Good morning ladies and gentlemen

 

I wonder if anybody has any ideas on whats going on with my 2013 mk2 fl vrs with 75k on the clock.

 

over the last month or 2 the ride has suddenly got really bad, it feels like there's no bump absorption and i it really bumpy and jolty over even the smallest road imperfection, it also feel unsettled at motorway speed.

i also have steering wheel shake between 65 and 80mph - i've had the tracking and wheel balancing done and after my service was told i had a wheel bearing going so i have had both front ones replaced but it has made no difference, skoda said everything looked fine when they inspected it?

i'm not sure where to start, could it be bushes, shocks, or something else? 

any suggestions will be much appreciated

many thanks 

 

sounds to me like the shock absorbers are shot.  Sometimes they go 'soggy' and you get lots of float but they can also fail by going rock hard...

Thanks Skomas

 

Looks like a new set is in order, might go for a set or bilsteins or vwr.

i have it booked in at my mates garage to get the wobble double checked next week so i'll get him to price me up fitting on putting on a new set

once again, thank you 

Also check your tyre pressures.

 

Handy place to start, then look at the shocks!

Not that old though and for both dampers to fail and lock at the same time?  Is it more noticeable as a front or rear problem - is one side worse than the other? Has someone had a look for the usual broken springs / had a look over from underneath?

2 hours ago, TheClient said:

Not that old though and for both dampers to fail and lock at the same time?  Is it more noticeable as a front or rear problem - is one side worse than the other? Has someone had a look for the usual broken springs / had a look over from underneath?

It feels really hard all over but the back end feels looser at speed if anything. It was up on ramps at skoda when it had its major service in November and mentioned it too them but they were useless, I have spoke to and booked it into my mates garage for an inspection and test drive next week to see if they can pinpoint it as well now

 

3 hours ago, Gobsheene said:

Also check your tyre pressures.

 

Handy place to start, then look at the shocks!

cheers, they let them down a bit when i had the wheels re-balanced last week, Skoda had inflated them to 38psi for some reason

1 hour ago, Thewookiewacker said:

It feels really hard all over but the back end feels looser at speed if anything. It was up on ramps at skoda when it had its major service in November and mentioned it too them but they were useless, I have spoke to and booked it into my mates garage for an inspection and test drive next week to see if they can pinpoint it as well now

 

cheers, they let them down a bit when i had the wheels re-balanced last week, Skoda had inflated them to 38psi for some reason

 

Little higher that I usually run mine 34/32 split. But all subjective!

 

 

32 minutes ago, Gobsheene said:

 

Little higher that I usually run mine 34/32 split. But all subjective!

 

 

same, mine are at 32 now