Recently got a 2024 Kodiaq SE L and slowly getting used to it. Peeved that I have to manually turn off the lane assist every time I turn the car on, because of some EU directive. It's MY car, not the EU's and anyway I am in UK and I thought UK left the EU years ago? The lane correction when the car thinks I am wandering on the road is very disconcerting to say the least, and possibly bordering on dangerous. How these faceless ones get away with forcing this type of crud on us beats me.

Anyway, one of the main reasons for posting is about the road sign symbols that keep appearing in the virtual cockpit next to the speed ones (traffic symbol recognition or TSR maybe?). Although not always accurate, the speed indication symbol is ok most of the time and I'm ok with that, but the road sign symbols are of no use to me and are just a distraction, showing junctions ahead, road works, deer etc, and are mostly either wrong or are just repeating what I already see.

I have looked online many times to try to find out how to turn this feature off but I have had no joy at all. Many say it's in the driver assist systems, some say it's also to do with the sat nav settings, but I have been through every option both on the infotainment screen and the buttons & rollers on the steering wheel and to date I've had no success.

My other question is to see what I can find out about the system where the car goes in to 'coast' mode if able to do so. My last car was a Superb and it had this and I loved it, convinced it helps to increase the mpg. I think I saw somebody mention it in a post here but I can't find it again. From memory it was said that it might be in eco settings somewhere and able to be switched on or off, but my Superb had it on from the beginning so I have no knowledge of how to control this feature.

Does anybody out there have any info re these, to point me in the right direction?

Thanks

Hi, I can't answer the question but I interested in the response,particularly the coasting, as I picked up a new 2.0tsi SEL this week. I suspect the answer will be that it can't be turned on, but we'll see.

In my previous MK1 2022 Sportline it was linked to the driving modes (not selectable from what I can see, in the SEL) and also the battery charge level; if the battery level was too low it won't coast as it wants the power to charge.

I agree, I find these overzealous safety systems more dangerous than anything and don't get me started on the AEB! When my Sportline 2.0 TSI is a year old and still running well, I'm going to disable a lot of this crap and to Hell with the warranty! Yes, it is OUR car and we should have the right to turn all this off - permanently!

My 2011 Superb was really "superb", but my new Kodiaq is just too clever for its own good and I doubt that I'll keep it for 8 years as I did with the Superb. Sadly my first and last Kodiaq, a real shame.

FFS we've all passed our driving test and we know (or should know) how to drive and read the road!

I had a 2020 Mk1 Kodiaq 1.5tsi and it coasted from delivery.

I now have a 2024 Mk2 2.0tdi and that does the same.

Yes it is annoying that we have to turn off lane assist and speed warning every time.

As for the road sign recognition, the most dangerous aspect of it is it can pick up road signs in side roads when in adaptive cruise control.

Round here we have two locations, both on national speed limit roads, where the road bends reasonably tightly to the left. There is a junction at both, in the middle of the bend. Both junctions have a 30 sign going into the side roads.

The car sees them and applies the brakes quite sharply. Most disconcerting when you’ve got a car close behind.

7 hours ago, CFB said:

I had a 2020 Mk1 Kodiaq 1.5tsi and it coasted from delivery.

I now have a 2024 Mk2 2.0tdi and that does the same.

Yes it is annoying that we have to turn off lane assist and speed warning every time.

As for the road sign recognition, the most dangerous aspect of it is it can pick up road signs in side roads when in adaptive cruise control.

Round here we have two locations, both on national speed limit roads, where the road bends reasonably tightly to the left. There is a junction at both, in the middle of the bend. Both junctions have a 30 sign going into the side roads.

The car sees them and applies the brakes quite sharply. Most disconcerting when you’ve got a car close behind.

Thanks for your post. At least now I know that the coasting feature exists somewhere on my car (mine is diesel too), just need to find out how!

I don’t believe there are any setting options for coasting, I think the car just does it.

