Jaguar I-Pace won't stop...

[Mart]

If you push the gear lever up and hold for 3 secs, the Tesla goes into neutral

Edit: hadn’t seen Dan’s reply above

My TM3 (LR version) does not do this.

I have just been out and tried shifting into neutral multiple times and holding for up to 15 secs and it stays in Drive.

Maybe its different on Dan's performance version or it used to but now does not with the constant software upgrades. I do have a bit of deja vu that it might have gone into neutral a long time ago, but my memory might be getting mixed up with driving the BMW i3 which definitely allows it.

I think you have to be driving, and best to try it going down a hill.

Yep, here are the 'rules':

Neutral

When in Park, shift into Neutral by briefly pushing the drive stalk either up or down to the first position.

When in Drive, shift into Neutral by briefly pushing the drive stalk up to the first position. ...

When in Reverse, shift into Neutral by briefly pushing the drive stalk down to the first position.

Just to mention the moment of doubt I had when we picked up our Tesla 3 in 2020. It was Covid, so nobody around to help. I got in, pushed down for drive, and it went to neutral, tried a few times, and kept failing. Then realised I was being too gentle, and the stalk is a bit like an indicator with a 'soft' move, and a 'hard' move, if you pushed it a bit further, which activated drive. I did feel rather silly, but panic (that we had a dodgy car) was over.

[nowty]

Mart, we are talking about when the car's moving at speed and not stationary or moving very slowly.

[Yuff]

Mart, we are talking about when the car's moving at speed and not stationary or moving very slowly.

Keep your foot on the throttle ( down hill) push lever up to resistance and hold against the resistance point for 3 secs.
Car will go into neutral while holding lever stick up.
If you let go of the lever too soon it stays in Drive.

[nowty]

Mart, we are talking about when the car's moving at speed and not stationary or moving very slowly.

Keep your foot on the throttle ( down hill) push lever up to resistance and hold against the resistance point for 3 secs.
Car will go into neutral while holding lever stick up.
If you let go of the lever too soon it stays in Drive.

I was not going down hill but I did try it both with throttle on and off and I could not get it into drive no matter how long I held the lever up at the resistance point. I'll have to find a hill later and have another go.

[Yuff]

Mart, we are talking about when the car's moving at speed and not stationary or moving very slowly.

Keep your foot on the throttle ( down hill) push lever up to resistance and hold against the resistance point for 3 secs.
Car will go into neutral while holding lever stick up.
If you let go of the lever too soon it stays in Drive.

I was not going down hill but I did try it both with throttle on and off and I could not get it into drive no matter how long I held the lever up at the resistance point. I'll have to find a hill later and have another go.

It might be I take my foot off the accelerator whilst going downhill and hold the lever up. The car slows using regen and then starts freewheeling when N kicks in.
I do know when I first tried it was difficult to get it to go into neutral but when you know it works it becomes easier

[Mart]

Keep your foot on the throttle ( down hill) push lever up to resistance and hold against the resistance point for 3 secs.
Car will go into neutral while holding lever stick up.
If you let go of the lever too soon it stays in Drive.

I was not going down hill but I did try it both with throttle on and off and I could not get it into drive no matter how long I held the lever up at the resistance point. I'll have to find a hill later and have another go.

It might be I take my foot off the accelerator whilst going downhill and hold the lever up. The car slows using regen and then starts freewheeling when N kicks in.
I do know when I first tried it was difficult to get it to go into neutral but when you know it works it becomes easier

I think you have to come off the power, but I'm not 100% sure.

[Tinbum]

I got in, pushed down for drive, and it went to neutral, tried a few times, and kept failing. Then realised I was being too gentle, and the stalk is a bit like an indicator with a 'soft' move, and a 'hard' move, if you pushed it a bit further, which activated drive. I did feel rather silly, but panic (that we had a dodgy car) was over.

I bough a new second hand lorry and when I came to at stop at the first roundabout on a main duel carriageway I did the usual thing of pushing the clutch, engaging gear, slowly releasing the clutch while pressing the accelerator down only to find the accelerator wouldn't move. It took me a few minutes of reading the manual to realise I was doing it wrong. I'm not sure why it hadn't done it before- possibly the electric relay was stuck or the air valve solenoid was stuck..

It actually has a clutch and a torque converter and the clutch is not designed for slipping so it has an air ram on the actual accelerator peddle that stops you pushing it if you also have your foot on the clutch. So you press the clutch, engage gear with foot on the brake, release clutch, release brake and press accelerator. Similar when changing gear on the move- just without pressing the brake!

[nowty]

I was not going down hill but I did try it both with throttle on and off and I could not get it into drive no matter how long I held the lever up at the resistance point. I'll have to find a hill later and have another go.

It might be I take my foot off the accelerator whilst going downhill and hold the lever up. The car slows using regen and then starts freewheeling when N kicks in.
I do know when I first tried it was difficult to get it to go into neutral but when you know it works it becomes easier

I think you have to come off the power, but I'm not 100% sure.

I've had another go and yes it does go into N whilst at speed. I was confused about "resistance point", thinking that was holding it full on.

You need to only pull the stalk up half way and it goes into N after about 2 secs. If you pull it all the way you get the error message and it never shifts.

[Mart]

It might be I take my foot off the accelerator whilst going downhill and hold the lever up. The car slows using regen and then starts freewheeling when N kicks in.
I do know when I first tried it was difficult to get it to go into neutral but when you know it works it becomes easier

I think you have to come off the power, but I'm not 100% sure.

I've had another go and yes it does go into N whilst at speed. I was confused about "resistance point", thinking that was holding it full on.

You need to only pull the stalk up half way and it goes into N after about 2 secs. If you pull it all the way you get the error message and it never shifts.

LOL, hadn't thought of that. So in effect, my failings to get the new car into gear, helped to teach you how to get one, out of gear. So not as easy/intuitive as I'd thought, despite 'being there' so to speak, myself.

The Tesla guidance also says that you can put the car into park (whilst driving) by holding the stalk button in ...... but it stresses that this is not good for the car, and only for use in an extreme emergency ......... no shit!

[richbee]

Sounds like the guy has been arrested for wasting police time - so maybe there was no problem with the car after all!