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Old Jun 7, 2019 | 10:26 AM
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Does anyone experience strange behavior with the interior electronics? My car has been doing some funny things lately, but it is somewhat new to me so this may be normal.

Exit Seating - Upon getting into my car, if I do not close the door, wait for the corvette welcome screen to load and buckle my seatbelt, it will not return to my driving position 100% of the time
Camera - When slowly in motion, in drive, I will get the "you cannot use this feature in park or going over a certain speed" when I have used it previously under the same conditions

Anyone else experienced this? I am hoping maybe it just needs an update. I dont drive the car often.. so none of this is a deal breaker, just annoying.

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Old Jun 7, 2019 | 11:10 AM
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Does anyone experience strange behavior with the interior electronics? My car has been doing some funny things lately, but it is somewhat new to me so this may be normal.

Exit Seating - Upon getting into my car, if I do not close the door, wait for the corvette welcome screen to load and buckle my seatbelt, it will not return to my driving position 100% of the time
Camera - When slowly in motion, in drive, I will get the "you cannot use this feature in park or going over a certain speed" when I have used it previously under the same conditions

Anyone else experienced this? I am hoping maybe it just needs an update. I dont drive the car often.. so none of this is a deal breaker, just annoying.

Thanks!
For the seating question, did you set the driving position with the seat against the rear stop or slightly ahead of it? The rear limit switch will sometimes affect the way the seat operates. I set mine at the museum during delivery and it wouldn't always return to the driving position with the door open. The next day I ran the seat to the rear stop then advanced it a touch, then set my driving position and exit position and now it works as advertised. Same on my 2016 and 2019.

The front cameras do not work above a certain speed (5 MPH?) and will alert you to that fact. Mine is a manual so I can't address the Park part of it.
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Old Jun 7, 2019 | 03:55 PM
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I had weird stuff too that refused to remember my positions. I just turned it off.
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Old Jun 7, 2019 | 05:33 PM
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I have the same issue. It remembers and moves to the exit position I set. The car is new and the dealer had to get a second fob since it only had one. Dealer programmed the fobs as 1 and 2. I set the seat memory position for fob 1, the seat stays at the exit position when I get in with fob 1. Tried the same thing for fob 2, the seat stays at the exit position. In fact, when I push the button to manually move the seat to the set position it does not move and I have to use the controls on the seat. I've reset the seat position at least 3 times in accordance with the owners manual. I'm out of ideas.
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Old Jun 7, 2019 | 07:36 PM
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What year and transmission? There are some differences.

Here's the Chevy explanation. Note that for M7 you need the parking brake on for memory recall and A6/8 need to be in Park.

Which camera are you talking about? Rear or front? Rear works in reverse and persists for a few seconds when you start moving forward. Front cameras can be activated at low forward speed for parking.

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Old Jun 7, 2019 | 10:56 PM
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Your profile does not state what year your car is nor does your post.

Given your info so far, I would say your battery is failing, and these sound like gremlins related to that.
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