Greetings fellow Octavia enthusiasts.

 

Bit of a long story but I am having an issue with creaking rear axle bushes (diagnosed by myself and by a main dealer I bought the car from a few months ago)

 

I am in dispute with them as the issue was present at the point of sale which I did point out to them within a few days of purchase.

 

Anyway they are so far refusing to repair and say that if I want to pay for it myself through them it will be £750 which seems a bit excessive.

 

I have read other threads about this issue and understand a special type of lithium grease needs to be used as this is a common issue on some VAG cars built on this platform.

 

Just wondered if anyone has had to pay for this and roughly what it cost please just so I have a sensible point of reference.

 

I might try to contact Skoda also to see what they would charge.

 

Cheers guys 🙂 

Special greases are just page 21 of Service Receptionist Bull***t 101.

 

Rubber to metal bonded bushes were invented 100 years ago to be lubrication and maintenance free, they should never under any circumstances be oiled or greased.

 

Now I know that VAG have a TPI telling dealers to slather problematic noisy suspension bushes in grease but it is a total bodge to cover up the excess articulation allowing metal to metal contact which causes the noise, grease will only stop it for a few miles before it rubs through or washes away.

 

I doubt that they will replace them unless they would fail an MOT and the new ones would be noisy again in short order.

Edited 26 September, 20241 yr by J.R.

45 minutes ago, Piescoffer said:

I am having an issue with creaking rear axle bushes (diagnosed by myself and by a main dealer I bought the car from a few months ago)

 

I am in dispute with them as the issue was present at the point of sale which I did point out to them within a few days of purchase.

 

Anyway they are so far refusing to repair and say that if I want to pay for it myself through them it will be £750 which seems a bit excessive.

 

 

 

 

How many months?:-

 

https://www.theaa.com/car-buying/legal-rights

24 minutes ago, bigjohn said:

 

 

How many months?:-

 

https://www.theaa.com/car-buying/legal-rights

Only about 3 months.