WickedLou9
I'm a geek
- Location
- South Jersey
- Car(s)
- 2008 GTI
I would never have designed software that would allow the user to put the car into anti-theft mode while driving it. You have to assume that out of the thousands and thousands of users out there that one will accidentally hit that combo while driving. I mean you are enabling this through cruise control, a feature that drivers use while the car is on and running. Any inputs should be disabled while the car is running. Period end of story.
In this case you have a situation where the user can accidentally hit this combo triggering a flashing CEL. Most people will pull over and turn the car off upon seeing a flashing CEL. Having no idea that they just enabled anti-theft mode they try and start the car again only to find that they can't.
This not only creates frustration for the user but also makes APR look bad.
I would suggest to APR that they modify their code to prevent this. It's not a major change.
In this case you have a situation where the user can accidentally hit this combo triggering a flashing CEL. Most people will pull over and turn the car off upon seeing a flashing CEL. Having no idea that they just enabled anti-theft mode they try and start the car again only to find that they can't.
This not only creates frustration for the user but also makes APR look bad.
I would suggest to APR that they modify their code to prevent this. It's not a major change.