Not sure if this is know about as I couldn't see it in the manual or through a Web search.

 

I recently discovered that (in a manual car at least), if you push the accelerator pedal to the floor and activate the button under it, it'll temporarily override the setting on the speed limiter.

 

It'll stay that way until the speed drops below the limit you've set, when the limiter reactivates. 

 

You can do this repeatedly.

Edited 6 January, 20251 yr by BenNW

Yep, surprised it's not in the manual though?

When you say "speed limiter", do you mean the cruise control?  If so, it's a not uncommon feature (maybe even a standard one).  The idea behind it is the same as the old idea of a "kickdown" supercharger or turbo to give an extra surge of power when overtaking without having to change gear.

 

Mercedes Benz had a version of the C-class with the feature, recognisable by the word Kompressor (supercharger in German) on the bottom edge of the front wing just in front of the leading edge of the door.

With cruise control you can always increase speed with even a gentle touch on the accelerator, no need for a 'kick down' action.

1 hour ago, Seasider said:

When you say "speed limiter", do you mean the cruise control?  If so, it's a not uncommon feature (maybe even a standard one).  The idea behind it is the same as the old idea of a "kickdown" supercharger or turbo to give an extra surge of power when overtaking without having to change gear.

 

Mercedes Benz had a version of the C-class with the feature, recognisable by the word Kompressor (supercharger in German) on the bottom edge of the front wing just in front of the leading edge of the door.

No, I mean specifically the speed limiter you have to activate instead of the cruise control default. 

 

So if you're at the set speed limit, you can press the accelerator pedal all the way to the floor and your speed stays the same, until you click the button when the override happens. 

Edited 7 January, 20251 yr by BenNW

19 hours ago, sussamb said:

With cruise control you can always increase speed with even a gentle touch on the accelerator, no need for a 'kick down' action.

That's true, Susan, a bit of confusion of ideas on my part. 

On 07/01/2025 at 08:13, sussamb said:

Yep, surprised it's not in the manual though?

 

I seem to recall that there is an electronic downloadable "full owner's" manual which has in additional information and this is in that.  There are references to the existence of this electronic version in the paper manual that came with my 2020 Kamiq and I did download it at one point.   I did suggest to Skoda that as in effect a car is built by a computer program providing the various items of equipment ordered by the buyer, the manual could be tailored to each car as it was built.  There would be a general section common to all models and then sections specific to the individual car, making the manual smaller and more user friendly; they didn't agree.

I've checked both a copy of the Pdf manual I downloaded when I got the car and the current digital version 

 

https://digital-manual.skoda-auto.com/w/en_GB/show/ccd1bf8996b1bf0d167277a4b86b92e0_7_en_GB?ct=5fe1e5d454da6fd6ac14452578437b49_1_en_GB

 

For Speed limiter there's nothing mentioned about a temporary override so interested in where you've seen it

17 hours ago, BenNW said:

I've checked both a copy of the Pdf manual I downloaded when I got the car and the current digital version 

 

https://digital-manual.skoda-auto.com/w/en_GB/show/ccd1bf8996b1bf0d167277a4b86b92e0_7_en_GB?ct=5fe1e5d454da6fd6ac14452578437b49_1_en_GB

 

For Speed limiter there's nothing mentioned about a temporary override so interested in where you've seen it

 

Full version, page 132, right hand colum, last paragraph in the version I downloaded in 2020:

 

"Exceeding the limit
› Disengage the accelerator pedal completely.
Control will continue as soon as the vehicle has decelerated
to below the set limit."

 

It doesn't actually tell you how to do this but that's always the problem with instructions - they are written by people who know what to do for people who don't know what to, so bits get missed out.

 

On 06/01/2025 at 19:26, BenNW said:

if you push the accelerator pedal to the floor and activate the button under it, it'll temporarily override the setting on the speed limiter.

 

Do you mean press the accelerator pedal to the floor and then press harder to overcome a spring loaded switch under it?

 

Or is it simply the case that the speed limiter is disabled when full throttle is used?

First one. You have to click the button under the pedal. Just pushing to the floor without doing that doesn't do anything if the limiter is active, by design. 

 

On an auto box it's normally for kick down I believe and didn't think it did anything on a manual till l found this. 

Edited 10 January, 20251 yr by BenNW

Virtually all car systems will return control to the driver eventually. The speed limiter is no different AFAIK.

Sorry

 

Edited 7 February, 20251 yr by GiscoYeti