Hi guys,

I hope you can help.

 

Ive had the car for a couple of weeks now was on the motorway and noticed at certain speeds im getting a humming/droning noise usually at 60-65mph, weird thing is doesnt make the noise when im doing under 55 and over 70mph.

It is booked in today for few checks but wondered if any one has had this before? None of the tyres show uneven wear and drives well other than that noise.

 

Cheers luke

Hi, Are your tyres Bridgestones by any chance?

 

I had exactly this problem which got so bad I thought a wheel bearing was on the way out. Tyre wear was even but the noise got worse as they wore down. Fitted Goodyear F1 Asymmetric 3s and the problem went away.

 

Octavias are very sensitive to the type of tyres fitted and road noise insulation isn't the best! 

I once had a similar problem on an old Escort. Anything above 50mph was fine 40-50 was dreadful. It was like being in Speed 

I had very similar problems with my car.

As mentioned, uneven tyre wear can cause this - my rear tyres had gone out of shape on the inner edge - 'sawtoothing'. This gave a droning noise from the rear.

 

However, I have also had issues with the frontwheelbearings - again very common. I had both front bearings replaced (around 50,000 miles) and this sorted the problem at the front.

 

I don't know how old your car is, but I had a bit of a job convincing the main dealer that the bearings were the source of the noise. They were convinced it was the front tyres, but even after a new set the noise continued, so I could prove this wasn't the case. It was quite a costly fault finding activity!

 

Good luck with it though. Keep us posted.

 

1 hour ago, coloneldolomite said:

I had very similar problems with my car.

As mentioned, uneven tyre wear can cause this - my rear tyres had gone out of shape on the inner edge - 'sawtoothing'. This gave a droning noise from the rear.

 

However, I have also had issues with the frontwheelbearings - again very common. I had both front bearings replaced (around 50,000 miles) and this sorted the problem at the front.

 

I don't know how old your car is, but I had a bit of a job convincing the main dealer that the bearings were the source of the noise. They were convinced it was the front tyres, but even after a new set the noise continued, so I could prove this wasn't the case. It was quite a costly fault finding activity!

 

Good luck with it though. Keep us posted.

 

Car has 90,000 on clock,

Guy at the garage seemed very knowledgeable and said tyres are all good came out for a drive and said its the bearings in the dual mass flywheel, hopefully not to expensive to change,  any one else had this? 

Ill be looking for quotes from various garages im in the halesowen area if any one can reccommend?

 

Cheers luke

There are no bearings in the DMF!

 

Possibly a crankshaft spigot bearing but which would not have any rotational loadings while you were driving in gear, unless I have missed something I would have picked a different word to knowledgable.

cutlerl12 did you find out what this is as mine is doing exactly the same

My son's 2016 Octavia did this a few months ago when we moved tyres front to rear and vice versa. You could feel a slight sawtooth wear on the tyres moved to the front from the rear. However it's subsided after travelling a few further thousand miles or so. 

 

To detect the sawtooth issue - rub hand clockwise over tread - then anti clockwise to feel the difference. Usually inner or outer edges.

 

 

 

Edited 26 July, 20214 yr by bigjohn

Sounds just like sawtooth of rear tyres, my last vRS diesel did exactly this. The only cure was new tyres, and the prevention is rotate tyres, don't use Bridgestones, and check rear camber / alignment.

I have experienced really bad sawtoothing (unbearable noise) on previous cars which was immediately cured with a change of tyres and 4 wheel realignment (independent rear suspension).

My current car has mild sawtoothing (bearable noise levels) but the tyres will soon be due for replacement so I can live with it until then.

 

However the noise and vibration I experienced, while variable on different surfaces and speeds, was/is always present whatever the speed so I'm not totally confident that the OP's speed specific issue is necessarily attributable to tyres .

As mentioned previously by someone else, the simple test is to run the hand over the tyres in each direction to feel for variation in the levels between the start/finish of each tread block.

