idea where it is located so I can swap it myself, can anyone advise a guide and or confirm this is indeed the correct part?

 

Thanks in advance

 

hello, hope this will help,i own a skoda Octavia 2006,am not to sure ,but on mine the alarm is under the drivers side wheel arch,you have to remove the liner to gain access the alarm, it is in a steel box held in place by screws,you need to remove these to gain enry. 

Hi here is the p/no and approx location, I have done this on my octavia it was quite easy, I think I got a new unit off ebay. Since then I have had the chirp enabled for arm disarm just to keep a check on the  siren, as a bonus if none of the doors are properly shut the doors will lock but the alarm will not chirp.

Hi mantiss, thanks for that, i had seen posts in the octavia forum but wanted to check before pulling things apart, due to my below response to rnh

 

Hi roynhayley, excellent thanks. I had seen on a picture somewhere that showed it in that area (i cant remember what car) and that also confirms the part number is correct

 

Thanks both and I'll confirm back once the parts arrived on the slow boat and I've given it a try

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Edited 9 January, 20197 yr by FlyingSpanner

Cheers VWGDT

 

The part has arrived already so will find 20 mins and give it a try

Ok So I have swapped the siren, not given it 30 mins yet as didn't have time. Does it need this and / or the code fault reset before I should expect to hear sounds?

 

For anyone else who may need to do this, the siren is in the back right corner of the engine bay (looking from the front of the car) almost next to the bonnet hinge and is a fairly simple swapout once you know where it is

 

 

 You have to remove the wiper and plastic surround, then the plenum cover and in the back corner (circled) is where the siren is bolted underneath

 

 

Close up showing the back of the siren just poking out. Circled is where it is attached with a ½" bolt (directly underneath), you can get a spanner in here to loosen, then it will slide off to the right or you can undo the bolt fully and drop it out

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 26 June, 20187 yr by a666andy

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Edited 9 January, 20197 yr by FlyingSpanner

cheers VWGDT - I'll check it again later, but no way of clearing any codes until i can get back to see my mechanic for now and it had a few hours yesterday but still no noise on locking / unlocking (ATA is enabled and I disabled then re-enabled just in case) else I'll try and set the alarm off again later just in case.

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Edited 9 January, 20197 yr by FlyingSpanner

cheers, will let the mechanic loose on it when I get back to him to check a few bits

Update - so my mechanic says there is a break in the wiring 'somewhere' and was unable to locate and wanted to take the dash out to possibly run the new wiring that came with the new siren....... Err no thanks, I don't want my dash pulled out!

 

Question, should it be fairly easy to run the new cabling from the alarm siren to where it comes from (I presume the alarm control box)?

 

I'm sure I read in a post on this site somewhere where a previous person purchased the new siren, it didn't work and a garage said "it's not compatible with your current wiring, we need to replace it" and it was re-wired in an hour ish, anyone any ideas on this please as i would rather an auto electrician sort my siren out than my mechanic try and 'find a way' .

 

Cheers