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All sorted, a 2013/2014 car confusion lol. In case anyone is ever wondering, the 2013 car ( up to around June) dont need the extra fuse harness but the 2014 cars do..... They appear to have a totally different fusebox layout....I find reading these "instructions" difficult at best, what happened to written instruction..... On my car ( for 13 socket lectrics) you need F28, 38 and 44 and pair the loom DIRECT. DO NOT follow OCTAVIA-MK3-REMOVABLE-TOWBAR-FITTING-IMG-v1.0.pdf as this is seemingly for 2014 fuseboxes I was kind of getting in limbo between the guides and following that and should have stopped and focussed on original guide from scratch. This explains the differences better, you don't pair them into the fusebox which is the mistake I made and now have to remove them lol. I couldn't plug in those other wires as they are really meant for D122 / J126 for later 2014 on cars. I think the 3 tails I plugged into the fusebox extra, probably fit easily into the 2013 fusebox. Many thanks to Dezmonde who refused any repartiation for his time, though I felt so glad to be helped I would have happily done so.

Thank you so much. They are just so tight, they are not push fit or even with force down with a screwdriver Its the pre-cabled extra fuse holder (6r0937530A) Its the bit where you Clip snap tail wires into additional fuse box rear....they just are so tight they don't want to push in ! I got one about 3/4 down and just not fully seating. and the other only just in or half way so I got it back out again before trying to force any further.

help urgently please, can't get westfalia pinout cables piggy back slotted into back of fusebox They are tight as hell to push in and won't just push in even, wondering if they actually have something needing removing from them or ideally a special tool to push them firmly in from rear. They do seem to be caged in a surround but presuming this ( with springs) is part of the fitting. Also I don't have existing fuses at F28 and F38, should there be fuses in front of the fusebox as well as in the accessory fusebox ? It only came with 3 fuses already in the accessory one. I will donate £10 in beer funds to anyone who can give me successful advice please, otherwise I'm seeking an auto electrician to complete it annoyingly ! Still got the BCM to do yet also ! This sucks, it went reasonably well to this point, mousing the cables and plastics removed carefully etc.

Just received some nice wiring through the post and looking to do this job soon. Hi I'm looking to do this towbar wiring having acquired the plug in kit, will need VCDScoding after I do the wiring, wonder if anyone can help with the VCDS (and maybe a little wiring help / second opinion )? Got my head around most of it, some minor questions. I think I can work out the answers: ( Electric extension kit I think is mentioned as 300 029 300 113, this is presumably where a super bulky white connector block with 2 wires coloured YW and BR/WH thick wires are (some 12" before the termination for the main control unit). Couldn't work out what that is for so must be superfluous/ specific to that it doesn't seem to be mentioned elsewhere) Its this Westfalia kit for non tow prepped, which is because my car is an earlier 2014 ( regd about April 2014 apparently) and not tow reading, I saw the wiring for at least half price for Westfalia Kit. Got a tow trust bar for a fair price not so keen to fit the PCT ZR2500 relay it came with, which would have needed wiring to the car side anyway missing. A bit funny about cutting the wires so I managed to get the westfalia dedicated wiring. https://www.pfjones.co.uk/westfalia_fitting/305406300113.pdf Happy to make some agreement of cash someones way of course too !

Thanks all. I have PCT2500 relay already so its an option ? Will get the balance of opinions - have reached out to Sasha too. I do hope to buy a trailer on the sooner than later, its for a lightweight race car build to have it checked out by some pros and completion works - in case anyone interested see the pic ! Cost me originally 2 grand, and a lot of messing about with it since 2020 at home..... when towed the car is light should only be 400kg the car itself and I'd be delicately driving it about...... I guess even if I did do the devils scotchlocks then the likelihood of heavens falling I suppose is minimal for just going and picking up a trailer as a one off ? As mentioned I did just want to get the westfalia detachable and would have had them just coded tbh, but as they were literally unavailable from all sources this was the next best towbar for now and I'm open.

TBH also may make sense to look at rear view camera AND hooking up heated seats ( fitted ) at the same time but that would be ramping up my work ? I know in past have been resident experts like Techie but not sure if anyone would be prepared to do the work for me which I would consider..... much rather someone known than some non Skoda "specialist" who will chuck on another basic relay like I've already got. I know I can get dedicated kit wiring for only £100+ ish Petrol vrs... I'd only be towing 400kg car on some lightweight smart style trailer ..... not a caravan

I have a fixed flange (tow-trust) towbar plus a PCT automotive relay that is nearly new from ebay. I was going to have a brand new westfalia and dedicated but they were out of stock, may revisit later if I can get hold of the detachable I want but if the lectrics are done correctly then these can remain as the bar is just a bar? I can remove the tow bit temporarily as it has two bolts.... My thoughts were to ditch the relay I got with it ( its about a £30 model) and have a dedicated fitted - but contacted one place locally don't seem keen to reply to me to confirm. I *could* attempt the electrics, I have even done cruise control back when I had a Fabia ( and it worked from new until I sold the car a few ago so I can't be that bad right?) But I'm cold feet about the ripping into my electrics on my 2014 and prefer the dedicated but I'm a little discouraged by the scale of this work (despite having done the cruise on fabia when it was still in year 1 ! That seemed like madness but got there in the end in fairness would have rather paid to just have it done and avoid the stress). By the way I already checked out I'm a non towbar prep car sadly. I won't be using the towbar that much tbh.....but this is like my main car, don't want ****ty electrics and a job done right is something you won't worry again about. Anyone do electrics here ? If I was getting the kit to attempt looks like could use, https://www.pfjones.co.uk/skoda-octavia-hatch-06-2014-onwards-7-pin-pf-jones-dedicated-wiring-kit.html

Releasing rear seat backs remote cable: This design is ridiculous, for simply removing seats from the car ! Seems to have plastics in the way then leading to the remote release in the back. After considerable hassle to at least get the seats free, how to free up this stupid cable ?? Remote release from boot is kind of handy I suppose, if you ever use, vastly outweighing the benefit is hassle of removing the cable / seat. Do I have to remove not just the plastics but also the material in the back or something ??