octavia II 05 plate

when i go over the slightest bump in the road the dasboard makes a creaking and cracking noise. its not loud but very annoying. I'm now constantly listening out for it. Its not always from the same spot but usually somewhere above air vents in the middle

i had the air conditioning looked at last year and the dash was removed for that reason

is this a common complaint with the octy II. Is it worth taking it in to be looked at - is there anything that can be done about it - or is it just something i have to put up with

thanks for any replies

My Octy has doen 15K and squeaks, groans and rattles like a 150K Lada. Actually, the lada would probably be quieter. I've had it in and out of the dealer a number of times. They even found a loose screw in the aircon ducting in the centre console!

Not suprised mate and god knows how you'll fix it. I'm losing the will to live trying to track down all of mine!

Our Octy 2 L& K has done 31,000 and not a squeak or rattle. Ford found many years ago that the dashboard should either be screwed tightly together at its few strong points or have an air gap. Foam filler strips do not work but just create squaeks.. Wonder if that's what happens with after-market fixes\?

Audi rang me six months into the ownership of my A3 and asked if I had any squeaks - had to tell them no.

Skoda have yet to call, but I have none to report after the 22k I've done so far.

Just Buy a can of Simonize cockpit shine and spray all the dash especially the join and seams , polish off and you dash should be quiet , it lubricates the seams and stops them rubbing

I've just changed my 150k BMW for an Octavia with 31k. The Beemer didn't have a single squeak or rattle, so I'm hoping the Skoda matches it.

No car is completely squeak/rattle free. I test all sorts of cars and they ALL squeak/creak/rattle in some way or another.

I disagree. My E39 was completely squeak/rattle free to my ears, and I tend to notice these things and get annoyed by them.

So far my Octavia is fine, unless I am going over badly potholed roads. I think the chasis flexes more as it's an estate.

The only other car I have had that managed to stay squeak/rattle free through it's life with me was an Audi 80.

I'd be interested to listen to them and see. I drive everything from prototype mules to quarter of a million pound cars for work and I've never been in anything that's truly rattle-free!

You might have better ears than me :yes:

My dash started doing the same, over on the passenger side about 6 months after I had it. I opened the passenger door, removed the end plate trim panel at the left of the glove box and stuffed all the gaps with some automotive foam I'd still got in the loft from doing ICE instals years ago. That sorted it, and it's been rattle free (on the dash) since then. Just gotta stop my rear seats sqeeking now!!!

Sometimes the squeak from the seats is the belt anchorage from the base pushed some kitchen roll in cavity and stopped it!

My dash started doing the same, over on the passenger side about 6 months after I had it. I opened the passenger door, removed the end plate trim panel at the left of the glove box and stuffed all the gaps with some automotive foam I'd still got in the loft from doing ICE instals years ago. That sorted it, and it's been rattle free (on the dash) since then.

Have just done exactly the same thing yesterday, but with folded up bits of paper & cardboard!!! I think the squeaking is from around the air feed pipe that goes to the door for demisting-it rubs against a structural section of the dash?