Hello Everybody, I have changed all the interior lights to LED so thought I would have a go at number plate lights. Didn't want to go down the LED bulb route as the Polo has a LED number plate light option and this is VAG group after all. Did a bit of research and found this part number:

 

3AF 943 021 A

 

I ordered them from Amazon as the effort of going to the dealership was just to much, cost £24.12 all in, all looks genuine but that's for you to decide, your dealer will be happy to help.

 

When trying to fit them there are little tabs that stop them from fitting into the hole (you can see the little nic in the left tab where it was stopping it from fitting) The fitting will fit if placed in the opposite way to the original fitting but this then results in the light being directed away from the number plate.

 

 

In my opinion they had to be fitted the same way as the original fittings this meant the light was directed onto the number plate. To do this though the tabs had to be removed, i just used some side cutters.

 

 

The only other thing to note when fitting the cable on the left fitting is very, very tight, the shorter the cable the more they save I guess but it was fiddly removing it and then fitting it into the LED fitting, oh and it tells you how to remove the fitting in your handbook.

 

After fitting, switched them on and both worked with no errors on the dash, so if you haven't got a VCDS then not to much of an issue.

 

Plugged in the VCDS and had the following error in 09 cent elec:

 

1 Fault Found:

12307 - License Plate Light 

          B12CA 01 [009] - Electrical Failure

          Confirmed - Tested Since Memory Clear

             Freeze Frame:

                    Fault Status: 00000001

                    Fault Priority: 2

                    Fault Frequency: 2

                    Reset counter: 161

                    Mileage: 2832 km

                    Date: 2016.03.05

                    Time: 20:11:29

 

So using the Octavia III VCDS adaptation info found hear I changed the 2 adaptations:

 

Address 09:6C0 937 090 B recoded (ADP-(1)-Leuchte25KZL HA60-Type_Of_Load_25) from 2* 5W  to allgemeine LED mit Open Load Diagnose   

 

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Address 09:6C0 937 090 B recoded (ADP-(6)-Leuchte25KZL HA60-Dimming_AB_25) from 100  to 127 

 

I cleared the errors on 09 Cent Elec, ignition off, back on and lights on in all configurations (Auto, side and always on) and no errors logged... yay

 

The final result:

 

 

Now the disclaimers, you perform any of these changes at your own risk. Briskoda does not accept any responsibility for your actions, and neither do I! If you aren't sure, don't do it! Ensure you have a full controller map before you make any changes and keep that log a running. I'm a VCDS novice working from the superb/amazing knowledge found on Briskoda and some help from Google translate.

 

Edited 6 March, 201610 yr by carl0076

Done the same on my fabia iii from September 2016 worked perfectly

Glad this Standard on the Monte

Looks a bit of a ball ache I hope mine come as standard

Looks a bit of a ball ache I hope mine come as standard

Standard on montes and SELs i beleve

My se color edition came with them I think haven't seen another one at night to compare

If I knock the lights on I see multiple light reflections in the bumper and it looks a white light