Cars

Not gads but hands off

I love all the bells and whistles on my car!! Mine flashes at me if I momentarily take both gads of the steering wheel, it beeps and flashes to tell me to brake.

the button in the car I drive is a car in the middle of two lines

the car i drive once decided to slam the brakes on because there was cyclists on the other side of the road! hadn't ever done it before or ever again since!

flipping modern cars

Ladyleftfieldlover

After reading the courtesy car’s manual I discovered this feature! I will ring the garage this morning and ask about disabling it before driving it back to Oxford. I wish they had warned me as I’ve never come across this before and neither had OH. It was really quite scary.

Or, on the way back try to stay in the correct lane or indicate when you are changing lanes.

We’ve recently bought a car with this feature. Called lane assist on ours, a Hyundai, we discovered we can disable it easily via a button on the steering wheel. If it’s possible on your loan car I’m sure the garage will talk you through it over the phone or if you Google the make and model of the car you may be able to find instructions without needing to phone. Good luck. The feature is certainly disconcerting when it’s not expected.

After reading the courtesy car’s manual I discovered this feature! I will ring the garage this morning and ask about disabling it before driving it back to Oxford. I wish they had warned me as I’ve never come across this before and neither had OH. It was really quite scary.

I think kittylester may have solved the mystery. My 5 year old car sounds a beeping alarm if it drifts across the central white line or motorway lane without indicating. It’s a safety mechanism in case the driver nods off to sleep. I know the updated version of my car not only sounds the alarm but also pulls the car back to the left.

My car pulls to the left when I go over the central line without having indicated.

My car will be fixed by tomorrow. They need to re-jig the handbrake. The courtesy car though - I thought it might be the wheel tracking but I’ll see what they say tomorrow.

Pulling to the left or right usually indicates that the tracking of the wheels is out of kilter and needs to be reset in the garage. Sorry about your car, hope it can be fixed