13 minutes ago, Paws4Thot said:

I suppose that's better than it "attacking" the "other car"?

? It puts the brakes on so that anything behind could crash into me

33 minutes ago, Headphones said:

Hi. It will only allow lane assist to be turned off. The only option with the front assist is the amount of warning time it gives you before it brakes. I have set it to the longest time, but can’t be switched off entirely.

Press driver assist button on the steering wheel (above right scroll wheel) -> scroll to "Front Assist" with the scroll wheel -> press scroll wheel to deactivate it.

 

As for the problem with the sensor, it might be that it is misaligned and needs re-calibration at the garage.

7 minutes ago, gogo110 said:

Press driver assist button on the steering wheel (above right scroll wheel) -> scroll to "Front Assist" with the scroll wheel -> press scroll wheel to deactivate it.

 

As for the problem with the sensor, it might be that it is misaligned and needs re-calibration at the garage.

Ah interesting. When it first happened on the car I went into that menu and it would let me untick the lane assist but not the front assist. Then I read something that said you had to it in the infotainment menu, but the option wasn’t there. But I have just tried it now and it’s let me untick/deactivate it. I wonder if it will switch itself on as soon as I start driving ?

 

the question now is, if I was to have an accident that wasn’t my fault, would the insurance company have an excuse not to pay out?

9 hours ago, Headphones said:

if I was to have an accident that wasn’t my fault, would the insurance company have an excuse not to pay out?

I can't see how but I'm not a lawyer.  If you're not fiddling with the infotainment, phone, Tw8tNav and concentrating on your driving you should be OK we managed for decades without such driver "aids" such things can made driver's too lazy and complacent anyway. 

 

It could be a sensor or alignment issue but I never rule out programming error, I doubt VWŠkoda will want you to know the real issue even when they fix it.

 

At least now you switched it off you don't have to worry about puddles or shadows of bridges, whether either is correct I don't know but it'd not surprise me, computer programming is often not as good as it's made out to be but all your product testing in the real world will help improve it.

 

@Headphones

You are responsible for your safety and everyone else's when driving.

 

If the car is faulty and you know is faulty tell the Dealer Principal at the Dealership you got it from & Skoda UK and get it OFF THE ROAD until fixed.

Get Skoda UK to have the car collected and a courtesy car or hire car delivered. If the Dealership are playing at being stupid.

Let one of their Staff, maybe the Manager drive your car while you drive the Top Spec Demonstrator they have as a daily drive, or the Sales Execs. 

 

Simple as that.  or use the systems the car has and drive safely until it is fixed.

No point talking about the Insurance and claims if it is you that knows a car is dangerous and yet you choose to drive it. 

On 12/07/2024 at 07:12, nta16 said:

 

At least now you switched it off you don't have to worry about puddles or shadows of bridges, whether either is correct I don't know but it'd not surprise me, computer programming is often not as good as it's made out to be but all your product testing in the real world will help improve it.

 

 

I work in a technology role and my job involves some programming among other bits of various system tinkering.

 

I feel like programming can be (and should be) faultless if it's done well. The problem is, that deciding whether there's an immediate hazard in your path while driving is an immensely complex computation. It's something that we might not even be that good at when we first pass our driving tests at 17 but we are absolutely attuned to tiny nuances about our surroundings after we've been doing it a year or more.

 

I think it's mildly arrogant of current automotive manufacturers to think that this can be reproduced by a computer with the current level of sophistication that they can build.

 

My Fabia front assist sensor has went off once, so far, when I was approaching a left hand bend which also has a right turn slip road. There was a lorry waiting in the slip road, ready to turn off to the right when it was clear. My car decided I was potentially gonna plough into the lorry, despite me having a clear path round the left hand bend. It just beeped at me and didn't do any braking, thank God. It's also done the yellow warning triangle saying there's a malfunction a couple of times, too. It went away both times without me wiping the sensor. I wish it didn't exist. 

Edited 13 July, 20241 yr by JFrankMiller

3 hours ago, JFrankMiller said:

I work in a technology role and my job involves some programming among other bits of various system tinkering.

 

I feel like programming can be (and should be) faultless if it's done well.

Likewise. IMO, before any of these systems are allowed on our roads the last test should be to have the project managers walk in front of the vehicles and see if they survive unscathed!