10 hours ago, AGFalco said:

...The lane assist in the UP is on by default whenever you turn the ignition on.

But around where I drive ( North Dorset country roads ) it was so annoying/dangerous, I have made it so it now remembers the last state it was in.

It has now been off for 4 months...

 

It's the norm for recently marketed cars to have a 'lane keeping assist' (LKA) feature that will turn the steering-wheel if road lane markings/verges are being closely approached, but - as far as I'm aware - for UK-specification cars,  LKA is ALWAYS enabled when the car's ignition switched on, though the driver can then turn off LKA if he/she so wishes. The Skoda Fabia Mk4 Owner's Manual advises "The system is designed primarily for driving on the motorway" but (as you've mentioned) it's a real PITA on rural roads.

 

There's a higher-tech version of this - let's call it 'lane following assist' (LFA) - that is also intended primarily for driving on motorways. LFA combines with Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) to maintain the car's position in a demarcated lane and regulate its speed so that the vehicle can, in principle, drive itself. However, LFA does not normally automatically enable each time the car's ignition is switched on - it's a driver choice.

 

The Fabia MK4 has LKA as standard, with LFA as part of the "Travel Assist" package. and it's quite easy to identify if Travel Assist is present as there's a ACC supplementary stalk on the steering column's left-hand side. My Mk4 does not have that stalk, so no ACC.

 

My 2021-built Hyundai i20 had LKA that was automatically enabled each time the car was started and that was turned on or off via a dedicated 'press-and-hold'  button on the steering-wheel. My understanding of Skodas/VWs is that it used to be the case that a driver could choose the default LKA setting, but I would have thought that, by 2023, a VW UP's LKA would default to On. 

 

So how did you manage to permanently set your Up's LKA setting to Off, please?

7 hours ago, DerekU said:

but I would have thought that, by 2023, a VW UP's LKA would default to On. 

Correct.

 

7 hours ago, DerekU said:

So how did you manage to permanently set your Up's LKA setting to Off, please?

OBDELEVEN.

I can still turn it on or off with a dedicated switch on the dash, so easy enough.

 

7 hours ago, DerekU said:

"The system is designed primarily for driving on the motorway"

No motorways in any of Dorset.

Nearest to me is 45 miles away.

 

Might use it one day.

 

Thanks. AG Falco

Edited 12 May, 20242 yr by AGFalco
added switch bit.

Thanks, I did wonder whether you had 'hacked' your UP's software or had some general-purpose magic spell. 😀

 

Lane assist is easy to set to on or off on the 2023 Fabia mc.  It seems to remember the last setting and I prefer to have it turned off. I don't like Lane assist because when it cuts in it tugs slightly on the steering wheel which I find very off-putting.  We do very little motorway driving but maybe it's useful if you do lots.

1 hour ago, bazz2004 said:

Lane assist is easy to set to on or off on the 2023 Fabia mc.  It seems to remember the last setting and I prefer to have it turned off. I don't like Lane assist because when it cuts in it tugs slightly on the steering wheel which I find very off-putting.  We do very little motorway driving but maybe it's useful if you do lots.

Must try that as I just thought it would default automatically to the on state.

My 2023-built Fabia's LKA defaults to ON (as the Owner's Manual makes clear will be the case).

 

My car does not have the TRAVEL ASSIST package, so does not have LFA (Lane Following Assist). If it did have LFA, I would expect that to be an On-or-Off driver choice.

There is an absurdity in having all these acronyms and having to look them up on a forum before making a comment. I never realised that i'd spend so much time looking things up.  There's one thread mentioning that you need to be aware of a hidden button at the back of the seat on a Fabia to remove the front head rests,  It's not in the book.  I bought rubber mats and had worries about how to remove the carpet mats in the front.  In fact you just grab them at the front and rip them out.  The plastic screws have no slot for a screwdriver like other cars I've owned.  I found nothing about this in the book and got the info online  from the place I bought the mats from.  Skodas were traditionally aimed at older drivers looking for safe and simple.  I'm not sure what the category of buyer they are now aiming for.  A Skoda won't be the right choice for young speed merchants either.