I finally worked out how to get the red led's when in Sport mode by setting the ambient lighting to Mode to link it to the driving profile. But, why oh why when you are on indiviual driving profille (which I use a lot) does it not use your individual colours but the brightest blinding white which makes the whole feature completly useless IMHO.

Any why can't they still make switching in and out of daylight saving automatic!

I have a 2025 L & K with the new logo in the steering wheel.

Just grumping

Tim

Hi Tim ( @kempus ),

I've asked my AI assistant to investigate this because my own 2026 Superb L&K behaves differently. Here's what it found:

AI ASSISTANT RESPONSE BEGINS HERE:

The issue appears to be the distinction between the Individual driving profile and the Individual ambient lighting setting.

When ambient lighting is set to MODE, the car automatically selects a colour according to the driving profile:

• Eco – Green

• Comfort – Blue

• Normal – White

• Sport – Red

• Individual – White

So your experience is entirely consistent with the way Škoda has programmed the system.

However, there's a solution!

Rather than choosing MODE in the ambient lighting settings, select Individual within the ambient lighting menu itself. You can then choose your preferred colours and brightness independently of the driving profile.

For example, we have selected red ambient lighting in our own Superb L&K, and it remains red regardless of whether I'm driving in Normal, Sport or Individual mode.

I found confirmation of all this on the German Škoda Community forum. A Superb Mk4 L&K owner, posting as stbufraba, describes exactly how the system works, including the five MODE-linked colours and the ability to select colours independently.

Here's the discussion (see post #9):

https://www.skodacommunity.de/threads/ambientebeleuchtung-l-k-farbanzahl-erweiterung.151263/

In short, you don't need to put up with the bright white lighting when driving in Individual mode. Just separate the ambient lighting colour selection from the driving profile.

Hopefully this resolves one of your frustrations!

END OF AI RESPONSE

I hope this helps. Best wishes, David.