Our drive is on an incline and whilst reversing last evening the car gradually slid to a halt so I applied probably a little too much throttle and the car slammed to a halt.  I thought I had bumped the wall behind but when I got out and inspected the rear, NOTHING !!!.

Is the car fitted with emergency braking when it sees an object behind ?   (1.5 SE L)  

It may have been this. Did you add on the Assistance Package? as it's included in that.

Edited 28 May, 20188 yr by anna_banana

It's actually independent of blind spot detect, since I don't have that option on my car and the same thing happened to me. It seems to come bundled with rear parking sensors.

 

Surprised the hell out of me when it happened the first time.

1 had it do it to me in a car park reversed a bit to fast in to a space and the car did an emegancy stop.

it has happened twice to husband, the first time we were out with friends reversing towards a wall near their house he could see he had space but vegetation was overhanging the sensors and the brakes came on pretty sharpish, I like you thought he'd hit something

 

the second time reversing into our garage but in between the spaces our cars use so he could wax it and he had forgotten his table saw was sticking out and it stopped the car again

 

as @patrolman says just like an emergency stop

So glad to read this thread!

Recently I was reversing to manoeuvre out of a space, close to overhanging vegetation. Suddenly the car did what I can only think now, was an emergency stop! At the time I had no idea what happened - I was unsure if I had hit the brake hard by mistake or it was a fault with the car!

Mystery solved. It was the thick tree vegetation which I know was soft and would yield, but the car obviously saw it as a solid object, and immediately stopped. 

There's a setting which I think will disable the manoeuvre braking, in the sub-menu where the parking sensor settings are. I've turned mine off and don't experience any unwanted braking. 

^^^ Good stuff.

I get used to unwanted braking, i prefer it to reversing into un-noticed low bollards and the likes.   

I do look out so as not to hit small persons and kids bikes abandoned, its those pesky 'do not park on the grass' signs i fail to see.

8 hours ago, LBFS said:

There's a setting which I think will disable the manoeuvre braking, in the sub-menu where the parking sensor settings are. I've turned mine off and don't experience any unwanted braking. 

 

Would not what happened to me  unwanted braking, probably saved me a lot of money and extremely grateful it was there and active 11

Yep I've had this 'auto' brake engage when reversing, made me jump the first time, handy feature though, assume it's standard across the range as I have the SE Tech

Wouldn't you just react to the audible and visual warnings though? Sounds like something else I don't really want like stop start.

 

BiL has recently bought a Suzuki Vitara and the collision avoidance has surprised him a couple of times and very nearly had someone run into the back of him.

 

Some tech is very good and useful but increasingly it seems that functions are now being added which are of dubious benefit and rather than reducing driving stress can actually increase it!

 

All part of the move towards autonomous cars I suppose? 

Wish my other can had rear Emergency stop

Did you ignore the warnings from the reversing sensors then?

36 minutes ago, VAGCF said:

Did you ignore the warnings from the reversing sensors then?

 

It was more of disagreement, I knew better!

I was going to be quite critical but I remembered that SHMBO reversed the yeti (with 12 censors audio and visual warning and reversing camera)into another vehicle because it was on a incline and she was in neutral.

Edited 29 May, 20188 yr by Sad555

Sorry to resurrect this old thread, but the Karoq stopped me from reversing into my daughters house today! So busy watching wheely bins to the left, hazards to the right the car suddenly stopped. So suddenly and violently I thought I HAD hit the wall! AEB saved the day, today. Reassuring to know the Karoq has this feature.

 

 

P217 of the handbook.

Automatic emergency braking

If the system detects a collision risk when travelling forwards or reversing at a speed up to 8 km/h, there is an automatic emergency braking to reduce the impact consequences.

 

 

Edited 13 September, 20187 yr by OldKaroq

PITA as you reverse into a parking place and others are waiting and expecting you do get in and they start moving and you car stops dead.

Almost dangerous, and has me now thinking just drive in and do the reversing coming back out and let the car do its safety crap.

4 minutes ago, Offski said:

PITA as you reverse into a parking place and others are waiting and expecting you do get in and they start moving and you car stops dead.

Almost dangerous, and has me now thinking just drive in and do the reversing coming back out and let the car do its safety crap.

Well, today AEB saved me a repair bill at worst or a scratched bumper at best.

 

If it saves you hitting a child then great or a wall, and if someone hits you at the front then their fault anyway for not just waiting until you clear the way.

Hope the insurance do not go knock for knock.

I'm assuming it's main purpose is for when reversing out of car park spaces where the drivers view of the passing traffic behind them is obscured by the other parked cars.

 

A situation avoided by reversing in to the space?

 

Aside from the circumstances above I can only assume the same obstruction that activates the 'Automatic Emergency Braking' would also be triggering the constant tone from the rear parking sensors along with the 'red' visual representation on the infotainment.

Reversing into a couple of ALDI Disabled parking bays with a low wooden rail fence before the shrubs and then the pavement and the road is enough to stop me dead about a metre or more before i am near anything.  First few times i though WTF, now i just use those spaces driving in front first.

A Lidl space with a lamp post with the galvanised 4 sided protection is just really bad to try to get reversed near, my car craps it's self, 

no way can you actually get in without a corner being anyplace near to potential damaging surface without the brakes applying before the actual display beeps and shows the lines.

 

There is someplace else.

A BMW Dealership with a normal kerb then there is an area cemented in stones then a down slope of grass and beyond that there is another car park at a lower level.  (is it the granite stones glinting?)

First time it stopped dead / abrupt, i thought odd, then tried it again and decided the car had Vertigo or something.

 

Decided it must be to do with Germany, coping stones maybe brought in from there.

(not serious about that, but next time the car will not reverse i must look see just what kerbs there are there.)

Edited 16 September, 20187 yr by Offski

8 hours ago, silver1011 said:

I'm assuming it's main purpose is for when reversing out of car park spaces where the drivers view of the passing traffic behind them is obscured by the other parked cars.

 

A situation avoided by reversing in to the space?

 

Aside from the circumstances above I can only assume the same obstruction that activates the 'Automatic Emergency Braking' would also be triggering the constant tone from the rear parking sensors along with the 'red' visual representation on the infotainment.

 

I do remember hearing a constant tone, just before the AEB took over, now you mention it.

With a swish new reversing camera, it may have been a good idea for me to LOOK AT THE REAR VIEW as displayed by said camera. 

Perhaps the AEB is for numpties, and decent drivers should switch it off? 

They're all driver aids. As such some will welcome them, some will see them as an insult to their superior driving skills.

 

A friend of mine was reversing his shiny new Land Rover Freelander off his drive. As he'd built up quite some speed he took the car out of reverse (therefore deactivating the rear parking sensors) whilst still rolling backwards onto the road, ready to change into first gear...

 

...and promptly buried it into the side of the car parked on the road opposite his driveway 

 

Edited 16 September, 20187 yr by silver1011

1 minute ago, silver1011 said:

They're all driver aids. As such some will welcome them, some will see them as an insult to their superior driving skills.

 

A friend of mine was reversing his shiny new Land Rover Freelander off his drive. As he'd built up quite some speed he took the car out of reverse (therefore deactivating the rear parking sensors) whilst still rolling backwards onto the road, ready to change into first...

 

... and buried it into the side of the car parked on the road opposite his driveway 

Noooooo....ouch! 

@Offski   With 42,417 posts im half expecting you to start up a spin-off from Briskoda.  Say...BRISKOFFSKI.net or something similar?  BRISKOSKI.net? BEOFFSKI.net?