Terramar owners, lend me your ears (and possibly your sanity).

[Marck]

So I’ve got myself a Cupra Terramar. Yes, it has voice commands. Are they brilliant? Not quite. They’re about as intuitive as a toaster trying to play jazz. Honestly, the original Formentor had a far more civilised setup sleek, responsive, and didn’t sound like it was trying to guess what I wanted via séance.

Now here’s the odd bit: every now and then, the car’s voice assistant pipes up with a very polite but unexpected reminder: “Don’t forget your phone or belongings in the car.” Not just a little message on the screen no, this is full-on vocal intervention, like the car’s suddenly developed a conscience and doesn’t want me to lose my worldly possessions.

The problem? It happens randomly. I’ve tried to trigger it on purpose left my phone, waved goodbye to the dashboard, even whispered sweet nothings to the infotainment system. Nothing. It’s like trying to summon a cat that doesn’t belong to you.

I scoured the settings. No trace. Asked the dealer. He looked at me like I’d just claimed the car was haunted. Fortunately, I had one of these moments recorded on my iPhone and played it back like I was presenting evidence to MI5. Vindicated but still clueless.

And then, the kicker: he tells me the Terramar is basically a rebadged Tiguan. Not built in Barcelona like the Formentor, but somewhere far less romantic. I felt betrayed. Like discovering your favourite pub is actually a themed chain restaurant.

So has anyone else heard this mysterious voice warning you not to leave your phone behind? Do you know how to activate it? Is there a secret setting? A hidden ritual? A button marked “sorcery”?

Help a fellow motorist out. I’m starting to think my car’s smarter than it lets on.

 

[serdar_18fr]

There should be a setting for disabling the automatic voice assistant activation like "Activation word" in a voice operation submenu somewhere.

I know that does not look exactly like the setting you'd need, but maybe, just maybe, it would stop saying irrelevant things like that when it was stopped listening for the activation word. I'd say it's worth giving it a shot if you already didn't.

 

[Seriously?]

Now here’s the odd bit: every now and then, the car’s voice assistant pipes up with a very polite but unexpected reminder: “Don’t forget your phone or belongings in the car.” Not just a little message on the screen no, this is full-on vocal intervention, like the car’s suddenly developed a conscience and doesn’t want me to lose my worldly possessions.

I used to get a voice like that telling me not to forget stuff.........


Then I started leaving Mrs Seriously? at home when I took the car out

Your dealer is sort of right; your Terramar is built in Hungary in the Audi factory - so if it makes you feel better you could tell people it's actually a "rebadged Audi Q3"

 

[Marck]

I used to get a voice like that telling me not to forget stuff.........


Then I started leaving Mrs Seriously? at home when I took the car out

Your dealer is sort of right; your Terramar is built in Hungary in the Audi factory - so if it makes you feel better you could tell people it's actually a "rebadged Audi Q3"

damn a Q3 ? worse than Tiguan

by the way, SeRiOuSly... do you hear the reminder voice every time ? I mean EVERY TIME you get off your car ?
My problem is happens to myself, once in a blue moon...
Cupra lot ain’t got the foggiest, bruv.

 

[JAG]

So I’ve got myself a Cupra Terramar. Yes, it has voice commands. Are they brilliant? Not quite. They’re about as intuitive as a toaster trying to play jazz. Honestly, the original Formentor had a far more civilised setup sleek, responsive, and didn’t sound like it was trying to guess what I wanted via séance.

Now here’s the odd bit: every now and then, the car’s voice assistant pipes up with a very polite but unexpected reminder: “Don’t forget your phone or belongings in the car.” Not just a little message on the screen no, this is full-on vocal intervention, like the car’s suddenly developed a conscience and doesn’t want me to lose my worldly possessions.

The problem? It happens randomly. I’ve tried to trigger it on purpose left my phone, waved goodbye to the dashboard, even whispered sweet nothings to the infotainment system. Nothing. It’s like trying to summon a cat that doesn’t belong to you.

I scoured the settings. No trace. Asked the dealer. He looked at me like I’d just claimed the car was haunted. Fortunately, I had one of these moments recorded on my iPhone and played it back like I was presenting evidence to MI5. Vindicated but still clueless.

And then, the kicker: he tells me the Terramar is basically a rebadged Tiguan. Not built in Barcelona like the Formentor, but somewhere far less romantic. I felt betrayed. Like discovering your favourite pub is actually a themed chain restaurant.

So has anyone else heard this mysterious voice warning you not to leave your phone behind? Do you know how to activate it? Is there a secret setting? A hidden ritual? A button marked “sorcery”?

Help a fellow motorist out. I’m starting to think my car’s smarter than it lets on.

I've actually heard this very voice myself. a gentle reminder to "remember your mobile phone, in the mobile phone tray"
completely random, can't replicate it, it just randomly happens.

I'm glad it's not just me, there are others out there being reminded by their cars to not be a complete biff.

 

[James_R]

Unfortunately folks, software has not been VWGs strong point over the last 18 months. PV4 has been out and been being applied to Tiguans for their plethora of issues for a few months now, alas, it's still in the development stage for Seat/Cupra.

I've had a few issues myself regarding android auto not auto reconnecting and the "don't forget your mobile" audible message.