I'm considering exchanging my 11 plate 140 SE Estate for a 61 plate 170 Elegance. The car in question has front and rear parking sensors. Will this have the park assist function or is that something else again? Thanks in advance.

Unlikely though a sure way to tell is if there is a sensor on both the front wheel (leading) arch then you do if not then no.

Edited 20 December, 201411 yr by Danny 57

So parking sensors are available without the park assist function?

The Elegance has rear parking sensors as standard, front as an option, and 'Park Assist' another option on top of front and rear sensors. Outside giveaway is as Danny 57 says above, inside there will be the button beside the gear lever to engage 'Park Assist' if it has it. 

Look on the central binnacle next to the gear/DSG shift...Park Assist has a button there. On Maxidot looks like two cars, one in front of the other, with an (curved) arrow in between.

I have a Greenline II on a 62 plate. When ordering the car, the Park Assist remained an option even if you had specified the front parking sensors. So cars with the front sensors won't necessarily have the Park Assist.

If I remember correctly, my car has only one parking sensor down each side - one side has it on the front wheel arch, the other on the rear wheel arch.

Inside my car, the button is marked with a steering wheel symbol and a P next to it.

Oops... correction, I'm on a 12 plate, if that makes any odds.

Yep mine has front and read but no park assist. Have it on the gold and used it twice for novety reasons, it's crap

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Park assist button looks like this:

 

It works great!

I have a Greenline II on a 62 plate. When ordering the car, the Park Assist remained an option even if you had specified the front parking sensors. So cars with the front sensors won't necessarily have the Park Assist.

If I remember correctly, my car has only one parking sensor down each side - one side has it on the front wheel arch, the other on the rear wheel arch.

Inside my car, the button is marked with a steering wheel symbol and a P next to it.

Both my side sensors are on the front wheel arch wings.

Both my side sensors are on the front wheel arch wings.

Sorry, yes you're right. Just double-checked mine and a sensor on each front wheel arch as you say. None on either rear.

For 2.5 years I've always thought it was different....

Park assist button looks like this:

 

It works great!

Yes, this is what my Park Assist button looks like, too. Same location as well.

Similarly, the Park Assist works great on my car! It works at its best when the parking space is really small, and at its worst when there's acres of space.

Thanks for all the replies guys. Looking at the dealers photo, the centre console buttons do look like the photos shown. You don't have to use it I suppose as the top R/H button looks like it turns the sensors on /off.

You don't have to use it I suppose as the top R/H button looks like it turns the sensors on /off.

 

The circled Park Assist button is only there to start the parking aid. That system will only start working when you push the button, the button serves no other purpose.

 

The top button is to manually enable or disable the front + rear sensors. They will always turn on automatically when you put the car into reverse, or when you push the button yourself. If you have the front sensors, this can be handy to use when you need to maneuver out from a tight parking space that you backed into, while only moving forwards.

 

When you put the car in reverse, it will automatically use both front and rear sensors.

 

It's the biggest reason I recommend getting the steering aid option, because you automatically get front sensors aswell. I've used the aid only a few times, but the front sensors have helped me get out of tight spots many times already!

 

That being said, I didn't even realise you could spec a Superb with rear + front sensors, but without the parking aid...

Edited 24 December, 201411 yr by Too Tall