MichaelC92

Hi guys, I have originally started this topic and want to say that I have NOT got to the bottom of the problem and the car now has 109.000 miles. The clunk is much more pronounced now and one other noise appeared when drive or S it’s engaged and I’m moving slowly. The new noise sounds like a scrape in a bearing or clutch if that makes sense? SKODA advised me to see a DSG specialist to take my gearbox apart and to “revamp it” whatever that means. Apparently SKODA is unable to open up a gearbox and fix it so they will send me to some external DSG specialist and as you can imagine it costs a fortune. So i’ve given up trying to fix it as the car has done plenty mileage and if I’d try to resell it now, in this condition, probably I would get no more than £7-£8k on it. Not much life or value left in it to justify a £2000 repair. So i’ll drive it until it explodes and then silverlake it is for this car.

Hi, this was also tried and no avail.

Hi, yes. The DSG oil change happened at 40k miles and it’s noted in the digital service history of the car. The next one will be at 80k and the technicians insisted that this is done only when required, not earlier, not later.

Thank you for you input. I should have said skoda main dealer technicians, rather than engineers. I always take my car to the main dealer at Azur Skoda in Chichester.

Break pads are all in good order, front ones were changed recently, but the clunk was there before and after and doesn’t seem to have anything to do with breaks. There is no clunk when reversing, or when going normally through gears when accelerating from 0 to 60. The clunk only comes in at around 8 or 9 mph when I depart in slow moving traffic, then release the accelerator, then touching it again to carry on with the slow moving traffic. I would not even figured out that there was a problem, but being a taxi driver I spend a lot of time in traffic and hence I noted this issue which happens only in those very specific circumstances. The engineers also checked the engine mounts, the bushes, the shock absorbers, the exhaust pipe, the protective scout underneath, breaking system, but neither of those seem to be a problem. I found on google that WV owners had an issue that seems similar to mine and they’ve put it down to the “clutch switch”?

That’s correct. The car is out of warranty after 60k miles.

Thank you Jaco. i forgot to mention that the engine mounts were checked by the skoda and they are fine. I specifically ask for those to be checked and the suspension too as I was reading on the forum here that similar problems were caused by engine mounts, but this is not the case. Skoda suspected it was the passenger side driveshaft which has been changed now and the problem is still there.

Hi all, I drive a skoda Octavia 2015 2.0L diesel DSG 72k miles at the moment, fully serviced with Skoda exactly as required at the correct mileage. I started having a clunk noise from DSG when creeping up in traffic. it sounds like a clunk only at about 9mph and only when I’m releasing the accelerator and then touching it again. There are no clunks or other noises when driving off or slowing down, or at any different speed, but just at 9mph when releasing the accelerator and then touching it again. Skoda engineers admitted that this sound is abnormal and suspected it was the driveshaft, so I’ve changed it for £570 and the problem is still there, the exact same clunk. If any of you had and resolved this issue, I would love to have your help on this as I am desperate, given that skoda engineers can’t figure out what it’s causing this noise. Thank you!

I am a Skoda Octavia Elegance MK3 owner I am a taxi driver for about 2 years now and I bought an Octavia in sept 2017 - very popular model for the trade in our county, Hampshire. i found a lot of useful information on this forum and decided it would be the time to become a member of it. Regards,