Re:Tesla: Recalled touchscreens were meant to only last 5-6 ...
by Animats on Saturday February 06, 2021 @10:03PM
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There are US regulations on this. [1] "If a steering-column-mounted transmission shift lever is used, movement from neutral position to forward drive position shall be clockwise. If the transmission shift lever sequence includes a park position, it shall be located at the end, adjacent to the reverse drive position."[1] So the P-R-N-D-L order is required by US law. GM used P-N-D-L-R at one time, which led to some unexpected shifts into reverse.
Ford had to recall and fix the 2015 Lincoln MKC. That had a column of buttons in the order P-R-N-D-S-I, the last two being Sport and Ignition. Ignition was the start/stop button, and if pressed while the engine was running, immediately stopped the engine. This tended to happen when someone was trying to go to "sport" mode and accelerate. Worse, it looked just like the other buttons.
Ford had to recall and fix the 2015 Lincoln MKC. That had a column of buttons in the order P-R-N-D-S-I, the last two being Sport and Ignition. Ignition was the start/stop button, and if pressed while the engine was running, immediately stopped the engine. This tended to happen when someone was trying to go to "sport" mode and accelerate. Worse, it looked just like the other buttons.
[1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/571.102
[2] https://www.reifflawfirm.com/push-button-ignitions-gear-shif...