Just in case anyones wondering if a full sized spare or sound deadening in the well will solve this, or if its related to the parcel shelf, or seats...

 

I just drove 10 miles with 200kg of flooring in the boot and I could still feel the pressure on my ears slightly (mine isnt a bad case normally bit I know its there!).

 

I looked at my stoppers yesterday, ones all the way up and the others all the way down. I had them adjusted by the tech over a year ago, I dont know if thats how they always were or if ones moved. I will even them up tomorrow as it seems to have gotten worse recently

Hi all. I've only just taken delivery of a Superb hatchback 1.6d SE tech auto.  Brilliant car apart from this weird noise I can hear on slower speed roads.  Accurately and more appropriately described by others as a 'boom' and sounds like the noise you get when one of the rear windows is open.

 

I've not read all 50 odd pages of this thread (!!!!) but was hoping some kind soul might put me right before this noise drives me crackers.

 

Please could someone let me know if there is a solution for this? I'm not sure I want to put up with it..... such a shame!

I helped it dramatically by adjusting the boot stops up so that the boot just shuts under tension ;<)

 

As far as I'm aware there's no full-proof solution yet. But the thread is worth going through as there are a number of things to try which have helped others to a greater or lesser extent. 

Thanks - I'm going to do as you suggest (both of you) and see how I get on.  I think I might be getting used to this noise, but every time I think that I am, I'm still pleased to get out of the car and rest my ears!

Hey guys, I've got a new vRS (19 Black + Tech) so I don't want to go fiddling with stuff I shouldn't, but I have the same issue. It feels like the pressure inside the cabin is more compressed and stuffs with my ears. Doesn't sound like the issue was ever corrected then. Any work arounds other than adjusting mechanical items?

The only boom I heard today was when I overtook a noisy custom Harley and giving it some beans. 25% age related hearing loss might be helping to quieten my Combi as well.

My2014 1.4 se as full sized spare inc tool kit with a mat under and over , tail gate adjusted and still does it. I have asked if there is better sound proofing at agent. but no luck. same answer as dsg fault.

How can the booming be attributed to the dsg? Typical dealer fob off.

No, when asked there was no fix to holt the noise , they couldn't find any fault with gearbox either. In fact made it worse , with the soft wear up grade.

I love the car, good mpg, loads of room and goes like stink if pushed.

 

On 19/07/2017 at 18:27, prichards1234 said:

No, when asked there was no fix to holt the noise , they couldn't find any fault with gearbox either. In fact made it worse , with the soft wear up grade.

I love the car, good mpg, loads of room and goes like stink if pushed.

 

Oi@gregoir

 

 

 

Oops. Anyway... I thought the noise was gone when I adjusted the boot stops bit very small amounts of it all comes back in. The engine management light keeps going off, and the ride is definitely harsher compared to my good old Ford. Next time I'm going for Ford again, and a car with less features so less can go wrong. I drove one of the new Focus lately and while mpg isn't as good, my back felt a lot better for it and it was sublime not to hear the boom. I wouldn't buy another Skoda again which is a shame as so many other things are right about the car... Other than fundamental ride comfort.

I have a brand new Octavia estate and I've quickly notised an ocasional low frequency noise generated from the boot area. In my car it seem to be related to the engine revs, as it starts at 1200 and 1300 and ends as soon as revs go higher. 

I havent talked to the dealer yet, and I don't think they have the solution for the problem. I will probably try some sound/vibration deadening.

Will continue to follow this thread, and I hope somebody can come with a good solution.

Good luck getting the garage to acknowledge it... 

 

Solution is to get another car. I plan to but life is busy right now.

Such a shame. I loved much about the VRS but couldn't live with the noise in the end. I tried everything to deal with the constant boom and noise, and spent lots of money on sound proofing , spare tyre in wheel well, new tyres, but it was inherently a noisy design. I bought a new Seat Leon. Same platform but in a different league on NVH. It's so quiet in comparison and I can hear my music on the motorway now. I've had two mk2 and my 3 VRS but no more Skodas until they invest in sound proofing and a better design. They aren't cheap cars anymore so they have no excuses. If Seat can do it so can Skoda.

18 hours ago, guitarman001 said:

Good luck getting the garage to acknowledge it... 

 

Solution is to get another car. I plan to but life is busy right now.

Really, that's your answer? Wow.

 

I'm preety much sure the boom comes from vibrations of the engine and it's due to the insufficient sound/vibration deadening. The thing is to identify the weak spot. It may be far from the boot.

6 hours ago, octavarium said:

I'm pretty much sure the boom comes from vibrations of the engine and it's due to the insufficient sound/vibration deadening. The thing is to identify the weak spot. It may be far from the boot.

In the late 1980's/early 1990's I worked on the early versions of active noise control in vehicles.

