Am looking to get a mk2 octavia vRS soon likely petrol but not bothered either way, and wonder if there is any bad faults with them. Am tryin not to sound stupid but here's what I mean . I have a 2009 mondeo titanium x and after nearly a year of ownership have found it's got a thing called flat battery syndrome where the car drains the battery over night and Ford won't admit to this problem and have no cure for it. It's affected hundreds of post 2008 Mondeos, focus, s-max and kugas.

I just don't want to be stung with another car with a un curable or expensive to fix problem.

I have had 2 mk1 Octavia's one a vRS and the other a vRS WRC no.73 so know about the cars but just wondering what to look for on a 2009-10 petrol vRS no higher than 35,000miles .

So far, I've had:

 

Steaming up of windows, wind noise from rear door, rear window wiper missing about an inch band of window when wiping, wheel alignment and 2 new tyres due to that. 

 

Mine is a 13 plate FL, so I'm assuming almost all of mine are teething issues. It's in for warranty work as we speak.

Condensation and road noise. Apart from that I love my 09 tdi cr vrs.

Have heard about the road noise problem and the same fault my old 2 mk1 vrs' had was the rear window washer not getting water due to leekibg pipe below drivers feet

Am goin from a diesel mondeo titanium x to a petrol vRS so will be louder anyways

Mainly related to the diesel:

 

Injectors (ensure they've been replaced under the official VOSA recall).

Whistling turbo.

Frequent DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter) lights.

Corroded oil cooler.

Leaking fuel filter housing.

DMF (Dual Mass Flywheel).

Sawtoothing (rear wheel alignment).

Wet spare wheel well (rear washer pipe / boot seal).