27-07-2012, 08:15pm
First time I took my car out for a non-comute trip, I parked it in a field, front in, close to a hedge. When we came to leave, we put it in reverse and got a very loud continuous tone (presumably from the front parking sensors). The car is an automatic and releasing the foot brake would normally cause the car to reverse. But not this time. It definitely was in reverse but it wouldn't move. No errors on either screen. I pushed on the accelerator but it still wouldn't move. The engine revs remained fairly constant as if the car chose to ignore the accelerator. Eventually I just pushed the accelerator even more and finally the engine revs rose and the car reversed at a safe speed. The continuous tone then stopped.
My conclusion is that the car detected the hedge in front of the car so chose not to move when I took my foot of the brake. I assume it also re-maped the accelerator because of the perceived obstruction.
I haven't found anything in the manual to backup my theory and I haven't experienced it since (I reverse it every time I put it on my drive).
I haven't been on the Land Rover experience day where I guess this sort of car behaviour would probably be covered.
My conclusion is that the car detected the hedge in front of the car so chose not to move when I took my foot of the brake. I assume it also re-maped the accelerator because of the perceived obstruction.
I haven't found anything in the manual to backup my theory and I haven't experienced it since (I reverse it every time I put it on my drive).
I haven't been on the Land Rover experience day where I guess this sort of car behaviour would probably be covered.