I also have an SEL; 2.0tsi, MK2 two weeks old. It doesn't coast and having done a lot of reading of the user manual I cannot see any reference to it for the engine and spec, and therefore suspect that it doesn't. Previous 2.0tdi Sportline, MK1, did coast.

Still not got my queries solved but I thought I'd let you know where I am so far, since you replied.

The handbook online says that the coasting feature will work if the car is in ECO mode, you are moving forward between a low and high speed limit, and not using the accelerator or brake. I tried this a couple of times but does not work on my car.

People say the road sign display can be turned off and point me to the relevant part in the infotainment system, but I have drawn a blank time after time, leading me to wonder if the options on my car are somehow different from what they should be, with some options somehow hidden/deleted etc.

I took a handful of photos of my Infotainment screen options and one of the virtual cockpit and uploaded them to my Dropbox at this link https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/pgivjx9w7l498vdqqie2x/AG31352aWYmAPrB_23R8WzI?rlkey=so4m1wurt0siuh2ao7q33it0z&st=eck66crb&dl=0

I'll try for a bit longer but I'm leaning towards having to contact Skoda.

Based on my 2.0 tsi -

To get coating to work you need to be in the ECO Driving Profile (or in INDIVIDUAL profile with Drive mode set to Eco)

I believe that Driving Profile is only available if you have DCC suspension.

Hybrids are different.

On 27/10/2025 at 11:22, CFB said:

I had a 2020 Mk1 Kodiaq 1.5tsi and it coasted from delivery.

I now have a 2024 Mk2 2.0tdi and that does the same.

Yes it is annoying that we have to turn off lane assist and speed warning every time.

As for the road sign recognition, the most dangerous aspect of it is it can pick up road signs in side roads when in adaptive cruise control.

Round here we have two locations, both on national speed limit roads, where the road bends reasonably tightly to the left. There is a junction at both, in the middle of the bend. Both junctions have a 30 sign going into the side roads.

The car sees them and applies the brakes quite sharply. Most disconcerting when you’ve got a car close behind.

Hi CFB I have only just joined the forum so I cannot send you a pm. My Kodiaq is a nearly new Mk 2 2.0TDI SEL and refuses to coast. The dealers told me it was disabled on all 2.0tdi - might you be able to ping me a pm in which you reveal the reg number so I can show them evidence of a similar car doing that? Thanks. Graham.

On 06/11/2025 at 12:54, Cedwing said:

Based on my 2.0 tsi -

To get coating to work you need to be in the ECO Driving Profile (or in INDIVIDUAL profile with Drive mode set to Eco)

I believe that Driving Profile is only available if you have DCC suspension.

Hybrids are different.

I've done quite a lot of reading and your comments support the theiry that the driving modes (and coasting) only exist in MK2 cars with DCC, which is the Sportline and above, and NOT on SEL unless DCC was added as an option.

Shame as the driving modes have their uses and coasting can assist with economy.

Cedwig,

Thanks so much for this. That explains why the demo model does it and mine does not.

Graham

My 2.0 TSI Sportline with the "basic" DCC doesn't appear to coast in ECO as the gear indicator still shows D and not N. Anyway it's discouraged in the UK as the Highway Code states that the driver is not in full control when coasting. If my car had it, I'd disable it anyway.

I have used it for the last 7 years without ever feeling out of control. I suspect VAG would not get type approval for the many cars which do this if it was still considered hazardous.

@BabyDog On the Tsi engine the gear indicator doesn't change when coasting engages. All you see/hear is the engine revs drop. To try it out make sure you are

• in Eco mode (E in the gear indicator)

• not in ACC or Cruise Control Mode

Find a flat or slightly downhill fast road. Get up to speed (50 mph+). Take you foot of the accelerator and watch the rev counter. It should drop to idle. If you break, accelerate, or the road is steep enough for the car to start runing away then the gear will re-engage. The gear indicator won't show N.

