Hello,

 

Coming home from Christmas shopping as I've pulled the handle to open the door I felt this metal piece falling into my palm (pic below, USB cable for size comparison).

I *believe* it is from the spring that is spun around the plastic bit the door handle rotates around, as the handle feels loose now and also the spring (2nd pic - inside the inside door handle) looks definitely more loose than the other 3.

 

What I'd like to know:

• How critical this is (the door/handle/lock) seems to work normally - I believe it just kind of preloads the handle so that it always returns flush to the door panel and has no "critical" task - no danger of the handle stop working suddenly. I'd be happy to be right on this
• Replacement... 

 

thanks,

Tiv

As for my  2nd question: google told me this is a common problem, and there's an official repair kit from Skoda: http://www.skodaparts.com/product/octavia-door-handle-repair-kit-right-2013-2017-50987

There's a blogpost about the fix (text in Russian, but the pics are more than enough) https://www.drive2.ru/l/9322884/

 

Hi Tiv.

Did you fix this in the end?

My wife just told me she felt a crunch when opening the door. Exact same thing has happened I think.