Re: Auto-Park

Posted by HH56 On 2016/6/23 11:25:42

Interesting. Deja vu again? IIRC Chrysler ads also claimed they "invented" the torque converter lockout in the early 70's to give their cars increased mileage.

Packards auto park was activated when the key was turned off and I suppose Chrysler will do the same?? IIRC, one of the articles said the Jeep engine was still running when they found him so wonder if even that would have saved him. Maybe fix it so if no one is in the seat the thing goes into park but I can see some interesting situations there too. I believe in the 70s when they came out with the rule someone had to be sitting in the seat and belts fastened before the engine would start some smaller drivers didn't weigh enough to activate the seat switch.

IMO, that stupid lever that springs back to a center position is more to blame than anything. I wonder if some of the car designers even drive their products. There was an article I read yesterday about Lincoln having a recall because of their trans buttons. Seems they put the shift button for "sport" mode designated by a big S right above a similar looking button for stopping the engine designated by a smaller S. People that were expecting to shift the transmission were hitting the wrong button and killing the engine instead. Article didn't say what they did to correct that.