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Skoda Fabia mk4 2022 Lane Assist

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This Lane Assist on Fabia mk4 reg 72. The vibration quite stong compared to other cars, its a pain, any way this can be disconnected. Any thoughts please.

The instructions below were copied from the digital Manual for a 2022 Skoda Fabia Mk4.

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No option is provided to turn off the Lane Assist feature permanently - it will be turned on automatically every time the car's ignition is switched on.

However (as the final paragraph in the instructions says) it is possible to turn off Lane Assist's steering-wheel vibration through the car's infotainment display-screen's settings menu and, once this has been done, steering-wheel vibration will not take place. Lane Assist will still turn itself on every time the car's ignition is switched on, but there will be no vibration of the steering-wheel when Lane Assist 'intervenes'.

BURTEQ offers a 'save the settings' memory module for 2021-2023 Fabia Mk4 models

https://burteq.com/products/skoda-fabia-4-iv-memory-module

and it may be possible to override Lane Assist's automatic activation on ignition switch-on using a diagnostic/code-modifying tool like OBDeleven, VCDS or Carista.

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I did my question on gpt chat, I rang auto electrician, who said he can remove the vibration on steering wheel by remembering last setting, it can be reversed, He even said vibration was strong and it pulls you back into lane.

Your 2022 Fabia should have been originally delivered with a fairly slim booklet-format Owner's Manual with an 'issue date' on the outside of its rear cover.

The booklet Manual for my own 2024 UK-registered Fabia SE L car has the issue-date of 06.2023 on its rear cover and, when referring to the relevant online digital Manual, the 06.2023 reference allows me to choose the relevant file.

For the Fabia, Skoda has used a 2-pronged approach for Owner's Manuals, with 'essential' advice being in the booklet and the same advice plus more complex information being in the digital Manual. When a particular subject is dealt with only in the digital Manual, this is stated in the booklet Manual.

LANE ASSIST is covered in its entirety in the booklet Manual (Pages 108/109 in my car's booklet) and how to turn the steering-wheel vibrations ON/OFF is shown in the Settings section (Activating/deactivating the steering wheel vibrations).

Turning the steering-wheel vibrations ON/OFF must be carried out using the car's infotainment display-screen's Lane Assist menu.

This Skoda Fabia video is about Lane Assist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoktYazaDso

It shows a car that has an Amundsen display-screen (as fitted to my own car) where the Lane Assist menu looks like this

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A green tick in the Steering wheel vibration 'box' indicates that vibration has been turned ON. Unticking the box will turn steering-wheel vibration OFF and the chosen setting (green tick=ON, no tick=OFF) is then saved until that setting is deliberately altered.

Turning OFF the vibrations will not turn OFF Lane Assist, that will still enable automatically each time the car's ignition is switched on. I turn OFF Lane Assist before driving my Fabia, but, when I occasionally forget to do this, I can't say I find the system's corrective operation particularly intrusive or 'strong'. The Owner's Manual says "The system is designed primarily for driving on the motorway", but on twisty rural roads It's just an irritation that I don't want. (And I definitely don't want additional xxxxxx steering-wheel vibrations!!!)

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