Car wash L button

[dearbulls]

Anyone have experience running the Mav through a car wash where you have to get out of the car to run it down the track? The L button would need to be pressed to keep it in neutral. I am not sure if the attendants would know how to do this. Or if this feature where it goes into park when you open the doors is used on many other makes or models. There is one car wash I like where they wash it by hand as it runs down the track. So far I have only used a touch less where you sit in the car.

Just stay in the car while run down the track. Problem solved

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[The Real Maverick]

I went into one the other day and forgot my auto-park thing was turned on. Who knew the track could pick up a truck? lol It was like hitting a reverse speed bump.

ya.

This is kind of the dumbest part.
The automatic hold WORKS in neutral.
Easy to forget that part....

 

[NJBob]

A jump box can provide power to put the truck into N. Also good for, well, jumping a vehicle w/ a dead battery; especially where there's not enough room to safely park another vehicle next to the vehicle w/ the dead battery.

Yeah I got one. But other electrical issues can cause the issue.

 

[Oscarcat]

I am concerned that if you electrical power there is no way to get it into neutral for the tow truck drivers. I think there is a pull string somewhere to do that. But how many tow truck drivers know how to do that! I have an MR2 Spyder with a SMT trans that got stuck in gear. The tow guy dragged it on the flatbed. Made me cringe.

After reading your reference to "pull a string" , I did a brief search and came up with this video. I haven't had a chance to search the owner's manual but the info surely is in there, right? -

The video does not say if the Mav shown is the 2.0 EB or is a hybrid. But here is the link: https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+get+ford+maverick+in+neutral+if+battery+is+dead

I also think that if my battery was dead, the first thing a tow truck operator could do is charge the battery sufficiently to use the L push button method, then winch it onto the flatbed. Or call for the other old style tow truck that lifts the front end off the road.

 

[BuddyS]

Agreed. Car washes rank just behind child and animal abuse in my book.

 

[BuddyS]

I worked in a car wash at a store called Two Guys was like a Walmart before there was a Walmart. Anyway the standard instructions. Put in neutral foot off the brake. Seen a few cases where you see the brake lights come on car jumps on the rollers. Even seen one guy drive off the track. Driver insists he did not apply the brakes. Damaged the car and the wash. I always made sure there was at least one car length open between cars.

Two Guys! There's a blast from the past! I just about forgot about those.

 

[NJBob]

Two Guys! There's a blast from the past! I just about forgot about those.

Yes the store I worked at even sold lumber. Started by 2 guys who started by selling RCA tvs that had blemishes. At the time other retailers would call them those damn two guys from Harrison. They got out of retail got into real estate. Called Vornado.

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