Just bought a TLX AWD Advance and....
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the only time i use the handbrakes is when i park my car, or an idiot automatic tranny driver is following so damn close on a incline. even though i let the car roll back a few inches to warn people, these people give me no space to work with.
its like tailgating me on a steep hill is going to save them a few minutes.
#82
I took the time to look at all 12 of the One Pack videos again, and they did have a segment on video 7 about "car lit up like Times Square" and said it was a "softset connector"--did not specify which one--check each one and report the loose one to TechLine--, and another car had a backed out connector in the PAWS actuator--also dash lit up like a Christmas tree--, both caught by dealer techs. It may be a needle in a haystack, but might be the issue.
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It did throw a DTC and it was P0969. Dealership says the troubleshooting tree tells them to clear the code and duplicate the problem. They drove my car 25 miles and it didn't do it. I went to pick up a loaner car today and talked to the service director personally cause he was there. He told me it was up to me what I wanted to do. He can keep it more, himself or a tech can keep driving it and try to duplicate it or I can take it and hope it was an anomaly. I told him I'd take it and drive it tonight to xmas eve dinner which is about a 70 mile roundtrip drive and hope for the best. I told him I'd keep him posted and will do here as well. Merry Christmas everybody and wish me luck!
DTC Troubleshooting: P0969, P0970, P0971 (A/T)
http://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/pubs/sm/1/2/Contents/enu/61TZ3D/TRS/SCT/SC/SYS/T003822_enu/web/html/T003822_enu.html?vin=&m=TZ3D&k=pubs/sm/1/2/Contents/enu/61TZ3D/TRS/SCT/SC/SYS/T003822_enu/web/html/T003822_enu&p=SM&t=H&model=TLX&year=2015&trim=&key word=P0969&path=&dbkey=61TZ3D_T003822_enu&country= 1&lang=0
DTC Advanced Diagnostics: P0969 (A/T)
http://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/p...07007_enu.html
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It took me over 80 minutes to drive the 20 miles home the other day, and 2 hrs to go 50 miles and see my in-laws over the holiday due to traffic.
I didn't need my climate controlled leather interior, auto wipers, ELS bluetooth audio with smart phone connectivity, LED headlights, auto dimming side view mirrors, or the host of other features the TLX has.
Those features and the brake hold weren't necessary, but they were sure nice to have, especially after a long, trying day at work. I could have been in my RS giving the clutch a good work out, but it actually makes me sad/angry to be stuck in traffic with it, and I was much happier in the TLX for those commutes.
Different strokes for different folks, and I don't know what traffic is like near you, but it's brutal around here. The world is a lot bigger than what you can see outside your front window.
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Says the guy going out of his way to come to the TLX forum to whine that it has too much tech, and no clutch (which wouldn't suit this car really)....are you having a glass of red, or white?
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...and is it really tech, or is it a gimmick? The parking brake is just asinine. It wasn't broke, why fix it? I didn't know the TLX had such gimmicks until I saw this thread, and it seems relevant to the OP's issue.
My gripes are in general. I appreciate good advances in auto engineering. Maybe you appreciate cruise control.. I think I hit the button once and it annoyed the shit out of me. I'm not a fan of DBW and EPS or tech that's a justification to a non-existent problem. A change that resulted in 0.2 mpg, but stranded the customer, so worth it.
The more moving parts, the more things there are to control, the more areas for failure. It's an old-school mentality, but it's true. If your climate controlled seats go whacky, you may burn or freeze your balls. If your electric steering column locks up or throttle input suddenly fails and pulls high, you better hope there's enough tech to save your ass as well. This brake assist / parking brake cluster might have simple controls, but it's a linkage controlled by several additional inputs that weren't required before.
Regarding traffic, I moved from the #2 to #3 worst-traffic city in the US, so you can say I'm moving up. Although you might be thinking.. could be worse.. the avg number of hours wasted by an avg commuter in the #1 city is +60 hrs. My commute is 4x that (and that's usually parking lot traffic, not 25 mph congestion). Not to mention all the special event traffic that happens here.. I probably spend close to 400 hrs in traffic a year.
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You dismissed something you read about, but never even tried. I read about autowipers, and thought they were pointless too. Having them on a few cars now, I would miss not having them. Good or useless would depend on who you ask. Necessary? No; just fluff, but they work, and I like them.
The brake hold feature, and lack of a manual have nothing to do with the OP's issues. If you would like to continue writing about the overabundance of tech, and lack of a m/t in the bread, and butter sedans actually competing in a class where luxury, and tech help sell cars, take it to car talk.
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I never brought up a manual trans, not sure why you keep bringing it up.
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