This is a small DIY Guide for how to remove instrument cluster from Octavia 1 (1U).

 

For this removal you will need:

-10 to 15 minutes of time

- Torx T20 srewdriver

- One small flat screwdriver or a knife.

 Before start, as security precaution, remove the key from the ignition and disconnect the car battery, to avoid loosing immobilizer sync.

 

Also to note that this was made on LHD car. I assume that procedure is the same on RHD cars.

 

First you should lower and pull out the steering wheel as much as possible so you could have plenty of room for easier access to the cluster (Picture 1)

 

 

Now step by step:

1. Locate two plastic screwcaps marked with red circle on the top of the plastic trim surrounding the cluster, you can you small flat screwdriver or a knife to remove it. After removing these two, unscrew two screws and the trim will be free of screws (Picture 2).

2. Use small flat screwdriver or a knife to detach clothes part from underneath the plastic trim (Picture 2).

3. Push the bottom part of plastic trim down as marked in the picture and pull it out gently (Picture 2).

 

 

4. There are two torx T20 screw on the top of both sides of the cluster as marked in the pictures 3 and 4. Unscrew them.

 

 

5. Pull out gently the top part of the cluster (Picture 5).

6. Now easily pull out the small round handle of the cluster (Picture 5).

7. Now push the cluster a little bit to the left to release small round handle of the cluster on the right side (Picture 5).

 

 

8.  Use small flat screwdriver (or top of the knife) to move the little fuse which keeps the pink handle of the blue T32 connector from releasing (Picture 6).

9. Pull the pink handle up (Picture 6)

 

 

10. Keep pushing the pink handle up clockwise to release blue T32 connector (Picture 7). Leave and keep pink handle in this position because you will not be able to put the connector back to the cluster if the handle is moved from this position.

 

 

NOTE that steps 8, 9 and 10 are also for releasing the green T32 connector on the right side of the cluster.

11. Now you can freely take the cluster out. (Picture 8)

 

 

Putting the cluster back is a reverse procedure. One tip: try to attach clothes part to the plastic trim before you return plastic trim to its position (Picture 9).

 

Edited 24 October, 20169 yr by Arminator

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