Dual Mass Fly Wheel

[Mr DG]

My 08 Octavia 1.9 diesel had serious clutch judder from day one which was eventually rectified under warranty at 3 months /3500 miles by having the dual mass flywheel replaced. I've heard that even Skoda Dealers are fitting traditional solid mass flywheels after cars have gone beyond warranty and if driven heavily (e.g. taxis) dual mass flywheels are failing after 6 months use.

This suggests a serious design /manufacturing problem which may lead to owners incurring costs both in and out of the warranty period. Has anybody else had this problem?

My car also exhibits a very noticeable vibration on depressing the clutch pedal (which can be annoyingly felt through the clutch pedal when changing gear) which is thought to be a by-product of the dual mass flywheel failing. I'm still waiting for Skoda to confirm this will be rectified under warranty. Has anybody else had this problem?

[Taxi 219]

I have got judder at this moment and i will get them to do it soon before things get worse.On 25K at the moment.

[Ch]

This is a well known fault, and it's really rubbish that such a basic design fault with a part is still causing people grief on cars made 4 years after a model is introduced onto the market.

Skoda run the risk of damaging their hard-fought reputation...

[cheezemonkhai]

It isn't just skoda, the DMF is just not really up to it IMHO and it's the manufacturers that make them for all the car manufacturers that need to fix the design or propose an alternative mechanism.

[skippy41]

I am trying to get the dealer to replace mine out of warranty for free at 75K as it was already replaced at 44K I have asked for the solid flywheel and clutch kit to be fitted instead if they get the go ahead from Skoda

[Supacabby]

Regular complaint amongst the cabbies down here along with the DSG boxes failing around 60k miles.

Just for your interest the DMF failed on my Kia Carens at 30k so it's not just Skodas with the problem however Kia gave me £600 compensation for my downtime, something that Skoda never offered me during my ownership of 3 Octys!

[skippy41]

Regular complaint amongst the cabbies down here along with the DSG boxes failing around 60k miles.

Just for your interest the DMF failed on my

Kia Carens

at 30k so it's not just Skodas with the problem however Kia gave me £600 compensation for my downtime, something that Skoda never offered me during my ownership of 3 Octys!

Wait untill your gearbox goes I had one it was a bloody nightmear 2 repairs and 2 new boxes in 3 years of ownership:eek::eek::eek:

[Supacabby]

Was this on a pre or post 2006 car? The pre 06's were pants, gearbox was a well known fault, the post 06's are a completely different setup + I have a 100k warranty & intend to get rid of before that!

[skippy41]

Mine was an 05 with the 100K warranty with 134K TF and got shot of it for my Skoda I even managed to mug the Renault gararge that took it as PEX LOL

[Supacabby]

The later models with 138bhp are a completely different kettle, I have 1 of each & even though I've remapped my Mk2 up to 140bhp it's still nowhere near as nice to drive as the Mk3. Thanks for the heads up though, think that's probably enough about Kias on here, we may get shot lol.