guitarman001

I probably mentioned before but my wife eventually passed from her cancer last October. I got my Octavia last year and by adjusting the boot stops, managed to reduce the noise a bit. I've kept the car until recently - I can still hear the boom at times but the thing that has sealed its fate has been the incredibly bumpy ride it gives me - my back aches after driving it. So I am finally trading it in for a Focus Titanium tomorrow. Worse mpg and less powerful but should be more comfortable. It's a real bummer as I love the layout, it looks great.. but the fundamental enjoyment of driving has been ruined by sore ears and back! If it weren't for these things it'd probably be the best car I've had. It retained its value ok so that's something, at least..

Tricky timing that one! I'll mention ECU software updates, thanks...

I've been looking at what else there is. The bummer is that the car looks great, performs very well, gets near 50mpg out of a petrol and is packed full of features. On one hand, the best car I've had. On the other hand, the worst car in terms of the number of times it's been to the garage, the bumpy ride (lack of seat padding and poor suspension?) and the acoustic boom. I never went wrong with Ford before so I'll consider them or Toyota (or any other recommendation?). I've just got so much on right now with sorting out my wife's estate and returning to work soon.

I agree - I would take it to the garage I often use but I'd have to pay. This thing is on extended warranty. Pretty poor :(

My friend has one of those tools. I don't have that info, unfortunately... I believe this will likely happen again and it will result in me getting rid of the car next year. I use an official SKODA garage and I don't know if they used said sensor... I think it's going to be a new car next year. Probably back to Ford!

Hello once more. I still have my Skoda (you might remember I posted it is great despite being bumpy and hurting my back... and also I still slightly experience the "boom"). Deeply unfortunately, my wife also finally passed away with cancer. So times are tough. In any case. My extended warranty runs out in March. I've had the car in the garage 4 times now due to the engine management light turning on. Each time it has been lambda sensor failure (apparently!). The sensor has been replaced twice, and isn't cheap. The second time, they contacted Skoda UK who couldn't solve the issue and just said "put a new sensor in." My car is booked into their garage in a few weeks as this will be the fifth time, and they admit it must be something other than the lambda sensor. Has anybody experienced this? Can anybody offer any advice? If this light keeps going off by next March, then I think that will be the last time I drive this car. I'm not saying that as a "dig" - it's just too much hassle on top of everything else. Thanks for your help!

I don't know if that was a condescending reply but this thread has been going for years with no real solution. Thought mine was fixed but it's creeping back in. Good luck if you can manage to find the solution which nobody else can..

Good luck getting the garage to acknowledge it... Solution is to get another car. I plan to but life is busy right now.

Oi@gregoir Oops. Anyway... I thought the noise was gone when I adjusted the boot stops bit very small amounts of it all comes back in. The engine management light keeps going off, and the ride is definitely harsher compared to my good old Ford. Next time I'm going for Ford again, and a car with less features so less can go wrong. I drove one of the new Focus lately and while mpg isn't as good, my back felt a lot better for it and it was sublime not to hear the boom. I wouldn't buy another Skoda again which is a shame as so many other things are right about the car... Other than fundamental ride comfort.

Orange always seems to take the longest so I don't know how that can be the shortest.. :S

Green = scenic route? Red = fastest? Orange = ???

It's like it's a living thing... In any case, some diesels don't even get the economy this thing delivers...

Grégoire our numbers are near identical. The engine is brilliant.

So I got a Backfriend to help posture but I'm definitely getting a sore back still. The car feels every bump in the road. The suspension might as well not be there. The backfriend forces me to sit in the centre of the seat.. which pushes me closer to the gear stick, middle of the car. I think the seat itself should be closer to the driver's side window.....

You're right. So 486.3 miles and filled up 46.13l (10.14 gallons) so 48mpg.. so a 4% overestimate on the computer..