Ostrichsak
Well-Known Member
That's but one reason. It could also be that the driver was repeatedly taking their hands off of the wheel and not putting them back when warned. If this happens enough it will also cause it to disable until you pull over and stop the car and restart your trip again. Moral: make sure you are heeding the warnings the car gives you as it means it's not sensing your hands on the wheel. The more it does this the more often it will warn you and the shorter time between. The more it senses your hands on the wheel the fewer times it will warn you.It means that the car was driven at 90mph or higher with Autopilot engaged, and it doesn't like that. So it puts you into "Autopilot Jail" until you stop the car and put it in park an drive again, then it resets back to normal.
If you didn't drive the car that fast with Autopilot, and the message is always there, you'll need to take it into service, as it sounds like a sensor is faulty.
It could also be something defective but most likely it's one of those two reasons. It also just happens from time to time. One time I was driving my wife's with AP engaged when it suddenly freaked out with the red warning tell me to take over immediately and disabled itself. My hands were on the wheel, I was paying attention and there was nothing sketchy around me so that was completely software related. Pulled over when it was safe, parked and then took off again and it's never been back since.