Octavia II Common Faults or Problems and the Fixes

[VRStu]

I'm starting to put together a list of the known issues and fixes related to the Octavia II A5 platform based on the information that I have.

Take a look, see if you find it useful and if you have any that you know about then please let me know.

I have more to add myself yet, time permitting.

Octavia-vRS.com - Octavia A5 Common or Known Problems and Issues

[GAFF]

Nice one...should help a few people, its a good resourse to keep updated.

[Dr Zoidberg]

Creaking suspension - plenty of mentions here.
Aircon flaps sticking resulting in hot air only

[tomo2001]

Turbo's failing - my dealer said there was a history of this on the 1.9 engine although not on the 2.0 (like mine).

Cruise control stalk failing.

[GAFF]

Originally Posted by Dr Zoidberg

Creaking suspension - plenty of mentions here.

Has anyone had any luck having that sorted ?

Mine wouldn't do it when the garage had it out for a spin (wet day), although when I went out it initially wouldn't do it but then with a slight acceleration while going over the ramps its seems to do it. They sprayed some lube but it didn't help at all.
Last night I found accelerating over uneven surfaces as opposed to just letting the car coast over them also seems to make it creak. It was bad last night with the Cold Dry evening.

I was also going to mention the rattle in the rear seats clips...but theres been no fix for it yet AFAIK.


Sorry for going slightly off the topic.

[VRStu]

Added a couple of those on now thanks.

Already had the Cruise Stalk one, Alex have you had the vent flaps sticking on yours?? I've heard of it on the Fabia but can't recall it on the Octy.

[vRSLen]

Well done Stu, with me looking at a newer vRS any day soon, it is nice to know
what to look out for.

[JohnMorr]

Indicators not self-cancelling - part of a more general stalk problem?

[Dr Zoidberg]

I assume it was the vent flaps causing the aircon problem as turning the engine off and on again would produce a clicking noise somewhere under the dash and it then worked fine.

The car is in for it's first service next friday so I'm hoping that they will get the creaking suspension figured out. It wasn't the bushes causing it so it might be the steering rack as mentioned in my thread specifically about the problem.

[VRStu]

There is a TSB on that one Alex. Already on the list but basically involves modifying the Climatronic Eprom settings at the dealers.

[Dr Zoidberg]

Originally Posted by VRStu

There is a TSB on that one Alex. Already on the list but basically involves modifying the Climatronic Eprom settings at the dealers.

Heh , all-electric denied any knowledge of this!

[VRStu]

Originally Posted by Dr Zoidberg

Heh , all-electric denied any knowledge of this!

Hence the idea to collate and share the information we have.

[tomo2001]

STREAM HU not ejecting CD's from time to time - just displaying 'CD ERROR' on screen. Eventually releasing cd's a couple of days later for no reason.

[Hedge]

I had something similar with my Stream. Cured by replacing it with a MFD2.

[johnpritt]

First of all, excellent initiative

I don't know whether this counts as a common fault, it only happened to me once, but I seem to recall someone else mentioning it:

DSG gearbox refuses to change gear when hot (1.9 tdi 105bhp).
After about an hour's stop/start driving with the DSG left in Drive on the Paris périphérique last summer when the outside temperature was in the high 20s/low 30s, the DSG box gave up changing gear, staying in 1st all the time though it was possible to shift between neutral/reverse/first. Manual changes were also affected. Temperature gauge showed 90 degrees.
Stopping the car, switching the ignition off, then restarting cured it -- but since this coincided with an end to the traffic snarl up and the start of more fluid traffic conditions (and hence airflow through the radiators), it's difficult to say whether it was overheating, or just an electronic fault that needed resetting.

[tezza72uk]

Originally Posted by Dr Zoidberg

Creaking suspension - plenty of mentions here.
Aircon flaps sticking resulting in hot air only

My creaking suspension has been traced to a rear tie rod fault. Waiting to have new one fitted so can't comment on if this is the fix yet.

[VRStu]

Thanks John, whilst not wishing to dismiss your problem I would prefer to keep it to the ones we commonly hear of so as not to give people the wrong idea. Thanks for your input.

Tezza that certainly sounds interesting, please do let us know how you get on.

[IANFABIAVrs]

BEST WAY OF FIXING ANY VRS PROBS IS SELL UP(GET SHUT ASAP!!!!!)

[Spence2]

BEST WAY OF FIXING ANY VRS PROBS IS SELL UP(GET SHUT ASAP!!!!!)

Pity you weren't still sitting in yours when it went

[Flanno]

I am due to collect my new 07 RS in 7 to 10 days. Are most of the issues now resolved at this stage or can I look forward to failing cruise control, suspension creaks etc..