i absoultly love my octavia vrs, but have one problem!!! everytime i open the hatch after its raind, it all floods in the boot,,:( i was wondering if its just me or does anyone else have this problem :thumbdwn:

Design fault Jenny. You should have gone for the Fabia!!

BOO HOO . 2 you,,, i did test drive a fabia vrs.. but it just wasnt big enough for my dog,, and i had to makesure he was happy LOL

Did it on the MK1 as well I think someone on here had a kind of fix for it .....but if you lift the hatch a little bit first to let the rain run off and then open it it helps

Seriously. Its such a large hatch that I dont think it can be avoided. You could try a silocone blade to wipe most if it away before you open it.

"Idea No 1 of 1"

The estate doesn't do it

thanks boys!!!! ill try the silocone blade to wipe it off first. Derrrrr! why dint i think of that !!!!!! i have been holding the little thingie just inside the hatch, but it still floods in....

Mine doesn't anymore

I put some clear silicon seal (bathroom type) along the bottom of the window.

Estate's Ok!

yes it bloody does and its starting to pee me off !!!!!!!! It soaks the cd changer, and anything inside, especially if its windy ....... I tried opening the hatch a little, and getting the worst of it to run off , but to be honest, if its raining, I dont wanna be standing there like a lemon waiting for excess water to run off before opening the boot !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh !!!!!!!!

yes it bloody does and its starting to pee me off !!!!!!!! It soaks the cd changer, and anything inside, especially if its windy .......

The CD changer has a door/flap to keep it hidden and protected so it should not get soaked.

Depending on what I am carrying and where I am going I will keep some of the items I need on the back seats of the car when it's raining so I don't have to open the hatch at all. This isn't always suitable but you could try placing some of the items toward the back of the hatch and get at them through the rear seats - either by folding them down or through the centre arm rest access hole.

lots of other cars do it too - I leave a "Flunkey" artificial chamois leather handy, and one quick sweep over the glass with that minimises the problem

Idea No 2:

Dont open your hatch after rain!!

Yeah, and it is annoying as hell. Rear speakers had better be of a waterproof type.

EDIT: Hang on this is the new Octavia? You are joking aren't you, please please tell me they fixed that one somehow.

Mine doesn't anymore

I put some clear silicon seal (bathroom type) along the bottom of the window.

Works a treat as does inserting a length of round solid robber strip, basically the water runs down the window & collects in the gap between the glass & the metal part of the tailgate, if you fill this gap you get no more water retention & therefore no more ingress of water

Design fault Jenny. You should have gone for the Fabia!!

Or the Octavia estate

Idea No 3 -

Dont keep your silicone wiper blade or cloth in the boot:rofl:

Idea No 3 -

Dont keep your silicone wiper blade or cloth in the boot:rofl:

:D

Can you not just sub-contract your work to Walkie when it rains?

Yes it does it on new octavia, had a mk1 estate so never had the prob but new about it. Remember reading on here just afer launch of mk2 that the problem had not been resolved, but still went a nd bought swmbo a vRS hatch instead of an estate, then recalled the thread the first time she opened the boot and flooded the place., told her to carry a silicone blade in future.

Or you can just go out in your drawers with a sponge and soap and have a quick shower.

Superb doesn't do it

Looks like am goona av to put up with it,, i supose an estate would av been better for the dog, but thats tuff on him, i just wantd to be a bit trendy before i was past it

Good to see they carried over the best bits from the old vRS when developing the new one...

Can you not just sub-contract your work to Walkie when it rains?

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