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@Warrior193 - thank you, I’ll give them a go and just get a refund if they don’t work. Sadly, the Superskoda / Kopacek ones are quite expensive now that shipping to UK is problematic… I also found this thread suggesting that if you replace them all, there’s fewer issues. Interesting

The culprit has been found. Took out the LEDs and also put the originals back in. In both instances, the interior lights go off with the ignition and there's no tailgate latch warning. I've contacted the ebay seller to see what they say. Maybe the £8 was the initial warning... For anyone that's done this before, it's just a simple plug and play right? I don't have to worry about the two cables they come with if the plugs fit, right? Any recommendations of where to buy 'legit' ones or what to look for?

No, I decided to go with the 50% of people saying it would be fine. Especially as it's a like for like battery swap. Errors that came up disappeared after 20 metres. Will ask my VAG specialist to check it next time it's in though.

New battery fitted (only minimal swearing involved). Starts like a dream now, so worth doing. Lighting issue remains though, but the plot thickens... Thought I'd try locking with the light on whilst sat in the driver's seat, then noticed that it seems to think the boot is open/closing (see video attached). Basically keeps flashing up with the boot open graphic. When it's stopped raining, I'll go and test the boot lights (and once I've found the originals in the garage, because obviously I didn't throw them away and obviously I can't remember where I put them...) IMG_4658.1.mov

S/S is on all the time (unless my toddler is asleep and don’t want to risk waking her!). That being said, I do tend to fall into a habit of not letting it kick in most of the time by lifting the brake ever so slightly. Maybe with a new battery it’ll be a bit ‘fresher’ on the restart as well. You’ve tempted fate on your battery now…

It does have start/stop and it's and AGM. I've ordered a new one from Tayna because I figured it's due a replacement anyway. EDIT - this is the current one, not the new one!

Digits on the negative post are 26 14, so I'm guessing it's the original battery on there. Nearly 10 years for a battery is probably good value, but time to suck the cost of a new one. I know the cranking is low on it and that's probably why it takes a few seconds to start. I'll change that and see if that helps the lights issue, as it needs doing anyway.

Thanks for your input, I’ll take a look at the battery in the daylight. Last time I tested the battery back in August, it was on 54% health

Just the trunk. All others are original as far as I’m aware. Could it be a voltage issue with LEDs being lower??? The battery is probably original too

You don’t realise just how bad they are until you swap them out! Not really sure where to start on the CarPlay unit. It’s all wired in as it should be. I might do some research on any potential issues before ripping it out again though. Electrics in cars drive me mad!

Hard to say because I only use the internal lights for young passengers once the clocks go back and it's darker. It wasn't happening last year in the darker months and I installed them since then. Swapping the original lights back is a simple test actually. Although will be frustrating if that's the issue because the originals are next to useless for actually seeing anything.

Recently, I've discovered an issue where the internal rear lights don't turn off with the ignition. Instead, they stay on flashing/flickering. On other occasions, the headlights have also stayed on when the ignition has gone off - more than the 'coming home' function. Annoyingly, we forgot to manually turn off the internal lights yesterday and the alarm started sounding at 23:00... not ideal. Anybody know where to start with identifying and resolving this? For context, I have installed LED boot lights and a CarPlay box from Aliexpress, in case either of these are relevant. Octavia VRS, 2014, TDI (Apologies if this has ben addressed elsewhere, but I couldn't find anything in the search)

Hi all Has anyone had any experience with one of the interface modules you can buy rather than switching to an MIB2/2.5 unit? I'm looking to add Carplay to my '64 Octavia which has the Columbus MIB1 with Canton and these look like a simple, cost-effective solution. I've had a look around and couldn't see much mention of them on here. Having watched some videos for a Golf, it seems you simply pull out the glove box unit, plug this in, fiddle with some buttons and hey presto, Carplay for a couple of hundred quid and no coding. I've got some keys on the way to pull the glovebox unit out and look at the back. I heard that the Canton amp is there and makes fitting the box in tricky. If anyone has had any experience or advice, it would be great to know Thanks Products https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003707114556.html?spm=a2g0s.8937460.0.0.15342e0e7PKXPD https://motrade.nl/nl/carplay-android-mirror/seat-skoda/seat-skoda-mib-mib2/a-2390-10000190 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/294883863616 Installation Video

Thanks Nick. I'll continue to weigh it up. I suspect I'll get it done and try Skoda for some 'contribution'. I haven't planned to change the car for a while and for the sake of £500, it seems extreme to. Just bad timing with new pads and discs done recently, cam belt and tyres due imminently... it might be a quiet Christmas 😞 I'll update with any success from Skoda

This error has been coming up on my 2014 (64) Octavia VRS. I finally got my local VWAG specialist to look at it when it was in for a service and they've confirmed it's the gearbox selector mechanism. Then I found this thread which is a very useful find As my local garage has quoted £500+ to fix the issue, has anyone actually left it/risked it and had any actual issues beyond the error popping up? Just trying to calculate the risk/cost of not doing anything. I understand it could get stuck in park, but they haven't actually seen this happen. As my car is 5 years old and hasn't been serviced by Skoda themselves, I think it'll be a long shot to get anything out of them. I'll still give it a go though. (FYI - I'm still waiting for a call back from Marshall Reading to speak to them. Two phone calls and an online enquiry obviously aren't actually enough to get to speak to them...)