nvabill
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- First Name
- Bill
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- Jan 11, 2021
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- Virginia Beach, Va.
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- F-150, '22 California Route 1
Ok after another forum member posted you can not just brush the button and turn the car off I tried it for myself. While rolling in a big parking lot I tried pushing the button to see what would happen. You can not turn the car off with a mere brushing of the button. You must fully depress the button a whole second and a half before the vehicle indicates it is off. I received message the vehicle was off and to shift into neutral and press the brake and depress button to restart. I shifted into neutral, applied slight pressure to brake and restarted all while the vehicle was still moving. Bottom line is you CAN NOT turn the vehicle off with just a brushing of the button. I see no problem with the design whatsoever!Very disconcerting event: I accidently touched, (brushed) the Start/Stop Button while adjusting the air vent above the start/stop button. The car turned off the motor and put a emergency message on the small screen in front of me stating pull over immediately, shift to neutral, hold the foot brake on and re-start using the start/stop button to start the car again. Needless to say, this was very disconcerting at 60 MPH and a scary situation in heavy traffic. Luckily I was able to do this safely and we continued our journey.
My question is how is this possible while actively driving a car? With the vent directly above the Start/Stop switch and needing only a very light touch on the switch, I feel this is a very unsafe situation! Admittedly I've put on ~5500 miles on the car and this is the only time I've had this happen. I would think you would need to push and hold the switch for a few seconds, if the car is moving to ensure you want to shut the motor(s) off. The steering and brakes continued to operate normally.
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