 

What we found really surprised us - booms of over 90dBA could be cancelled with only a few mW of audio power, not the several watts that you would expect from a sound that loud. How come we thought? Many measurements later we worked out that vibrations from the engine conducted to a panel somewhere in the cabin caused that panel to vibrate by only a fraction of a mm, but that panel setup a standing wave in the cabin which was the cause of the boom. SO electronically cancelling a boom just required preventing the standing wave from starting, not cancelling the loud standing wave.

 

BTW estates have larger internal dimensions, so estates typically suffer booms from lower engine rpm than saloons or hatchbacks.

 

So the cause of a boom could be one or more of the panels that make up the cabin vibrating by a fraction of a mm - which is why getting rid of booms using conventional sound absorbing or deadening material is so difficult (read time consuming and expensive for the manufacturer), hence why non-premium manufacturers such as Skoda don't do as good a job at preventing booms as premium manufacturers.

Edited 30 July, 20178 yr by SWBoy

On 30/07/2017 at 10:25, octavarium said:

Really, that's your answer? Wow.

 

I'm preety much sure the boom comes from vibrations of the engine and it's due to the insufficient sound/vibration deadening. The thing is to identify the weak spot. It may be far from the boot.

 

I don't know if that was a condescending reply but this thread has been going for years with no real solution. Thought mine was fixed but it's creeping back in. 

Good luck if you can manage to find the solution which nobody else can..

Just driven my 1.4tsi combi 1000 miles over a few days in Scotland and back to the Midlands. Many different kinds of road surfaces and some produced a lot more noise. But on the whole a quiet and relaxing experience.  And 53mpg at legal motorway speeds. Sorry to hear that others are unhappy with the car model. 

I've rejected my Octavia 1.4DSG SE Petrol....The road noise goes through me like touching a knife edge. When I brake I sometimes get brake noise which is the same as the road noise except louder. Waiting for Skoda complaints to resolve. Other factors, Opening the rear window more than a quarter and you get bad buffetting noise. When cars overtake you it sounds like you have a window open?.. Mirrors which are not aero dynamic causing wind noise.

Skoda have created a lemon and there covering it up. No one in Skoda will acknowledge these issues have been raised by anyone else. 

But the web has many complaints about this. At the moment Skodas complaints process is taking up to 8 weeks.

 

I'm emailing BBC Watchdog today

 

 

6 hours ago, David69Rapid said:

I've rejected my Octavia 1.4DSG SE Petrol....The road noise goes through me like touching a knife edge. When I brake I sometimes get brake noise which is the same as the road noise except louder. Waiting for Skoda complaints to resolve. Other factors, Opening the rear window more than a quarter and you get bad buffetting noise. When cars overtake you it sounds like you have a window open?.. Mirrors which are not aero dynamic causing wind noise.

Skoda have created a lemon and there covering it up. No one in Skoda will acknowledge these issues have been raised by anyone else. 

But the web has many complaints about this. At the moment Skodas complaints process is taking up to 8 weeks.

 

I'm emailing BBC Watchdog today

 

 

 

Although the road noise on some surfaces bothers me too, I think it is a stretch to dismiss the v3 Octavia as  a "lemon" based on the reasoning above! Can't see Watchdog having any interest in this non-story...

 

Fair play for you rejecting the car if it didn't meet your standards and the booming/pressure issues some have are definitely problematic and require addressing by Skoda, but I don't see the other issues you have mentioned as that major. I don't think I have ever been in a car where opening one window doesn't cause buffeting/helicoptering!

Edited 16 August, 20178 yr by Item

I to have found these to. but a lemon is putting is putting it to far. As I under stand it a lemon is a " one of" faulty car. I cant say that re these concerns. Yes it could be looked at against others of same spec to see if you think yours is any worse. I do not think it will be.

 

I think Item (above) is correct, road noise is an issue but, I have been told all spec's have same sound insulation. I tried a few . All very much the same.

 

What else can you drive for the money  with such space and dealer service.

How do you adjust the boot stops on an estate? Can't see any screws.

2 hours ago, match14 said:

How do you adjust the boot stops on an estate? Can't see any screws.

You have to take down little plastic covers to get to the screws.

 

Did that adjustment just now and it's not helping. The boom is still present. The boot stops adjust how far, out of the body ,the boot door is when fully closed. Seems like a good idea to let some air out  to lose that boomy sound wave, but it's not working.

4 hours ago, octavarium said:

Seems like a good idea to let some air out  to lose that boomy sound wave, but it's not working.

The boom is caused by resonance of the air in the cabin excited by minimal movement of one of the body panels, so an air leak won't help as the resonance will still happen.

I'm actually wondering if its the alloy wheels causing the droning noise.. I wish I could bond to this car. I cant even play the radio as I can hear the road noise as well together. I might try ear plugs. Honest!