hi everybody,

I just got hold of a low mile 2015 Citigo greentech...amongst other retrofits what I am planning to do, like cruise control and mfa (for which I got great help from Pepsi-P3P5I), is install a maxidot cluster. I've seen that it can be done , but haven't seen anywhere a diy guide for it?
So how difficult is it to retrofit it? Would a maxidot cluster from UP! fit a Citigo and what level of coding is needed for it?
Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Stav

PS: if anyody has a maxidot for sale please drop me a pm....

small update...as I couldn't find any used maxidot cluster for citigo,  I bit the bullet and bought one from an UP!...I hope it fits..visually they are exactly the same...

If anyone has the pinout for the maxidot cluster please post a link here....I have the pinout for the factory one I have right now, but could not find the pinout neither for citigo nor for Up...

more updates......

Since I couldn't find the pinout of the maxidot cluster anywhere, I used the vin from an 2017 UP! (known to me to came with maxidot fitted from factory) and did some digging in vw-erwin wiring diagrams (after paying for 1 hour subscritpion of course :( )...

It turns out, that both the pinout and the wiring diagram of the instrument cluster from the 2017 facelift UP! with maxidot, are identical to those from my 2015 Citigo basic cluster.

 

So as far as the electrics are concerned, there shouldn't be any problem in swapping...

 

I did contact , though, 2 Skoda official dealers and asked them whether they would be able to transfer immobiliser and km data from old to new cluster...they were not sure about it and said they've never done it before and will have to try and see what happens. They claimed the reason is that the part no. is different between clusters and maybe the online Skoda system might not allow them to proceed after reading them...There is however a member here (DanikD) who has installed a maxidot cluster to a 2012 Citigo and didn't have any problems in programming so that makes me a bit optimistic.......

 

Also, as it has been asked before some times, the part number for Skoda maxidot cluster (according to ilcats.ru webpage part catalog) is exactly tha same as in the VW UP!.

Its 1S0920870.

 

Cluster is supposed to arrive from Germany  next week, but from today on, for at least the next 2 weeks, we are on a strict lockdown in Athens due to covid, so thinjgs  might be delayed...

well, part no. is not exactly the same after all.....there is a difference in one letter VW is 1S0920870  and Skoda is 1ST920870...that only describes the brand of car the part is used but might cause trouble...I am now looking at it and there might be a way of altering BRAND byte in the immo data if eeprom can be read.....will see....

Hi again...

 

After a lot of search and thanks to a great guy from Netherlands VW club and Nefmoto forum (Bonny Gijzen) , maxidot cluster is installed!!!!!

It is gorgeous, to say the least, compared to stock green LCD cluster...

Bonny not only coded immo data, but also changed welcome screen to Skoda (cluster came from  a VW UP) and corrected km...

I also installed MFA buttons which worked straight away without even needing coding..

 

So ....here it is.....

 

 

 

 

Maybe a moderator can change title to Maxidot cluster in 2015 Citigo..it is indeed possible...

 

Edited 5 April, 20215 yr by stavkon

Wow congrats great effort.  I'd like to do something similar down the line 

Thank you,

 

as maxidot clusters from Skoda are extremely rare and hard to find, you can get a used cluster from VW for about 100-120 euros at eBay...then its all matter of programming...there is a tricky part regarding immobiliser programming that requires direct processor programming but it is something an experince programmer with right tools can do in an hour....

Cool, we went to the same guy! (Bonny)

 

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Hi i want to do this to, i have a citiy go from 2013, i have a maxidot 1S0.920.870C laying around. my quest is who can help me to transfer the immo data to this cluster. i cant find any contact info on the internet from Bonny Gijsen AKA h2deetoo