Hi Briskodian guys, this is a question, is normal that the body/frame of a new with less than two months and less of 6000 Km Skoda Octavia flex a little while taking speed control bumps on angle?

Excuse my poor english, I mean on bumps and exit/entrances at diferent level on a aproach angles of more that 25 or 30 degrees, I can hear a little flex on rear of car on about 50% of times I entry/exit parkin lotsa or take a speed control device.

thanks

SV

I find the Octavia to be pretty stiff. Are you sure its not the interior plastics creaking?

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What is flexing, at what point on the car? Chassis or bodywork? Found any paint cracked or bubbly?

Mine, on 72_000 miles (maybe 115_000 km) is completely sound, apart from a plastic on plastic creak from the passenger door ( post, where the upper and lower trims meet.

Is the creak definitely from the body, and not plastic on plastic, or a dry rubber bush in the suspension someplace?

Thanks for the tree comments, the noise is on rear of two sides, more on rigth, at the rear speakers place (maybe shocks? I tried tightening and sound is the same).

I lubed the springs when touch the supports on each end, lubed the shock mounts, the door close systems, door swing points, rubber on rear tailgate, what more do I need to lube/check?

The car have less that 6000 Km (something like 3750 Mi) on clock, maybe the suspension need a adjust after a breakin of components done on the dealer?, noise is making me crazy. The oil chang will be every 7500 Km (VW/Skoda dealer here keep saying every 15000 Km) soon for having here really dust in the streets.

Thanks again

SkodaVenezuela

The torsional rigidity on modern cars is, frankly, amazing compared to those of 'old'.

Suspect much of what you're hearing is the plastics creaking. There is so much 'computer analysis' going on that you should have virtually no perceivable flex whatsoever.

If you've over-torqued the suspension bolts, that could be the problem. What might be worth trying (if it's not just plastics creaking) would be loosening off the suspension bolts a turn or two, and re-torqueing them as per recommendations with the car's weight on the wheels and the handbrake off. Maybe a 30 minute job with the data and a channel lift (not a wheel-free type).

OK, thanks, only touched the upper bolts of the rear shocks with a rachet, I think is better to have the dealer re-torque it on next service, noise is really noticeable on angle aproachs.

Thanks friends

Alvaro

Only sound I ever hear from that far back is the odd piece of tyre roar. Wondering if there might be a transport spacer left in the rear coils?

mine was bent all out of shape by 10,000 miles but then i did run slicks on trackdays....