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Formentor capacitive steering wheel (not switches!!) for ACC
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Actually, I think that there is a little bit of misunderstanding. I’m referring to capacitive steering wheel not to capacity switches on the steering wheel. That’s a different story and we all know that Formentor luckily is not fitted with that horrible stuff.
Our steering wheel feels the presence of a human hand through capacity sensors like the Golf 8 does, and not like Vw predecessors that require motion of the wheel to feel the presence of the driver. That is a wonderful sensor, because it makes possible to stop and go without pressing the button or depressing the gas to reactivate the car. To restart with ACC you just have to keep your hand on the steering wheel as long as the car in front of you goes away, while previous systems were disconnecting ACC after three seconds.
Again, my question: do you know whether your car is fitted with this wonderful stuff?
Mine has a steering wheel with lots of buttons and I run in sport mode, it prevents the start stop kicking in.
Sorry, not talking about start and stop device here. But about acc stopping and starting the car in a queue…
Ow sorry, ACC Yep, that's switched off too, I just use the dangly pedal type things in the footwell instead. 
Yep, mine does that; V2 Hybrid 2021, and it does work really well tbh. However, being an old git I do prefer to have more manual control.
With the heavy traffic here in the UK I found I'm watching out for it all the time, so simply driving it without acc is much less stressful! I do use it on the motorways though.
So you don’t have to move the steering wheel but it’s enough to gently touch it? And thus the acc stays awake and ready in a standing queue for more then 3 secs?
If yes that’s capacitive steeering wheel.
I really can't say whether it's a capacitive steeering wheel. But with acc engaged it will gently come to a halt behind a stopped vehicle, will pull away when that vehicle moves off and continue to follow at a safe distance.
I think these cars have a driver alert system too, so I guess if you let go of the steering wheel with acc engaged it will warn you.
Uhm that doesn’t clarify…
The test is: a car stops behind me, how many seconds does the ACC stay engaged? Just 3/5 secs, no capacitive, long time with your hand touching the wheel, capacitive
The test is: a car stops behind me, how many seconds does the ACC stay engaged? Just 3/5 secs, no capacitive, long time with your hand touching the wheel, capacitive
In the manual I downloaded when I got my car the text is slightly different (and more amusing):
The ACC remains active and the message ACC ready to start is displayed on the instrument cluster for a few seconds. You can extend or reactivate this warning by pressing the button or, depending on your vehicle’s equipment, by grabbing the steering wheel. During this time, the vehicle will move off again if the vehicle in front moves forwards.
I've not noticed that ACC only stays active if I 'grab' the steering wheel, I will test it next time I'm in the car. I do have Travel Assist as well (as above).
The ACC remains active and the message ACC ready to start is displayed on the instrument cluster for a few seconds. You can extend or reactivate this warning by pressing the button or, depending on your vehicle’s equipment, by grabbing the steering wheel. During this time, the vehicle will move off again if the vehicle in front moves forwards.
I've not noticed that ACC only stays active if I 'grab' the steering wheel, I will test it next time I'm in the car. I do have Travel Assist as well (as above).
Once it comes to a stop, it seems to always want me to touch the pedals before it will set off again. I much prefer this, in urban city environments there are so many situations where you don't want the car to just follow the one ahead blindly.
Vz2/phev here.
Vz2/phev here.
Ok so it looks like older models are not equipped with a capacity steering wheel. Any other experiences?
I guess I should qualify I think ACC does always stays active, but then I usually hang onto the steering wheel anyway so I've not noticed letting go and ACC dropping out.
In fact, our Formentor, Manual doesn’t originally explaines that there is a new automatic touch steering wheel. While the Volkswagen ones are reporting that.
Beacuse manuals from the start of Formentor production talk about holding / grabbing the steering wheel to keep ACC active?
Indeed they do.
@Idrossizina - if you need visual evidence, here are screenshots of pages 235 and 236 from the July 2020 edition of the Formentor’s owner’s manual (link to the manual; https://www.cupraofficial.co.uk/dat...WV*MTY5OTg2OTc4OC4xLjEuMTY5OTg2OTc5NS4wLjAuMA..)
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