Skoda Octavia Hatchback 1.5 TSI SE L 5d Owner Review

Leased this for 3 years and would never go for another one. Good points are it drives nicely, very comfortable, nice ICE and plenty of features with a great sized boot. Bad points first there was a big rattle from the back which was a known issue and fixed,car is very underpowered for its size, ICE kept making a POP noise and throwing up emergency call errors, multiple trips to the dealership to fix with software updates and module replacement, turned off most of the driver assists as it would slam on the brakes at the slightest hint of something miles away possibly being a collision, then my airbag module failed (after waranty ended) and got 5 other faults appearing which the dealership couldnt work out what it was. Dead battery , RAC replaced with a proper battery and all non airbag faults were fixed (ICE resetting, auto stop, lane assist and some others).

Nice car to drive, but underpowered the electrical system and functions are a nightmare also the back end sticks out too much and is too easy scrape or bang against low walls etc. Glad to see the back of it.