Are LED Bulbs safe to use in a 2010 facelift OCTAVIA?

 

I have seen on this site in the past they are dangerous as they can over heat and melt the wiring?

which bulbs are your thinking about - there's rather a lot in a car

Edited 2 November, 20169 yr by Guest

Anything sold as CAN bus friendly has potential to cause issues as they tend to have a resistor to emulate the bulb load.

 

It's possible to code out bulb warnings on the FL MK2 using proper tools (VCP/ODIS-e, not VCDS) as I have. Unfortunately, it needs a BCM that supports LED lighting and yours might be too early. I believe that the changeover was around MY12

 

As above, which bulbs are you thinking of changing as I've done most the exterior ones on my car.

HEADLIGHTS, SIDE LIGHTS, FOG LIGHTS, RUNNING LIGHTS AND REAR LIGHTS

HEADLIGHTS, SIDE LIGHTS, FOG LIGHTS, RUNNING LIGHTS AND REAR LIGHTS

 

Woah capslock!

 

I've done all those, some of bulbs I used can be found here: http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/364667-my12-elegance-work-log-with-part-numbers-and-coding/?p=4456900

 

LED's in the stock clusters are probably going to look bad, I suggest you find full LED rear clusters from either the Chinese Octavia or Dectane.

 

Finally, I would not recommend using any H7 LED replacements in the headlight. Just use some decent halogen bulbs...