AutoPark becomes available while at Stop Lights in traffic.

[TechVP]

Does this happen to everyone else while at a 4 way stoplight?
AutoPark picks the craziest time & place be available. Instant accident maker to those uninitiated.

I thought this would be fixed. Since last Summer, or before, Auto Park been doing this while stopped in traffic on my X.
And we get whoopie cushions as a feature release.

 

[TechVP]

Clarifying my thread title, AutoPark becomes available, ... enables is perhaps an overstatement. No it doesn't activate, just becomes available. I would change the title if the forum gods allow it.

 

[Derek Kessler]

Autopark isn't even *available* at this point. All it's saying is that it detected a potential spot — the driver still has to put the car in reverse to have the option to activate it.

 

[forkee]

right

the car is basically saying, "hey there, I've scanned the immediate area and if you so happen to be looking for a spot, I can shimmy my way over to this [P] on the screen. all you have to do is put me in reverse and press 'start autopark' and i'll do the rest"

 

[Joelhc]

I get that as well at stop lights but when there are actual spaces it won't pick it up. I know you're supposed to drive below a certain speed for it to mark a space but I've only gotten it to work once. Is there anything in particular you guys do to get it to work?

 

[Derek Kessler]

I get that as well at stop lights but when there are actual spaces it won't pick it up. I know you're supposed to drive below a certain speed for it to mark a space but I've only gotten it to work once. Is there anything in particular you guys do to get it to work?

It's below 8mph, which is slllooooow. I get it to work rather consistently when I do, though.

 

[⚡️ELECTROMAN⚡️]

AutoPark picks the craziest time & place be available. Instant accident maker to those uninitiated.

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[idoco]

I get that as well at stop lights but when there are actual spaces it won't pick it up. I know you're supposed to drive below a certain speed for it to mark a space but I've only gotten it to work once. Is there anything in particular you guys do to get it to work?

I use autopark all the time. I'd say it picks up the space I want to park in over 95% of the time. The "trick" I've found to making it work consistently is to pull forward several feet more than you would if you were to park it manually. Almost with the front of your car even with the front of the car you are pulling up to.

 

[bob_p]

So far, we haven't been able to get the AutoPark to trigger reliably.

Instead, it believes there are parking spaces when stopped in traffic at an intersection or when pulling into our driveway, wanting to park on our front yard grass.

 

[gnuarm]

So far, we haven't been able to get the AutoPark to trigger reliably.

Instead, it believes there are parking spaces when stopped in traffic at an intersection or when pulling into our driveway, wanting to park on our front yard grass.

I guess it wants to make room for your next Tesla. I'm just sayin'...

 

[⚡️ELECTROMAN⚡️]

It's really not that easy to engage auto-park, but if you accidentally do just tap the brake. Story over. Thread can die now.

 

[Joelhc]

Thanks @idoco and @Derek Kessler ! Tried it again over the holidays and it works well. I guess I've been driving a little too fast as to not hold up traffic.