I recently had a bit of a shunt on the A1(M) which caused a fair bit of damage to the front and back of my Superb.

 

I've just had it back from the insurance approved fixers today and they seem to have done a good job. I think I've lost a couple of the squeaks and rattles that I had before they took it all to pieces and reassembled it again.

 

I'm wondering if I may have lost a bit more though. As I pulled away I noticed the warning light was on to say lane assist was active. I don't usually use this so I turned it off. Whilst in the control I notice blind spot detection and rear traffic alert were deactivated. When I went to turn them on, I got a couple of errors. I don't know about the rear alert, but I know the blind spot detector was working before (it's the little yellow car picture that appears in the wing mirrors, right?)

 

Am I missing something here or do I have to take it back? I'd rather not as I've just got it back after two weeks.

Just looking back on the forum and I see someone had the same problem with his car from new. Turned out a sensor hadn't been connected properly, so I guess they must have disconnected mine whilst they were sorting one of the other problems out. Looks like it will have to be a trip back to the fixers.

I would take it back and ask them to test it.

In the end no fewer than 5 of the safety systems were complaining - blind spot, rear traffic, both front and rear parking sensors (they are impaired apparently, although they do seem to be working) and front assist. Then the cover to one of the headlamp washers fell off and was lost in traffic.

 

So, it's going back in next Thursday, hopefully for a same day resolution so I don't have to go back to the hire car Fiesta I've had for the last two weeks.

I'd also be checking the ACC and AEB functions have been correctly sorted after front end repairs. The radar and camera based functions should be re-calibrated after any removal and refitting. 

Absolutely, and from other reports on here, those need Specialist (often Audi Garages) to be properly calibrated because many Škoda Dealers don’t have the equipment or knowledge.  I doubt many accident repair centres would even know where to start, or understand that there might be any issue when fixing cars.

They did know about having the radar recalibrated and sent it off to the local Skoda dealer to get this done. Whether it was Skoda who wrecked the other systems whilst doing this, I don't know. It's going back to them on Thursday for them to have another stab at it.

It's been back in today to have everything fixed. They even collected it and brought it back. All the assist systems appear to have recovered now and they'd fitted a new headlamp washer cover. I tested the washers and saw the cover fly off. As I was just sat on the drive I didn't manage to lose it this time (I was whizzing down the A15 when the first one made its bid for freedom).

 

I got back on to the bodyshop and the guy who actually fitted it started to lecture me on how easy it was to fit. Apparently so easy that he has managed to **** it up twice now. So, that's me having to take it back in tomorrow morning for him to try again.

A good note for newby Superb owners who have a towing arm fitted and tow occasionally, to the dump for instance. Virtually all of the listed warnings and aids will turn themselves OFF and YOU have select them back on when you finish towing.  I learnt this to my expense, I was backing out of my drive when there was a horrendous noise as this Ford Escort slid across my rear bumper.  Creased my rear bumper and a tiny bit of other damage insurance cost £1,800, as far as I know the Escort was a write off.  I had not turned on the rear collision protection and it WOULD have saved me, god knows it slams my brakes on every time I reverse out and there is something passing on the other side of the road and that’s 15 feet away from my car.

10 minutes ago, rafmike said:

A good note for newby Superb owners who have a towing arm fitted and tow occasionally, to the dump for instance. Virtually all of the listed warnings and aids will turn themselves OFF and YOU have select them back on when you finish towing.  I learnt this to my expense, I was backing out of my drive when there was a horrendous noise as this Ford Escort slid across my rear bumper.  Creased my rear bumper and a tiny bit of other damage insurance cost £1,800, as far as I know the Escort was a write off.  I had not turned on the rear collision protection and it WOULD have saved me, god knows it slams my brakes on every time I reverse out and there is something passing on the other side of the road and that’s 15 feet away from my car.

So are you liable for the Escort write off?

 

Still cannot fathom people reversing out of a drive seems like the system has warned you enough times as well

 

Bit like the A@£$% advert with all the clowns, "Clown Proof" indeed seems like an excuse being lined up.

 

Probably, but the driver seemed quite happy, he was Cornish and had a Cornish attitude to life and the car was rather ancient but who knows.  The point I was making was my delight at the strength of the Superb.

 

The one thing in life that I would love to do is reverse into and drive out of my driveway.  It's a tiny access about 6 inches wider than my car and it means reversing off of the A390,  (the road along southern Cornwall which Emmets use to find the sun, having lived here for 20 years I've yet to figure out why) the few times I've tried reversing in I've finished up with a whole bunch of Emmets,  who have never heard of the word patience driving around me and into the opposite lane with a blind bend about 30 mtrs away on that side of the road.   Thanks to modern registration plates we can differentiate between locals and Emmets, in fact we are, mostly, quite good at it.  I can assure you that as an Advanced Driver I am aware of the dangers of reversing out but believe me after 20 years of doing it this way without a smell of a problem it is certainly the safest way both for my car and the idiots who just can't wait.

