Low_Spark
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- Apr 14, 2021
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- Washington
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- 2021 JLUR 4XE
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So today I was driving along and encountered a strange and potentially dangerous behavior with the 4xe braking. A car, several spots in front of me, forgot how to merge onto a freeway on ramp and created a bit of an accordion effect. I had plenty of room in front of me, I saw it coming, and I started to apply a little pressure to the brake pedal. In a normal car you press the pedal and it engages the brakes, with the 4xe its not always the case as it will first engage the battery regen. Well needless to say the gap in front of me quickly closed as the person in front of me came to a stop a couple car lengths shorter than they should have and I reacted by increasing the pressure on the brake. In prior vehicles this would have been sufficient, but the 4xe seemed to respond by increasing the regen resistance rather than engaging the brakes. Finally it got to the point that I had to abruptly press the pedal even further and it was like the computer decided "oh, you want to stop, OK" and the ABS kicked in and my AT's let out a moan as the contents of my passenger seat crashed down into the footwell. Thankfully nothing more came from it, but it is definitely something to consider while driving in traffic. Maybe its something that just takes time to adjust to, but I definitely get the sense that the systems dont always seem to be on the same page with one another.
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