When reversing up my drive there are two narrow gaps I have to pass and at both my new car did an emergency stop and I had to reapply throttle to start moving again.

It stop suddenly and uncomfortably and I don’t want this happening again every time?

Is there a way to temporarily disable this feature? Can’t spot it easily in the manual.

You may be moving too quickly? I reverse my Edition into my garage every day with about 60mm each side with mirrors folded. I have had the auto brakes applied a few times but I think it was because I was exceeding a pre-determined speed. When I reverse very slowly, I have no problem with the auto brake system.

I'm not too sure if the Karoq has this but my Superb III has Blind Spot Assist and Rear Traffic Alert which operates exactly as has happened to the OP.

Quick controls for mine are on the MF steering wheel but I'm sure they're also somewhere in the infotainment system.

1 minute ago, john999boy said:

I'm not too sure if the Karoq has this but my Superb III has Blind Spot Assist and Rear Traffic Alert which operates exactly as has happened to the OP.

Quick controls for mine are on the MF steering wheel but I'm sure they're also somewhere in the infotainment system.

Same here John my 2019 Sportline came with Blind Spot Assist and didn't realise the brakes apply automatically as I found out when I nearly reversed into a table and 2 chairs outside our Hotel room (no reverse camera on my pauper spec 272). Really took me by surprise how abrupt it was although I was moving backwards quite slowly. Saved me some rear bumper repair bill.

Mine does that too, at the apiary I have to reverse up a little Lane to turn round, every so often a dangling stinging nettle will slam the brakes on, as it's skittish ground it always sounds like I've grounded and hit the bottom on something, it sounds and feel s awful but I know there's nothing there apart from a nettle. Driving slowly doesn't seem to help, it does it when the nettle makes the display turn red. Not sure if turning the parking warning off helps or not. As it would stop me hitting a pedestrian or a bollard in other circumstances I feel it is one of the better safety devices.

Edited 17 August, 20205 yr by SurreySlowCoach
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This can be switched off on my Karoq.  

 

In the manual I've found the option on page 215 under Park Pilot

Found I also have this when I tried to reverse out of my drive and the car detected the scrawniest little piece of vegetation that was hanging over the wall.  I thought I’d hit the wall but when I looked I was about 2ft from it.  Will see if I can switch it off when I’m driving tomorrow, and will get the snips out to deal with the triffid!🌱

It can be annoying but it saved me while reversing around a very narrow tight bend with rock on either side, I had not noticed a bit jutting out low down but the sensors did and saved a graunched  panel.

Edited 29 August, 20205 yr by Karock
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Didn’t stop me driving forward after parking and hitting a concrete planter which I could not see from the drivers seat. Scratched the bumper rubber bottom

2 hours ago, kenfowler3966 said:

Didn’t stop me driving forward after parking and hitting a concrete planter which I could not see from the drivers seat. Scratched the bumper rubber bottom

I don’t think there’s a safety system for those circumstances unless the onus can be put down to user.exe?