my old superb II combi had an issue where if I was in the car for any lenght of time, my right leg used to get quite numb and then sore when I was out of the car. this was resolved when i saw a thread here about it, and on the back of that, took a pry bar to the metal upside down u-shaped bar that supported the plastic side to the seat with the position buttons on it and moved it about 12-14 mm away from the seat side. 

 

I had the same issue on and off in my superb III combi, but in the last while. i've not been driving it much, so had forgotten about it. for various reasons, I ended up driving it a lot recently, and the sore leg came back with a vengance. 

 

it felt like somethign was sticking into the underside of my right leg about halfway down the outside of my thigh, and it was sore after about 45 minutes in the car, and stayed sore for quite some time afterwards too. i reckon something was pressuring something in my leg, so i thought back to the old superb and the remedy, so i finally took a look, and lo and behold, while the seat structure is different, there is a metal "bar" there. it is in under the side of the bolster, and pushes up the side bolster of the seat into your leg, pretty much the same as the older model seat did (this pic is the passenger seat for reference).  

 

 

so I reached for the trusty pry bar, and pried that metal piece out about 10-12mm. it gives a lot more space on the side of the seat for the bolster to moved downward, and also does not press up into that exact part of my leg. I dont feel that pressure anymore on the back of my leg when driving the car, which is wonderful! 

 

fwiw, this is pretty much the same distance that was available on the side of the superb II seat when the bar was moved out of the way. 

 

 

hope this is of help to anyone getting the same thing

Taking a crowbar is far too drastic for my liking. Like everything, the position one sits in the driving seat be comes habitual. So I purposely moved the position of my ar$e over to the left by about 10mm each time I got in the seat and that fixed my similar issue.

On 07/03/2022 at 12:46, tmg said:

hope this is of help to anyone getting the same thing

 

You, my friend have just made my car seat about ten times more comfortable.

I was sceptical at first about how this would help and also like numskull posted above, I also didn't like the idea of prying something inside the seat.  I have tried many times to be more mindful of my position in the seat but still could not get consistently comfortable, I regularly ended up feeling like I was up against the side bolster and was constantly trying to force it out/down away from my leg.  So on Saturday morning I decided to investigate it your suggestion.

Over the last two years of ownership it has constantly been on my mind that I may have to bite the bullet and trade the car in for something else (at significant cost too), but I am now much more confident that I will be able to live with the car long term.

 

I thank you, and my hip thanks you.