 

It is certainly not an excuse, I know that I was in the wrong but of course, there is always  someone who knows nothing of the situation who knows better.  Parking in the blessed land of the pasty is usually a compromise, when they built my cottage and the one next door, approx 250 years ago and then widened the A390, for Emmets, they never envisaged the arrival of the Superb so they just left room for the cart and I'm not driving around in a cart, or any sort of mini.

Edited 12 December, 20178 yr by rafmike

I was reversing in the hotel/gym car park last week. Beeps to say I was getting close to the car behind (I knew) but not too close. Suddenly and to my surprise I came to a stop - real hard as if I'd hit something immovable at some speed. And yet the car was only 'creeping'. People about and I thought I'd hit the other.

 

I was reversing because the car park 'security' chap had pointed out a space which was nowhere near wide enough to park and get out of the Superb. Put it into a free space and went to check the damage.... none at all.

 

It was at this point I can only assume the car thought the car behind was moving and the rear assist had stopped the car based on the radar sensors and not parking sensors. Can't be 100% sure but I came to an abrupt stop and I'd have stopped if the parking sensors and screen said I was nearer....

 

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The one thing in life that I would love to do is reverse into and drive out of my driveway.

 

As for getting onto and off the drive safely, you need a car turntable. Then you can drive in, spin around and then drive off.   I bet they are pricey but they do exist.

5 hours ago, rtj70 said:

the rear assist had stopped the car based on the radar sensors and not parking sensors.

 

What sorcery is this? I'm aware of front assist and the associated radar at the front, but no equivalent at the back? Is it part of the (optional on the SEL) automatic parking thingy?

 

Edited 12 December, 20178 yr by CheshireBumpkin
Multiple f***ing typos!

If you have blind spot monitoring you have radar in the rear too. As well as detecting traffic in your blind spots and indicating this in the door mirrors, when reversing the radar also provides rear traffic alert. It will warn you of cars approaching from either side when reversing out of a space (shows up as red in the infotainment display along with the rear parking sensors. It is meant to stop the car if there is a danger and you don't stop yourself.

 

 

I went for the smart light assist on the SE L because I wanted blind spot monitoring and rear traffic alert more than anything.

 

This has nothing to do with auto parking. But I got that partly because of the extra 4 sensors which highlight proximity to obstacles alongside the car... and the occasionally used auto parking.

Edited 12 December, 20178 yr by rtj70

Interesting - thanks @rtj70. Learn something new every day!

My previous car was an A3 saloon. When parking at my usual supermarket (car front in so boot accessible with trolley of shopping), sometimes you could not see approaching cars easily because of other cars' tinted windows/vans either side, etc. And cars approaching as you reverse will seldom slow down.

 

So a longer car with the Superb would mean it is a bigger danger.... so:

 

(1) rear traffic alert warns of cars you cannot actually see - even stops the car

(2) rear view camera put into wide view mode sees 180 degrees

 

Two expensive options just in case.... Also see the other options that come with smart light assist as useful, i.e. use of full beam more of the time on faster roads. And lane assist was a gamble but really good.

Edited 13 December, 20178 yr by rtj70

On 12/12/2017 at 17:59, rtj70 said:

I was reversing in the hotel/gym car park last week. Beeps to say I was getting close to the car behind (I knew) but not too close. Suddenly and to my surprise I came to a stop - real hard as if I'd hit something immovable at some speed. And yet the car was only 'creeping'. People about and I thought I'd hit the other.

 

I was reversing because the car park 'security' chap had pointed out a space which was nowhere near wide enough to park and get out of the Superb. Put it into a free space and went to check the damage.... none at all.

 

It was at this point I can only assume the car thought the car behind was moving and the rear assist had stopped the car based on the radar sensors and not parking sensors. Can't be 100% sure but I came to an abrupt stop and I'd have stopped if the parking sensors and screen said I was nearer....

 

 

As for getting onto and off the drive safely, you need a car turntable. Then you can drive in, spin around and then drive off.   I bet they are pricey but they do exist.

That’s the thing I need, come to think of it St Blazey rail sheds (about 2 miles away) have got one of the, I believe, last 2 turntables  left on the railway system, apart from the one on Sodor but Thomas and his friends are constantly using that one,  perhaps I can scrounge it when they finish with it.