DawidDre

Thanks dude. I ended up just curring it and soldering together which worked just fine. Didn't bother me too much as I sadly had to sell the car anyway due to ULEZ extension in London. Got a BMW 5 Series now and regret it a bit. It's tiny in comparison. Superb broke me, now all cars seem uncomfortably small 🤣

That's very useful info. Thanks a lot.

@chimaera Unfortunately lubricating didn't help in my case. The small motor inside the assembly is dead completely. I have a new assembly and was contemplating whether I should cut the wires and solder them, or go through the effort of finding a connector. Surely it has to be accessible from inside of the car. At the end of the day you'd see the wheel arch once you take the side trim off, right? Looking on YT on VW and Octavia's the loom is accessible from the inside once trim removed. Just wasn't sure how much hassle it is to take off.

Thanks a lot. Yes, assembly access is very easy indeed - that wasn't an issue. I was thinking about cutting the wire, solder and just shrink wrap it as you say, but I hate to do the job this way if it could be accessed properly without much effort. But if it involves taking half of the car apart just to get to this stupid connector then I might just do it the easy way. Couldn't believe that connector isn't on the assembly part. Mine is open too, so I am just driving around with open flap door, which isn't too much of an issue.

Hey, sorry for resurrecting the old thread again. Have you ever got this done? How much of a hassle was taking this trim off (agree, what a dumb design)? I was hoping maybe there is another way like taking the rear light off or something. Dreading taking that trim off just to plug a small connector. Thanks!