GolfR
Well-known member
I couldn’t agree more with the OP and many of the posters here. These are very good assessments (good and bad) of the system operation as I’ve found through about 7500 miles so far.
In general, I’m happy with the system but I can understand why many might be a little frustrated. I have driven a significant number of miles behind the wheel of a 2020 outback with eyesight including lane centering and with one exception I find the Ford system to be superior. That exception is the 2 second warning (I’ve measured it) that you get to jiggle the wheel. I really wish you had a longer time to move the wheel before it went to “red alert”. More importantly, they shouldn’t disable the system completely after two of those red alerts. On a recent 700 mile drive, I had to pull over twice and restart the truck in order to get the lane centering functionality back. It’s not that I’m not paying attention, it’s that my eyes are on the road and not staring at the instrument cluster just in case the system decides I’m not applying enough torque to the wheel. There are some long stretches of the Jersey turnpike that are very straight and I found myself getting distracted constantly and keeping an eye on the dash to avoid the red alert rather than on the road. If you drive with a hand at the top of the wheel or at the bottom on straight roads, you are doomed to constant alerts to put your hands on the wheel. Frankly, it’s enough to drive a person nuts and enough to push people to using the stupid ankle weight truck just to avoid being pestered all the time.
Ford - Please reduce the required torque on the wheel to avoid the red alert of death!!!! At least remove the “two strikes and your out” code!
Other than this, I’m very happy with the performance of the system.
In general, I’m happy with the system but I can understand why many might be a little frustrated. I have driven a significant number of miles behind the wheel of a 2020 outback with eyesight including lane centering and with one exception I find the Ford system to be superior. That exception is the 2 second warning (I’ve measured it) that you get to jiggle the wheel. I really wish you had a longer time to move the wheel before it went to “red alert”. More importantly, they shouldn’t disable the system completely after two of those red alerts. On a recent 700 mile drive, I had to pull over twice and restart the truck in order to get the lane centering functionality back. It’s not that I’m not paying attention, it’s that my eyes are on the road and not staring at the instrument cluster just in case the system decides I’m not applying enough torque to the wheel. There are some long stretches of the Jersey turnpike that are very straight and I found myself getting distracted constantly and keeping an eye on the dash to avoid the red alert rather than on the road. If you drive with a hand at the top of the wheel or at the bottom on straight roads, you are doomed to constant alerts to put your hands on the wheel. Frankly, it’s enough to drive a person nuts and enough to push people to using the stupid ankle weight truck just to avoid being pestered all the time.
Ford - Please reduce the required torque on the wheel to avoid the red alert of death!!!! At least remove the “two strikes and your out” code!
Other than this, I’m very happy with the performance of the system.
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