Rust on Wheels of Skoda Octavia

Jammoline

I have a new Skoda Octavia, just 2 months old.  I have noticed rust all around the wheel hubs on all four wheels.  It doesn't wash off.  The dealer tells me that it is on the brake discs, which are steel and it is perfectly normal.  It doesn't look normal to me.  Is this normal or should I be concerned? 

Aylesbury_Duck

Post a photo, and perhaps move this to the motoring forum.

Rust on brake discs that haven't been used for a short while is normal, but a photo will be enough to know if it's abnormal.

JJ_Egan

As above its normal for discs to show brown dust/ rust .

Spank

Does it alloy Wheels? if yes it ain't rust

neilmcl

Spank said:

Does it alloy Wheels? if yes it ain't rust

As the OP mentioned it's on the discs, not the wheels themselves, and is completely normal even for a 2 month old car.

OP, If you want something that'll reduce this then you can't go wrong with product from Bilt Hamber, called Atom-Mac. It won't remove the rust put will works as a preventative.

visidigi

neilmcl said:

Spank said:

Does it alloy Wheels? if yes it ain't rust

As the OP mentioned it's on the discs, not the wheels themselves, and is completely normal even for a 2 month old car.

OP, If you want something that'll reduce this then you can't go wrong with product from Bilt Hamber, called Atom-Mac. It won't remove the rust put will works as a preventative.

The OP actually said the wheel hubs, not the discs.

Looks like the hubs aren't coated and have surface rust on them/brake disc dust. If it doesn't wash off its the former not the latter.

Ditzy_Mitzy

It's perfectly normal, especially when a car has been sitting for a few days.  Unprotected mild steel corrodes within hours if left outside.  The rust doesn't actually affect anything as it comes off when the car is run; the combined effects of heat in the brake discs and the scrubbing action of the pads cleans the surface.  It's generally worse on the back, especially if the car is fitted with over-sized discs for show, as the rear brakes do far less work.  For the same reason the effect may be more apparent on modern cars, which tend to be fitted with brakes far larger than are actually needed which, as a consequence, don't work as hard leading to the rust staying in place.  I wouldn't, personally, dream of putting a corrosion inhibitor on brake discs but then I'm possibly just being prejudiced.  

Spank

neilmcl said:

Spank said:

Does it alloy Wheels? if yes it ain't rust

As the OP mentioned it's on the discs, not the wheels themselves, and is completely normal even for a 2 month old car.

OP, If you want something that'll reduce this then you can't go wrong with product from Bilt Hamber, called Atom-Mac. It won't remove the rust put will works as a preventative.

The op said "I have noticed rust all around the wheel hubs on all four wheels" if you're going to pick me up on anything you should HAVE said that I missed a word out in my post because that's just cringy. 

Manxman_in_exile

The OP said "wheel hubs", their dealer said "brake discs".

I suspect it slightly more likely that the OP doesn't know their hubs from their discs rather than the dealer doesn't.  (But I may be mistaken).

mattyprice4004

Brake discs will rust from just a couple of weeks old - they're steel with no protection built in. 
It doesn't matter if the car is 2 months old or 20 years old - the technology and metals are (largely) the same, and they will rust. 

cymruchris

Without a picture we are all guessing - but if it's behind the alloy wheel on anything underneath such as the hub/disc/caliper - there are plenty of surfaces there that will gain a surface rust very quickly. If it's on the parts of the discs that the pads are applied to, this disappears quickly once you've driven the car for a few miles (And used the brakes!)