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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
May. 02, 2024
Fca Us Llc, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abhilash Gudapati, Troy, MI (US);
FCA US LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle system, for a vehicle that implements a car wash mode, includes a shifter configured to move the vehicle between Park, Reverse, Neutral, and Drive (PRND) positions, a propulsion system, an instrument panel cluster including a human machine interface (HMI), a brake system including a parking brake. A controller is programmed to determine the shifter is not in the Park position, display, via the HMI, an option to initiate a car wash mode if the following conditions are met: (i) a grade of the vehicle is below a predetermined threshold grade indicating a substantially flat surface, and (ii) a speed of the vehicle is below a predetermined car wash speed, and subsequently initiate the car wash mode if a user selects, via the HMI, the option to initiate the car wash mode.
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