I jumped in the car a few days ago and started her up and as I pulled away there was a terrible judder coming through the whole body of the car and also through that clutch pedal but not nearly so bad. I done about 5 starts from a standstill and the symptoms disappeared. It was fine for a few days and it done it again but not nearly as badly. Its not the DMF since I've driven in fifth at 30 mph and it didn't judder and I really don't know what else could cause it apart from a dodgy engine mount or something. Does anyone have any idea because I'm stumped :S

 

Cheers

 

Stu

 

BTW the car is a CR vRS with 9700 miles on it

Mine did that a bit when starting from cold, I found that if I gave a few more revs it didn't happen. When its warm its fine all the time.

Wow, the latest in a catalogue of things going wrong with your Octavia.....it's not painting a very rosy picture is it?

It could be some sort of contamination on the clutch plate that is causing the judder. Failing that, it could be an early sign that the DMF that is causing the problem. Whatever it is, it needs looking at before any potential damage is done, especially as the car is still under warranty.

Mike

I bought the car thinking that I would be getting almost VW quality for less money but thats not been the case. I know that it could have happened to any car that I bought but its really annoying especially since this is my first Skoda. I really can't fault SUK tho with the way tgat they have handled my complaints about the car. It has been a liability ever since it was 3 months old. Its nearly always been carrying a fault ever since.

I'm going to phone the garage and mention it to them since its going in to have the handbrake fixed on friday so they can look at it then. The thing that I can't understand is it doesn't do it all of the time.

Mine did that a bit when starting from cold, I found that if I gave a few more revs it didn't happen. When its warm its fine all the time.

My car does this as well but the judder that I was speaking about was a lot worse than the cold engine judder that it has. Thanks for the tip anyway

Clutch judder that goes after a few times of clutch use sounds like some sort of contamination of the clutch.

 

Most likely diesel. Check around the engine for any signs of a fuel/fluid leak.

 

Phil