The rear parking sensors on my Superb 2 Greenline Saloon/hatch don't like the rain. VCDS says its the left outer and left inner sensors that have failed (probably don't like getting water into them.

 

Does anybody know the part numbers for these sensors? I'm not sure whether they are both the same part number as I haven't dismantled yet to have a look.

VIN?

TMBBD73T4A018316

 

Thank you

I just ordered 2 of the cheapest sensors from eBay, under £17 for the pair and they worked fine.

 

Getting them out was a bit of a fiddle as the holders are glued/bonded to the back of the bumper. These holders can come unstuck from the back of the bumper, in my case someone had superglued the holder back on and managed to glue the faulty sensor into the holder, luckily new self adhesive holders are available from eBay for a few pounds but you have to remove the bottom part of the bumper to fit them. Fit the sensor to the holder before sticking it to the back of the bumper as this is the only way to make sure the sensor will line up with the hole for it in the bumper.

 

I didn't bother to paint the new sensors as I'll be repainting the bumper later this year, I have a full set of working sensors now, the repair took about an hour and cost £23 in total.

 

My next parking sensor project.....

I own 2 Superbs in the same colour, same year. One is a 1.9 Greenline with sensors front and rear, the other is an Elegance with sensors only on the rear.  I want to fit the front bumper and sensors from the Greenline on the Elegance, mechanically dead easy, but I'm sure there are some coding issues.