Good morning, long time reader first time poster. I've used this forum for any bits of information I've needed since I purchased my superb a year ago but there's one issue I haven't been able to cure, the drivers memory seat! 

I've read several of the posts explaining how to reset the seat but I have no joy with anything I do in regards to moving it. I have used vcds and get 6 faults corresponding to missing calibration/basic setting on all the different parts of the seat that move.

Am I just being really thick and doing something wrong or is it going to be a main dealer jobby?

Many thanks in advance for any assistance anyone can offer me

You can use vcds to enable the recalibration of the seat, if that doesnt work youll need someone with odis to do it.

 

it doesnt necessarily have to be a main dealer, a specialist should have it too

Hi, thanks for the prompt reply. I have used vcds to go into basic settings, I can't reset to factory settings, I can reset standardization and when I select the third option "norming" the seat goes through all the motions. Afterwards I end up with 3 fault codes, 2 related to lumbar, the other to "no basic setting". I heard no bongs or beeps to indicate the seat had reset.

Is there anything else I can try at home?

I'm not sure VCDS can do calibration for the seats...

 

IIRC, there was an update for the seat controller and afterwards I had to use ODIS to perform the basic settings afterwards.

That would mean a trip to the local dealer doesn't it? Are they the only ones who can perform updates??

1 minute ago, Ukpaul204 said:

That would mean a trip to the local dealer doesn't it? Are they the only ones who can perform updates??

No, any specialist with genuine odis and a security geko account will be able to do this as long as they know what theyre doing.

It's possible without a geko account if you can find the files... Flash files are easy, parameter files tend to be more tricky

 

At least for the Octavia, the update is part of TPI 2049942-3: