Hi Everyone,

 

I bought my first Skoda in September 2021 with only 16k miles & full dealer history. Its a 66 plate 2017 Octavia III 1.4 SE Sport manual in race blue.

 

 

Having a few issues which are:

 

1. Gearchange isn't very smooth feeling a bit notchty, when changing from 1st to 2nd I sometimes hear a crunching sound where cogs trying to line up.

 

2. Creaking noises when passengers get in the back that is probably caused by cheap brake materials. I have a full set of Brembo discs & pads to fit to rectify the problem.

 

3. Shock absorbers need replacing at 20k miles

Within the first couple of weeks of ownership I'd been trying to find the cause of a weird hollow sound from the back when going over speed humps slowly & the culprit has been found to be the rear shocks making the strange noises.

 

I had the car MOTd at a VAG specialist in March this year @ 20k miles & they informed me that the front shocks are starting to leak but car had passed because it wasn't bad enough to fail.
3 weeks later the car was serviced at the same specialist @ 21k miles & I was advised to replace the front shocks. So, I took the car to a VW specialist who also confirmed the front shocks are leaking & need replacing before next MOT.
I have a full set of Bilstein B4 shock absorbers & Eibach Pro springs to fit.

 

 

Hopefully this forum can give me lots of valuable information that can help me & in return I will help others if I can.

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