Joy stick question

[ABMW]

Originally Posted by Armand

ABMW, The scenario you are trying to avoid (stopping when the car is accelerating uncontrollably) is due to the Lexus/Toyota driver side mat. What happens is that if you purchase a non-standard mat or stack two of them on the driver side (of certain Lexus/Toyota car), it is possible for the mat to skid forward over the gas pedal and push the pedal down, creating the unfortunate effect that you described. This has never happened to a BMW and in fact I have tried very hard to replicate it on my x5 and it won't happen. So, I believe you are safe there thanks to BMW's safety record. But I can't blame you for wanting to be absolutely sure about this. I personally am more worried about a bottle of water rolling under the brake pedal and causing the opposite effect.

Hi Armand,

You're absolutely correct. I've followed that story closely. But floor mat or water bottle jamming does not concern me.

There are reports of Lexus' careening out of control, in an uncommanded manner, with no floor mat involvement.

The basic premiss is that our vehicles use drive-by-wire technology. That is, the throttle is controlled by servo actuated motors that could be prone to malfunction or miscalibration.

I'd simply like to make sure that I'm able to shut my vehicle off at any time, in the emergency situation, that my vehicle suffered such a malfunction.

On the surface, it appears that via a combination of methods, that is possible. It's not as easy as turning a key, as was the case 5-years ago. But, I do believe you can shut down a BMW X5 35d whilst moving at freeway speeds, according to my experiments.

[rh71]

I remember a few months back someone mentioned their mat was missing the velcro... make sure everyone has it velcro'd down. These are the BMW mats that the CA "throws in".

[cmyX6go]

Originally Posted by X5_ATLAST

I have the habit of resting my right hand on shifter while driving. I think many others do too. So with x5, park button on top of joystick, what happens if that button gets pressed at high speed? Thanks

I do the same thing. After two years with the E70 and a few months with the X6 I've never accidentally hit the button.

[rcasey]

I had a friend who had a habit of sticking the barrel of a loaded 45 cal automatic pistol in his mouth. He liked to rest his tongue on the front sight and the feel of trigger on his right index finger.

I sure miss him!

[NewGTGuy]

Originally Posted by rcasey

I had a friend who had a habit of sticking the barrel of a loaded 45 cal automatic pistol in his mouth. He liked to rest his tongue on the front sight and the feel of trigger on his right index finger.

I sure miss him!

Eh, C- at best.

[Armand]

ABMW, Found something you might find interesting. According to the manual, page 61, the vehicle can be slowed down in "exceptional circumstances" by continually pulling on the Parking brake button. It continues to say that when speed is reduced to 2 mph, parking brake will set. So it appears that if you shut off the engine while in motion (as you described), the car will not switch to park until it slows down to 2 mph.

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by Armand

the car will not switch to park until it slows down to 2 mph.

Which is what the second post in this thread said.