OCTAVIA III Owners discussion thread

[Groggyfrog]

A question for my fellow Octavia owners. For those of you with the tech pack option. Is the collision protection always active? or is it linked to the adaptive cruse control in some way? I understand it is only works when travelling at a certain speed but does the ACC need to be "on" to enable to front mounted radar?

[GeeMatt]

A question for my fellow Octavia owners. For those of you with the tech pack option. Is the collision protection always active? or is it linked to the adaptive cruse control in some way? I understand it is only works when travelling at a certain speed but does the ACC need to be "on" to enable to front mounted radar?

Always active (annoyingly so at times !) Warns of potential collision. The manual is a bit confusing to me at this stage so cant absolutely state if the brakes will apply in the event of impending collision. There are a couple of systems involved - proximity sensing and the radar. (Only done 300 k's so still getting the hang of it)

[Fitzall]

A question for my fellow Octavia owners. For those of you with the tech pack option. Is the collision protection always active? or is it linked to the adaptive cruse control in some way? I understand it is only works when travelling at a certain speed but does the ACC need to be "on" to enable to front mounted radar?

My understanding is that the ACC doesn't need to be on but the collision protection is always active. Comes in to play when it senses an emergency manoeuvre.

Based on the sensitivity of the parking sensors, an emergency manoeuvre could be the minutest thing!

[Groggyfrog]

Thank you team,

I haven't had the nerve to test it.

[tqld]

You won't need to test it - it'll be a matter of time until you see it go off

Mine doesn't go off frequently, but it will tend to go off when the car in front of me turns into a side-street and I'm a little bit close. The other time it goes off is when the traffic in front of you suddenly stops, which may or may not be a surprise if you're awake

[GeeMatt]

You won't need to test it - it'll be a matter of time until you see it go off

Mine doesn't go off frequently, but it will tend to go off when the car in front of me turns into a side-street and I'm a little bit close. The other time it goes off is when the traffic in front of you suddenly stops, which may or may not be a surprise if you're awake

Indeed !

[brad]

hope it's better than the similar system my wife had on her Mondeo.

POW! straight up the clacker of a HiLux. HiLux drove away. $800 damage to the Mondeo.

[Antiplastix]

hope it's better than the similar system my wife had on her Mondeo.

POW! straight up the clacker of a HiLux. HiLux drove away. $800 damage to the Mondeo.

$800 , that would only be a minor scratch wouldn't it, if it was claimed through insurance.

[Rubbadub]

I don't suppose there is anything to stop this system going off if someone is too close behind you.

[woofy]

I was a passenger on my workmates Forestor XT. This thing went off continously as she drives too fast and too close to cars on the freeway. Thats ignoring how many times the adaptive cruise kept braking as she drove up behind someone rather than changing lanes.