help key w/slash while driving

[richard in NC]

To the OP, the key & batt with a slash through it indicates the fob battery is low, not the car battery. Mine was doing that just before trading it. The dealer said to just replace the battery in the key fob.

[fooledyas]

Originally Posted by jparnes1

To be perfectly honest, ranting and raving won't get you anywhere. They'll just treat you like a crazy person and hope you go away. Or at least not want to be nice to you. It sounds like they're taking responsibility, so take a deep breath, change your tone and wait for them to get the parts in. It's not like you can't drive the car - we're taking about some minor cosmetic stuff.

agreed delt with my share of nasty people in my day and I admit crazy is a nice word for what I thought of them. But its hard not to lose it when they sh*t all over your brand new $55,000 pride and joy. My bigest concern is that they are not going to fix it and r just stringing me along. Three weeks seems like a long time to get a part for a car thats still in production

[ChuckB]

Originally Posted by rfx45

It might be possible. 14 miles round trip a day seems like very little driving and the car may not fully charge the battery enough during your drive? You may have been using more power than you are charging in the battery in the past week so it started giving you errors. Also keep in mind, the brakes are electronic and I believe it drains batteries while activated, it uses little power but it still consumes it. How long was the car sitting w/o being driven?

The parking brake uses a locking screw type actuator, once it is set, no power is needed or applied to maintain the pressure on the rear rotor from inside the piston. It is designed to be "fail safe" even if the battery is removed, and requires power to be applied to be released.

[jparnes1]

Originally Posted by ChuckB

The parking brake uses a locking screw type actuator, once it is set, no power is needed or applied to maintain the pressure on the rear rotor from inside the piston. It is designed to be "fail safe" even if the battery is removed, and requires power to be applied to be released.

So does this mean that we don't have to leave the car in gear when parked in case the parking brake fails? It sounds like it electrically activated then completely manual once it's engaged.