picklewizard

VRS so FWD, has just over 150k on it. DSG service was performed by the dealer at the specified interval (I'd say 100k?). Car has all specified dealer maintenance for the milage.

Maybe I am the only person in the world with this issue. Does anybody know if the shifter has a mechanical linkage to the box? I'm finding that in addition to the stiffness, it feels like it's slightly misaligned. The detents don't seem to engage as firmly and a slight movement will knock it out of gear.

Hey all, sorry for late replies. @PetrolDaveNo codes, and @Paws4Thot I've had this car for a number of years and I'm quite used to when it thinks it needs to brake but doesn't (only so many times you get the crap scared out of you before you learn, lol) - nothing at all in both instances.

Hi all, Hoping somebody might have some input here and be more helpful than the dealer has been... On two separate occasions, I have experienced VERY harsh phantom braking in the Octavia. This is not a collision avoidance brake as there are no vehicles in front, nor are there any of the usual alerts on the dash that indicate why the car has done this. This is hard enough to trigger ABS, but lasts only for around a second. On both occasions, immediately after, the auto shifter is very difficult to operate. It still selects gears (though the DSG mode toggle doesn't always work) and otherwise drives normally. Last time, the shifter loosened up over time, but the stiffness reoccurred immediately following the most recent phantom braking issue. Frustratingly, the dealer doesn't have any idea short of replacing the shifter at the cost of over $3000. While the two are definitely linked in some way, I would like some certainty that something in the shifter unit is causing the braking, rather than whatever is causing the braking is also messing with the shifter and hence treating a symptom and not a cause. No fault codes are recorded, according to the dealer. Hoping somebody here has experienced this issue - I'm surprised that Skoda doesn't have some sort of global knowledge base they can call upon as I'm certain I'm not the only person in the world that has this problem!