What a crap reply skoda came back with. You should gather names start a petition say over 3 months and hit skoda with the list of owners with offsets. They cant ignore a mass complaint offer such an issue. It a health issue as a long drive would put strain on lower back as it be twisted slightly and up to the shoulder on the affected side. Ergonomically this car would and should fail.

I totally agree, and would also point out, that it is not a consistent fault in all cars, which makes their response even more ridiculous.

We have just sold our Mazda (strange that they always get a good write up in the motoring press) because of several faults which the manufacturer refused to deal with, Perhaps as consumers, we should be a bit more grumpy and "in their face" when it comes to highlighting faults and complaining about things.

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but noticed something today with my mk1 Octavia where the steering column is ever so slightly angled out to in (if your looking dead centre on the steering wheel, you'd be facing towards the middle of the dash instead of dead straight ahead).

Just seems odd as to why it would be like that? You would have thought it should be angled dead straight ahead.

Just wondering if this is normal or there is some sort of problem?

probably best to ask in the MK1 forum?

Mine's a 59 plate facelift mark 2 and the column is bang dead centre, even in millimetres.