Okay, I’ve searched the owners manual with no luck. What is this button behind the mirror?

Since I don’t have a moon roof it can’t be the ejection seat button. Maybe a valet button to order a drink and peanuts? I’m afraid to push it as it might summon my ex-wife! Some things are just too frightening to think about.

 

Are you sure its a button? It could be Interior motion sensors for the security system. If you leave a dog in the truck without disabling the interior sensors, simple movement from the dog inside the truck will set it off. Or if someone reaches in your truck?

 

It's an XLT, so no interior motion sensors. I think it's likely a placeholder for the interior hands free camera. There is a camera that takes a picture of the driver in the case of airbag deployment if Co-Pilot 360 Active is in use. It's covered in the manual, and someone brought this up before.

Do you have Adaptive Cruise? If not, then that would be my bet. I have seen the trim piece on those with adaptive cruise and it's more camera looking. So my best guess is that's what it looks like if no adaptive cruise.

 

This is from the owners manual. Interior motion sensor (if equipped). I have a Lariat and it is the interior motion sensor for the alarm. Your XLT may not have the interior motion sensor for the alarm, but that is where it would be located if equipped.

 

Well that would work except this isn’t part of the overhead console. At least according to the owners manual.

 

Tough to find definitive info on all the overhead stuff, but I would bet money that one isn't the interior motion sensor, since XLT doesn't get that. The manual notes that an interior camera will take a picture in the event of an accident. In another thread on this same thing, that was the general consensus. I just looked and mine looks the same. On the last gen Lariat, the motion sensors were behind the "fin" covers that look like vents, and in my Lariat it has those same vent looking covers, so my money is that the sensors are there, which makes sense given that it is supposed to detect motion anywhere in the truck, that spot in OPs picture is aimed mainly at the driver. Looking at the manual though, it calls it the "Active Drive Assist" camera, but part of me would think that is only for Co-Pilot 360 Active vehicles, but maybe it can be for Co-Pilot Assist vehicles (which would include XLT).




I am trying to find an explanation for these so we would know for sure, but not having any luck.

 

I do have the co pilot assist 2.0 but not the active prep

 

That's the zombie apocalypse button. When they have you dead to rights, push that, and a lethal gas comes out of the vents above the button, instantly killing you & saving from being ravaged by the zombies while still alive.

It's a one time use, so deploy wisely.

 

Wut? Any more info on why I'd want a picture of my face getting blasted by an air bag? They gonna try to sell it to me like they do at amusement parks?

 

Ha, I suspect it's to avoid situations like with Tesla where people make claims they were paying attention or whatever and the car just decided that a car on the shoulder was the best thing to run into. Ford doesn't want to have BlueCruise blamed all over TV when they could blame you!

I get it from their perspective. I don't believe they are required to hand over what is taken to your insurance company, but I am sure they would hand it over to the police. I am always iffy on this kind of thing, of course, but unless you are doing something super careless like wearing fake googly eyes to fake out the system so you can get some sleep and let the truck drive, it shouldn't be a concern for most.