Hi all,

Please forgive me id this post is redundant, as I figured out there are issues with these features across most of Skoda's range. Yet, mine possibly is a bit more specific:

Just purchased a 2nd hand Karoq yesterday, 2019 model - Style trim, as it is called in Portugal. The car has 12K Km so really in good condition, no visible marks or even scratches and alike. 

All seems totally fine, till I noticed at some point that the "Lane Assist" is not working, at all (tried to shift lanes just to test it, without success). Yet in the settings, the "Lane assist active" checkbox is definitely ON (with a V sign). When I log into the "Driver assistance setting" via the dashboard preview it prompts "Lane assist deactivated", though the V remains (like it's supposed to be on ini contrast to this message). 'Also worth mentioning that in the Car's Setting console, under "Lane assist" there is a line states "Adaptive Lane Guidance", with an empty checkbox. When I try to press this, it goes off after a second, like that feature cannot "grab" the ON position. 

Anyways, I know people are usually trying to get this feature OFF actually, but I suspect this is a symptom for a bigger software and/or sensor related problem, and I also concerned about the "Front Assist" not working, although this also shows it's ON, and this is actually a real safety issue. 

Would love to hear your thoughts

Thank you! 
 

Does your car have the front camera installed? THIS is what it should look like, notice the one triangle shape cut-out and the smaller circle shape below. If it's the circle only, You don't have the camera.

It is possible that somebody tried to retrofit the camera and enabled the settings in the infotainment system and instrument cluster menus, but they won't actually do anything if the camera is not present, and it would produce the result what you described by not able to "grab" the ON position.

Spoiler

This is what I had with mine. Mine didn't come with all the fancy bits like yours possibly, and wanted to retrofit adaptive cruise control. I bought a 2nd hand stalk from the scrapyard for an Octavia and was able to fit my old clock spring and control board together with the new adaptive cruise control stalk together, and all wires and connectors matched up, but wasn't able to enable the front sensor to behave like a adaptive cruise control sensor. I needed a FEC coding to enable that feature on my car before I can actually code the stalk and have all the functions. I enabled all the settings I needed on the screen, but still no luck.

I decided to abandon the idea and returned the stalk to the scrapyard, and restored most of the settings, but I missed one on the instrument cluster where it still gives me the option to enable Adaptive Cruise Control even though I don't have it. It has the same effect, I can select the option, but the setting doesn't stick, and when I leave the menu, it just defaults back to the original.

 

If you have the camera, you might need to plug in a code reader to see what the problem really is. All you might be missing is a fault code reset (make sure to save the existing codes before deleting them).

Edited 4 June, 20242 yr by MrSecretPotato

Hi, thank you for your reply and details. I do have the camera (with the triangle opening). 

I spoke to the car dealer who claims that this must be due to a voluntary disconnection by the previous owner, saying it's quite common for people who don't like the system to ask for such a thing, even for a new car delivery, so the supplier actually ship the car like this. No idea if that's a real thing or not. Either way, my concern is more about the "Front Assist", assuming this system is using the same sensors...