What other things do you turn off? I receive my atomic silver OT+ this week. I have heard from friend that owns own about the cross traffic alert. I’d love to know what other Nannies I should disable. Thanks
5 weeks of ownership - My likes and dislikes
- Thread starter cwillis
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Ahh….:maybe that’s my problem!
True! It's the lock button.
My side mirrors fold when I lock by touching the lock sensor on the door handle.
I'd recommend you give things a try and only turn stuff off when you find them unhelpful or intrusive. Setting up your car based on what another person finds annoying may not be helpful to you.
I personally didn't immediately turn off the driver monitor, despite seeing people complain endlessly about it. But after trying it myself, I found I couldn't even take a drink out of a straw for a few seconds while driving, despite having a clear view of the road... my hand and the cup were blocking the monitor.
Thanks ended up disabling most of the stuff. I wish I could keep front pedestrian crosstrack permanently off. I finally found where to disable the driver monitor. I'm pretty tech savvy and the GX menus have been more frustrating to set up compared to my BMW that has arguable more tech in it.
Your Dislikes: agree with 1, 4, 5, 7.
Cruise Control - I really dislike it. Would have highly preferred a traditional stalk with 2 functions from my other vehicles. My ‘17 GLE43 has the “double-notch” up or down feature to the next nearest 0 or 5 mph increment (up to 50, then 55, etc; down / slower does same thing). I really miss that. Plus, how fast it responds depends on which drive mode it’s in which is really cool. And the other function..from the 22 Sequoia I traded in, was simply to push the stalk button once to turn on DRCC, but hold it in and it gave me traditional CC. I highly prefer traditional as it still forces me to pay attention.
Cool Box - yep, not a good choice to force on buyers when there’s barely any interior storage.
Gas Tank - maybe someone will address soon with 3rd party add on. In meantime I’ll plan to carry some extra cans while towing and then exploring around some. My first measured fill-up is 20.3. Mostly varying highway speeds. Roof rack removed.
I have set the Custom Drive Mode to power for the engine; suspension to comfort..works well in town for me. But I’m barely using the throttle to get what I want..
Auto Climate Controls - confusing for me. I think I have found the option to ignore unoccupied seats when selecting Auto Max Heat, etc. One odd note: the rear seat warning is apparently coming on due to a towel on the seat cushion and/or a light jacket draped over the seat back. I believe there’s an option to turn that off too….
A new nit I discovered yesterday: while driving back and forth on a local snow covered dirt road in 4L (trying to test if possibly that will loosen up the EKDSS with enough usage which, in turn, may address the bit of highway vibration I may be noticing…) I had non-stop notifications on the driver gauges over and over like “VSC Disabled”, etc.. I hit the Okay button, I tried a couple different MTS modes, I used Drive and Manual shifting. Bizarrely could not get the notifications to go away. I know there must a setting..but where?
Cruise Control - I really dislike it. Would have highly preferred a traditional stalk with 2 functions from my other vehicles. My ‘17 GLE43 has the “double-notch” up or down feature to the next nearest 0 or 5 mph increment (up to 50, then 55, etc; down / slower does same thing). I really miss that. Plus, how fast it responds depends on which drive mode it’s in which is really cool. And the other function..from the 22 Sequoia I traded in, was simply to push the stalk button once to turn on DRCC, but hold it in and it gave me traditional CC. I highly prefer traditional as it still forces me to pay attention.
Cool Box - yep, not a good choice to force on buyers when there’s barely any interior storage.
Gas Tank - maybe someone will address soon with 3rd party add on. In meantime I’ll plan to carry some extra cans while towing and then exploring around some. My first measured fill-up is 20.3. Mostly varying highway speeds. Roof rack removed.
I have set the Custom Drive Mode to power for the engine; suspension to comfort..works well in town for me. But I’m barely using the throttle to get what I want..
Auto Climate Controls - confusing for me. I think I have found the option to ignore unoccupied seats when selecting Auto Max Heat, etc. One odd note: the rear seat warning is apparently coming on due to a towel on the seat cushion and/or a light jacket draped over the seat back. I believe there’s an option to turn that off too….
A new nit I discovered yesterday: while driving back and forth on a local snow covered dirt road in 4L (trying to test if possibly that will loosen up the EKDSS with enough usage which, in turn, may address the bit of highway vibration I may be noticing…) I had non-stop notifications on the driver gauges over and over like “VSC Disabled”, etc.. I hit the Okay button, I tried a couple different MTS modes, I used Drive and Manual shifting. Bizarrely could not get the notifications to go away. I know there must a setting..but where?
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