I have a 2010fl Octavia petrol VRS. Preciously when I switched off the engine the stereo would stay on until I removed the key but now everything shuts down as soon as the ignition is off. Also before as soon as I removed the key from the ignition the interior lights came on however they now only come on when you open one of the doors. Has anyone ever experienced anything similar or could point me in the right direction for a solution?

 

Many thanks

Get a scan done with VCDS, if you don't have it look on the vcds list on here for someone local to you

 

I would guess that it is a faulty ignition switch, quite common

Thanks Eddie. Hadn’t thought of doing that and I don’t have vcds so I will check the list. On the off chance it is the ignition switch is it a fairly cheap and easy thing to replace?

Is this perhaps battery management instead of a fault? I know mine decides to stop performing certain 'comfort' features with the lights and stereo when the battery is below a certain charge state.

 

The cold weather can certainly knock out batteries without the warning you might previously have expected too. My original 2010 battery crapped out in December - it would still start the car once after a decent run without any hint of an issue, but it was a real gamble doing a short journey and trying to restart! Perfectly fine and apparently healthy one day, then started this behaviour.

It has been doing this for a little while now before the cold snap started. Never had any trouble starting either