So, two months into my GC 4xe ownership and this happens. I took it out on the beach last evening, and we were going through a thick sandy patch that was also washboarded (if you can imagine that!) so the vehicle was bouncing up and down a lot. All of a sudden I started to get cascading warnings on the panel. First the Blind Spot detection, then the perimeter warning system followed by the crash protection system, and finally some weird transmission warning that I didn't have time to see. All within about 5-10 seconds. Also, the speed sign reader warning came on. It was as though the whole external sensing system got glitched out.
I kept driving for a little while, then decided to stop and restart the engine. That didn't seem to help, but the car was still drivable so I made my way off the beach, back onto the road towards home. Little by little all those warnings went off, and I could tell at least that the blind spot system was working because it would go off and on when cars were beside me. But what remained was the little amber engine light (or MIL) as the manual describes it.
The manual says this may go off on its own, and if it's not blinking it's okay to drive the car, but what weirdness! That has to be a software issue somewhere. I'm going to call the dealer but thought I'd share this to see if anyone has thoughts about this. It's a brand new 25 model GC 4xe Summit edition.
I kept driving for a little while, then decided to stop and restart the engine. That didn't seem to help, but the car was still drivable so I made my way off the beach, back onto the road towards home. Little by little all those warnings went off, and I could tell at least that the blind spot system was working because it would go off and on when cars were beside me. But what remained was the little amber engine light (or MIL) as the manual describes it.
The manual says this may go off on its own, and if it's not blinking it's okay to drive the car, but what weirdness! That has to be a software issue somewhere. I'm going to call the dealer but thought I'd share this to see if anyone has thoughts about this. It's a brand new 25 model GC 4xe Summit edition.
