disabling the "door open park" feature?
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I have searched around and not seen any answer to my issue. Has anyone managed to disable the "feature" where the car slams itself into park if you open the door while rolling? I open my door while reversing into my spot at work, while lining up for the car wash, and while checking side clearance in my driveway. I get that the shifter stalk thingy is non intuitive, but I feel like damaging my transmission over and over is a high price to protect against the outside chance that I get out of my car and wander off with it in gear.
I assume the dealer would consider it safety and not want to code it out, but was wondering if anyone who had STAR developer mode access could do so?Anyone else as annoyed by this as I am?
I assume the dealer would consider it safety and not want to code it out, but was wondering if anyone who had STAR developer mode access could do so?Anyone else as annoyed by this as I am?
Last edited by DeanMassy; Jun 4, 2024 at 02:14 PM.
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It becomes a serious disaster when the door switch built into the networked door latch becomes increasingly more unreliable.
Car wants to slam P every time speed crosses 5MPH
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Yup exactly, and that ticking noise when you accidentally (for some reason) engage Park at such speeds of the parking pawl trying to slot in is scary too.
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I like that feature and it's for enhancing the safety to me . PSA now Stellantis branded vehicles namely French cars have an amusing warning tone when you open the door and if the car is not the P 
. Yes, those vehicles won't shift into P like Mercedes-Benz cars do but what Mercedes-Benz assign definitely a safety feature and could prevent some incidents as well
. Yes, those vehicles won't shift into P like Mercedes-Benz cars do but what Mercedes-Benz assign definitely a safety feature and could prevent some incidents as well
