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Automatic Front and Rear Braking
- Thread starter The Fed
- Start date
vjmvjm
Drag Racing Champion
- Location
- Los Lunas, New Mexico
- Car(s)
- 2016 VW GTI S DSG PP
If you have to have your foot on the brake, it's not automatic. YMMV. OAC.
Mikejt1954
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
It slammed my brakes on in a parking lot once because of a bush. I was slowing but apparently not fast enough for the computer. Had to re-adjust the sensitivity
berserker6
Drag Racing Champion
- Location
- South Jersey
- Car(s)
- 2018 Golf R
Mine has slammed on the brakes leaving a somewhat steep driveway. First time it happened it was so sudden and immediate I thought I had been hit from behind.
kevinkar
Drag Racing Champion
- Location
- United States
Yes, I sometimes back too fast into my garage when getting home and the freaking car jams on the brakes and freaks me out, man! FREAKS. ME. OUT. I have clearance all around but the car saw how close I was to the things against the wall and made a decision to stop when my foot was clearly pushing on the gas. So, yeah, foot needs not be on the brake pedal.
Acadia18
Autocross Champion
- Location
- The Greater Boston Metropolitan Area
- Car(s)
- 2019 Golf R
Yup. For the most part, I've found it kind of pointless. The small handful of times it has kicked in, it wasn't necessary at all. And same thing, it just fucking slams the brakes and startles the shit out of you. I was backing out of a parking space that was up against the road (so backing into the road pretty much). I was slowly inching my way towards the road so I could back out when there was a pause in traffic coming by. Was still a good 5' from road, and maybe inching towards it. Picked up a car coming by and the car braked as hard as it could. Completely unnecessary.
Al_in_Philly
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Philadelphia USA
If people would just stop talking/texting on their smartphones while driving we wouldn't need this technology, nor add the cost for it to our automobiles.
Charlotte.:R
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Charlotte
- Car(s)
- '18 Golf R 6MT
Team back into the garage here too. Hate it when I'm not quick enough and stall.
I had a guy cut me off and try to make a right turn in front of me. I was on the brake slowly, and he would have turned before I came up to him, but the car thought differently. Freaked me the fuck out when it just smashed the brakes and made loud beep sounds.
Realized what happened as I looked at the dash.. but jeez, so fucking dumb.
Realized what happened as I looked at the dash.. but jeez, so fucking dumb.
kevinkar
Drag Racing Champion
- Location
- United States
I've been leaving a parking lot with a severe dip to the road and it's jammed on the brakes as well. But, if ecsta is correct, I likely took my foot off the accelerator because it, again, freaked me out, so it stopped the car. I have not yet gone to that parking lot again and kept my foot on the gas to see if it indeed does keep going. But that would just defeat a so-called safety feature so I kind of have been trained to take in the input and check to see if it's legitimate. I'll have to experiment making sure there really is no danger and just keep my foot down.