Just getting to grips with the new car (MY17 HSE SDV6) and just wanted to check with others if things I'm seeing are 'normal'?

When we pair a phone to ICTP, it only shows up as what I presume is the MAC address, rather than 'XXX's iPhone' like it did on my last car. Makes for confusion when we both jump in and aren't sure whose phone is connected....

The bluetooth connection appears to drop out regularly when on calls. Is this a known issue or something unique to us?

I read on here somewhere that the front parking sensors often default to off? I'd have expected that any software updates would have been done before we collected, and driving slowly towards a wall is a nerve-wracking way of testing if they work! Have any other recent MY17 buyers found they appear to be off by default?

Thanks for any help, other than those it's lived up to expectations brilliantly.

Hi
yes they are off by default but in settings you can set them to on by default when under 10 MPH my dealer showed me how to do it as seems quite onis to get into the correct settins menu but if you read the handbook detals several times it make sense
Ref phone mind shows both my samsung and iphone by name
May be a trip back to the dealership might be worthwhile

As above regarding the sensors, changed mine on day one as entering the garage was nerve wracking! iPhones both come up with phone names no issue and have never had bluetooth drop out. See other thread regarding ICTP and other niggles!

Weegie wrote:

Just getting to grips with the new car (MY17 HSE SDV6) and just wanted to check with others if things I'm seeing are 'normal'?

When we pair a phone to ICTP, it only shows up as what I presume is the MAC address, rather than 'XXX's iPhone' like it did on my last car. Makes for confusion when we both jump in and aren't sure whose phone is connected....

The bluetooth connection appears to drop out regularly when on calls. Is this a known issue or something unique to us?

I read on here somewhere that the front parking sensors often default to off? I'd have expected that any software updates would have been done before we collected, and driving slowly towards a wall is a nerve-wracking way of testing if they work! Have any other recent MY17 buyers found they appear to be off by default?

Thanks for any help, other than those it's lived up to expectations brilliantly.

Thanks all, sensors sorted (still don't understand why they default to off), and one mystery solved - the MAC address only shows the first time the car is started and paired. After that the phone name appears. If you impair, delete, forget the car and start from scratch again then the same behaviour shows.

New trait - there's a serious clunk on downshift at slower speeds, often as soon as you touch the brake which accentuates the feeling. Doesn't happen on any upshift and seems quite selective when it appears. I've had auto boxes that learn your driving style before but not ones that felt like they're just learning themselves! Will see if it calms down.

It seems weird that you have to push the gear stick forward for reverse and backward for drive, but I'm sure I'll get used to it.

Like The Weegie, I also have a clunk from the gearbox when it changes down at slow speed. I've done 290 miles, nearly all around town, and I haven't noticed it getting better. It's not all the time but very noticable when it happens. 2017 SDV6 Autobiography; Carpathian Grey, Ivory, Soft Close, Extended Grand Black.

Downshift clunk has definitely receded, although in its place ICTP has decided that it can't be bothered with night mode in the Nav function. Makes for a glaringly bright dash at night. I sense a dealer trip coming on...