2023 1.4 PHEV with ~5000 miles on the clock

 

Occasionally when pulling away the DSG gearbox seems to engage and disengage multiple times in quick succession. It makes a clicking noise each time it engages and disengages and results in the car jerking when pulling away. I have had this happen when slowly rolling on the power and also when giving it a bit more so I am pretty sure it's not how I am driving it.

 

Anyone got any ideas? I would take it to Skoda but it probably won't occur whilst they look at it.

I do notice the same behavior on my Formentor - the same PHEV system as the one you have on Octavia. I've also seen it mentioned on other forums or goups - it seems to be the norm of this "package". The so called "jerking" only occurs (in my case) while trying to crawl at very slow speed; the technical explanation being that once the car starts to move, it realizes it gets too close to the car in front and quickly puts the motor into regen-mode. A quick succession of those modes (move-regen-move-regen...) results in this jerky crawling.
I also mentioned this to the dealership, also complaining about the clunky noises that come with the jerky crawling. They answered that it is "normal" behavior and that the noises we hear are coming from the transmission, because modern ones use thinner oils and are therefore noisier than before... Not happy with the answer, but it seems to be a well-known issue.

1 hour ago, SkOmk4 said:

the technical explanation being that once the car starts to move, it realizes it gets too close to the car in front and quickly puts the motor into regen-mode. A quick succession of those modes (move-regen-move-regen...) results in this jerky crawling.

I had experienced this jerking only a few times, luckily, but all times it was not in traffic and I had nothing in front of me. Also I did not hear the sound associated with switching between drive and regen which is normally heard while driving.

Mine also doesn't behave like that way all the time, it's kind of sporadic (hence difficult to reproduce with the service engineer on a test drive), but I've noticed it occurring only in heavy traffic.
For example when the line ahead of me is very slowly moving (either playing with the clutch, or crawling in an automatic but with the foot on the breaks), I barely touch the accelerator such that the car releases the AutoHold, or alternatively I have the AutoHold OFF and I slightly release the brake pedal so the car starts to move. Strange enough, the car is not jerking in all those cases, but randomly in some of them - I'd say maybe 10-20% of the cases.
That's why I developed the habit of not moving the car for every 2-3 meters gap created by the car ahead of me; I'm waiting for a bit more space to avoid this very low speed crawling. BTW, I didn't notice this kind of behavior when pulling away constantly

I have the same experience in my 2022 PHEV.

i hear the clonking noise when going slow maybe 20-30km/h with regne off and then giving a very small amount of gas and then lift off and then small amount of gas and then off. I think it’s because the transmission wants to be prepared for all possible and that makes it shift between neutral and drive and regen. It’s sad that VAG can’t make it better thinking the PHEV platform is not new anymore

Just got it checked last week, they had another IV, it did the same. They told me it is normal behaviour.

9 hours ago, Orhano said:

They told me it is normal behaviour.

That's what they keep telling everybody...
However, since the car is not always behaving like that, I doubt that their answer is also the right one.

On 30/09/2024 at 19:08, Alexsus said:

I have the same experience in my 2022 PHEV.

i hear the clonking noise when going slow maybe 20-30km/h with regne off and then giving a very small amount of gas and then lift off and then small amount of gas and then off. I think it’s because the transmission wants to be prepared for all possible and that makes it shift between neutral and drive and regen. It’s sad that VAG can’t make it better thinking the PHEV platform is not new anymore

 

I have exactly the same issue, when its in slow moving traffic, the switch between regen and drive seems to be very harsh and jerky, however, my other half has a 2021 Passat GTE and that doesn't have the same jerky issue that I have in my Octavia, even in slow moving traffic it is pretty much smooth as silk when transitioning between regen and drive.