For those of you that ordered the electric seat (or are contemplating) here is what it will look like. It is a European spec car (hence the hideous upholstery) but I flipped the pictures so they look like a RHD seat.

And a close up:

As TP mentioned elsewhere this thus also gives you a seat base of which you can alter the pitch since the front and back can be moved up or down at will.

For those of you that ordered the electric seat (or are contemplating) here is what it will look like. It is a European spec car (hence the hideous upholstery) but I flipped the pictures so they look like a RHD seat.

And a close up:

As TP mentioned elsewhere this thus also gives you a seat base of which you can alter the pitch since the front and back can be moved up or down at will.

Thanks for this -really good to see! Added this option to my order yesterday and still hoping for week 48 build, so a Christmas/New year present in the offing!

Great really like looking at something I couldnt have :'(

Will post some nice pics of my sunroof tho lol

:p

Please note that the electric controlled seat has one limitation, which I only found out

the hardway since the sales man in retrospect was not aware of same.

The backrest can only be set automatically at an angel of 102 degrees, in my case this

position is not comfortable, each time I have to manually adjust the backrest to my

liking.

Checked with the dealer and directly with the Skoda importer in Holland, but apparantly

for safety reasons this limitation is pre-programmed.

Otherwise the Electric Controlled Chair is great especially when you have two drivers

with complete different settings.

nb.: the upholstery is matched to the colour of the dash and interior, in this case Creme,

my chairs are all grey.

Edited 17 September, 201015 yr by Polypenko

Thanks Polypenko. I hope 102 degrees will suit me!

I had electric drivers seat in my Octy. Set it during the first two weeks I owned the car and basically never changed it. A little forward in Summer and a little back in winter, when more clothing and thicker shoes made the adjustment necessary.

Today I do the same manually with no real effort at all.

In principle, just one driver, or it might have been an OK accessory.

Yeah, dull - I know it

Edited 17 September, 201015 yr by Agerbundsen

Please note that the electric controlled seat has one limitation, which I only found out

the hardway since the sales man in retrospect was not aware of same.

The backrest can only be set automatically at an angel of 102 degrees, in my case this

position is not comfortable, each time I have to manually adjust the backrest to my

liking.

From the photos the max 102 degree inclination doesn't look too back but for the sake of clarity are you saying that you can adjust the seat electrically to a max 102 degrees but you can adjust it further manually? If so how do you go about about doing that? At first read I though you were saying that it can ONLY be 102 degrees if under electric power!

When storing the setting of the Chair, the system will only allow a max 102 degree inclination of the

backrest.

so if you prefer eg. 106 percent, you will have to manulally adjust the additional 4 percent back rest

by using the appropriate switch.

I though a simple software update would allow higher settings, but acc. to Skoda the setting of

102 degrees (seems other manuafacturers also apply same) is max for safety reasons.

I had electric drivers seat in my Octy. Set it during the first two weeks I owned the car and basically never changed it. A little forward in Summer and a little back in winter, when more clothing and thicker shoes made the adjustment necessary.

Today I do the same manually with no real effort at all.

In principle, just one driver, or it might have been an OK accessory.

Yeah, dull - I know it

Isn't this the whole point? Once set, the main seat settings never change. I occasionally move my seat forward to give better leg room in the rear and I don't need an electric motor to do that for me.

The only advantage, in the Yeti, would be the remote operation of the door mirrors when the car is put in reverse.

Up to now, we have had Xenon lights that need new controllers and sun roofs that leak. Add electric seats that bind up or blow a fuse and we have the whole set!!!!

When storing the setting of the Chair, the system will only allow a max 102 degree inclination of the

backrest.

so if you prefer eg. 106 percent, you will have to manulally adjust the additional 4 percent back rest

by using the appropriate switch.

I though a simple software update would allow higher settings, but acc. to Skoda the setting of

102 degrees (seems other manuafacturers also apply same) is max for safety reasons.

How very peculiar. Those pesky Health and Safety people in Brussels I'm sure. But what on earth can be wrong with more than 102 degrees?! I hope I only need 102 then!

Isn't this the whole point? Once set, the main seat settings never change.

I agree Terfyn. If you are the one and only driver. If there are two drivers with wildly different settings for mirrors and seat this is an amazing option. Hence me getting it.

When storing the setting of the Chair, the system will only allow a max 102 degree inclination of the

backrest.

so if you prefer eg. 106 percent, you will have to manulally adjust the additional 4 percent back rest

by using the appropriate switch.

I though a simple software update would allow higher settings, but acc. to Skoda the setting of

102 degrees (seems other manuafacturers also apply same) is max for safety reasons.

