So how do you thru car wash with "hold" mode again?. Step by step please as I will try. Thanks
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Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today
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So how do you thru car wash with "hold" mode again?. Step by step please as I will try. Thanks
Garlan Garner
Banned
I turn hold mode off.
1. Move into park.
2. Main screen > Driving > Roll mode.
3. Move back into drive
4. Car wash pulls me through in drive.
5. After car wash - Move into park.
6. Main screen > Driving > Hold mode
7. Happy.
The amazing part for me for all those claiming unintended acceleration is that they also seem to always claim they are pressing on the brake pedal and not the accelerator. They never seem to claim their foot is nowhere near any of the pedals. So when comparing the likelihood of pedal misapplication versus the car suddenly accelerating on its own, the only reasonable conclusion is the former and not the latter.
Spacep0d
Active Member
One note about sensitive pro audio gear....never drop a mic to make a point, especially if it's not your own!
Tesla logs when both pedals are pressed, and S/X show warning on screen, I would guess 3 does also. Sorry OP's wife had to go through this. Actually I had a relative not used to driving Tesla's drive one of our S through a wall recently.. Both peddles pressed for a little, warning was not noticed, then they panicked sent the car through a wall.
My relative was not used to so much power instantly and no creep I guess.
My relative was not used to so much power instantly and no creep I guess.
I just put mine into neutral. No problems. Am I doing something wrong?
OK, I've read a lot of these posts, but I'm not going to wade through all 42 pages. I decided to test Tesla's claim that the brake will override inputs from the accelerator. I pressed the accelerator while my foot was on the brake. Default went to brake. It was not an override as such, as in over powering the accelerator. Instead the accelerator input was nullified. Next I pressed the accelerator before applying the brake. When the brake was applied, the accelerator input was cancelled, with a warning message that both pedals were applied. I believe this is what Tesla claims should happen. It is working in my car.
I'll relate a past experience. Some years ago I was stopped at an intersection, in the left turn lane. I was driving a Mazda regular cab pickup with manual transmission. I checked my rear view mirror to see a dump truck bearing down on me. The driver's eyes were wide open - funny how that sticks with me. He struck me and sent me through the intersection. As my head bounced off the back glass of the cab I stomped for all I was worth on the clutch pedal, attempting to stop the truck. By the time I found the actual brake pedal I was through the intersection. Fortunately I arrived there unscathed. My point is that once I selected the wrong pedal I compounded my error by pressing it harder - for all I was worth, actually. It could have just as easily been the accelerator.
I'll relate a past experience. Some years ago I was stopped at an intersection, in the left turn lane. I was driving a Mazda regular cab pickup with manual transmission. I checked my rear view mirror to see a dump truck bearing down on me. The driver's eyes were wide open - funny how that sticks with me. He struck me and sent me through the intersection. As my head bounced off the back glass of the cab I stomped for all I was worth on the clutch pedal, attempting to stop the truck. By the time I found the actual brake pedal I was through the intersection. Fortunately I arrived there unscathed. My point is that once I selected the wrong pedal I compounded my error by pressing it harder - for all I was worth, actually. It could have just as easily been the accelerator.
Garlan Garner
Banned
No, absolutely not. You aren't doing anything wrong.
I just hate hitting the brake at the end of the line to go from neutral to drive.
If you want to get out of the car as some car washes require you must use Tow mode to keep the car in neutral. Otherwise as soon.as you get out of the seat it will go back into park.
Garlan Garner
Banned
It's under the service tab.
Sorry my wife has the car out so I can't go take a picture at the moment.
Which is a couple of steps. And why a carwash mode should.
1. Fold the mirrors in
2. Allow you to select neutral and get out of the seat without the seat belt being inserted (and maybe not shut down the main drive battery as extremely as tow mode seems to do. It does not turn off the 12v system).
3. Turn off auto wipers.
4. Prevent doors locking
Call it "Don Mode" like Joe Mode lol.
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buttnutt
Member
I had a similar thing to the OP yesterday. I was pulling into a spot in a parking garage at low speed. My car jolted forward but I was able to immediately press the brake and then normally pulled into the spot. I always blame the human when I read these stories. I still think I could have been the problem somehow so I'm not stressing about it. I will report back if it happens again. I know the address where this happened. Do you think I can give a bug report for an event that happened 1.5 days ago if there is an address associated with it?
Yes, you could. But that's not a natural action, and it would take some thought. If you wish to use quick reflexes, do the natural thing that will be faster and more effective: Push the brake pedal.
When the brake pedal is deployed, the power to the go pedal is cut, even if the go pedal is slapped to the floor. I recommend that everybody go out right now and prove it to yourself. It can be done quite safely. Beginning at low speed, start accelerating gently, and with your other foot, tap the brake pedal. Presto... the previously positive acceleration suddenly becomes negative acceleration.
DopeGhoti
Active Member
Also unnatural but nonetheless an option is to press-and-hold the Park button, which clamps the brakes down. This may well however lock up the tires and eliminate the benefits of ABS.
Seth2020
Member
Why not just put it in NEUTRAL? This would avoid the problem of accidentally putting it in Cruise Control
Garlan Garner
Banned
Avoid the problem of accidently...?
I don't have the problem of accidently doing anything of the kind.
Why would that be a problem?
I pull in in drive....and at the end.....I step on the accelerator and just go. Why would I have to press the stalk?
I don't like stepping on the brake at the end of a car wash to move the gear from neutral to drive.
My way - I just let off the accelerator at the beginning of the wash....the car coasts through in drive.....then just press the accelerator at the end to go.
