Newbie, Memory seat problem & how I fixed it!

[greenlinerII]

Hello to all,

 

I am a new user to this forum having taken delivery of my Superb Elegance estate on 4th Jan, and I am loving it so far.

 

Anyway, after a 4 hour round trip to pick the car up I started to have a play at setting up the car to my liking and at this point I discovered that the drivers memory function was not storing the seat positions at all (no confirmation bong for storing new seat position). After doing alot of searching on the web and not finding much help I decided to have a play with VCDS.

 

Tested the memory buttons using VCDS and established that they were all working ok, also the seat would still go to the previous owners position on buttons 1 and 2.

 

Loaded up the seat controller (36) and found that there was an error for the seat adjustment (code 01902) that would not clear and there was no info in the RossTech wiki page to offer any ideas.

 

After having a play with the settings for the controller I found that there is a reset for the seat adjustment parameters in the adaptation menu for the controller so here is a quick how to for anyone having a similar issue. 

 

Open up VCDS.

 

Select control module screen

Open Drivers memory seat controller (36)

Go into Adaptation (10)

From the drop down menu select the seat adjustment reset.

Change the value as indicated and save to perform the reset.

(This causes several fault codes to come up as the seat motors have no basic settings)

Exit the adaptation screen.

 

Open the Measuring Blocks (08)

Load groups 001, 002 and 003 (this displays the button postions and the readings for the motors for the seat)

Motor the seat to the min and max positions for all adjustments (inc lumbar) and hold the buttons for about 2-3 sec when it has reached its full stop position.

When you do the last one you should hear a confirmation tone from the car and the values displayed in VCDS should all change to 0.

 

Your drivers seat should now be able to store the required memory positions.

 

Hope this helps anyone having a simillar problem

[Danny 57]

Well done for doing that but I would have made the garage do it or was it a private sale.

[silver1011]

I'm not a betting man but I'd have money on the fact that if greenlinerII was unfortunate to have to take his car to a Skoda main dealer then all they would have done is plug the car in, seen the fault code and then proceeded to swap out the controller. The dealer is in a win-win situation, it's either a warranty claim or a chargeable customer repair. Either way the dealer gets paid. Gone are the days where a franchised dealer will take the time to do the investigative work needed to get to the bottom of this issue.

Great post! It just shows the value of VCDS (if it was a car out of warranty then the money saved has just paid for VCDS).

It also shows the value and importance of doing a little homework before running back to the seller. This is exactly what makes Briskoda great!

[greenlinerII]

Thanks for the replys guys.

 

Danny57 - Car was purchased from an independent dealer with a 3rd party warranty (car has done 78k and is 3 years and 4 months old) however it does not cover electric/memory seats (surprise, surprise). If the dealer was local to me I would have taken it back and had a good winge at them to get them to fix it, but they are a 250 mile round trip so didnt really fancy that. Plus I prob had a better shot at fixing it than they did as they didnt even know the full spec of the car when I bought it (had to explain to the salesman that the button with the steering wheel and a 'P' was for the park assist, and how to use it).  

 

silver1011 - Thanks for your comments. I am always reluctant to take my cars to the dealers for that reason (my last mk6 Golf went in for a juddering fault, 5 weeks and £3k in parts later it came out exactly the same (under VW warranty thank god!!!)). I have found VCDS to be one of the best tools I have ever purchased, yes it is expensive for the initial outlay but when you learn how to us it to its full potential it is fab. Plus in the 3.5 years it has paid for itself many times over doing work for others as well.

 

Thanks again guys.

 

greenlinerII 

[adamal]

 I am always reluctant to take my cars to the dealers for that reason (my last mk6 Golf went in for a juddering fault, 5 weeks and £3k in parts later it came out exactly the same (under VW warranty thank god!!!)). I have found VCDS to be one of the best tools I have ever purchased, yes it is expensive for the initial outlay but when you learn how to us it to its full potential it is fab. Plus in the 3.5 years it has paid for itself many times over doing work for others as well.

 

+1

[Wall-E]

On 08/01/2015 at 04:20, greenlinerII said:

Tested the memory buttons using VCDS and established that they were all working ok, also the seat would still go to the previous owners position on buttons 1 and 2.

 

Reviving an old thread!

 

Tested them how? Measuring block - 007 & 008? I'm not sure if my switches are alright - because in these 2 blocks, when presing the respective switches, the status isn't changing to "Operational".

 

Seat movements are fine but Memory functions aren't working at all and there are no errors in the control module.