I have read that the early Mk4 Octavia had a lot of ' software issues ', what year was that ironed out.... or has it not and is the 2026 one the same :( I was looking at a 2022 Octavia VRS DSG, Petrol.

It is more to do with the software version than the age of the car. The majority of issues were fixed in software version 1941 and later. The software can be updated so if buying a 2022 car just ask the dealer to check the software version and update it before you purchase. And then check they've actually done it.

Yep, s/ware updates fixed the issues in early cars. My 2020 build car is absolutely fine now.

It never stopped 😭 As others stated, many bugs are fixed, but it just continue on. I have never seen a mainstream car with so many bugs. It's been 6 months since I bought my car, I already start to feel that I already had enough. The equation is quite simple: if you buy something cheap, what you going to get this quite cheap too.

If you are a type of person who gets annoyed by stupid mistakes made by the manufacturer, are you advise you to go and buy a Volkswagen and don't waste your time and energy on a product made by a couple of short-sighted engineers.

2 hours ago, Octawia said:

If you are a type of person who gets annoyed by stupid mistakes made by the manufacturer, are you advise you to go and buy a Volkswagen and don't waste your time and energy on a product made by a couple of short-sighted engineers.

Sorry to bring it to you, but VW and Skoda are pretty much the same cars, sharing all the same problems. VW is a bit faster to roll out SW updates, but until all is updated, issues are the same.

Also, Skoda is not cheap anymore.

Edited 21 January21 Jan by Edela

Mine's a 2023 and I've had zero software issues since the day I collected it.

1 hour ago, Neily03 said:

Mine's a 2023 and I've had zero software issues since the day I collected it.

Same for me. It was on version 1940 when I collected it in November 2023 and it's been perfectly behaved ever since, including getting 2 over the air updates.

I have to disagree on that. Before the Octavia, I had a 2022 VW T-ROC 1.0 TSI and I never had problems like I have seen on the Octavia. I just got caught in the attraction of it being hybrid.

To be honest I feel I've made a mistake.

6 hours ago, Edela said:

Sorry to bring it to you, but VW and Skoda are pretty much the same cars, sharing all the same problems. VW is a bit faster to roll out SW updates, but until all is updated, issues are the same.

Also, Skoda is not cheap anymore.

Edited 21 January21 Jan by Octawia

6 minutes ago, Octawia said:

I have to disagree on that. Before the Octavia, I had a 2022 VW T-ROC 1.0 TSI and I never had problems like I have seen on the Octavia. I just got caught in the attraction of it being hybrid.

To be honest I feel I've made a mistake.

Some of the VAG engines are actually designed by Skoda (the 3 cylinder ones IIRC), and all of the VAG software (whether it's used on VW, Audi, Skoda, SEAT, etc.) is outsourced to third parties. The only difference is how much time and money each 'brand' spends on getting the software problems fixed.

Thank you for all the info, i have now seen a 2025 1.5tsi E-tec sportline dsg hatch, is that a hybrid ? Did not really want one to be honest, just straight petrol.

I think that's a mild hybrid MHEV. You can't plug it in but it recuperates energy when decelerating into a smallish (48V?) battery.