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I have a 57 plate Scout ( Diesel). When I go over a speed bump or rough bit in the road, there is a load Bang from the front passenger side suspension. Bought this car second hand. it has been investigated in the garage but they cannot find any problem. When I go over speed bumps, normally below 25 MPH, it sounds OK - just the normal suspension creaks, but above 30 the bang is very load and can make the small compartment box on the dash open. This can also be felt on roads that have a slightly sunken drain. ( when I say slightly sunken I mean not a deep cut with sharp edges - only a minor depression). These bumps are not noticed in any other car. Has any body else noticed this issue?

Update on my last entry: 1. I had a warranty with Motorcare. This company has since gone bust and the deals have been picked up by Autocare 2. Autocare have agreed to honour the Motorcare warranty 3. The ABS Unit was covered by the warranty. This took about 1 week to sort out before the garage was notified that the fix could go ahead. The local Skoda garage supplied me with a courtesy car for the duration of this time which was great! It was the 1.6 petrol Octavia which impressed me with the economy - got an average of 41 MPG which I though was quite good. My Scout is now back on the road and happy again!

Think I am number 29 here: No. - User - Model - Registered month/year - Failure month / year - mileage at failure - skoda's response (goodwill) 01 - Scouter2 - Octavia Scout - Registered 04/07 - Fault 08/10 - 52,000 miles - 100% goodwill offered (eventually) 02 - darius - Octavia EleganceEstate - Registered 04/1995 (05 plate) - Failure 08 / 2010 - circa 44000 - Nothing (see comments post #3) 03 - pmc - octavia 4x4 estate - reg feb 05 - nov2009 - 50,000miles - ongoing (see post #6) 04 - Bluvrs2 Octavia vrs registered 2 October 2006 Fault Thurs 28 Jan mileage 27416 skoda £884.63 out of £1500 bill I paid 615.37 05 - Keekodog Octavia VRS Registed October 2006, Fault 03/09 - 32,000 miles, covered under warranty 06 - paulolourenco76 - Octavia Vrs tfsi - Reg 03 2006 - Fail 07 2009 - 25000miles - Goodwill due to loyalty, I Paid £294 ish 07 - Rhoobarb - Octi VRS - Reg Dec 2005 - Failure beginning of 2010 - 35k (ish) - Ongoing (see post #13) 08 - fikes75-octavia vrs- jan 2006-fail feb 2010- 24000 miles- 60% goodwill paid £394 09 - Andrew S Wales - Octavia VRS TFSI - reg May 06 - Failed May 10 - 36,000 miles - covered by Skoda Approved Used Car Warranty (thankfully!) 10- VRSbilly - Octavia VRS TFSI - reg Mar 06 - Failed Sep 10 - 12,600 miles - Cost me £600 11 - Daveclar-Octavia vRS CR TDi-Reg July 2008-Fault August 2010-16500- Week outside warranty. Parts and labour covered fully. 12 - Bev.Elliott - Octavia 4x4 - March 06 - July 2010 - 54,000. 35%. 13 - Steev - Octavia vRS 2.0T - Reg May 2007 - Fail Sep 2010 - 25,200 miles - 70% revised goodwill after threats of court action, I pay £363 14 - Niall - Octavia Scout 2.0PD - Reg May 07 - Fail Oct 2010 - 74,500 - 100% Goodwill 15 -Dan - Octavia VRS 2.0PD - Reg Jan 07 - Fail July 2010 - 28000 miles - Skoda Ireland coverered 80% after haggling and dealer half the labour = €372 to me 16- shorty - Octavia Sport 2.0PD - Reg Jul 06 - Fail Jun 2010 - 60000 miles - so far offered 35% goodwill, not accepted 17- Snowie-Octavia 4x4 TDi estate-Reg March 07-Fail Oct 2010-36000miles-Visit to Skoda dealer next week. Will let you know!!!!!! 18- gordonp46 -Octavia TDi estate L&K-Feb 06 reg-failed June 2010- mileage 60K-luckily I had extended the warranty after 3 yrs so did not have to pay (best value £300 I have spent!!) 19 - wulliexk8 - Octavia Scout - Reg Jan 08 - failed Oct 08 - mileage 30000 - repaired under warranty 20 - Champion - Octavia sport 2.0PD - Reg Mar 06 - failed Oct 09 - 78000 - 30% goodwill I pay £850 21- Cng- Octavia 2.0PD L&K - Reg Mar 07- Failed April 11 44000 miles- No contacted dealer 22 - MattC3156 - Octavia Vrs - Reg May 2007 - Failed July 2011 - 48K - haven't bothered with dealer, got the fix kit and having it fitted next week. 23 - silver1011 - Octavia Scout - Reg August 2008, failed July 2011, 25K - fixed under warranty, 2 weeks before it expired! 24 - buckers - Octavia 4x4 tdi estate - Reg Dec 2006, failed approx June 2011, 75k, main dealer were not interested, so also bought kit, self fitted and sorted it! 25 - lucy_t - Octavia 2.0PD L&K - Reg 21 07 2007 - Failed April 11 44000 miles- No contacted dealer [/quote 26-coolhand6-Octavia Vrs tdi PD - reg jan 2008 fail October 2011. Dealer said they would ask Skoda to replace under goodwill so I presume they are aware of the problem. Will update when it's sorted. 27 - Andyld - Octavia Elagance with ESP as extra - Reg June2006 - Failed Nov 09 - Dealer replaced and covered about 60% of cost as goodwill. Warning lights came on again Thursday but reset themselves, hoping will be OK. 28 - stuart1350 - Octavia VRS TDI PD- REG SEP 2007, failed Jan 2012 (mileage 94,000)- quoted £610 to fix so I guess its the kit, havent asked skoda for a goodwill gesture as yet and one wasn't offered. 29-acbone - Octavia Scout tdi PD - reg Oct 2007 - 28/3/12 - 45k - still with garage awaiting to see if extended warranty will cover this. Will update with response

