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Unknown warning light

Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2019 4:35 pm
by Jimmy of Whitby
Yesterday we were driving on a country lane at about 30 mph when there was a warning 'bong' and a very brief icon like an orange cross appeared in the central display of the instrument cluster. My wife was driving, so I only had a brief glance before it went. No other warning lights came on and we drove for the rest of the journey without any problems. I cannot find any mention in the handbook, so can anyone help?

Re: Unknown warning light

Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2019 10:00 am
by 2968mogul
Sounds like it's the radar detection thingy that puts the brakes on if you're too close to something and the system thinks you are going to hit it.
Front Assist I think it's called.
It has a tendency to go off in error on country lanes. Mine once went off in a narrow lane of cones on the motorway. But it also went off correctly when I thought the traffic ahead was moving but it wasn't! You can adjust the sensitivity if you wish.
It's been discussed on this forum elsewhere as it's a bit of an issue sometimes.

Re: Unknown warning light

Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:02 pm
by Jimmy of Whitby
That's a great answer 2968Mogul and probably explains what happened. The road was leading to Bempton Cliffs, narrow with passing places, and in the past I've noticed the park assist display comes on if the nearside is very close to undergrowth. So maybe we were closer than expected. although the brakes didn't come on. I'll borrow a friends' bollard and drive right up to it to see whether a warning comes on, as seen the other day.

]Edit: The term 'Front Assist' led me to page 236 in the handbook and the display in the cluster is shown, not as I rememberd, but that must be it, but orange on the display. Many thanks - mystery solved.[/b]

Re: Unknown warning light

Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2019 6:28 am
by quinton77
Skoda Karoq
Hi, any opinions on this car? I was interested in a octavia but looking at the karoq it seems to tick all the right boxes.

It comes at a decent price for what it's offering. The upper trim level Style has a lot of features included (led headlights, Acc), and the 1.5L Tsi with ACT sounds like a good deal on paper.

One wierd thing I noticed, when I did a car configuration, you can get the heated windshield only on diesel versions and not petrol. This made me wonder if being a new entry will bring its share of problems later on...even though it's basically a tweaked Tiguan.

Re: Unknown warning light

Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2019 12:34 pm
by kodiaq
Quinton,
See my reply to your quandary in your other posting.
I presume you are not in U.K as you refer to 'STYLE' which is not a U.K. Model.