moonjeong
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After this event, i’m a strong believer that there are things in cars that should never change for consistency… hazzard light button, horn, emergency brake, and even the door handle. This move to replace because they ”seem” like a better idea is practically not sound. Emergency brakes have been the same for the last 100 hundred years. Why we move to buttons for a door handle that can fail if electronics go out is not such a great idea after my little event… before I thought it was cool… now i think some things shouldn’t change.I once lost braking in a '90s Ford Explorer going down a steep hill while towing - engine braking wasn't sufficient to keep to an acceptable speed, so I had to ride the brakes. Overheated them near the end of the hill (thankfully) and had to engine brake to a stop going up the very slight uphill that followed, then wait an hour for the brakes to cool. But if that downhill stretch had been 1-2 miles longer? I would have been out of control fast.
Yeah, that wasn't fun. (Trailer was unbraked, about 2500 lbs, and old Coleman tent-side popup trailer.)
Oh, and a month later, the great Ford-Firestone tread separation tire recall happened. I'm *SUPER*
glad I didn't have a tire failure while doing that.
To your point of reading the manual – as the recent move to electronically-popped car doors, and claims of "impossible to escape" make the news show – it is *VITAL* to know the emergency controls of any vehicle you drive:
1. How to engage emergency braking. (In Rivian, hold the "Park" button on the end of the shift stalk.)
2. How to open *ALL* doors if power completely fails (In Rivian Gen1: use the door handles. In Rivian Gen2: use the now-less-obvious-but-still-in-the-same place mechanical door handles for the front seats, behind a panel on the door for the rear seats. - Owner's Guide page 443)
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