I have a 2020 (last of the MkIII) Octavia with Adaptive Cruise Control. I use it frequently.

One thing that I don't like about it though is that the up/down step of the ACC stalk is in 10km/hr increments.

Can this be reconfigured to be in 5km/hr increments? (I have an OBDEleven, if that helps).

thanks,

 

Not sure if you can changes the stock settings, but, if you pull the stalk towards you speed increases by +1kph (or mph) and if you push the button on the end it reduces by -1kph.

 

Thanks Cakemonster. Yes, I know; I use those features all the time. I'd really like to have +/- 5km/hr instead of +/- 10km/hr. And/or to be able to configure the car to more gently reach the jumped speed target; going up the car tends to surge a little (even in normal Drive mode; I'd expect that in Sport, but in Drive it should be smoother); going down the car tends to hit the brakes a little harder than it needs to.

IIRC in Individual you can set the mode of the ACC separate from the throttle and gearbox modes (might be wrong since I haven't driven an Octavia since July!).

Hi @PetrolDave,

I'm not sure I understand. You mention the "mode" of the ACC. I know that cruise control can be set to either speed limiter (must keep the accelerator pedal pressed) or cruise control (car maintains speed with your foot off of the pedal). But that "mode" selection wouldn't seem related.

My ask would apply to both modes, because it's just a matter of changing the speed step size from 10km/hr to 5km/hr for each up or down press of the ACC stalk.

Could you clarify please what you mean about setting the ACC mode?

thanks,

  

6 hours ago, PetrolDave said:

IIRC in Individual you can set the mode of the ACC separate from the throttle and gearbox modes (might be wrong since I haven't driven an Octavia since July!).

 

3 hours ago, JayLibove said:

Hi @PetrolDave,

I'm not sure I understand. You mention the "mode" of the ACC. I know that cruise control can be set to either speed limiter (must keep the accelerator pedal pressed) or cruise control (car maintains speed with your foot off of the pedal). But that "mode" selection wouldn't seem related.

My ask would apply to both modes, because it's just a matter of changing the speed step size from 10km/hr to 5km/hr for each up or down press of the ACC stalk.

Could you clarify please what you mean about setting the ACC mode?

thanks,

  

 

What he means is there is a setting in the infotainment system that lets you set the ACC to three different modes: Eco, Normal and Sport. I don't know exactly under which menu this is but you will find it if you look for it.

 

In Normal mode I find the car is pretty aggressive in trying to maintain the speed that you've set. For me it always keeps itself in the set speed +/- 2 km/h. Acceleration is also pretty strong in Normal.

 

In Eco mode I find that the car is much more relaxed in it's behavior meaning that it will allow itself to let the speed vary up to +/- 3-4 km/h and acceleration is much slower compared to Normal.

 

I have never tried Sport but my guess is that the car will behave even more aggressive than Normal mode in trying to maintain its speed and accelerate even harder.

 

If I've understood correctly you want softer acceleration. To achieve this you should definitely put the ACC into Eco mode.

13 hours ago, CptSeasick said:

What he means is there is a setting in the infotainment system that lets you set the ACC to three different modes: Eco, Normal and Sport.

Exactly.

Interesting. The only setting for ACC in my car is the following distance (close, medium, and far). Nothing at all about Normal/ Sport/ Eco for ACC. (And far, unfortunately, at least here on the Mediterranean, should really be "encourage every *sshole on the road to jump into the nice, safe, large gap in front of you, making your car constantly brake...).

 

Normal/ Sport/ Eco (and/ Offroad) are available in my car as the driving modes, which does affect ACC as @CptSeasick describes, although I wouldn't call the car's behavior in Normal mode aggressive (it will vary by 1-2 km/hr and sometimes lag a little bit in coming back up to speed up a hill if the engine RPM is low and requires a shift down to a lower gear, but maybe that's just because I've got the diesel which really prefers to run low RPMs unless it's in Sport mode). As you surmise @CptSeasick in Sport mode ACC can be quite aggressive in coming up to a new speed (either when you bump the ACC control stalk +10km/hr, or for example resuming after manually slowing down e.g. for a toll; for a moderately heavy diesel the 2.0TDI 184cV can definitely kick).

 

But, still, really, what I want is that smaller step +/- 5km/hr instead of 10. It's curious, with so many other things being computer controlled and easily modified, that this doesn't seem to be one of them 😞

 

 

BTW, since the UK market cars step up/down by 5MPH (about 8km/hr), it's not absolutely fixed .. but it might be not-codeable and linked to units selection (and I'm not going to switch my car into English units here in southern Europe 😅).

 

I am looking for a solution in coding for this ADD up/down steps to change from 10KM/h to 5KM/H as well. Are there any coding solutions available?

Edited 19 July, 202519 Jul by SkodaOctaviaIV