Guys thanks for all the replies on this one. But after the winter we have had, what a waste of money and time! Saw two inches of Snow on one day. Then it melted! The Uniroyal Rainsport tires on the rear did not step out of line at any time. the winter tires on teh front have now done 8k miles and showing a bit of wear. Time the are retired to teh shed for the rest ofteh year. Will be going back to 'normal' tires shortly.

Lee thanks for the advice. Just trying to spread the cost over two months. Forecast no snow at present so OK. But intend to do this for both cars. Had that exact problem last year on various occasions due to tires nearing end of life and deep snow. Made things a bit exciting for all. However have not driven a more responsive car in the snow. Any issue that occurred - front or rear sliding - was easily corrected; new exactly where each wheel was and could tell what it was going to do next. Thankfully all at low speeds. Only issue was braking - Four Wheel drive makes you go, but doesn't stop you! Hence my interest in Winter tires this year and getting them on early.

Decision made. Went with Dunlop SP Winter Sport 3D's on the front and will change the back later in the month if the forecast looks promising for snow! This was the best I thought I could get and needed a new front tyre anyway. So far the temperature has doubled and they are serious over kill in wet conditions. Have done about 1000 miles and cannot complain on grip, noise, economy or comfort. Incidentally I put Dunlop SP Winter Sport 4D's on the front of the wife's Seat Alhambra and the tyre noise is like a small jet engine that increases with speed. Not that annoying, just there! Has anybody else seen a problem with these tyres?

I have just read the manual. Page 268 states 'You can fit winter tyres of a lower speed category to your vehicle provided that you also do not drive faster than the permissible maximum speed for such tyres, even if the possible maximum speed of your vehicle is higher.' So I can fit 225/50 r17 94 H, so long as I don't drive faster than 131 MPH! Just completed the weekly tyre check and found a nice shiny big nail in the sidewall of the front passenger side tyre. So that is it needing replaced anyway. The question now is, 4*Full winter tyres or All season's and put the remaining 3 Uniroyal's on eBay in the Spring?

Guys thanks for the replies. I agree with your comments. DL are just at it a bit over this. Will investigate further and need to change insurance in teh next few months anyway. Like the suggestions of the winter tire makes. Incidentally the Uniroyal Rain Sport2's are great in the dry and wet! Would recommend them. No idea about snow though. Will just hang on and see what the forecast is for late November this year before any changes are made.

I have a 57 plate Octavia Scout 2.0 tdi. Currently the tires are Uniroyal Rainsport2's size 225/50/R17 94W as per the size from the manual. Although these have been great tires in the recent wet summer, I have my doubts on them for the winter. I looked at winter and all season tires last year , but the best size I could get was 225/50/r17 94V or 98V. Various manufacturers offer this size. The problem was when I called the insurance company (Direct Line) they would not quote me for insurance if I had fitted this lower speed rated tires to my car. Has anybody else seen this issue with the insurance? Can anybody let me know what All Season or Winter tire sizes they will be running please, on the standard alloys? To be realistic, the only difference I could see was the 'V' instead of a 'W' which equates to a max speed reduction from 168mph to 149 MPH.Bearing in mind my car has no engine modifications of any kind, the only way I think I can make it reach these speeds is to drive off a very high cliff, in which case the tire spec would not matter!

Thanks for the updates. I have tried the fast reverse technique before. That does clear it for a bit. Will find a quiet road on way home tonight and try this. Never had this on any other vehicle

Hello, I have a Skoda Octavia Scout 1.9 tdi. After suffering the snow in 2009, I decided a 4WD was the way to go. Have had Skoda Octavias before and liked them a lot. The scout looked the business interns of spec and road holding. Has proved it's worth in the recent bad condions.

I have exactly this problem on my Scout. The stones did not drop out and the garage has so far removed 2 this month.

I have a Skoda Octavia Scout 1.9 tdi, '57 plate. It has done only 28 K miles. I bought it second hand from a dealer in Glasgow. The problem is it picks up stones between the rear disc brakes and the plate behind that. This sounds like a screaming metal on metal noise. It has been in at the garage twice this month to have these removed.Has any body else experienced this problem? The garage removed the stone on both occassions, but this is supposed to be a bit more rugged a vehicle that can cope with more than a few stones on the road. Is there a problem with the rear brakes? Wheels? area that the garage are not investigating properly? Thank you for any response on this.