OCTAVIA III Owners discussion thread

[LunchboxVRS]

Anyone had oil leaking from their powered tailgate struts on their mk3?

I know it's a fairly common problem from reading Briskoda, but most of the issues seemed to be a couple of years ago. My car was built a year ago and delivered in October.
Do the dealers replace them just because of oil leaks, or only when they actually fail to hold the tailgate up? Mine's working fine, but I think the oil only appeared in the last couple of days (colder weather?).

Mine are leaking as well. I pointed it out at my service last week and to my surprise they have ordered a set to replace them without a drama. Was half expecting the old "it's not bad enough" or "that's exceptable leakage" like iv had on other cars.

[woofy]

I've had oil since day 1 you can see when they go up and down. Didn't know if it was supposed to be like that, but the dealers never said anything. It hasn't been opening though when I tell it too, takes a few goes, and in Feb it sagged and hit me in the head on a steep driveway. Getting its first service today so will see what they say.

[ferret vrs]

I had mine replaced 2 weeks ago for this same issue - also would not hold open on a slope
They did mention they have a replaced a few sets to me (I used to work with one of the service advisors so they will tell me a little more than usual


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[woofy]

Well nothing really extra from the service was done, its all pending with Skoda HQ, but also noticed a fair bit of oil on the plastic shield down under the belts etc so not sure what happened there. They just reset the struts, but I said did they happen to test they sag on slopes and there is oil all over them. So we went back outside and he looked pretty annoyed. I get the feeling my car was left until just before I got there as it was just the easy 12mths service and the apprentice made a rush job of it. This was testing out the new owners of an inner Melb dealer so hasn't gone so well really.

[Jondalar]

Has anyone else found the traction control rather lacking? It's about as subtle as being slapping in the face with a wet fish on my Octavia and about the same on my wife's Golf. Maybe it's just a diesel thing? Seriously hampers and rapid take off from standstill as the traction control seems to cut all power momentarily if it senses any wheel spin. Maybe I'm spoilt but I've had far better traction control on a 2008 Ford G6E Turbo which would reduce not cut power and allow a controlled amount of wheelspin, never too intrusive even in the wet.

Cheers,
Karl

[Spinifex]

Has anyone else found the traction control rather lacking?

Not just diesel - the petrols are also known for it.
I think this is the BIGGEST negative issue with these cars.
Not that any of us would complain about having more power or torque in any cars, but they just can't seem to get it to the ground in FWD models.
Either bad ECU programming, or crap factory tyres.

I can't understand why the Scout/AWD RS isn't available in Aus

[Jondalar]

Not just diesel - the petrols are also known for it.
I think this is the BIGGEST negative issue with these cars.

I think it's bad ECU programming then or poor sensors. I think the P Zero tyres have decent grip but this just shutting down power when there is slip is a sign of a very old fashioned traction control IMHO. I've had better traction control on a BMW 323i from 1999...

[woofy]

I've seen it a little bit in my Mk2 RS. But nothing compared to what I've seen something like my Mazda 6 or my 323 or to be honest any car do. They had axle tramp and all kinds of stuff kick in. I've rarely seen the ABS kick in, maybe once on my mk2 when I went over a speed hump I didn't see a bit fast. but never on my mk3, and haven't had traction control kick in on the Mk3 in the past year. I have a manual for both of mine for what thats worth so do control the power a bit more than perhaps the DSG does.

[Undecided]

I have both the MK3 vRS and a BM Mazda3 Maxx and I guarantee you the axle tramp is a lot worse on the Octavia. I'm sure the extra power and extremely heavy wheels don't help it though

[woofy]

I have both the MK3 vRS and a BM Mazda3 Maxx and I guarantee you the axle tramp is a lot worse on the Octavia. I'm sure the extra power and extremely heavy wheels don't help it though

Yeah I always had the hotter 323s/MPS 3 and it killed tyres it was so bad. My SP20 was the worst. The Maxx won't exactly be causing much traction issues, they stopped gearing them towards any kind of fun years ago.....ie the zoom zoom evaporated....