Hi All,
I've been receiving the error above intermittently and so I fixed it using the bypass switch/module as per all of the youtube videos. Best price I could find is £87.
What I didn't find at any time was a Leon Mk3 guide and it would seem that all of the VW and Skoda models are slightly different from our Leons (Audi owners dont seem to want to help their brethren!).
So, you can avoid any steps that want you to remove whole dash or centre tunnel top/sides/surround, handbrake or anything like that - its simply not necessary as long as you have patience and smallish hands.
It's easy enough to get to this stage...although top tip is NEVER grab the gaiter to pull the surround or outer surrounds out. You'll stretch the "leather" and itll sort of deform when trying to put the inner back into the outer.
You can leave in any screws that you can see I've taken out.
What you now need to do it take off the side panel at your left leg. This opens up enough of the gubbbins to do the remainder of the task.
Look in front/underneath the lever and take out that foam right in the middle of the photo. Looks like its just stuffed in there to prevent any wires rubbing or making any vibrations.
Now go back to your gear lever and get yourself a nice long hacksaw blade. Part number 3Q0-713-128 would NOT fit my late 2015 Cupra ST without some butchery to a non essential piece of plastic.
See that dotted line? Put your hacksaw vertical and cut along it. It's dead space under there so you can't cut anything but there is a wire clipped a smidge nearer to you as you can see. You can move it if you want. The bends in the preform of the selector indicator wire suggest it'll never get tangled in the mechanism but you can put it back later.
Could have been neater but oh well...
This piece has to go. You cant fit the module under or over or remove any of the foam or anything. Its simply two pieces of rigid plastic that will interfere and prevent you going any further.
Now we're going to loosely fit the new module with the three longer screws provided and then get to stuffing the connectors down through the opening in all the plastic right smack bang in front of the lever. This is where you need to be good at slotting the square plug through the square holes. The connectors have little tabs on them too so theyll want to keep catching the opening. Have patience and keep aiming right for the middle of the space you cant really see!
Ooh the next ones poor quality but you get the gist. Push the two connectors through hole separately and we're nearly done.
To get the old one out, get a flat head screwdriver, put it in the pretty generous and obvious clip you can see, then move the screwdriver left and keep going.
In the photo below the new blue clip is upside down cos I hadnt sorted it it out at that point. Just move the screwdriver all the way left and it'll pop.
Then fit your old blue connector to your new purple one, and slide the little foam boot over the connection. Then clip the new blue one in. It takes a bit of force, I've never seen a clip like that before but it'll snap shut when its in.
Follow the other guides for how to nip the module up tight and in the right position. Hoover out all of the previous owners dog hair and crisps and refit all your plastics.
I've been receiving the error above intermittently and so I fixed it using the bypass switch/module as per all of the youtube videos. Best price I could find is £87.
What I didn't find at any time was a Leon Mk3 guide and it would seem that all of the VW and Skoda models are slightly different from our Leons (Audi owners dont seem to want to help their brethren!).
So, you can avoid any steps that want you to remove whole dash or centre tunnel top/sides/surround, handbrake or anything like that - its simply not necessary as long as you have patience and smallish hands.
It's easy enough to get to this stage...although top tip is NEVER grab the gaiter to pull the surround or outer surrounds out. You'll stretch the "leather" and itll sort of deform when trying to put the inner back into the outer.
You can leave in any screws that you can see I've taken out.
What you now need to do it take off the side panel at your left leg. This opens up enough of the gubbbins to do the remainder of the task.
Look in front/underneath the lever and take out that foam right in the middle of the photo. Looks like its just stuffed in there to prevent any wires rubbing or making any vibrations.
Now go back to your gear lever and get yourself a nice long hacksaw blade. Part number 3Q0-713-128 would NOT fit my late 2015 Cupra ST without some butchery to a non essential piece of plastic.
See that dotted line? Put your hacksaw vertical and cut along it. It's dead space under there so you can't cut anything but there is a wire clipped a smidge nearer to you as you can see. You can move it if you want. The bends in the preform of the selector indicator wire suggest it'll never get tangled in the mechanism but you can put it back later.
Could have been neater but oh well...
This piece has to go. You cant fit the module under or over or remove any of the foam or anything. Its simply two pieces of rigid plastic that will interfere and prevent you going any further.
Now we're going to loosely fit the new module with the three longer screws provided and then get to stuffing the connectors down through the opening in all the plastic right smack bang in front of the lever. This is where you need to be good at slotting the square plug through the square holes. The connectors have little tabs on them too so theyll want to keep catching the opening. Have patience and keep aiming right for the middle of the space you cant really see!
Ooh the next ones poor quality but you get the gist. Push the two connectors through hole separately and we're nearly done.
To get the old one out, get a flat head screwdriver, put it in the pretty generous and obvious clip you can see, then move the screwdriver left and keep going.
In the photo below the new blue clip is upside down cos I hadnt sorted it it out at that point. Just move the screwdriver all the way left and it'll pop.
Then fit your old blue connector to your new purple one, and slide the little foam boot over the connection. Then clip the new blue one in. It takes a bit of force, I've never seen a clip like that before but it'll snap shut when its in.
Follow the other guides for how to nip the module up tight and in the right position. Hoover out all of the previous owners dog hair and crisps and refit all your plastics.
