Buy a used Octavia.

[MYSKODA]

If that is the case, loose shaft, the car still has over 6 months warranty. Id like to think that would be covered. Thanks for the heads up ill check it out.

[Skooter]

One thing to look for is about 10mm play in the steering wheel. Caused by looseness in the shaft at the bottom of the steering column. Only official fix is a new column at $960 plus fitting! I had this on a 67,000km car.

That's seriously low mileage to present a problemo like that, wfd. And 7k out of warranty too? Any clues as to the cause? Bad case hardening on the rack or pinion?

[gldgti]

That's seriously low mileage to present a problemo like that, wfd. And 7k out of warranty too? Any clues as to the cause? Bad case hardening on the rack or pinion?

Theres a polymer bushing in the shaft that has a known early life failure on some units. Its not very common but its been documented elsewhere.

must have been the production run of one set of bushings.