Octavia II Common Faults or Problems and the Fixes

autojumbler · 23-02-2007, 00:25

There was a production fault on some model Octavias, there was a seal under the front wings left off, it requires removing the wing to fix. Two of my mates had theirs done.

camcorder · 23-02-2007, 00:40

just had my rear wiper motor replaced,on my 55 plate model after it failed recently,I am the only one they have had so far they told me

tezza72uk · 25-02-2007, 00:10

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Originally Posted by 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.

Going back to dealers Tuesday, the replacement part did not fix the creak. Sounds to me that it is coming from the front. Also the rear parking sensors failed just prior to last visit to the dealers so waiting to have a sensor replaced. Faint dry bearing noise is still coming from air con. not been able to do anything with that for the last three visits to the dealer. Just had a new windscreen fitted as last one was becoming delaminated but this was handy for removing the dashboard to fix the various vibrations and rattles from behind the dash !!

Not sure how much longer I will keep this car as it is turning out to be a big disapointment to me.

cheezemonkhai · 25-02-2007, 01:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by autojumbler

There was a production fault on some model Octavias, there was a seal under the front wings left off, it requires removing the wing to fix. Two of my mates had theirs done.

Got any more info on this at all? What age of car, purpose of the seal etc?

**GAFF** · 12-03-2007, 22:27

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Originally Posted by Octavia5

Thanks to VRStu I was able to tell my dealer what the fix was for my creaking/cracking dash - they were NOT aware of the TSB.

Parts now on order but I was told they are on shortage, obviously there are quite a few other Octys with the same problem.

This is a seriously useful thread, should it be made a 'sticky'

Any idea if theres a difference between the new and the old Vents ? I had mine replaced today but they were identical to the old one...same part number and all. I was told thats the only ones they have. Someone told me that the top of them no longer have a metal mesh. Any info appreciated.

the1bam · 13-03-2007, 21:37

Hi,
anyone else got a flat spot around 1900 - 2200rpm? most noticable if you are in
3rd gear (1.9tdi 4x4 now done @4k miles) and ease the power on gently under a bit of load, say going up a hill. Been back to the dealer once, wouldn't repeat, typical, but they had a demonstrator that did the same. No fix as yet.
Any help much appreciated, it's getting in the way of enjoying an otherwise great car.

hwntw · 14-03-2007, 09:21

I had missing lumber support on the driver seat, but it was fitted to the passenger seat. Sept 05 Ambient 2.0 Tdi Hatch.

Turned out to be a "miss-manufacture".

With excellent assistance from Pant Waen Garage, my local dealer, the missing lumber unit was fitted under warranty.

bosnjo · 14-03-2007, 19:43

I have Audience with 12 speakers Sound System. Since the day 1 woofers (if I can call them that) introduced a lot of vibration. It turned to be not the loudspeaker itself but the door trim. I'm talking about front doors only because on the back it's OK. Dealer said there was nothing to do as it has been done that way on factory and changing door trims would give the same result. So, I went looking for exact spot of trim vibrations. I found it. Then it was many days of thinking what to do to calm down vibrations on that spot. After few ideas, I made a little support for each of front doors and painted it black matte. It doesn't bother the way it looks and no vibrations at all. I've even tried it on max level and windows almost popped out but no more vibrations.
I'm not sure if people here are interested in my "patent". If yes, I'll have to do some photos and little diagram, and also take exact measures of parts I made. They are made of aluminium, supported by themselves. No drilling of the door trims.
Just let me know if you need it.

neharris · 15-03-2007, 08:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by the1bam

Hi,
anyone else got a flat spot around 1900 - 2200rpm? most noticable if you are in
3rd gear (1.9tdi 4x4 now done @4k miles) and ease the power on gently under a bit of load, say going up a hill. Been back to the dealer once, wouldn't repeat, typical, but they had a demonstrator that did the same. No fix as yet.
Any help much appreciated, it's getting in the way of enjoying an otherwise great car.

Our 1.9Tdi 4x4 had the same problem - very hard to duplicate, and not notioceable on every journey, but definately there. I didnt bother taking it to the dealers for it, and we've now swapped it for the 2.0Tdi 4x4 instead.

