Hello, we’ve just swapped our MY20 Kodiaq Edition for a run-out SE L Executive. 
 

Our old car didn’t have the driver profile options on MIB and the memory seat setting could be saved to individual keys. 
 

On the new one, how do I save a seat position to the second key?? Can’t find any setting on the MIB. As it will reset to the key 1 position, I assume it has something to do with driver profiles as that key is assigned to the primary user profile. 

It's more simple than that ( or at least how it works on my car ). If you unlock the car with key 1 and save the seat memory settings then they will be saved to key 1. If you unlock the car with key 2, change the seat position then save it, it the new setting will be saved to key 2.   No prizes for guessing how to save them to key 3 

 

 

Edited 27 March, 20242 yr by kodiaqsportline

7 hours ago, kodiaqsportline said:

It's more simple than that ( or at least how it works on my car ). If you unlock the car with key 1 and save the seat memory settings then they will be saved to key 1. If you unlock the car with key 2, change the seat position then save it, it the new setting will be saved to key 2.   No prizes for guessing how to save them to key 3 

 

 

What year is your car? That’s how it worked on our 2020 but not on this one (24 plate)

16 hours ago, tallpaul_kodiaq said:

What year is your car? That’s how it worked on our 2020 but not on this one (24 plate)

2020

 

Just taking a guess here - Does it have personalisation?  I don't know newer models but seem to remember seeing from the brochure that 'personalisation' was removed from the options list at some point and replaced with  'a third key'.    The popular school of thought was it had something to do with the lack of chips, just like Canton was removed from the options.

Edited 28 March, 20242 yr by kodiaqsportline

Personalisation (inc 3rd key) was offered as an option for MIB3 MY21 vehicles, up to a point, and the user manual was written to suggest it operated as per previous MIB, ie settings could be fixed to a particular key. However MIB3 does not provide Personalisation, settings are now all Profile based. At some point between MY21 and MY22 IIRC the Personalisation option was renamed to Third Key, since that is all you get.

 

My understanding is that the intended behaviour is that the currently selected user profile is assigned to whichever key locks the vehicle (either by physical button or used by KESSY). This requires some degree of personal organisation to ensure that the right key is used at the right time. To me it has limitations. For example you swap drivers on a long journey, the new driver selects their profile, but forgets to change it back when the vehicle is locked. Key is now assigned the other user profile. Or both keys are taken on a journey, which key then gets used by KESSY?

 

I found it a pain, and the primary feature I wanted when (misguidedly) selecting the Personalisation option was seat memory assigned to a key, but simply pressing the memory button on opening the door is an adequate alternative. So now there's one key gets used, the other in the house, and the third in a secure location.

 

I disabled Profiles completely since they were so unreliable, the ICE often stuck in profile syncing for entire journeys rendering the ICE unusable. Profiles are one of the worst design decisions and implementations IMO. Why do my car settings need to be synced to the Cloud... everything is Cloud these days. although its dominance in the public psyche is about to be superseded by the current misconception that is AI.