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Yes - March 2015 Octavia Elegance 2l TDI CR. I noticed wear in the drivers side seat belt trim/guide (similar to that shown on the pictures in this topic) and the guide was replaced - under warranty by Lookers Skoda of Harrogate 0n 16th December 2016 at 17110 miles. Within a year the new plastic guide was wearing and I reported it to Lookers at the 2017 service (22000 miles). I was met with stalling tactics: "service advisor not in today", "never see this sort of wear before" etc. Foolishly, I did not pursue a further warranty repair at the time but again reported the wear to Lookers at yesterday's service (26755 miles). The wear was shown to their "warranty claims man" who informed me that it could not be repaired under warranty as the last repair was over 12months ago and it would cost me £87.54 including parts and labour to replace! After reading the posts in this topic, it would seem that this wear is quite common and is known about by Skoda and their dealers. I've just looked at my wife's 2017 Fabia - which has similar plastic trim on the door pillars where the front seat belts enter. It has a more rounded type of wear - rather than a groove - which may be seat belt wear or may have been dressed out by filing (by the Skoda dealer?) in an attempt to prevent fretting by the belt. I'm not happy - to say the least. If the fretting causes the seat belt to fray it would be a safety issue and an MOT failure. It would seem that the choice of plastic for the belt trim and the shape/size of the aperture in the trim is a bad design issue. I have been putting car seat belts on for over 40 years and have neve had a similar problem - the guides always used to be very smooth bright chrome plated on previous cars that I've owned. No more Skoda vehicles for me!

I too have this problem - March 2015 Octavia. The driver's side trim was replaced in December 2016 under warranty by Lookers at Harrogate. The wear re-occurred and in October 2017 (22000 miles) I showed the damage to Lookers, Harrogate. They pleaded ignorance to the problem and I was met with stalling tactics - "..Skoda Service receptionist/person not in". I didn't pursue the issue but have re-checked today (24000 miles) and noted that the wear on the driver's side has increased and now extends about 2mm into the plastic. I also noted that wear is staring to occur on the passenger side. The passenger side wear can not have been caused by me as I have NEVER worn the passenger seat belt and have never sat in the passenger seat whilst the car is being driven, so, the excuse that I'm not putting the seat belt on correctly can not be applied. I have been driving for over 40 years and have had many makes of car (including 4 Skoda Octavias) and my latest car is the only one in which I have had the problem. I agree with previous posts and consider the wear to be a design problem and that an inappropriate material has been chosen for the set belt guides. My car is shortly due it's first MOT and - although no fraying of the seat belt has occurred - I'm concerned that the wear may result in an MOT failure now or in the future and would welcome comments from members who have experience of this problem.

Last year wife locked the keys in the boot of our 2012 Octavia Hatchback. I called out Skoda Assist they (the AA) came out promptly. They could have prised a rear door sufficiently to get a hook in to unlatch and drop the back of the rear seat down and thus into the boot. However, the boot was full and reaching the keys - at the back of the boot would have been impossible. The final outcome was that they either break a window or I do a 200 mile round trip to get my spare key from home - I chose the latter option! I suspect that some damage would have been done had they prised a sufficient gap between the rear door and car body, so going home to pick up the keys was probably the best answer to my problem. Sorry that I couldn't be of help but I'm told that modern cars are very difficult to break into. Regards G

Hi, Octavia Elegance, 2 l TDI, Hatchback The car was new three weeks ago and the other, frosty, morning I had cause to remove ice from the windscreen. I sprayed de-icer onto the screen and scraped the ice off with a plastic scraper. I now notice that the scraper has left a series of scratch marks on the surface of the screen. I've used this method of de-icing on all of the other cars that I've had and have never come across this problem before? The scratches appear to be very shallow and only visible under certain lighting conditions. Has anyone else had this trouble or does anyone know how to get rid of the scratches. I had the car 'Autobrite' treated when I bought it and wonder it this left some sort of, relatively, soft film on the windscreen. However, my last car was also 'Autobrite' treated and had no problem with windscreen scratches. Thanks in anticipation. G Apologies folks - I've entered this topic twice and cant see how to remove it!

