PRE COLLISION ASSIST

[Floyd]

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[Hot Pepper Red Zeppelin]

I don't have ac and it engaged on me. It was a little startling because I didn't think I had the pre-collision feature. Lol. It only engaged that one time. Since then there have been times I thought it should have engaged and didn't. And since finding this thread I did like others and set the sensitivity to high and tried (very safely ) to set it off with no luck.

Well mine went off for a 2nd time last weekend. After 1400 miles of babying it I decided to have some fun... apparently I overdid it a bit at one point. I was accelerating with a vehicle in front of me and closing in on them when it activated. I'll assume my system is operating correctly at this point.

 

[NickTheEnforcer]

Subaru dealer by me uses an orange construction cone for demo. Find one and try it. Won’t hurt anything if it doesn’t work.

...Though a Jersey Barrier would be more fun to watch though! [not in my truck]

 

[Schafies]

yes the Red LED's on top of the dash did light up.

Here is a good example of the pre collision systems evidently being different. I have no light strip on the top of my dash as yours does. My Explorer has the light strip on the dash. I have a friend with a Ranger Lariat. He has adaptive cruise. His truck doesn't have the light strip on top his dash either.

 

[Schafies]

I see the red lights on the dash near the windshield light up when starting the eng. I assume that that is a test to prove that the system works. This is the problem with first run vehicles. In my experience it takes a few years to get most of the bugs out. Being old school I dont count on the new stuff to save me.

Ok. So evidently some Rangers have the light strip on top the dash below the windshield and some, like mine does not. This is strange!

 

[toddiscdn]

YA, I believe it was discussed earlier in this thread. I know for sure, no lights in Lariat, just dash warning, and if I recall correctly the rest have lights.

 

[MT19RANGER]

Ok. So evidently some Rangers have the light strip on top the dash below the windshield and some, like mine does not. This is strange!

The Lariats have the display on the left screen and those w/o the Lariat cluster have the red lights on the dash like I had in my 2015 Explorer.

 

[Schafies]

The Lariats have the display on the left screen and those w/o the Lariat cluster have the red lights on the dash like I had in my 2015 Explorer.

I have the XLT trim level. No lights on the dash.

 

[Schafies]

As of now it seems evident that some Rangers have the light strip on the dash, some on the left instrument cluster. According to MT19Ranger I should have the light strip below the windshield, but it's not there.

BTW, If anyone hasn't noticed yet, when I get on to something that doesn't pass the smell test, as they say, I can't let it go until I have a satisfactory conclusion to the issue. People I worked with referred to me as the most methodical and meticulous person they ever met. My wife has other words describing this "problem" I have. Maybe it's time to go drive the dealer insane.

 

[MT19RANGER]

I have the XLT trim level. No lights on the dash.

Ah, I never looked at XLT or XL trim levels prior to my build... Which instrument cluster do you have? If the two outside analog and the center display is there anything that comes up on the center display?

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[Floyd]

Ok. So evidently some Rangers have the light strip on top the dash below the windshield and some, like mine does not. This is strange!

The XL series uses the light strip on the dash because the 2.3" productivity screen dash does not have that provision built in.
If you buy the Co-Pilot 360 option the instrument panel is upgraded to the same as the XLT.
My STX has the on dash light strip for this reason.
My dealer did not know what it was until I did the research and told them.

 

[Deckburner]

plorer has the adaptive cruise radar below the grill, and a front camera in the grill. My Ranger has no adaptive cruise in the front, and a camera on the windshield. I still thinking that adaptive radar makes the pre collision act differently. I could be wrong? Even if I am correct and indeed this is the case, then what. If those of us that do not have adaptive cruise then have a kinda modified version of pre collision that works entirely different? I keep saying to myself, no. But in the back of my mi

 

[Deckburner]

UPDATE:
after sending a LOOOOOOONNNNNGGGG email (with many links to ford's video's and brochures).
The salesman's response:
- salesman spent 3-4 hours testing Rangers that were on his lot to figure our this pre collisions system.
- salesman invited me in to drive one of those Rangers for a demonstration....and then he drove my vehicle as well to compare.
DEMO: We were traveling at approximately 40-50mph and really drove up fast and CLOSE (danger close) to the vehicle in front of us before the audible and in-dash, red light warnings alerted. The salesman then had to slam the brakes pretty hard. I'm sure the guy in front of us did not appreciate this at all. This was, in my opinion, WAY to close for comfort. I really would like this alert to happen with more distance between my vehicle and the vehicle in front of me. Also, the system was set to "high" sensitivity. I would have never driven up this close in my personal testing of the vehicle. And it was closer than I recollect from my original test drive (weeks ago) when the system alerted me. We did this demonstration in both one of their un-sold Rangers on their lot and then in my recently-purchased Ranger.

I left satisfied that the system works...but I would really like to increase the distance between vehicles for the alert to sound.


After getting my vehicle off the lot:
I tested it in a parking lot exactly like the test in this video.
Test #1: i was driving at 10 mph in the first test. The system gave me an audible and visual (on the dash cluster NOT on the windshield) and then I quickly slammed on the brakes to avoid injuring my "pedestrian".
Test #2: Driving at 5 mph. the system gave me an audible and visual (exactly like test #1). Then, the system activated the automatic brakes HARD...both me and my passenger were surprised and how the brakes sounded like the were grinding. In the very next instance, i was slamming the brakes. But it was clear to me that the system had activated the brakes before I did.

**I think the reason the Automatic brakes kicked in on this test was because since I was traveling at only 5pmh, I did not put my foot on the brake pedal as soon as I did in test #1 because i had more time between the "threshold" (when the alert first sounded and a collision) distance and an actual collision with the pedestrian. In test #1 (10 mph), i was closing that 'threshold' distance (when the alert first sounded and a collision) at a faster rate. Therefore, I put my foot on the brakes quicker and sooner than i did in test #2 and therefore I did not give the automatic system the chance to activate the brakes**

I was pleased with the time and distance between my vehicle and the "pedestrian" in both test #1 and #2.

However, I think it would be in Ford's (and everyone on the road's) best interest to adjust the "highest" sensitivity level in order to increase the distance between vehicles when traveling at greater speeds typical of roads (as opposed to parking lot speeds).

I hope that made sense.

again: XLT with NO adaptive cruise control.

 

[Blue Streak]

The XL series uses the light strip on the dash because the 2.3" productivity screen dash does not have that provision built in.
If you buy the Co-Pilot 360 option the instrument panel is upgraded to the same as the XLT.
My STX has the on dash light strip for this reason.
My dealer did not know what it was until I did the research and told them.

I also have an XL STX. I have no light strip. My warning flashes up on the screen between the tach & spedo with audio alert.
Reason I keep hitting my head on the wall when I stop it hurts

 

[Floyd]

I also have an XL STX. I have no light strip. My warning flashes up on the screen between the tach & spedo with audio alert.
Reason I keep hitting my head on the wall when I stop it hurts

You must have the Co-Pilot 360. with the 4.2" productivity screen.
That is the same instrument cluster as the XLT.
The 2.3" Screen looks like this...

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