Hello, 

I’m wondering if I’m just being stupid, but my Rapid Elegance doesn’t seem to have TPMS. I can’t find any settings for it in the Maxidot, and there’s no button by the hand brake like the manual suggests. Am I missing something?

I’d be amazed if a top spec Rapid doesn’t have it when my 60 plate Fabia GL2 had it. 

Not guaranteed your car has it. Certainly on the mk1, it was an optional extra across the board, even on the high end models. Skoda was very tight on the tech with most stuff an optional extra rather than spec, whereas the comparable Seat Toledo models were literally dripping in tech as standard, even on the low end models. 

1 hour ago, chrisgreen said:

Not guaranteed your car has it. Certainly on the mk1, it was an optional extra across the board, even on the high end models. Skoda was very tight on the tech with most stuff an optional extra rather than spec, whereas the comparable Seat Toledo models were literally dripping in tech as standard, even on the low end models. 

Wow, that is astonishingly tight. I did look for Toledos, but they were much more scarce with a TSI and within budget. I have to say the Rapid is a very strange car in terms of penny pinching. My car has 4 electric windows, but they aren’t automatic unlike my old Fabia and they couldn’t even stretch as far as putting buttons for the rear windows on the drivers door. It also has luxuries such as voice control, yet no mirror in the sunvisor. Very strange. 

Never mind, thanks anyway, gradually I’ll get used to the Rapid’s quirks and in the mean time I’ll order an external TPMS kit. Cheers

Hi, it was made a legal requirement for UK cars in November 2014 - possibly only a option for yours.

Agree. Skoda were very stingy on the early specs.

The launch top of the range Elegance didn't even have standard front foglights. 

2014 and 15 saw big additions to the standard fit.

UPDATE: 

I installed this TPMS kit. The external sensors are a bit ugly, but it seems to do a good job and it’s a neat and easy kit aside from that. It has a display with a solar panel that attaches to the windscreen that wakes up when it detects vibration like a door closing.