Manual is a chocolate teapot on the subject, how the hell do I raise the height on the centre armrest?

 

I've tried different scenarios and it does it occasionally but not consistently.  I love it raised!!

 

I'm off to sacrifice a goat now to see if that helps, but in the meantime any other suggestions?

Raise it up to...oh I suppose 45 degrees and then gently down. It will then stop at its highest height. Play about with it and you can find different heights...but you have to always start the procedure by lifting up to the 45 degrees. Enjoy.

Regards

Mike.

I think the goat method only works on the seat height adjusters

Greenfieldboy, you're right - caprine sacrifice had no effect, maybe another species?

 

Mike, tried the whole 45 degree thing with no effect.  I have the spent a fare while trying different combinations, with the rest bit pulled fully forward + without and at a variety of attitudes

 

Maybe I have a dud, do most people find this easy in their car; I mean am I just a complete numpty? please note last bit of self-deprecation was an attempt at humour, I'm not really a numpty - I think.

Skoda Superb Elegance MKII L&K, I can adjust the centre arm rest height o.k. if you lift it very slowly you will feel a very slight ratchet effect, if you go to the 45 degree angle this will cancel out your adjustment. Just lift gently untill you get your required height then lower arm rest.

 

This has been the same method of adjustment on my last 5 Superb's.

I'm off to sacrifice a goat now to see if that helps, but in the meantime any other suggestions?

 

Oi!

^^^ What Spectrum said.  And no goats were harmed in the raising of my arm-rest.

And you can pull the top of the arm rest forward and back to bring it closer and further away from the dashboard, for further comfort.

Been trying to get the armrest to adjust upwards for over a week now and still no joy. It slides forward ok and opens ok but not even a glimmer of it adjusting height wise. :(

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers

 

Dave.

If it is a 11 plate1.6cr S twindoor in Rosso and you bought it recently with 56k miles on the clock then it was my lease car and height adjustment broke about a year ago when swmbo lent on it..sorry

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It should just lift to the height you want and stay in place unless you go too high.

If it dosnt then it may be broken.

Well looking at how the hinge mechanism of mine looks I can't see how it would adjust to raise or lower the armrest. I'm about 250 miles away from the car at present so can't take a pic to show what I mean but roughly describing the hinge on mine it is just two rounded sections that come out of the base so that when you have the armrest fully back you have something like a quarter of a circle shape made by the hinges etc..... With them being round i can't see how they would come out straight so as to raise the armrest as others have described.

Who would like to volunteer and take some pics???

Cheers

Dave

You can't raise it straight up. It can only rotate. But if you rotate it maybe 10 or 20 degrees (instead of 90, when it fully opens) it will stay in that position. To lower it again, you have to fully open the arm rest.

You're not the only one not understanding this, I only found out after about a year that the armrest was adjustable... Sometimes it helps to reread the manual.

You can not raise the whole armrest.

You lift the front part up to make it a bit higher and that is it.

I'll have another go then in a couple of weeks when I'm back with the car.

Cheers

Dave.

I've had my Superb Estate for 2.5 years and have only just worked it out. I was expecting something more obvious but, yes, open it just a few degrees and it'll stay up (and it can still slide back and forward).

I'm underwhelmed!

Looks like mine is FUBAR'd then. Tried as described above but this time with the view of it just being the fact that the armrest is at the 10 degree or 20 degree etc.... position and it still doesn't lock into that position. It just smoothly opens and smoothly closes and that's it.

 

I have some jobs to do on the car tomorrow so if i think on i'll take a little video to show how i'm trying to get it to lock in position but i'm sure i'm doing what the later suggestions said etc.....

 

 

 

 

Cheers

 

Dave.

..................... (and it can still slide back and forward).

I'm underwhelmed!

The fact it is makes access to the handbrake difficult....................

Owners manual:

Setting height

› First of all fold the cover downwards and then lift it in the direction of the

arrow (up - linni) to one of the 4 fixed positions.

I thought I'd resurrect this thread, rather than open a new one...

 

The front centre armrest on my (2014) Superb Estate seems to work when it wants to. It seems to work on the same principle as my old A6 - If you lift it, so it is parallel to the seat back, then lower it again, it will go to its lowest setting. If you want it higher, you gently move it up, feeling the detents, or ratchet stops, until it is at the height you require (for me - always at the top).

 

Except it doesn't work like that. I can feel the detents as described above, but they won't allow the armrest to hold any weight (just the weight of my elbow, I mean) - the armrest always folds down to the lowest setting.

Once in a blue moon it will work - I can't work out what I've done to reach this nirvana - but as soon as I need to get something out of the tray beneath, then it's back to failure again.

 

Is there some method of adjustment? It feels like the 'ratchet' needs adjusting or replacing - any ideas please?

 

By the way, had the old girl given her deep clean and ceramic coat today...

 

 

...and for one day per year, the load area is dog-hair free...😆