I’ve had my 2015 Octavia Elegance 2l TDI (150 PS) manual hatchback for 3 week and 1400 miles and have noted the following good and bad points over my previous car (2012 Octavia SE+ (with cruise control) 2l TDI (140 PS) manual hatch back. Good points. Better handling and a smoother ride. The maxidot display is much better, has more features and the ability to adjust many of the settings yourself. The ‘infotainment’ system is very good with many ‘nice to have’ features. The fuel consumed since last re-fuel automatically zero’s itself when you fill up. The boot seems even bigger than that of the previous model. I like the automatic dipping mirror. The rear seat belt warning icons seem to be a useful feature. Bad points: I miss the ‘little platform’ to rest your right foot on when using the cruise control. The fact that the cruise control does not turn off when you dip the clutch takes a bit of getting used to. The pedals seem more ‘cramped’ than my last car. Not a many ‘little pockets’ in which to put things – e.g. on top of the dash and at the side of the front seats, also, the capacity of the glove box is not as large as the cd player is in there. The interior trim seems a bit ‘plasticy’ and less substantial than the previous model – don’t like the pseudo-chrome bits of trim near the door handles. I find it difficult to get in or out of the car without touching my foot on the plastic trim on the inside of the sill – leaves muddy marks in winter/bad weather. I miss the plastic ‘rubbing strips’ that my last car had - on the doors – as standard. Changing bulbs in the front headlamp cluster was a 2 minute job on the last car – not sure about this one though, it looks like it could be fiddly. The bonnet release is on the R/Hand side of the car So far the fuel consumption is not a good as that of my last car. I feel that the start-stop feature is a bit of a gimmick, if left switched on it ‘encourages’ the driver to ride the clutch and all that re-starting can’t do the battery and starter motor much good. The reflections of the dash heater vents in the windscreen and the reflections, in the front door windows, of the ‘chrome’ trim around the side heater vents are a bit annoying. Things that take a bit of getting used to: I’m not sure about the ‘headlight assist’ feature. I’ve never waited to see if it works and have dipped my headlights manually; for fear of dazzling oncoming traffic. When I arrived home from a 35 mile drive the engine cooling fan kept roaring away for some time after turning the engine off. Presumably the DPF was going through a regeneration – the car had done about 900 miles from new at this point. My last car had a DPF, I covered 48,000 miles in it and never had a DPF warning light show or have the fan continue to run after shutting the engine off. Not sure about the front assist feature – I suspect that you would have to get very, very close to the vehicle in front before the brakes automatically applied. Regards G

Thanks again Fairlight5 - the service is due in 1500 miles. Regards G

Thanks for that fairlight5 - I'll give it a try this evening.

I have a 2012, MkII, Octava SE+, 2l TDI with Maxidot display. On previous Octava II's that I've owned it's been possible to check the milage to the next service by turning on the igniton then pressing and holding down the trip reset button. I tried this on my 2012 SE+ and no mileage is displayed. The trip mileage goes to 0.0 but returns to the original recorded mileage if the button remains pressed. I had the sevice interval set to variable at the last service which was carried out on 7th February 2014. Since then it's done about 18,000 miles and I would have thought that the service due in x miles warning would have been coming on at start up - it hasn't. Previous Octavia II's that I've owned have been due variable service at intervals of just over 17,000 miles. Does anyone know if it is possible to check the miles to next service on my SE+? Thanks in anticipation. G

Anybody - please?

Does anyone know - please? Regards

Hi, does anyone know the correct part number for the above? The car is a '59 registered Fabia 2 TDI. We've had the car from new and rear parking sensors were specified when I ordered the car, so I assume that they were factory fitted. I suspect that one or more of the sensors has faied as the audible warning sounds continually when reverse gear is selected. However the visual warning (bar indicator) in the dash centre console seems to work - after a fashion :wonder: . Thanks in anticipation.

Does anyone know if the Maxidot fuel consumption read-out can be adjusted? I have a 2l TDI 140 H.P. common rail Octavia SE+. Over the past 9000 miles I've been calculating the fuel consumption fill up to fill up, noting the 'Consumption 2' reading on the Maxidot display and re-setting the display at each fill up. Over some 9000 miles the averages are:- Actual MPG (fill up to fill up) = 54.702 MPG Consumption 2 average = 59.62 MPG So, if a factor of 0.918 is applied to the Maxidot average this would give the fill up to fill up value; i.e. 59.6 x .918 = 54.7 (to one decimal place) and the readout appears to be 8.2% high. It would appear that if the Maxidot readout could be reduced by 8.2% it would be giving a more acurate value. The car is due its first service on Saturday and I wondered if this adjustment could be done by the dealer. The fuel consumption readouts on my previous 2 Octavia 1.9 PDI read about 5% high. Thanks in anticipation.

Octavia SE+ hatch back, 2l common rail TDI, 6000 miles from new (July 2012), averaged 55 MPG (fill up to fill up) Regards G

I bought an SE+ last month & the dealer fitted cruise control for me.