Hi All, bought a Superb 2.0 tdi 150 style manual back in Jan. Delighted with it but I didn't specify adaptive cruise control, I had it previously on my mk7 golf dsg and thought I wouldn't miss it and I was wrong.. now the question is what extra is needed to get it activated on the car? The radar is there so are there a different steering wheel buttons for the adaptive and get the dealer to activate the software? Comments appreciated. If anyone with adaptive and manual gearbox could post a pic of their steering wheel, I can rule that out. Thanks Alan

You sure the radar is there and its not just the cover ?

Confirmed as the car has front assist and it has saved me once already while on the motorway.

Edited 26 November, 20169 yr by Almonza

Hi All, bought a Superb 2.0 tdi 150 style manual back in Jan. Delighted with it but I didn't specify adaptive cruise control, I had it previously on my mk7 golf dsg and thought I wouldn't miss it and I was wrong.. now the question is what extra is needed to get it activated on the car? The radar is there so are there a different steering wheel buttons for the adaptive and get the dealer to activate the software? Comments appreciated. If anyone with adaptive and manual gearbox could post a pic of their steering wheel, I can rule that out. Thanks Alan

The ACC is controlled from a stalk, not the steering wheel...

Thanks GrahamGM. My golf was activate on the stalk and you could control the distance, resume and set on the wheel. I'm going to the dealers next week with a noise behind the glovebox sp will ask them what's required to get the adaptive on the car.

It's probably a very expensive and difficult task to perform.

Many retro fit procedures on newer MQB platform cars might seem simple but actually require vast amounts of alterations that skoda usually won't get themselves involved with unless there is a pre approved accessory kit for it.

Since other features (Auto wipers, hill hold and the ABS based limited slip differential for example) are literally a matter of ticking a box in VCDS and they're enabled it could be this simple. If the radar wasn't installed I could see it being a very expensive and complicated upgrade. I would love to have it on my car, but the Superb II never had the option :(. Also, even if the dealers say it can't be done they often get it wrong or lie about how difficult these upgrades are. Hopefully someone on here can answer, but if not there's no harm contacting a couple of engine remapping companies, as they know a lot more about tweaking car software than most dealers.

Since other features (Auto wipers, hill hold and the ABS based limited slip differential for example) are literally a matter of ticking a box in VCDS and they're enabled it could be this simple. If the radar wasn't installed I could see it being a very expensive and complicated upgrade. I would love to have it on my car, but the Superb II never had the option :(. Also, even if the dealers say it can't be done they often get it wrong or lie about how difficult these upgrades are. Hopefully someone on here can answer, but if not there's no harm contacting a couple of engine remapping companies, as they know a lot more about tweaking car software than most dealers.

Are you referring to a superb 2 or 3 throughout that post?

I have a Superb II and the options I listed are just tick boxes that are disabled in a number of Superb trim levels (Whether they work depends on the specific part number of the parts in each car rather than on the model). The Superb III looks to be set up very similarly based on other posts on the forum here: http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/368574-vcds-options-on-superb-iii/ . Things like the auto wipers being disabled on lower trim levels when anything with auto lights already has the sensor and the software is on every car waiting to be turned on for example. Strangely my last car as an Octavia with auto wipers and manual lights, however that happened...

The issue with comparing the mk2 and 3 is the introduction of SWAP codes.

On older models the retro fitting of components was little hassle but on MQB platform vehicles there are alterations made to not only the vehicle but on the skoda server to update the PR codes which is all done via ODIS.

Even retro fitting a simple item such as normal cruise control requires an activation code that carries out these procedures in the background that far surpasses what vcds is capable of. Ticking the boxes in vcds still doesn't allow the system to function.

Once the ACC system is installed it would also require calibration regardless of whether the radar is already calibrated as a matter of course and would be stored in the fault memory until it was carried out.

I had heard this had come in for security based part changes such as radio and key programming, but didn't realise it had been applied to everything.

Component protection is live on skoda for a number of systems but SWAP codes are specifically for retro fits.

It's not just the coding. The stalks and steering shroud would all need to be changed too. ACC operates from a third stalk, unlike Cruise Control (with speed limiter) which shares its functions with the indicator stalk.

And before anyone suggests otherwise, no you would not be able to adapt ACC to work from the existing CC stalk - there are just too many additional functions needed for ACC that cannot be accomplished on the existing CC stalk.

If the existing wiring loom does not already include the connectors needed for the ACC stalk then that would need changing too.

Realistically, a retrofit of ACC is a non-starter.  :'(

 

Even something that I thought would be fairly simple, a retrofit of the rear USB/220v panel, was deemed Mission: Impossible for the numerous dealerships I contacted in Germany.

The rule seems to be: If you have all the required hardware already fitted you can probably enable additional functions, but if you don't then you're out of luck.