I had read somewhere that Skoda knew of the problem and were working on a fix - but I've not seen a post saying that they had released one.

I've done a quick search and some suggest that this is normal turbo lag - I guess it could be, but to have it in just 1 spot seems odd to me - so I'd put my money on it being an ECU derived flat spot of some sort.

Neil

crepusculum · 07-04-2007, 21:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnpritt

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.

There's an overheating protection on the DSG-gearbox (see page 159 of the Dutch manual - in the English one it should be around the same page number I guess).

Thomas.

cheezemonkhai · 10-04-2007, 01:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by cheezemonkhai

Both of the octy II's we have had have a fault where reversing sensors don't work.

Put it into reverse and there is a long beep but nothing on the display, when you take it out of reverse the thing on the stream radio shows the picture of the car momentarily.

Quote:

Originally Posted by VRStu

Do you know what the fix is Mark?

Forgot about posting here however...

New sensors have fixed one car and kind of fixed the other car, however that is going to get looked at again.

Noticed over the weekend both cars have a de-laminating front screen and one of them needs a new DMF.

EDIT: All now fixed under warrenty

23-02-2007, 00:25	#76
autojumbler Briskodian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 146 Members Car: Octavia Elegance Diesel Thanks: 4 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Octavia II Common Faults or Problems and the Fixes There was a production fault on some model Octavias, there was a seal under the front wings left off, it requires removing the wing to fix. Two of my mates had theirs done. Last edited by autojumbler; 23-02-2007 at 00:53.

23-02-2007, 00:40	#77
camcorder Briskodian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Isle of Wight Posts: 10 Members Car: Octavia HTP 2.0 Petrol Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Octavia II Common Faults or Problems and the Fixes just had my rear wiper motor replaced,on my 55 plate model after it failed recently,I am the only one they have had so far they told me

13-03-2007, 21:37	#81
the1bam Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Central Scotland Posts: 107 Members Car: Octavia Thanks: 7 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Octavia II Common Faults or Problems and the Fixes Hi, anyone else got a flat spot around 1900 - 2200rpm? most noticable if you are in 3rd gear (1.9tdi 4x4 now done @4k miles) and ease the power on gently under a bit of load, say going up a hill. Been back to the dealer once, wouldn't repeat, typical, but they had a demonstrator that did the same. No fix as yet. Any help much appreciated, it's getting in the way of enjoying an otherwise great car.

14-03-2007, 09:21	#82
hwntw Briskodian Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 22 Members Car: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Octavia II Common Faults or Problems and the Fixes I had missing lumber support on the driver seat, but it was fitted to the passenger seat. Sept 05 Ambient 2.0 Tdi Hatch. Turned out to be a "miss-manufacture". With excellent assistance from Pant Waen Garage, my local dealer, the missing lumber unit was fitted under warranty.

14-03-2007, 19:43	#83
bosnjo Briskodian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portugal Posts: 596 Members Car: Octavia 2.0 TDi Sport 2006 Thanks: 3 Thanked 41 Times in 38 Posts	Re: Octavia II Common Faults or Problems and the Fixes I have Audience with 12 speakers Sound System. Since the day 1 woofers (if I can call them that) introduced a lot of vibration. It turned to be not the loudspeaker itself but the door trim. I'm talking about front doors only because on the back it's OK. Dealer said there was nothing to do as it has been done that way on factory and changing door trims would give the same result. So, I went looking for exact spot of trim vibrations. I found it. Then it was many days of thinking what to do to calm down vibrations on that spot. After few ideas, I made a little support for each of front doors and painted it black matte. It doesn't bother the way it looks and no vibrations at all. I've even tried it on max level and windows almost popped out but no more vibrations. I'm not sure if people here are interested in my "patent". If yes, I'll have to do some photos and little diagram, and also take exact measures of parts I made. They are made of aluminium, supported by themselves. No drilling of the door trims. Just let me know if you need it. __________________ Octavia 2006 2.0 TDI Sport (equal to L&K in UK) - 17' wheels, Sport suspension, Xenons, Audience with Sound System, Bluetooth, Front & Back Parking Sensors - - VAG COM -

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