Long story short, I’ve had two MK4 Octavias… exchanged the first due to all of the known software issues, forever loading, sos, speaker pops, ACC thinking I’m under taking when overtaking (UK), front assist unavailable, manoeuvre braking unavailable etc, the whole lot.

 

exchanged into another identical car, and low and behold it’s exactly the same. Dealer is promising there’s a fix on the horizon, but I’m not convinced.

 

Do you think there will ever be a fix? I owe 21600 on the finance, and can sell to WeBuy for 20800 so will just suck up the rest if a rejection isn’t possible.

 

The annoying thing is the car is lovely, but holy moly, I have never had an experience so bad and I’m at the end of my tether

 

any Comments are appreciated 

 

thanks all

 

Jay

Honestly, I think they'll fix some of the problems eventually but not all of them. It's a nice car but you need to ask yourself if it's worth it?

 

Personally, I took the view that it's really not worth the hassle and just rejected it. I've been driving a Tiguan for the past couple of months and it's so much more relaxing.

I wouldn't hold your breath of I were you. They never issued a fix that fixed everybodies kangaroo/hestitation/power loss issues that afflicted  earlier 1.5tsi engines across the VAG group. Initially denied there was even an issue .They were glacially slow at even trying, unsuccessfully for many, eventually giving up and abandoning those that still had problems.  Five years without a fix or for ever for some unlucky owners.

 

Very unlikely to be a software fix that sorts everything, because it is properly tested.   A final version that then never needs replacing with another subsequent software fix.

 

It seems that Skoda is using a bit of a trial and error with piecemeal part fix software upgrades at intervals instead

 

11 hours ago, fox2319 said:

Honestly, I think they'll fix some of the problems eventually but not all of them. It's a nice car but you need to ask yourself if it's worth it?

 

Personally, I took the view that it's really not worth the hassle and just rejected it. I've been driving a Tiguan for the past couple of months and it's so much more relaxing.

This ^. I rejected and went for a 2020 mk III. They have been promising the fix for months now. I'm not sure it will fix everything. My view, for what is worth, is to sell and be rid of a daily irritation and frustration.

12 hours ago, fox2319 said:

Honestly, I think they'll fix some of the problems eventually but not all of them. It's a nice car but you need to ask yourself if it's worth it?

 

Personally, I took the view that it's really not worth the hassle and just rejected it. I've been driving a Tiguan for the past couple of months and it's so much more relaxing.

I am glad to hear that your Tiguan is free of problems but I wonder it might be that it is not yet based on the same platform as the Golf 8? It seems that all of the VAG brands based on that platform have similar problems.

Perhaps it is still of the previous generation?

Can you confirm if it has the same touchscreens and lack of knobs as the Skoda.

And, given that the Tiguan is more of an SUV than a sedan or wagon, why did you not go for the Golf or Alltrack wagons?

Perhaps, like me, you would have but they are not currently available in your country?

3 hours ago, DaveFromSydney said:

I am glad to hear that your Tiguan is free of problems but I wonder it might be that it is not yet based on the same platform as the Golf 8? It seems that all of the VAG brands based on that platform have similar problems.

Perhaps it is still of the previous generation?

Can you confirm if it has the same touchscreens and lack of knobs as the Skoda.

And, given that the Tiguan is more of an SUV than a sedan or wagon, why did you not go for the Golf or Alltrack wagons?

Perhaps, like me, you would have but they are not currently available in your country?

To be honest, I would have gone for a Golf but the Golf 8 is essentially the same as the Octavia.

 

The Tiguan uses the Octavia 3.5 / Golf 7.5 platform. The infotainment system has knobs on (oooer missus) and the steering wheel on my model (Elegance) sticks with real buttons. The only minor annoyance is the AC panel which is entirely touch sensitive but it's something I generally set once and forget about. 

1 hour ago, fox2319 said:

To be honest, I would have gone for a Golf but the Golf 8 is essentially the same as the Octavia.

 

The Tiguan uses the Octavia 3.5 / Golf 7.5 platform. The infotainment system has knobs on (oooer missus) and the steering wheel on my model (Elegance) sticks with real buttons. The only minor annoyance is the AC panel which is entirely touch sensitive but it's something I generally set once and forget about. 

Have you thought about the Seat Ateca?

Was given a brand new '21 one as rental so I can take it to France.

It's using the same MIB as the Oct IV but it has more buttons on the wheels, proper knob/switch for the headlights/fogs and switches/knobes for the A/C.

 

Negative with it is the built quality is not as good as a First Ed SEL and the consumption of the 1.5L TSi is much worst than the equivalent in the Octy....

I looked at the Ateca when I rejected my Octavia but ruled it out as the infotainment system seemed to be a bit too similar to the Octavia (big screen and no buttons). I was a bit worried it might have many of the same problems.

At the time when I chose the Octavia, I was driving a diesel Yeti and looked at changing it for a petrol Karoq. I took the Octavia out for a drive and then took a Karoq sportline out. It was a nice car but didn't seem to offer me much more over the Yeti I was thinking of changing from. It felt virtually identical to drive and left me wondering if I would be spending a lot of money for something that only really looked different from the outside.

I suspect the consumption of your Ateca will prob be similar to my Tig. It is such a nice place to be that I don't mind the mpg