I've owned my 2019 Octavia 1.5tsi SE ACT dsg for around a year now, over the last two weeks I've picked up on a slight whine, sounds like my transmission, only when accelerating slowly through the gears. May have been there from day one, but not sure, may have just picked up on it more due to the weather being warmer now. It's not loud, never had any bad or jerky changes from it. Always performed as it should. 

Prior to this I owned a torque converter type auto box, that was more or less silent throughout it's gear changes. I've also previously owned manual boxes that have whined, too.

Just wondered if this was a characteristic of a dsg box? 

No whine from mine.

No whine on our's either 

 

Gaz

Thanks for the info, guys. I shall monitor it, I don't feel it's bad enough to try to make a claim on what's left of my extended warranty yet, if I do keep it for longer, I'll also consider buying the Skoda 'all in', warranty, servicing package and breakdown cover for two years at £840, then it's the dreaded timing belt after that, so plenty to think about. 

The other thing to consider is that I'd replaced one of my front tyres around 2 months ago (I'd forgotten), as the one I'd replaced with 6mm tread remaining (Continental), had suffered from very bad side wall cracking, yet it was a 2020 tyre. The other 3 on the car were A1, those were Yokohamas. 

The only sure way I'd know would be to swap the front wheel over to the back, but it doesn't really sound like tyre noise. 

 

Edited 18 June, 20232 yr by Phoenixboy

Does it have a turbo?  Only saying because the turbo on our 1.8 (albeit a Polo) is quite noticeable.

 

G

37 minutes ago, Gaz said:

Does it have a turbo?  Only saying because the turbo on our 1.8 (albeit a Polo) is quite noticeable.

 

G

Yes the 1.5tsi does, but the turbo noise is not very noticeable. You also have to listen hard for the whine, easier for me as I know it's there🤣 

Just strange how I've recently picked up on it, maybe due to the honeymoon period being over with my car now. 

 

I've just swapped my newer tyre over to the back and the noise had seemed to have gone🙂I think it was a combination of tyre noise and a recent stretch of duel carriageway close to me that had been resurfaced, too.