How do I stop doors automatically locks at 12 MPH

[URDRWHO]

Absolutely!

My wife really liked the style of the Corsair. We ordered it in Sept 22, the first week orders were open. They didn't get around to building our Corsair until Aug 23. By that time, we both had started looking at alternative vehicles. She almost pulled the trigger on something else. One of the top contenders was the Genesis GV60. Her main hesitation was that she was not ready to go full EV. She went ahead and took delivery of the Corsair. The ridiculously loud and obnoxious pedestrian warning speaker almost spoiled the deal!

Incidentally, a year later, I bought the GV60 for me. Although it also has the federally mandated speaker system, it is barely noticeable from inside of the vehicle.

We are very particular about features and options on our vehicles. It makes us very difficult customers. I have definitely not found a car that can be optioned the exact way that we want it. Some have deal breaker features, configurations, or other poor design decisions. For us, it is the least amount of compromise.

We are the same " Some have deal breaker features, configurations, or other poor design decisions. For us, it is the least amount of compromise."

I can say there is one car that we have owned for a long time that has everything that we would want, not much more then we want, engineered well in that things make sense. It isn't the smoothest riding car, it rides like an SUV and my wife's condition needs smooth. That car is a 2011 Honda CRV EX-L. Factory GPS (no subscriptions) , onboard voice controls for heat, fans, phone, analog dials for heat, etc.. There are no annoying add-ons that can not be turned off. It's almost like it was designed for the owners driving experience.

I guess I am an old bear in that I don't need a big monitor screen in my car, I actually prefer analog control dials, etc. I have a good friend from my Jaguar days and he swears his next car is going to be a fixed-up Caddie from the 1960's without all the (his words) crap on it. He may not be wrong on that one. Our 1995 Caddilac DeVille Concours was another great car, it was a big long tank but engineered well. Hm...there were some issues with the Northstar engine but we never had a problem. Car would get 27 MPG on the highway. I shall not mention what we got around town ....ugh. Seats were great and we drove coast to coast in comfort.

I'm so odd that if I could have found one, I would now own a Corsair Reserve without a sunroof. Going back decades it seems all our cars did have a sunroof and I used them maybe once a year and that is being generous. I'm betting most people don't do the maintenance of clean-out on the sunroof drains. Also gotta keep those seals happy, etc., etc.,etc. so you don't get leaks on the headliner. All so I can use something maybe once a year.

All this over having no way to turn off the auto-lock. Who knew that some Fords in EU have auto-lock by default disabled?

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Posted October 13, 2024
Autolocking is officially not supported on most European Ford passenger cars Like the Focus MK3/MK3.5. The hardware fully supports autolocking. It is however deactivated in the vehicle configuration (allegedly because of legal reasons). To make the autolocking functionality work the CCC (Central Car Configuration). This can be done using a suitable diagnostic system (For example Forscan). After the autolocking functionality is activated it can be switched On/Off using the lock button procedure. Ford dealers are not able to activate the autolocking functionality. The configuration parameter is simply greyed out in the official Ford diagnostic systems."

 

[URDRWHO]

Cars are made to be assembled easier than to be serviced.

Oh yes, we do know that one! So says my engineer friend, "some engineering/assembly design is better than other designs."

You might wonder how these engines made it to production in the first place. The answer often lies in the balance between cost-cutting measures and engineering shortcuts. Manufacturers sometimes prioritize profit over quality, leading to engines that are more trouble than they’re worth.

 

[ljnelson109]

We are the same " Some have deal breaker features, configurations, or other poor design decisions. For us, it is the least amount of compromise."

I can say there is one car that we have owned for a long time that has everything that we would want, not much more then we want, engineered well in that things make sense. It isn't the smoothest riding car, it rides like an SUV and my wife's condition needs smooth. That car is a 2011 Honda CRV EX-L. Factory GPS (no subscriptions) , onboard voice controls for heat, fans, phone, analog dials for heat, etc.. There are no annoying add-ons that can not be turned off. It's almost like it was designed for the owners driving experience.

All this over having no way to turn off the auto-lock. Who knew that some Fords in EU have auto-lock by default disabled?

"
Posted October 13, 2024
Autolocking is officially not supported on most European Ford passenger cars Like the Focus MK3/MK3.5. The hardware fully supports autolocking. It is however deactivated in the vehicle configuration (allegedly because of legal reasons). To make the autolocking functionality work the CCC (Central Car Configuration). This can be done using a suitable diagnostic system (For example Forscan). After the autolocking functionality is activated it can be switched On/Off using the lock button procedure. Ford dealers are not able to activate the autolocking functionality. The configuration parameter is simply greyed out in the official Ford diagnostic systems."

Ugh. You just reminded me of the other "negative" that almost deterred us from buying the Corsair. The lack of real buttons for things like heated seats. My wife wants that on before we even leave the garage. It is a race for her to select it before I put the car in reverse and the screen is consumed by the backup camera. Again, my GV60 has an extensive array of physical buttons. I am not sure who they are marketing to, but I definitely prefer to have more control instead of less.

Good find on the EU autolocking info. Maybe that is the trick. If I can find someone in the EU that identified the Forscan parameter to turn it on, I maybe I can try to reverse those instructions.

 

[URDRWHO]

Ugh. You just reminded me of the other "negative" that almost deterred us from buying the Corsair. The lack of real buttons for things like heated seats. My wife wants that on before we even leave the garage. It is a race for her to select it before I put the car in reverse and the screen is consumed by the backup camera. Again, my GV60 has an extensive array of physical buttons. I am not sure who they are marketing to, but I definitely prefer to have more control instead of less.

Good find on the EU autolocking info. Maybe that is the trick. If I can find someone in the EU that identified the Forscan parameter to turn it on, I maybe I can try to reverse those instructions.

You and I must be of the same mindset. "You just reminded me of the other "negative" that almost deterred us from buying the Corsair. The lack of real buttons"
We were also considering the GV60 but the need to use an electrician to get power to the garage was the deal killer for us and also the charging when on the 1200 mile trips to Florida on US I95. Looking at the GV60 new pricing makes it very tempting, yes indeed!!!

But oddly we may also be the outlier because either:

A: People want less buttons and knobs
B: Manufacturers are telling people what they want

I think it is the second. Heck they tell me how I must use my door locks.

I remember talking with the service manager at Volvo about low profile tires (another of my distastes). He said they do a lot of business with people who have bent rims because of low profile tires and bad roads. Now I see cars with bigger and bigger rims and smaller and smaller aspect ratio tires. This made me laugh: "If your family hauler has rims that rappers once used to brag about (20”), you know things have gotten out of hand." I remember in one of the garages at Johns Hopkins Baltimore and parking at a spot that was a quick elevator ride to my wife's oncologist. Manauvering the car to get out, was a negative turn into the pay lane, my wheel caught the curb and I heard that terrible sound of the rim grinding. Old time regular tires would have taken the hit but the Volvo V60 had low profile tires. Chalk a win up for the curb.

This is just one example from my stored links:

https://www.reddit.com/r/cars/comments/cfce5w/low_profile_tires_are_ruining_modern_cars_article