Hello! I have just acquired my first Skoda! It's a MK1 Octavia VRS Estate. 180k miles on the clock and still going strong. Took a 6 hour round trip to Portsmouth and back to collect this car and had a blast driving it home. 

 

A few minor niggles it has

- Driver side rear door won't open from in or outside 

- Cupholder won't retract

- Rear wiper non functional 

- Minor interior defects such as saggy door fabric and boot trim keeps popping off

 

I paid £1400 for this and I would say that's well worth the money. Even returned fairly good fuel economy, I think the highest I saw was 38.4 MPG on average. Not bad for frivolous driving 😁

4 hours ago, branden125 said:

A few minor niggles it has

1. - Driver side rear door won't open from in or outside 
2. - Cupholder won't retract
3. - Rear wiper non functional 
4. - Minor interior defects such as saggy door fabric and boot trim keeps popping off

1) There's a good chance this is electrical, but in the driver's door, not the passenger door. Continuity check the wiring through the driver's door bellows.

2) The cupholder is common with the Elegance and Lauren and Klemens trim levels. It may also be on at least some late Ambiante models.

3) That may well well be a dead wiper motor, or wiring through the LH boot hinge.

4) Leave the boot trim until you get the wiper motor fixed.

rear wiper is a very common fault. I have had 4 go on me in the last few years and its always been water getting in and the gears/motor seizing. At least there fairly simple to replace.

If all thats wrong is the wiper and door reckon you got a bargain. There great fun to drive but you can go through front tyres pretty quickly when you are having fun.

Alasdair

1 hour ago, Alasdair1 said:

rear wiper is a very common fault. I have had 4 go on me in the last few years and its always been water getting in and the gears/motor seizing. At least there fairly simple to replace.

If all thats wrong is the wiper and door reckon you got a bargain. There great fun to drive but you can go through front tyres pretty quickly when you are having fun.

Alasdair

I've noticed it's very easy to spin the front wheels lol, I'm used to a 115hp Diesel this is a very different beast

15 minutes ago, branden125 said:

I've noticed it's very easy to spin the front wheels lol, I'm used to a 115hp Diesel this is a very different beast

Mates got one and he always fits decent tyres to the front . 115hp diesel to VRS is similar from going from a volvo940 to an 850 T5. 

Have fun

Alasdair

Door lock could be the dead bolt is stuck. if it sounds like it is getting power when you press the buttons, its the deadbolt. theres plenty threads on replacing them, just dont use a hammer etc. to open the door, i have explained many times on the lock threads its unnecessary violence. a stanley blade, 2 allen keys and patience.

the rear wiper - check if the fuse has been pulled as a very first check. i pulled my fuse as the water damage electrical short made my front wipers come on permanently one day. pullingthe rear fuse stopped them. The washer fluid pipe passes through the center line of the motor, which why the motors get damaged... so that was a great design choice.

the trim falling off is also common on estates and hatchbacks 🤣 couple of new clips, line it up and smack it into place, be grand.

cup holder... ohhh its been a while, but presume its the 1 by the handbrake? mine was broken too, iirc (10yrs ago) it was the little spring had unseated itself. fiddly job to fix it, i possibly left it be. if you want, glue it down and you can get a double cup holder from a Lupo that fits in place of the storage cubby under the radio, if you have a single DIN headunit.

Unfortunately these are the least of my worries atm. I was involved in a nissan juke attack and have had to source 2 new doors 🙃