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Using keyless access and proximity opening/closing drains keyfob battery on every car. There are notifications on the dashboard. You can open the car and drive with dead keyfob. This topic is just a database of users errors who are ignorant and don't want to read the manual.

I pack the trunk regularly every two other week for business trip or just every weekend for the groceries and it never happened to me even when standing close or almost leaning on the rear bumper to pack or grap the things stored by the rear bench. Maybe you have a faulty foot sensor in the bumper?

All alcantara seats in all VW/Skoda are great and show no wear up to 120k I have driven so far. Leather in recent S4/Passat and other cars dropped the quality and stretch out just from sitting on them with low mileage. I do around 1000km one way in my S4 and the Sportline seats are comfortable. Unfortunately alcantara seats are ventilated only in Passat and this feature is missing from the sportline seats in S4. But the ventilation in VAG cars are pretty weak anyway compared to other brands so one does not miss that much.

No issue with iPhone, Samsung or oneplus. When I put it on the charging pad, I always align the phone to the bottom left corner od the charging Ares frame and it always charges perfectly. No problems with overheating during the summer.

Those leds light up the middle section where the cup holders are. During night, the light is faint but noticeable - check it out for yourself.

GPG antenna is in the shark fin on the roof in the rear. ACC applies brakes according to the sat nav data, you can turn it off completely in the ACC settings so you will not get surprised while driving.

There is no public owners manual in PDF on any market. Only printed version delivered with car and online.

You can reset milage data in various data sets (long term, since start etc.) by holding OK button (by pressing and holding right scroll wheel on the steering wheel).

I would worry more about tightening it to the uneven back of the screen and applying prolonged pressure with sunlight to the plastic back of the screen.

Invest time in reading manual and checking out steering wheel buttons. I have a feeling you have no clue how they work and what they do. Arrow buttons on the steering wheel work independently. One cycles through view type, other one cycles through screen type size, for example full view, simplified and minimal info. Scroll wheel cycles through the middle information segment and changes right and left information segment inside the gauges. Total miles are available in the infotainment in the vehicle status menu.

No pictures of the issue to help throubleshoot because why not, right?

Camera is in the front grille. I would expect that from the service manual point of view entire new front radar cover with embedded camera will be needed. @Roadrunner88 Just call the service desk at the dealer and they should tell you what should be replaced from their service manual.

Mine was May/June 2025 and no issues besides noisy DCC like assistance errors. ACC lever is probably already factory fixed with current batch of parts. @revellski which elements does not inflate exactly? If they are the lower ones, does it affect adjustable lumbar support cushions? I wonder if it is really software issue and lumbar works but during the massage it is faulty only?

The boot protector you have has clearly different shape toward the chassis strut/profile where the rear bench folds. Show the your picture and make a claim. It is different than the one from official Skoda photo.

VAG was never good with software so don't expect any miracles. MIB 3.5 was perfect example how to make your life miserable for the entire duration it was used in their cars and they fixed it by pretty much abandoning it and moving to new MIB4. Anyway, assuming they are planning to fix the software in Superb4 from 2024, they are probably trying to release one big service update that will be pushed to the dealers and this takes a lot of time, testing, approvals and distribution. Probably not a simple of the air partial update. Not sure if 2024 models had also H10 hardware?

I have currently: Hardware H10 Software 2630 Display unit/control panel hardware H42 Display unit/control panel software 4047 No issues so far. Android auto rarely does not connect to the phone at the begining but possible issues with AA and various phone manufacturers is typical so cant really point the blame towards the phone or the car. Front or rear incoming vehicle sensors are sensitive but it happend so far only twice for ~8000km, once for rear and two weeks ago for the front. AC or driving profile pop up overlay while changing setting in Android Auto or Carplay work flawlessly.

I can confirm Smart Climate works for me both via smart dials and infotainment. We have 29C outside, car was hot after being left in the sun for 5hrs. After starting the car, the Smart Climate options are disabled (greyed out) in the infotainment and obviously they don't work. After driving for some time and lowering inside temp in the car with AC (21C on Auto) the Smart Climate options are enabled and work both from the dials and infotainment. When in AC auto and lowering temp below 19,5C they are being disabled again. To enable them, temperature has to be increased to at least 21C. This can be enabled/disabled constantly while dialing 19-21-19C. Seems the Smart Climate is enabled when the inside temperature of the car gets to optimal level, though no idea what this level is since we do not have any internal temperature display. BTW, enabling Warm Hands does leave the steering heating on so it needs to disabled manually.

@Spr0ut Smart Climate is inactive for me both in the infotainment and via the smart dial. Manual states: Not sure if this is influencing the Smart Climate, never used those features in any VAG cars.

There weren't any problems in the past with VAG cars when fitting aftermarket tow bar when the car was tow ready. And it should still apply for S4. Seems the service back end and car problems with S4 will be going for some time being this is new model. Especially for S4 manufactured in 2024.

I will check it later with mine vehicle, never used those options in Passat or Superb.

No meaningful updates in practice. If you want to own the car for a longer period of time then DQ381 is recommended. Remember to do oil service even when manufacturer says it is not necessary in their service records.

Dealer has the part number, no idea why he didn't check in the system and asked you to provide it.

Ventilation is weak across all VAG cars.

ACC stalk had/has faulty hardware button, hence the replacement as mentioned by @JuSko Mine was manufactured in May/June 25 and no info regarding AC service campaign. I use it constantly and did 7000km as for today, all functions of ACC lever work without any issues so far.

It is not a matter of expectations but simple reality check. You can always ask your dealer for the document you just mentioned. Something like that should be provided right? If not, what should be covered and why AC and not also something different? If something different then why not all of the contents of the PDI? Yet for some reason it is not. Not mentioning the OP issue could have happened after car collection, not at the dealer…