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Hi all, Having had my new Pioneer double DIN head unit fitted last week, which works brilliantly, I decided to try to find a way to charge my iPhone in the car. I use it as a GPS (Waze) and to listen to podcasts, and that combination can be surprisingly hard on the battery. I didn't want anything stuck to the windscreen or the dash, so my eye was drawn to the unused ashtray, just ahead of the gear lever. Searching eBay, I found this: Link ...which measures slightly smaller than the iPhone Pro Max, so I knew it would fit. When it arrived, I tested it hooked up to the spare USB socket that comes out from the rear of the head unit. It worked a treat 😃 The sprung ashtray lid opens as you press down on it. I popped the gear surround off and undid the two 8mm hex-head bolts holding it in and brought it into the workshop (my kitchen table) 😆 I superglued the lid down, holding it with a couple of clothes pegs until cured. I then got my trusty reel of 3M VHB double-sided tape and, cutting pieces to size, and double stacking layers towards the back, where the lid curves down, I ensure there was a highly sticky, completely flat base for the pad to sit on. Sticking it down, bringing it right to the rear edge of the lid (ie nearest the gear lever), I again gave it some time to cure before going back out to the car. All the wiring is happily coiled up under the climate control panel, and you cannot see the cable feed to the pad... I'm really quite pleased with the result. A perfect solution would be a magnetic mat, but it's a good compromise. Since my gigantic phone can move around slightly and fail to start or keep charging, I think I'm going to get some adhesive rubber pegs that stand proud of the mat; put the phone on the pad in a position where it is charging, then stick them to the lid, so that it naturally lands in that position. I'll post results when that's done. Cheers, Mike 😎

Enjoy your new tyres Shed17. Good choice made simple . 😁

Well I thought it was on the rear panel turns out its behind the glovebox, 3 screws on top, two below have to remove a small plasic panel on the right side of passenger footwell to see the right bottom screw. One on the left side panel which you have the take out first. I dont think I have a sub, so flush sub install pending. Ill be adding a musway m6v4 amp/dsp with the MMI just waiting on supplier to send me the right harness now I know what it is.

UPDATE: ALL DONE. Thanks to Robin at Rocket Wires. Managed to get everything sorted and wired as per OEM standard. Highly recommend reaching out to him as it’s the only retrofitter in the country to offer this

Fear the worst and hope for the best. I expect there has been an issue found in the model, not the individual car. Rather than release many out to customers they will hold onto them until this issue is resolved and handled internally. the $1000 question is how many have been sold and delivered? Anyone?