Aaaaaagh! So close! Took the car out last night to find the headlights don't stay in full beam! They work if I hold the stalk forward but won't stay on. Do I have a faulty stalk? Or is it just incompatible? Bugger.

Oh dear, sounds like you need to contact Škoda Sterling to see if it's a problem from the coding work, of course this would have to be confirmed, and it might mean a restore to previous, but I'm very far from an expert in this just going from some of the posts I've seen on here. It might be some values can be changed with the VCDS but if you do that and then still need to contact and visit Škoda Sterling and they see it they might not be happy.

Perhaps Lewis or others may be able to offer more and better advice.

Edited 30 May, 20251 yr by nta16

Does the main beam part of your new switch appear to feel different (ie work in a different way?)

I don't know if this is applicable to yours but this guy had the same problem after fitting a new switch for cruise control to an Audi A4. The dealer might not want to get involved with his cure but it's worth running it past them.

2 hours ago, Rheumy said:

Does the main beam part of your new switch appear to feel different (ie work in a different way?)

I don't know if this is applicable to yours but this guy had the same problem after fitting a new switch for cruise control to an Audi A4. The dealer might not want to get involved with his cure but it's worth running it past them.

The main beam works when the stalk is pushed forward but it doest stay in place. Looking at the stalks this one has a x1 next to the lights whereas the original speed limit only stalk does not. I think original full beam headlight switch was a two position on/off switch whereas the new stalk is a toggle type switch cycling between on and off. Don't know if this can be changed with coding but had an epiphany at 4.00am and wondered if I could somehow "upgrade" the mechanism in the new stalk that is stopping the stalk from holding it in the full beam on position. The old stalk is now in pieces on my kichen work top and I think I can just swap the guts of the new stalk with bits from the old. Will try later on today. What could possibly go wrong! Photos will be provided if it works.

By by toggle on/off do you mean a momentary sort of action, in that you slightly push forward (or pull back) to both go from dip to main or main to dip, if so I didn't know that type was on a Fabia (Mk3 at least) but I could be wrong.

I hope you're not digging deeper down but you seem happy to venture forth, whatever you do don't break either stalk or have them that they can't go back to how they were, and have back-up of computer changes to restore back to a previous working position.

I look forward to the photos, good luck.

6 hours ago, nta16 said:

By by toggle on/off do you mean a momentary sort of action, in that you slightly push forward (or pull back) to both go from dip to main or main to dip, if so I didn't know that type was on a Fabia (Mk3 at least) but I could be wrong.

I hope you're not digging deeper down but you seem happy to venture forth, whatever you do don't break either stalk or have them that they can't go back to how they were, and have back-up of computer changes to restore back to a previous working position.

I look forward to the photos, good luck.

Yes same forward movement puts main beam on then main beam off. Had this in a 2015 Superb and a 2018 VW Tiguan.

Finally I have it all working as it should.

I took the stalk to pieces, very easy as only held together with one torx screw and found a white 'cup' into which the 'ball' on the end of the stalk fits. This piece has moulded grooves inside which determine whether the stalk holds in place or not on full beam. In the photo below its the white plastic piece.

All I had to do was swap this 'cup' for the one in the original stalk. It just slides out with another guide underneath.

Back together with the original black 'cup' in place. One torx screw to do up and fitted back on the car in 5 minutes. Thankfully in the end it was an easy fix and now the car has cruise control and headlights that stay on full beam when they're needed.

Same thing as the guy in my link above had then!

On 30/05/2025 at 09:33, Rheumy said:

I don't know if this is applicable to yours but this guy had the same problem after fitting a new switch for cruise control to an Audi A4.

I'm still struggling to find the correct part for my daughter's car. It starts boggling your mind in the end. She has - speed limiter and MFA/onboard computer. The only problem is that the RH stalk has no buttons for the MFA. I think that because it has steering wheel controls the dash display is controlled by those.

6V0054800F looks like a good bet if I don't need controls on the stalk for the MFA. The only problems with that is that 6V0054800F has the little '+1' on the left hand stalk which as @Sbatchelor discovered appears to mean that if your old switch didn't have this +1 then a small part will have to be swapped over form the old switch to the new one to make the main beam work properly. I'd like to avoid this if possible.

The second problem is I can't work out if I will need a new bracket and slip ring. It is listed as needing it if you are replacing a B version with F version. My original switch looks like it is a D version! If it really does need the new switch, slip ring, bracket, swap code and coding by Odis the price is starting to get beyond what is reasonable for us.

Going back to the possible need for the slip ring and bracket, when @lewiswal47 bought his switch it had both the B and the F part numbers on it so it was impossible to say. He didn't mention replacing the slip ring so I guessing he didn't have to. Mind definitely boggled! 🥴