The RRS Seat-setting lottery
Discussion
Am I the only one or do others have the same problem?
The RRS (2012) has memory seat settings. There is a liccle knobby thing on the lhs of the column that when set to auto means that on switch off, the seat and column move to provide better room for getting out (nice -eh?). Similarly, when you get in and close the door, then switch on, the seat and column move to the setting (driving position) you entered originally in memory.
Well, that is what is supposed to happen...
I swear that on several occasions I get in and yes.. stuff moves, but not always as expected, meaning manual adjustments are needed to get back to where you want to be... and on at least two or three occasions when stopping the car and opening the door, the seat moves ok but goes the opposite direction nearly squeezing me against the steering wheel!
Thankfully it is only sporadic, and it is somewhat entertaining as you never know what contortion you are going to end up in!!!
Likewise, I notice the driver door mirror seems sometimes to have a mind of its own where it positions itself not badly, but enough for you to have to adjust....
Have I got sme sort of ghost or gremlin in the works?
The RRS (2012) has memory seat settings. There is a liccle knobby thing on the lhs of the column that when set to auto means that on switch off, the seat and column move to provide better room for getting out (nice -eh?). Similarly, when you get in and close the door, then switch on, the seat and column move to the setting (driving position) you entered originally in memory.
Well, that is what is supposed to happen...
I swear that on several occasions I get in and yes.. stuff moves, but not always as expected, meaning manual adjustments are needed to get back to where you want to be... and on at least two or three occasions when stopping the car and opening the door, the seat moves ok but goes the opposite direction nearly squeezing me against the steering wheel!
Thankfully it is only sporadic, and it is somewhat entertaining as you never know what contortion you are going to end up in!!!
Likewise, I notice the driver door mirror seems sometimes to have a mind of its own where it positions itself not badly, but enough for you to have to adjust....
Have I got sme sort of ghost or gremlin in the works?
Edited by 3Dee on Tuesday 29th October 14:44
...or have you got someone else driving it with a different key?
'Lazy Entry' will assign a seat position, etc... to a key. If a different driver, with a different key, changes the driving position, when you get back in it'll change it all back for you.
I'm wondering if that might have something to do with it??
M
'Lazy Entry' will assign a seat position, etc... to a key. If a different driver, with a different key, changes the driving position, when you get back in it'll change it all back for you.
I'm wondering if that might have something to do with it??
M
camel_landy said:
...or have you got someone else driving it with a different key?
'Lazy Entry' will assign a seat position, etc... to a key. If a different driver, with a different key, changes the driving position, when you get back in it'll change it all back for you.
I'm wondering if that might have something to do with it??
M
Yep! I can see that! BUT - Only me!'Lazy Entry' will assign a seat position, etc... to a key. If a different driver, with a different key, changes the driving position, when you get back in it'll change it all back for you.
I'm wondering if that might have something to do with it??
M
There doesn't seem to be a way of setting the 'Lazy entry' part of this though... pity! Would have liked to adjust.
In Tesco's car park with the door swung open, and sniggers from passers by as they watched me being unceremoniously shoved onto the steering wheel as the seat decided to move forward, not back as usual!
My fail for picking such a bling motor!
I must admit, I have been a bit non-plussed as to why my drivers seat sometimes unceremoniously shoves my portly frame under and onto the steering-wheel when I park and open the door, much to the amusement of onlookers I might add!
..and now I have sussed it!
It seems that normally, if you switch off and then open the driver door, then the seat will move to give you more room to get out and back in...all good stuff...
...however.... I have discovered that if you park, then open the door without first switching the engine off, then the seat behaves in the weird manner in that the seat back will move back a few notches, the front of the seat will raise and the seat itself will move forward on its runners, thus making your extraction somewhat comical and difficult! Totally different to the former behaviour...
So, questions to anyone who knows how these are supposed to work:
Why the different behaviour? - Is this down to an aggrieved programming engineer at the factory or one with a very twisted sense of humour? (The empty glass milk-bottle trick comes to mind many years ago, hidden in the door cavity of a brand new rolls-royce thus causing an annoying rattle - complete with a note saying "So you found it - you rich B'stard!")
and how can one change (if poss) such settings? - I have not yet found a way!
..and now I have sussed it!
It seems that normally, if you switch off and then open the driver door, then the seat will move to give you more room to get out and back in...all good stuff...
...however.... I have discovered that if you park, then open the door without first switching the engine off, then the seat behaves in the weird manner in that the seat back will move back a few notches, the front of the seat will raise and the seat itself will move forward on its runners, thus making your extraction somewhat comical and difficult! Totally different to the former behaviour...
So, questions to anyone who knows how these are supposed to work:
Why the different behaviour? - Is this down to an aggrieved programming engineer at the factory or one with a very twisted sense of humour? (The empty glass milk-bottle trick comes to mind many years ago, hidden in the door cavity of a brand new rolls-royce thus causing an annoying rattle - complete with a note saying "So you found it - you rich B'stard!")
and how can one change (if poss) such settings? - I have not yet found a way!
Edited by 3Dee on Friday 6th December 13:15
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