Evening all.  Driving home this afternoon and the car did an emergency stop of its own accord, flashing a huge red warning symbol on the dash.  It's a road I've driven several times in the two weeks I've had the car and had no issues.  It is slightly down a dip, but no need to brake for it, and I'd guess I was driving at about 35mph.

 

It really scared the hell out of me as I was on auto pilot home.   I can't think of a reason it did this. It was a quiet road with no people or other cars about.  

 

Any ideas?  Could it have been pedestrian assist?

 

M. 

Edited 10 May, 20188 yr by mantrahalos
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Mines given me a few false alerts (red flashing symbol) but it's not applied the brake yet. Seems to be very random as to when it does it though

Happened to a work colleague in his Audi A4 too. All Audi were able to do was 'reset' the system.

 

Could a leaf or piece of litter blown across the sensor?

“They all do that sir”.

 

You can adjust the sensitivity, but who knows if it makes a difference.

 

Mine alarmed 3 times running through Glasgow a couple of days ago. Usually railings or parked cars, but only once in a year have the brakes applied themselves.

 

Never has it happened when I’m close to crashing.

 

It’s not an accessory I’ll ever be dependant on for sure.

On 5/10/2018 at 18:42, mantrahalos said:

Evening all.  Driving home this afternoon and the car did an emergency stop of its own accord, flashing a huge red warning symbol on the dash.  It's a road I've driven several times in the two weeks I've had the car and had no issues.  It is slightly down a dip, but no need to brake for it, and I'd guess I was driving at about 35mph.

 

It really scared the hell out of me as I was on auto pilot home.   I can't think of a reason it did this. It was a quiet road with no people or other cars about.  

 

Any ideas?  Could it have been pedestrian assist?

 

M. 

 

Mine did this to me this morning when Kitten distracted me while I was behind the wheel, now its been tested,and prevented me driving into the car we were following.  

 

I really DON't want to have a scare like that again. 

Mine does it on really tight corners. Just the alarm, no brakes. It also does it, correctly I might add, if something is turning left and I’m behind them, I try to time their turn off so I don’t have to brake when I go past them. It seems mine and Skoda’s idea of a safe gap are somewhat at odds. 

3 minutes ago, Bignij said:

It seems mine and Skoda’s idea of a safe gap are somewhat at odds.

 

Mine goes off every few days for some reason - it's starting to annoy me a little bit, but I'd rather false positives than false negatives!

 

But yes, the minimum distance setting for the ACC translates to "enough room for a lorry to pull out in between" at 70mph on the motorway. Any of the other settings are just pointless.