There's been a slow leak on the rear wiper for a while now and I think it's killed the motor. I've attached a video to show what happens whenever you turn the ignition on and off. Warning it's a bit loud so turn volume down! 

Warranty has ended now, quote from a garage a friend works at said I'm looking at £290 fitted as they can only get part from dealer. 

First, is there anything I can check in the mean time to try and get it to work or is the motor definitely dead? 

Second, are there any cheaper options? 

I have very little mechanical skills so probably not something I can do myself. 

It's a 2016 octavia greenline. Thanks. 

I bought one of these when the rear wiper motor on my Yeti died.  I suspect it'll fit your Octavia but check in the listing.     https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/193530911803#vi-desc-maincntr

17 minutes ago, Schtum said:

I bought one of these when the rear wiper motor on my Yeti died.  I suspect it'll fit your Octavia but check in the listing.     https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/193530911803#vi-desc-maincntr

How easy is it to replace yourself? 

1 hour ago, I_am_Beki said:

How easy is it to replace yourself? 

 

Pass.  The car was going into my local indy VAG specialist for service and I got them to fit it at the same time.  However, having done similar things on various cars over the years, I don't think it'd be too challenging. 

12 hours ago, I_am_Beki said:

How easy is it to replace yourself? 

There are Youtube videos

The genuine motor for the combi is 5F4 955 711 A and costs £203.04 from any Skoda dealer. The only aftermarket version I know of is by Bugiad under their number BWM50656 but doesn’t appear to be easily available 

 

 

 

The number of rear wiper motors I have changed on an Octavia 1 over the last 22 ish years? Zero. The number of Octavia 2, 3, Audi A3, A4 estate etc etc… can’t begin to count the number, all so the washer jet could come out the middle, style over function. The A3 type 8P motor must be the single most unreliable car component I have experienced in my 42 years spannering. 

Hey, check out VIKA Wiper Motor in the AUTODOC app https://m.autodoc.co.uk/vika/13159197

On 07/04/2023 at 12:30, Crasher said:

The genuine motor for the combi is 5F4 955 711 A and costs £203.04 from any Skoda dealer. The only aftermarket version I know of is by Bugiad under their number BWM50656 but doesn’t appear to be easily available 

 

 

 

The number of rear wiper motors I have changed on an Octavia 1 over the last 22 ish years? Zero. The number of Octavia 2, 3, Audi A3, A4 estate etc etc… can’t begin to count the number, all so the washer jet could come out the middle, style over function. The A3 type 8P motor must be the single most unreliable car component I have experienced in my 42 years spannering. 

I bought a used 2015 Octavia 3 and the rear wiper would wipe 4 or 5 times then stop,i would lift the arm up wipe again to get it to finish position and put the arm down again, multiple mechanics told me it's a fault with these wipers, screen washer hose goes through the motor and leaks! Now it has stopped working altogether. I took it out and took it apart, i don't know anything about them but i connected the motor directly without the circuit board to the cigarette lighter socket and it worked, i cleaned the gunk out and reassembled it plugged in the connector on the rear window but nothing worked. I took it apart removed epoxy from Circuit board not really knowing what I'm looking at but used a multi meter to test continuity, only one of the connections to the power socket seemed to be connected ,it must be something to do with the circuit board but it was sealed in epoxy to prevent any damage from water, maybe I'm not testing it the right way...