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Hi, in the last month or two my Octavia (V)RS has developed a consistent and reproducible thud when I reverse. As an example, if I drive towards forward towards the kerb to parallel park (there is enough space that I don't need need to initially reverse into a my parallel par) but after coming to a stop reverse back to straight up and position the car, after 3-5 metres of reversing I get a noticeable thud coming from what may be the drive train. I do plan to take it in for a service in the next few weeks but thought I would ask if anything has had something similar or if this is a common issue so I know what to expect when I take it to the mechanic. Thanks

Hi, I'm wondering if a 2015 Octavia RS has any form of brake pad wear warning in the car info system or I just need to listen for the pads squealing when they get low? Thanks

Thanks for all the assistance with this. Yes, they were caps on top of the actual wheel nuts. I finally had a chance to pull the front passenger wheel off and take some photos. Hopefully they capture the necessary detail. Thanks

Thanks for all the replies and sorry for my slow response, I had taken the car away on holidays for a few weeks. Since getting it serviced, I have traveled probably 600-700km on the current pads, 400km of which was on highway and 200-300km in the city. I have been very gentle on the brakes over this time but I still have not seen any alerts come up in the cars info system about the pads needing to be replaced. I actually went to takes photos of the pads as per @tootsuggestions and realised the wrench supplied with the jack doesn't even fit the size of the wheel nuts for my car. It is way too small for nuts holding my 18"s on, Is that expected? Anyhow, if I only remove the front wheels will it be possible to see and photograph the pads or will the calipers need to be partially removed? Thanks

Hi, took my 2015 Octavia RS for a service today. They called me to go over a few things and get my OK, which was appreciated, before proceeding. One thing discussed was that I would need new brake pads as they were close to done and that the warning would come on soon at which time I would have 100-200km of driving (in the mechanics opinion) before getting metal on metal. I was in principle happy to replace them but then he told me it would cost approximately AUS$1100 to replace them as he recommended replacing the 'rotors' by which I assume he meant brake discs at the same time. This would have more than doubled the cost of the service so I said no. I know discs can need to be replace (or machined) if the brake pads wear out and damage the rotors but he hadn't mentioned this had occurred. Truthfully I zoned out when he tried to explain the reason for replacing the disks but he said something about the different requirements between the north and south hemisphere and the different hardness of rotors/pads which in the two. Does this sound legitimate? Thanks