Not sure if people are aware of this...
Recently we were driving along the M25 motorway doing about 60mph. My daughter had put her phone in the little storage space in front of the "gear lever" and without realising it managed to touch the park button that is immediately in front of the lever as she retrieved the phone.
In response the car starts to slow down with no visible or audible warnings! It then continues to slow down and we have cars and lorries flying past on both sides. Thankfully I got onto the hard shoulder before it came to a stop. Power steering, brakes etc all seemed to work still.
At the time we had no idea what the problem was and I figured perhaps the drive system had just died on me. Turned the car off and back on again and it came back to life and we continued on putting it down to a "glitch"
It wasn't until I took my daughter at again that the same thing happened. This time I connected the dots and figured out its the park button.
If this behaviour is by design.. seems a bit dangerous to me!! I tested it and just the lightest touch is enough, so an accidental activation is quite possible given the how close the button is to the central storage bin!
Watch out!
Recently we were driving along the M25 motorway doing about 60mph. My daughter had put her phone in the little storage space in front of the "gear lever" and without realising it managed to touch the park button that is immediately in front of the lever as she retrieved the phone.
In response the car starts to slow down with no visible or audible warnings! It then continues to slow down and we have cars and lorries flying past on both sides. Thankfully I got onto the hard shoulder before it came to a stop. Power steering, brakes etc all seemed to work still.
At the time we had no idea what the problem was and I figured perhaps the drive system had just died on me. Turned the car off and back on again and it came back to life and we continued on putting it down to a "glitch"
It wasn't until I took my daughter at again that the same thing happened. This time I connected the dots and figured out its the park button.
If this behaviour is by design.. seems a bit dangerous to me!! I tested it and just the lightest touch is enough, so an accidental activation is quite possible given the how close the button is to the central storage bin!
Watch out!