Wheels locking in "Neutral". Car wash problems.

[Jrny127]

I've taken my Mach-E to the car wash 5 times. First time, no problem. Second time, different company, PROBLEM, my wheels were locked like in Park. I freaked out and put in in park and then back in neutral and pressed the accelerator, and my wheels unlocked and went through the carwash. Third time, no problem, fourth time, no problem, last time, total wheel lock.......I was very embarrassed, we tried 6 times, stopping the entire carwash 3 times. I finally had to reverse about a foot, go forward about a foot, and put it in " N " neutral without stepping on the brake. I finally got to go throught the car wash.

Three different wash companies but the same technology.

DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO MAKE SURE THE CAR IS ACTUALLY IN NEUTRAL?????

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[orangethunder]

Neutral. Then hit the L button. It’ll tell you what it’s doing. Also in manual somewhere.

 

[RickMachE]

What is this manual you speak of?

 

[Jrny127]

Neutral. Then hit the L button. It’ll tell you what it’s doing. Also in manual somewhere.

Please be more specific. Who will tell me what it’s doing??? Do I have my foot on the brake, or not? Exact steps I need to do before I get my wheels locked.

 

[hawkeye3point1]

Please be more specific.

https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/automated-carwash-video.9482/

 

[Jrny127]

https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/automated-carwash-video.9482/

That helps. Thanks. Still not 100% on when to use the brake pedal and when not to. Still a little confusing. I'm still confused on why it happened 3 out of 5 times and not all times. I did the same thing each time I drove into the car wash!!!

 

[Neil4Real]

That helps. Thanks. Still not 100% on when to use the brake pedal and when not to. Still a little confusing. I'm still confused on why it happened 3 out of 5 times and not all times. I did the same thing each time I drove into the car wash!!!

Courtesy of @generaltso

 

[tfitzgex]

make sure 1pd is off, also make sure that auto-hold is off. I ran in to that my first time going through a car wash. I now of course regret going through them, they are murder on the paint.

 

[generaltso]

make sure 1pd is off, also make sure that auto-hold is off.

Those shouldn't be necessary if you use temporary neutral mode with the L button.

 

[RickMachE]

That helps. Thanks. Still not 100% on when to use the brake pedal and when not to. Still a little confusing. I'm still confused on why it happened 3 out of 5 times and not all times. I did the same thing each time I drove into the car wash!!!

Wow. Did you even look in the manual as was suggested? Now, those steps have been posted from the manual, so if you follow them you'll know how to do it.

 

[tfitzgex]

Those shouldn't be necessary if you use temporary neutral mode with the L button.

*shouldn't* but I wouldn't put it passed ford.

 

[newmme]

A car wash mode would be much easier. I think some EV's have this feature. Probably an OTA in the future.

 

[Jrny127]

Courtesy of @generaltso

I will try it out. I will try it BEFORE I go back to a car wash!!!!!!!

 

[mkhuffman]

Welcome back!

BTW - I have experienced the same problem. The car wash kids couldn't get it to roll so I had to go help them, but I couldn't get it to do it either. It took a lot of tries and I even got the message telling me it was in "neutral" but it still wouldn't roll. I finally did something similar to what you described in your OP and then it rolled.

Now I have to watch the kids and be ready to go help them.

By the way, you don't have to have your foot on the brake pedal. The car just has to be stopped and in neutral. At least my car works that way. Except when it doesn't. And when it doesn't, brake or no brake doesn't seem to make any difference.

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