I am trying to remove the plastic panel that fits at the rear of the boot of my 2011 Octavia Mk 2 (attached picture). There are 2 plastic 10mm nuts at the lower corners which I have removed (though not really necessary because the panel is slotted). This frees the lower part of the panel, but it is still solidly held at the middle.

Behind the little rectangular plastic insert at the middle there are the heads of a pair of Torx 40 screws. I have tried removing these (being careful not to lose them behind the panel!). This releases the tailgate latch, but does not free the panel, which feels as solid as before.

Does anyone know how this panel can be removed? There could be clips, but I don't like to force things until I know what I am doing.

Yes you are correct, about 5 clips run along it under the raised bars. Just pull at it and it will come off.

Many thanks for the information, Morph. I did try pulling, but obviously not hard enough (for fear of breakage). The reason I wanted to take it off was to give it a thorough clean, but managed a passable job with it in situ. It will be good to know how to do it if I need to locate the control unit for the after-market reverse sensors which I believe is down there somewhere!

Steve.

Not sure with aftermarket sensors but the oem unit is in behind the passenger side, side boot lining and are bolted on to the wheel arch next to the cd changer if you have one.

Edited 31 August, 202531 Aug by Morph