Yikes, that's really scary! Not sure if your EV6 was manufactured between Nov 17, 2021, and Apr 7, 2022, but if so it might need to have this recall applied, which fixes the potential for a rollaway risk...
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Parking Brake Failure on Hill?
Hilly driveway was a little icy and I put it in park and was moving some things in the garage, I look over and the car is at the bottom of the driveway - kind of pissed, does it not automatically engage parking brake in park when it knows it’s on a slight slope? Or did the parking brake outright fail? When I looked over I could’ve sworn the wheels were turning and it wasn’t just sliding by its own weight… dashcam caught it all - could’ve been a lot worse like a Renner or Yelchin situation…
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Recall fix was applied in July when it was in the shop - so I don't think it was the affected module's fault necessarily
I don't think setting the parking brake would have made a difference. That's a heavy car parked on an icy slope. No Way that car isn't going to slide. The driveway was a sheet of ice. Your tires were warm enough to melt the ice just enough to let the slide begin. From there, you simply can't fight the law of gravity. You and your car are lucky.
if you already had the recall done, then i have no idea. seems like maybe the recall fix didn't work.
Whoa that is scary--luckily that patch of snow was able to keep your vehicle from rolling completely into the street; imagine if it had manage to roll all the way into the street right in front of another vehicle or hitting an unsuspecting person.
Or worse continued on over the road and whatever is down the other side.Whoa that is scary--luckily that patch of snow was able to keep your vehicle from rolling completely into the street; imagine if it had manage to roll all the way into the street right in front of another vehicle or hitting an unsuspecting person.
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