Ah! I see. This could be a bummer if you have constantly changing drivers and one of likes it at more than 102degrees (oooer matron!). In reality I guess in the majority of households the main driver would set it at say 110 degrees and until the second driver uses it then it will stay set.

Ah! I see. This could be a bummer if you have constantly changing drivers and one of likes it at more than 102degrees (oooer matron!). In reality I guess in the majority of households the main driver would set it at say 110 degrees and until the second driver uses it then it will stay set.

until you lock the car and reopen the drivers door.....

Then it will reset to a max of 102 degs.

Mike

Please note that the electric controlled seat has one limitation, which I only found out

the hardway since the sales man in retrospect was not aware of same.

The backrest can only be set automatically at an angel of 102 degrees, in my case this

position is not comfortable, each time I have to manually adjust the backrest to my

liking.

Checked with the dealer and directly with the Skoda importer in Holland, but apparantly

for safety reasons this limitation is pre-programmed.

Got to be worth plugging VCDS in to see if it can actually be changed - many dealers will tell you some things cannot be changed when in fact they can, they either just don't want to (or are not allowed to) do it.

A couple of months ago we had a Skoda meeting / day for all Dutch and Belgium owners.

I met a Skoda mechanic who confirmed that an Suberb owner had also complained about

the max electronic settings.

According to the mechanic only an software update would allow the parameters to be

altered, but if Vag will release same is doubtfull view the satefy restrictions imposed.

I my case I have tried to get used to the max 102 d.c. setting, but unfortunately I need

to adjust the backrest to a more comfortable setting.

until you lock the car and reopen the drivers door.....

Then it will reset to a max of 102 degs.

Mike

Polypenko, is that right? If you 'manually' set the seat to say 110 degrees lock the door, go shopping (or whatever!) then come back and reopen the door the seat resets back to 102 degrees even if you don't call up one of the stored settings? I was assuming that once set manually that the recline wouldn't alter unless you either altered it again manually or called up one of the stored settings. I could understand this if you've set the car up to acknowledge different stored seat settings from the key fobs (His & Hers) but surely if you do not set that up in maxidot then the seat will not alter simply by opening the door?

Mike is right each time when you re-open the door de seat is set automatically to max 102 d.g.

since the is the max allowed electronic setting.

when you store your setting to eg. set 1 this setting is than also stored on your key.

it is not possible to store beyond 102 d.g. in both the chair and key setting.

in my case I'm manually adjusting the back rest each and every time, meanwhile got use to it

but would have prefered a higher setting to avoid the manual intervention.

still not happy with this so I'm closely monitoring various Skoda and Vag forums and hope

a software update will be released soon.

rgds.

Edited 19 September, 201015 yr by Polypenko

OK thanks, I didn't realise that the seat setting was automatically linked to your key. I had thought that you had to go through a process to link a key with the memory seat setting and thus I assumed that if you hadn't done this that the seat would simply stay was it was. Oh well!

until you lock the car and reopen the drivers door.....

Then it will reset to a max of 102 degs.

Mike

This is correct if you have your key set to one of the seat memory positions, however if you disasociate the key from the seat memories the seat will remain in the same position and not move when locked / unlocked.

I guess the 102 degrees is based on a point where the seat belt becomes less effective and also the point where the airbags either start to become a hazard or are less effective in an accodent.

This is correct if you have your key set to one of the seat memory positions, however if you disasociate the key from the seat memories the seat will remain in the same position and not move when locked / unlocked.

Now that is what I thought was the case. For those of us with primarily one driver and no associated key this isn't quite so much of an issue. Regular changes of driver with memory settings linked to the keys is another matter.

I will wait to see what 102 degrees feels like but I suspect for most all people it will just be normal and no reason to be concerned. I plotted 102 degrees on my computer and it looked dead normal to me. One hopes anyway! This setting might just be a way of stopping really extreme MaxPower magazine swooped up Nova types of backrest angles where the back of the front seat touches the tip of the rear seat.

Glad I couldnt have it now cos im a 103 degree man myself lol

I will wait to see what 102 degrees feels like but I suspect for most all people it will just be normal and no reason to be concerned. I plotted 102 degrees on my computer and it looked dead normal to me. One hopes anyway! This setting might just be a way of stopping really extreme MaxPower magazine swooped up Nova types of backrest angles where the back of the front seat touches the tip of the rear seat.

Thanks everybody for all the interest in this subject, I think I will definatley wait and see how I get on with my non elec seat as im not bothered about having leather material anyway, and as for the wifes seat position, I think that I will buy her a little run about of her own!