OCTAVIA III Owners discussion thread

[Mcsteve]

I have my first service coming up later next month. So far on my list are a few things:

-Rattle/creak near drivers pillar
-Clunk type sound when driving forward after first starting up.
-Power tail gate. I noticed the door will drop down without wind or anything, like bad gas struts. It hit me in the head twice.

Hey woofy.
I had very similar issues to you in my last service, and sure enough the fuel pipe was the door strip on the driver's side causing the rattle.
I also mentioned that clunk in forward gear but got told it was something like the hydraulic brake hill start thing.
Lastly, the power tall gate has been a pita the whole time since ownership. The hydraulic struts have been replaced twice now and I have new ones waiting for me as they had to back order done during the service.

I'm interested to hear about your experience when the service team advise about the clunk in gear as personally I'm not convinced with my story


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[ferret vrs]

I have my first service coming up later next month. So far on my list are a few things:

-Rattle/creak near drivers pillar, guessing its the usual fuel line, but the rubber creaks a bit as well. Had hoped only my Mk2 would have that issue, so looks like Gummi Pfledge will get more use.

-Clunk type sound when driving forward after first starting up. I have a manual and when I reverse out in the morning, just after I start moving forward I hear a sound coming from I'd say under the bonnet, not necessarily a bad one, just something seems to make a sound moving forward. Doesn't do it in reverse. When I drive forward out of my carpark everyday I hear it when going home after a metre of so of moving. The first time it did it, I thought I ran over something.

-Drivers seat heigh adjustment, took it in for this way back and was told that the seat doesn't go down any lower. It sure does, so something is jamming the mechanism and has from new.

-Power tail gate. When using it on a steep drive recently, I noticed the door will drop down without wind or anything, like bad gas struts. It hit me in the head twice, it won't completely close or anything, but after going up will drop slowly about a foot. I would have thought it should stay up really.

Oh mine has been doing that and the struts look like they are leaking


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[Mysterey]

Well, I have just finished reading all 1182 messages in this thread.
Finally, I can sleep.

Thank you all for a very interesting read! Very useful info.

[Lams]

The first drive clunk thing is probably the ABS pump

[mcs]

I have done about 1200klms in my RS now, and I notice there is a small rattle in the drivers B pillar.

There is also a very distinct lack of interior ambient lighting, and I miss it greatly as my 04 A8 has both led mood lighting with customisable options for it. Made the interior feel very special at night.

Has anyone locally tried adding footwell lamps or ambient lighting to the doors?


The other thing is, my kessy system managed to lock itself with the key in the boot in my bag. I have the power tailgate and it is meant to pop itself back open (I haven't been able to repeat this self locking). It was a real problem!

Anyone else have this occur?

Mike

[woofy]

Hmm OK, the clunk driving forward doesn't seem like its out of order, just very noticable. Seeing as my Mk2 RS didn't have the hill holding it makes sense there as well.

I don't get a rattle near the drivers door like some have but do hear something with a light tap every now and again so have assumed its the fuel hose. The strusts have liquid on them I assumed was lubricant, but the lowering down and hitting me in the head I hadn't noticed until twice in Feb on a steep slope it sagged.

[ferret vrs]

Mines booked at Skoda this Wednesday to have the tailgate struts checked - mainly so they have parts for when it goes for service in a few weeks


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[woofy]

Actually on the note of power tailgate, more often than not lately, it just beeps at me and doesn't lift. If I press it again, it will beep again, or sometimes then work. I'm guessing I'm pressing it too long or too short and its in manual mode where you hold it to raise or something but damn its annoying. Why they didn't use the foot waving thing I'll never know as they weren't exactly new tech when the Mk3 came out.

[ferret vrs]

Actually on the note of power tailgate, more often than not lately, it just beeps at me and doesn't lift. If I press it again, it will beep again, or sometimes then work. I'm guessing I'm pressing it too long or too short and its in manual mode where you hold it to raise or something but damn its annoying. Why they didn't use the foot waving thing I'll never know as they weren't exactly new tech when the Mk3 came out.

You can change settings in vcds, disable beeps - winner and close from key / inside car


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[LunchboxVRS]

Actually on the note of power tailgate, more often than not lately, it just beeps at me and doesn't lift. If I press it again, it will beep again, or sometimes then work. I'm guessing I'm pressing it too long or too short and its in manual mode where you hold it to raise or something but damn its annoying. Why they didn't use the foot waving thing I'll never know as they weren't exactly new tech when the Mk3 came out.

If you just press it it will unlock the boot (providing the car itself is looked otherwise it just beeps)
If you hold it until it beeps then let go the boot should open.