[davidwilliams]

I did some testing today as I was worried about sending our new Passport into a car wash with no one in it and found out the following.

* If you press nuteral once and open the drivers door without the drivers seatbelt fastened it will go into park

* if you press nuteral followed by pressing and holding for 2 seconds or till you hear a beep with message you can open the drivers door without the seatbelt fastened and it does not go into park

So you have to options for auto car wash that sends the vehical unattended. Either press nuteral followed by another press and hold or fasten the drivers seatbelt behind you and exit without removing it after one press of the nuteral button.

Hope this helps even after figuring this out it still worries me someone will screw this up.

Here is a video for visual learners. Also only stays in neutral for 15 min until goes to park.
https://www.hondatechtutor.com/pass...in-neutral-entering-a-conveyor-type-car-wash/

 

[brownjustin]

Here's where I'm confused. At my car wash where the vehicle is unattended, I first pull in and place the vehicle in Park and exit the vehicle. Select the type of wash I would prefer, then walk inside. The attendant then vacuums the car before positioning the vehicle on the conveyor and is the last person to exit the vehicle.

So the manual isn't clear on this point...if car wash mode is engaged, can the vehicle be shifted to Park, then Drive, then Neutral again and still remain in car wash mode...or does the attendant need to know about how to set car wash mode before THEY exit the vehicle? This may be the reason some have mentioned the attendant fastening the seat belt before exiting the vehicle.

I am not yet an owner, so I cannot test this for myself. Any help?

 

[phillipsmichael]

Here's where I'm confused. At my car wash where the vehicle is unattended, I first pull in and place the vehicle in Park and exit the vehicle. Select the type of wash I would prefer, then walk inside. The attendant then vacuums the car before positioning the vehicle on the conveyor and is the last person to exit the vehicle.

So the manual isn't clear on this point...if car wash mode is engaged, can the vehicle be shifted to Park, then Drive, then Neutral again and still remain in car wash mode...or does the attendant need to know about how to set car wash mode before THEY exit the vehicle? This may be the reason some have mentioned the attendant fastening the seat belt before exiting the vehicle.

I am not yet an owner, so I cannot test this for myself. Any help?

I'm pretty sure the last action before the conveyor by the attendant either has to be to put the car in neutral/car wash mode or to use the seat belt trick with regular neutral. I imagine there are other cars with different ways to access a car wash mode (if there is one), so the seat belt method may be the safest way to go for the attendants.

I'm glad I can ride through my local car wash for my all-to-infrequent car wash visits.

 

[nthomas]

When I ran my Passport through a automatic cars was the attendant had buckled up the drivers seat belt. I got in and sat on top of it thinking “ what was the purpose for doing this”?
Just wondering, anyone have a clue?

Same here. Perhaps it tricks the car so it won’t change to P after the 15 minute count on Neutral. Haven’t tried it yet. I now go to a car wash you drive up yourself. I just hold the N until the dash tells me it’s in this mode. Don’t really think I need it since it doesn’t take that long to go through.