So far I have gotten a warning (flashing red with beeping) when going around a sharp corner with a car parked close to the road. I wasn't going to hit it but I was very close to it. I'm guessing the system gives a warning then only intervenes if a collision is deemed imminent?This is one safety feature (on all trims) that really sold me on the new 2019 Ford Ranger.
Has anyone encountered any obstacles which triggered automatic braking?
If it was me driving I would have had my attention further down the road and wouldn't have been surprised by the person in front getting cut-off. I would have recognized the situation way before and backed off. I know this because I frequently run in to these type situations.I thought i'd share a couple of instances where I experienced crash avoidance and automatic braking.
Crash Avoidance
A couple of weeks ago while using adaptive cruise control on a service road, going 60mph with a car 3 lengths in front of me, that car was cut off and slammed on the brakes. I bridged the distance very quickly with my Lariat. It immediately muted sound, gave the collision alert. I reacted by slamming on the brakes. Later not knowing for sure if automatic braking actually kicked in. I had not hit the brakes that hard yet and was amazed how well the truck handled. Smooth yet hard braking. The nose barely drove downward. No locking! Very smooth yet quick stop. I could have sworn that it swerved to the right a litte bit to avoid a car in the left lane. Not totally sure. I was amazed overall.
Automatic Braking
Today, again using adaptive cruise, i was in the right lane getting ready to take an off ramp. So again there was a car 3 lengths ahead. Everyone ahead was slowing gradually to take the off ramp. First thing i thought was, this will be a great test of automatic braking. And it was. When the cars in front started braking, my truck gradually started braking. I did not touch the petal at all. The closer i got to the car in front, the more aggressive the braking got. I kept my foot off of the brake as long as possible. The truck kept a safe distance from the car ahead, and reduced my speed adequately. Then i completed the stop. It was pretty cool!!!!! This time, no collision alerts.
This pre-collision sys. works. I took a test drive with two knucklehead salesmen both of them started playing with the infotainment sys. and not watching the road and I was in the backseat the car in front of us locked his brakes up before I could yell stop the alarm went off and the abs sys. stopped the Ranger just in time. I reported both salesmen to the General Mgr. and had a few choice words for those two knuckleheads. The pre-collision sys works flawlessly.This is one safety feature (on all trims) that really sold me on the new 2019 Ford Ranger.
Has anyone encountered any obstacles which triggered automatic braking?