BigBazza38

Oops. Forgot to check back after I sorted it out. Given mine was the facelift version with LEDs and three halogen bulbs, it was around £220 for the OEM part from Citygate Slough.

Finally solved it. The solution is to apply leverage on the "ledge" roughly half way down and it comes free.

Here are a few pictures of the connector in question. Couldn't get any more detail due to the amount of plastic surrounding it, alas.

Having had an incident whilst my car was parked which resulted in the cover on my Driver's side rear light cluster - being a facelift vehicle, it's the part-LED version too - ending up in pieces on the ground, I duly ordered a replacement light cluster (as Škoda will only sell you a complete unit, not just a cover) from my usual dealership (given the part on its own was cheaper than my insurance excess), expecting it to simply be a case of removing the old one, swapping the bulbs into the new one and fitting it. Rookie mistake there, as all they've supplied is the bare shell! I've managed to get most of the wiring out of the old one, but can't for the life of me work out how to extract the socket that the plug from the car's wiring connects to. Short of extreme violence (given said socket needs to remain in one piece) does anyone have an idea as to how to remove it?

Having been swayed away from Skoda when the Mk4 Octavia came out (tl;dr version being a ~£100 a month increase in finance payments compared to the Mk3), I find myself coming back after my Hyundai got nicked on Bonfire Night. 😡 My new car is...another Mk3 Octavia Estate, more specifically a 2019 1.0 SE Tech (with the 85kW/114bhp/115 PS engine) with fewer than 8,000 miles on the clock. 😀 It'll be interesting to compare it to the 2016 1.6 litre Diesel version I previously had, which was the same trim level and roughly the same power (81kW/109bhp/110 PS.)

Sadly my PCP deal has ended and I'm having to return my Mk3 Octavia Estate to Skoda as I'm having to tighten the purse strings with what's going on in the world right now. It's been a fun four years, but it's back to using public transport for most of my travel needs for the foreseeable future. Hopefully I'll be back once (used) Mk4s are available for a reasonable price.