Strange one this - rubbing noise heard on pulling away, hard initial acceleration and it's louder, gentle less so but it's still there, also heard it lightly when going over rough road surfaces sometimes - all other times no noise just normal service. Fairly sure it's not a brake noise as it's not constant or speed related. Was mildly greenlaning yesterday and low range and HDC all work as expected to.

Will be putting in a call to the AA to seek their techs opinion? More on this story, later.

That nice man at the AA is very busy indeed! Visit arranged for tomorrow morning which is mutually convenient.

It's not the heatshield over the propshaft by any chance? I hit some standing water once and bent it out of shape and it started making a rubbing noise on take off. Had to bend it back out of the way. 2016 Skoda Octavia VRS Estate
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Funny you should say that. I hit some standing water last week and the noise appeared shortly after, so it could well be the culprit?

MikeO wrote:

It's not the heatshield over the propshaft by any chance? I hit some standing water once and bent it out of shape and it started making a rubbing noise on take off. Had to bend it back out of the way.

This was the issue right enough. AA man had it sorted out in 5 mins.

Glad you got it sorted. Hope you're still enjoying her! 2016 Skoda Octavia VRS Estate
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Cheers and yes very much so!