Question on the anti crash technology

[Jocko PDX]

My daughter is home from college and driving the Denali. She asked me a question that I cannot answer. The Denali is equipped with a technology that breaks automatically to help you avoid crashes. My daughter asked me how to over ride this in case there was a "bad guy" blocking her way.. Like a car jacker or something similar.. Any ideas?

 

[Doubeleive]

My daughter is home from college and driving the Denali. She asked me a question that I cannot answer. The Denali is equipped with a technology that breaks automatically to help you avoid crashes. My daughter asked me how to over ride this in case there was a "bad guy" blocking her way.. Like a car jacker or something similar.. Any ideas?

should be in the owners manual, other than that teach her how to aim for the center

 

[KMeloney]

My daughter is home from college and driving the Denali. She asked me a question that I cannot answer. The Denali is equipped with a technology that breaks automatically to help you avoid crashes. My daughter asked me how to over ride this in case there was a "bad guy" blocking her way.. Like a car jacker or something similar.. Any ideas?

It can be turned off in the Settings menu.

 

[WalleyeMikeIII]

Turn off the park assist by hitting the button left of the steering wheel on the dash w/ a P and what looks like a sideways wifi symbol...

 

[UsualSuspect]

I can override mine by accelerating, the red flashing you are going to crash still occurs, but if you keep your foot on the gas it won't apply the brakes.

 

[Marky Dissod]

I can override mine by accelerating,
the red flashing you are going to crash still occurs,
but if you keep your foot on the gas it won't apply the brakes.

As someone who learned how to drive in the early '80s on an automatic, I happened to stumble upon the ability to 'double-foot' very early; as a result I am slightly more adept than most at using the brake and the gas pedal simultaneously.

I bring that up to say:
When you say
"I can override mine by accelerating ... if you keep your foot on the gas it won't apply the brakes"
how can you be sure of the difference between
the brake is being applied but the gas is being allowed to overpower a limited application of the brakes
vs
the brake is absolutely not at all being applied
?

 

[Stbentoak]

I've had mine flashed the red lights at me, but I've never had it jab those brakes. Makes sense? Something turned off? My last vehicle would flash, and a millisecond later would start hitting those brakes.

 

[CMoore711]

As others have stated you should be able to change the application of the brakes in the vehicle setting menu. There should be an "apply brakes" (or similar) option so then when turned off it would still flash the red lights on the dash and/or heads up display but would NOT apply the brakes.

 

[Smokin Denali]

My daughter is home from college and driving the Denali. She asked me a question that I cannot answer. The Denali is equipped with a technology that breaks automatically to help you avoid crashes. My daughter asked me how to over ride this in case there was a "bad guy" blocking her way.. Like a car jacker or something similar.. Any ideas?

Reverse......

 

[KMeloney]

Reverse......

Clever… but it brakes when it senses someone behind you, too.

 

[Jocko PDX]

Reverse......

I think she is wanting to run "bad guys" over...

 

[UsualSuspect]

As someone who learned how to drive in the early '80s on an automatic, I happened to stumble upon the ability to 'double-foot' very early; as a result I am slightly more adept than most at using the brake and the gas pedal simultaneously.

I bring that up to say:
When you say
"I can override mine by accelerating ... if you keep your foot on the gas it won't apply the brakes"
how can you be sure of the difference between
the brake is being applied but the gas is being allowed to overpower a limited application of the brakes
vs
the brake is absolutely not at all being applied
?

I know because if I don't have my foot on the accelerator and the red collision starts flashing, it applies the brakes. If you keep your foot on the accelerator, the flashing red crash comes up, but it doesn't brake. This was in an email the dealer sent me when I asked about it.

How It Works​

• When in FORWARD gear, AEB looks ahead of your vehicle and monitors other vehicles in front of you that you are following. Check your Owner’s Manual for the speed range at which AEB functions on your vehicle.
• When the feature detects another vehicle, a green icon that looks like a vehicle is displayed in your Driver Information Center (DIC).
  • This icon may also display in your Head-Up Display if your vehicle has that available feature.
• If you don’t respond fast enough or if a situation happens suddenly, AEB may automatically apply hard emergency braking or enhance your hard braking.
• You can override the system at any time by pressing the accelerator if it is safe to do so.
• If the system slows your vehicle to a complete stop, you can release the brakes with the ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE switch (if your vehicle is equipped with the Electric Parking Brake) or by firmly pressing the accelerator pedal when it’s safe to do so.

 

[tuckerrnr1]

I think she is wanting to run "bad guys" over...

I like this kid already.

 

[DenaliCountry]

Hit the parking sensor button to the left of the steering wheel under the vent. This will disable the auto braking feature. My truck freaks out sometimes when backing out of the garage and automatically stops me and at the same dirties a set of underwear. So I usually disable it until I am out of the driveway. This button takes care of that.

 

[WalleyeMikeIII]

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Hit the parking sensor button to the left of the steering wheel under the vent. This will disable the auto braking feature. My truck freaks out sometimes when backing out of the garage and automatically stops me and at the same dirties a set of underwear. So I usually disable it until I am out of the driveway. This button takes care of that.

This is also useful if you have someone back there and you are backing up, to say, maybe hook up a trailer...just sayin, while I appreicate the safety aspect...sometimes it is useful having a friend back there to hook the boat up for you while you are driving...