Hissy fit

[Puddles]

Pixie had a mini meltdown a couple days ago when stopped for a red light. I don’t usually use AP in town, but every now and then I like to see what she can do. We were 3-4 cars back from a red light on a single lane road, but there was a left turn lane, so where we stopped was very wide (but not yet the 2 lanes). As we glided to a stop, the steering was hunting badly between “centering” and “lane following.” But stop we did, nicely behind through traffic, and awaited the light change.

Then, all of a sudden, pixie panicked. “Take control immediately “ she shouted, in red letters . “Autopilot unavailable “ she said. The hazards came on and she put us into Park.

I felt this to be a bit of an overreaction. But overreaction to what? I can’t figure.

 

[ckoval7]

The hazards came on and she put us into Park.

Well that's interesting.
I've had AP1 freak out while sitting in stop-and-go traffic before. My car was just inching along with the rest of the cars, when suddenly AP decided it didn't like something, threw an error, and was unusable the rest of the trip.

 

[Silicon Desert]

Well that's interesting.
I've had AP1 freak out while sitting in stop-and-go traffic before. My car was just inching along with the rest of the cars, when suddenly AP decided it didn't like something, threw an error, and was unusable the rest of the trip.

That's probably because you took your hands off the wheel long enough and didn't notice the nag and ignored it. You will be prevented from using AP until you stop the car and start again. And sometimes it is nasty enough to make you wait a minute after stopping the car and turning off. I am guessing you know this? Another reason?

 

[ckoval7]

That's probably because you took your hands off the wheel long enough and didn't notice the nag and ignored it. You will be prevented from using AP until you stop the car and start again. And sometimes it is nasty enough to make you wait a minute after stopping the car and turning off. I am guessing you know this? Another reason?

Nope, I had my hands on the wheel the whole time. Either the radar or the camera went out because it wasn't able to show cars on the screen anymore.

 

[thewishmaster]

AP probably crashed for some reason or another. I’ve seen this before sitting at a stoplight.

 

[S4WRXTTCS]

I've seen sporadic reports of AP crashing with similar behavior.

Can't wait for HW3 where they have increased redundancy.

 

[EVNow]

As we glided to a stop, the steering was hunting badly between “centering” and “lane following.” But stop we did, nicely behind through traffic, and awaited the light change.

In the 2019.28 build I see more jitteriness - atleast that's my impression.

 

[ewoodrick]

It probably just couldn't see enough of what it wanted to see. Since it doesn't know what to do, it tells you to take it.It happens.

 

[Puddles]

It probably just couldn't see enough of what it wanted to see. Since it doesn't know what to do, it tells you to take it.It happens.

That’s what I think. But the excessive drama tho.

 

[Puddles]

Well that's interesting.

I thought so too!! Kept pressing on the pedal saying gogoGO, until I realized.

 

[electronblue]

It seems possible to me that the main Autopilot process/processor crashed and an emergency procedure kicked in.