by scottf200 (Posted Wed, 11 Sep 2013 06:25:58 GMT)
Did this happen to you or someone else? Sounded pretty scary to me. Sounded like the car's computer crashed for that guy on the highway. AFAIK, no one has been able to reproduce it.
I did mistakenly push the power button once when intending to push the mode button but caught myself before pressing repeatedly. As you probably are aware it's four presses to engage hold mode, and you're normally doing that at highway speed with your eyes more on the road. I have no idea whether repeatedly pressing the power button at highway speed shuts down the car but I'm not about to fool around with it trying to find out. I just use a little extra care to avoid the user error perhaps set up by a less than ideal user interface.It has happened to a few people because they are regularly get to SPORT mode. I do that as well but typically when I backing out of the garage. BTW, just like a normal car you can put it in Neutral and restart it (push power) while coasting. The multiple power button push is related to people in a panic situation and wanting to shut the car off quickly. Think some really strange noise, minor wreck, whatever. Probably some regulation. The typically public/mass would probably just drive the car and not play with the modes. There is generally no real advantage except for MtnMode and actual mountains. Using HOLD (not on my 2011) may give a tiny advantage in some special case for MPGs. Unless you are in London and need to pay a city tax it would hardly make a difference except to the most hard core from what I've seen.
Aside: There was an accelerator "stuck" thread on GM-Volt a while back. Turns out after various investigations that the person bought OEM mats and they had slide forward and caught the pedal!! There are pins/holes mechanisms in floor and mats to keep them in place. Not sure if they didn't realize how to install mats or they bought some cheap brand without the manufacturer locking holes.
LTLFTcomposite wrote:
dm33 wrote:
LTLFTcomposite wrote:
The number one thing all new Volt owners need to be aware of is to avoid blindly pushing the power button repeatedly when you intended to push the mode button.
Did this happen to you or someone else? Sounded pretty scary to me. Sounded like the car's computer crashed for that guy on the highway. AFAIK, no one has been able to reproduce it.
I did mistakenly push the power button once when intending to push the mode button but caught myself before pressing repeatedly. As you probably are aware it's four presses to engage hold mode, and you're normally doing that at highway speed with your eyes more on the road. I have no idea whether repeatedly pressing the power button at highway speed shuts down the car but I'm not about to fool around with it trying to find out. I just use a little extra care to avoid the user error perhaps set up by a less than ideal user interface.
Aside: There was an accelerator "stuck" thread on GM-Volt a while back. Turns out after various investigations that the person bought OEM mats and they had slide forward and caught the pedal!! There are pins/holes mechanisms in floor and mats to keep them in place. Not sure if they didn't realize how to install mats or they bought some cheap brand without the manufacturer locking holes.