Edited 27 July, 20214 yr by Gerrycan

my droning noise varies. It goes up and down between 60-70, more of a cyclic drone and then seems to go away. Had the front nearside bearing changed and that wasn't it, and has new front tyres as they were at 2.5-3, no change. Maybe I need to sit in the back as I can't tell if it is front or rear. My local Inde can't see anything wrong, although they too can hear the noise. Dealer is taking a look on Saturday to see if they recognise anything. 6 years old and about 36,000. It does sound a bit like a cyclic version of the noise rough treaded mountain bike tyres give on tarmac, so I will checks the rears for sawtooth.

Have you got a mate or maybe someone on here that would do you a wheel swap to try and see if the noise goes away, a lot of people have a spare set of wheels, I have another set of Gemini's for mine in the shed, if you fancy a trip to Scotland .

 

Cheers

definately have saw toothing on rear ofs tyre, and when we had the tracking check done last week they noted that the rear ofs had a -1.26 degree camber but said they could not adjust that (not sure why). I have a real spare, although it is on a 50 limit steel, but will try it to see if there is a difference. Main dealer said I could pop in tomorrow morning for them to have a quick look to see if anything obvious.  

25 minutes ago, M0IMS said:

I have a real spare, although it is on a 50 limit steel,

What size? I changed the spare on one car to be the same tyre size as the road wheels, since it was on the same size rim.

well that wasn't the problem, still there

23 hours ago, M0IMS said:

definately have saw toothing on rear ofs tyre, and when we had the tracking check done last week they noted that the rear ofs had a -1.26 degree camber but said they could not adjust that (not sure why). I have a real spare, although it is on a 50 limit steel, but will try it to see if there is a difference. Main dealer said I could pop in tomorrow morning for them to have a quick look to see if anything obvious.  

The 1.4tsi Octavia does not have irs rear suspension it has a torsion beam rear. My understanding is that there is nothing they can adjust but I could be wrong.

IF I'm right then it suggests the back has taken a knock which may require a new part to correct the misalignment?

 

Edited 31 July, 20214 yr by Gerrycan

1 hour ago, Gerrycan said:

The 1.4tsi Octavia does not have irs rear suspension it has a torsion beam rear. My understanding is that there is nothing they can adjust but I could be wrong.

IF I'm right then it suggests the back has taken a knock which may require a new part to correct the misalignment?

 

Also @M01MS - Gerry is correct.

Main dealer has looked, heard the noise, and says it is OSF bearing. The 50/50 decision I went the wrong way on....... I hope. 2 weeks of noisey bearings before they can do it.

 

17 hours ago, M0IMS said:

well that wasn't the problem, still there

Was that fitting the spare, or all tyres, or having the (front) wheel tracking done?

The 16" spacesaver (Nexen) tyre on my car is incredibly and unbearably noisy when fitted

Have you tried switching the tyres diagonally back to front to see if anything changes at all with the reversal of tread?

 

Hi @cutlerl12

Did you ever manage to figure out what the cause of this issue was and what you done to fix it? 

I am having the exact same problem and cannot figure out what is causing it.

@cutlerl12

@Mac_

 

I'm also experiencing a similar issue. Did you ever get to the bottom of it? My next step would be wheel bearing but given it's not progressive and only between 60 and 70 (ish), it may not be that.

 

In fact when it started it was happening between 30 and 40.

1 hour ago, jaykyu said:

@cutlerl12

@Mac_

 

I'm also experiencing a similar issue. Did you ever get to the bottom of it? My next step would be wheel bearing but given it's not progressive and only between 60 and 70 (ish), it may not be that.

 

In fact when it started it was happening between 30 and 40.

Hi,

I haven't unfortunately. I am still driving around with the issue still there. 

If you manage to figure out what it is that is causing it for you please kindly do update me too. 

On 11/10/2023 at 12:21, Mac_ said:

Hi,

I haven't unfortunately. I am still driving around with the issue still there. 

If you manage to figure out what it is that is causing it for you please kindly do update me too. 

@Mac_

 

If I find the issue, I'll post it here: Droning noise from front of car - Skoda Octavia Mk II (2004 - 2013) - BRISKODA