Hi All

 

It's been a while as the Superb has become a spare car......

 

I actually sold it yesterday.....BUT

 

Whilst on the test drive the new buyer noticed the left indicator was dimly lit in the instrument cluster?

 

I plugged in and ran a vcds test, no faults were found which related to the cluster, he ended buying the car but has text me this morning saying his now concerned.....

 

Ive had a quick google which has brought up a couple of post on Brisky but related to the octavia, to me it seems the cluster might be suffering from dry solder joints? bear in mind the Superb has not really been used much in recent months and has only done 300miles ish since MOT in October....been sat on driveway in cold/damp/freezing conditions etc....

 

Im going to contact a cluster repair specialist (seen some on ebay as mentioned in Octavia posts) tomorrow but was wondering if anyone has else suffered with issues like this in their Superb.....or can offer any advice??

 

Car is 59 plate with 135k.......

 

Thanks,

 

If all the indicators are their normal brightness & it is just the repeater in the cluster that's dim, I'm sure the problem will be in the cluster.

 

Probably needs a new LED, but as you say, there have been problems with dry solder joints at the interface plug.

i have spoken to an auto electrician/cluster repair place who state it will need a new/2nd hand cluster which will then need coding to the car.

 

 

Maybe worth a second opinion on whether it can be repaired?  

have you tried this company......

https://totaltronics.com/cat/skoda/

 
I haven’t used them myself but have seen them recommended elsewhere