43 minutes ago, Cedwing said:

@BabyDog On the Tsi engine the gear indicator doesn't change when coasting engages. All you see/hear is the engine revs drop. To try it out make sure you are

• in Eco mode (E in the gear indicator)

• not in ACC or Cruise Control Mode

Find a flat or slightly downhill fast road. Get up to speed (50 mph+). Take you foot of the accelerator and watch the rev counter. It should drop to idle. If you break, accelerate, or the road is steep enough for the car to start runing away then the gear will re-engage. The gear indicator won't show N.

Thanks, I didn't know that and will try it out on the next long gentle downhill stretch. I'm currently having a slanging match with Skoda UK regarding the persistent issues, so not sure how long I'll be keeping the car for.

On 07/11/2025 at 17:51, GraSwindley said:

Hi CFB I have only just joined the forum so I cannot send you a pm. My Kodiaq is a nearly new Mk 2 2.0TDI SEL and refuses to coast. The dealers told me it was disabled on all 2.0tdi - might you be able to ping me a pm in which you reveal the reg number so I can show them evidence of a similar car doing that? Thanks. Graham.

I would, but it was registered new with a personal reg on it so won’t help much.

It was delivered in December last year, if that’s any help.

No problem, problem solved. They only coast from Sportline trim upwards or if DCC is chosen as an option.

Still managed 60mpg over 300 miles today!

The 2.0 diesel is very economical isn’t it. On most journeys I see high 50’s and on a couple of occasions I’ve got 68!

That’s not using ACC at all. I find that using it always gives less than 50mpg. I suspect it has something to do with the ACC using the brakes to maintain speed on the downhills.

On 11/11/2025 at 21:33, GraSwindley said:

No problem, problem solved. They only coast from Sportline trim upwards or if DCC is chosen as an option.

Still managed 60mpg over 300 miles today!

I have a 1.5 e-tec SE L without DCC. It coasts. Often.

Coasting means the engine is not working agains the weight of the car (does not pull the car) and the car moves as any object under the laws of physics, under its own inertial force.

So:

• you do not need DCC plus

• you do not need ECO

• you do not put it in N (only to be used when towed or pushed)

• the engine will idle

• manual is not engaged

The reason why in ECO is more obvious is because how it works: ECO upshifts faster so you are in a hight gear, thus less engine brake. In D you get more engine brake, therefore less coasting. But, if you know that your DSG car learns how you drive and tries to anticipate your next gear, you know that coasting can be obtained if you accelerate, then lift the foot off the gas, as opposed to brake and then lift off the gas - which will result in engine braking and downshifting.

You even get the foot off the pedal indicator nowadays, and I have that in D. It is meant to tell you when to stop accelerating.... and you coast.

Hello to all those who posted here since I started the topic last October.

It does seem that you can only coast if you have the right trim... this is NOT advised in any Skoda manual or communications.

I contacted Skoda UK to try to get a clear instruction on how to remove the road sign display/info from the dash, despite the manual describing how to (which did not work). I was referred to their technical dept? then somewhere else, then Skoda connect or similar, and all depts said it was outside their remit. The only good part of all of this was Nicole from Skoda UK who kept trying for me as I went through this painful process.

The only solution they ended up offering was that I should book my car in to a Skoda Service centre for a warranty inspection/repair, the earliest they had was 2 months ahead of my enquiry date. They also said that if they discovered that the facility to remove the signs was not a feature of my car I would be charged £115. So if the service centre could ascertain that then charge me for doing so, there must be some other dept in the Skoda operation which could advise me of the truth of the matter for my car, without wanting to charge me a load of money... remember, the problem is that Skoda documentation does not clearly show what variants do this and that, and what ones don't.

I became so disillusioned with this problem that I decided to sell my Kodiaq, which I have since done, at a sizeable financial loss.... but I'm not having sleepless nights any more worrying about it.

Thanks to all who contributed here, and all the best.

I am currently driving an SE 1.5TSI and it coasts often. Sometimes it also goes into 2 cylinder mode. Not sure that not being able to turn off the speed limit signs in the dash would make me sell the car though. Each to their own. 🤷‍♂️

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