Wheel bearings !

[alfalincs]

As of yesterday and at a grand mileage of 57,000 I've had to replace my fourth wheel bearing on a 14 reg Octavia 4x4. I'm not impressed really as thats four times as many wheel bearings as I had to replace on five Alfa Romeos over 20 years, three of which had mileages in excess of 150,000 miles on the clock.

 

Just to rub matters in my specialist apologised for the parts price which he says has rocketed in the last few weeks.  They failed as follows : offside front at 26,000 miles, near side rear at 36,000, and both the offside rear and near side front failed last week at 57,000 miles, but the rear was so noisy we hadn't realised the nearside front was on its way out as well which only became apparent after the offside rear was fixed. Tyre wear and tyre life is completely normal. Its on Goodyear Vector 3 All Weather tyres fitted in December 2019 and probably just over half worn.

 

Is it just me or have others experienced similar. I've had the car 4 1/2 years and its fully serviced by a Skoda specialist.

Edited 12 June, 2021 by alfalincs

[Nickj633]

I am going to tempt fate now, and probably regret it. 95000 miles and so far all bearings seem to be intact, at least enough to pass a service and mot recently. That said, I feel that an increase in general road noise at the rear tends to suggest a replacement is round the corner, so to speak.

[alfalincs]

I have to say its a mystery to me as we are on our ninth Skoda in 31 years with Favorits x 2 Felicias x 2 and Fabias x 4  I've changed rear bearings on the Fabia 1s, but at 140,000 miles or so, and we had a front bearing go on the 03 Fabia 1 we scrapped earlier this week at 170,000 miles,  but nothing really to complain about so its a complete head scratcher as to why my Octavia chews them up. I don't even drive fast these days.  Anyway the four new bearings are VW group parts..so lets see how it goes from hereon. Smoothly I hope !

Edited 12 June, 2021 by alfalincs