I've had my 22 King Ranch for approximately two weeks and am still getting to know it. I've just started playing with the Blue Cruise. The first few times of using Blue Cruise makes you nervous and afraid to trust it, but so far it's been good. So here is my question, and sorry if it sounds like a really dumb question ....

Yesterday I was driving on a back road using my Blue Cruise and was at 45 mph. Up ahead I saw a vehicle in front of me completely stopped and waiting to turn left. I immediately turned off the Blue Cruise and applied the brakes. What would have happened had I not done that? Would the auto start/stop feature detected the vehicle and slam on the brakes? Would it have been a slower stop than slamming on the brakes? Would I have collided with the car in front of me?

I appreciate any advice. I'm afraid to test this part of the truck.

 

I didn't think it'd work on roads where there are intersections and turn lanes... I think you meant to say adaptive cruise control and lane centering, not BlueCruise....

 

Maybe that's where I am confused. I'm just now getting to know the new truck. I was under the impression that adaptive cruise control and lane centering was a part of Blue Cruise. Is it not? Thus far I've only seen the lane centering work when I enter blue cruise mode.

 

Blue cruise/adaptive cruise will apply the brakes as needed to slow or stop you.

As long as you have those features just keep it on.

 

You are confusing a bunch of things.

First, Auto Start/Stop is a technology that turns off the engine at stoplights to save gas.

Second, BlueCruise is hands free driving on 130,000 miles of highways.

Lastly, using Adaptive Cruise with Stop & Go will indeed slow, then stop your vehicle when it "sees" the vehicle ahead not moving. HOWEVER, it works best when you're in traffic. On the highway at 70mph, then the car in front slows to 65, you'll slow to 65. Then when it speeds up to 70, you'll speed up.

In the situation you describe, you'll be cruising along at 45 and then the truck will dramatically slow down quickly WHEN it sees the stopped vehicle. You would be better off manually braking yourself, or using the cruise control to lower your speed and then raise it back up when the vehicle has turned.

You might want to download your manual from the owner.ford.com site in PDF form to all your devices and read it. There are also numerous videos on Ford's site that explain all this.

Edit - lane centering only works if it can detect lines on both sides. Videos on this also.

 

I really appreciate the info. Now I really feel like an idiot. Clearly I've got a lot to learn. My previous 2013 Platinum didn't have any of this stuff. Thanks for helping out a new guy.

 

Edit: I was way too slow with my post


Auto start/stop has nothing to do with it. That is the feature that shuts the engine off to save on gas at stoplights and such.

Your truck would not have ran into that vehicle. Depending on what features you have… the bluecruise, or cruise control, or collision avoidance would have detected it and hit the brakes. In a situation like that, I would have hit the brakes too and not relied on the smart features of the truck.

 

This new technology (last few years) is light years ahead of my 2013 XLT also. Had some in my 2018 Fusion Energi. Have lots more in my 2021 Mach-E, plus more. Still waiting for BlueCruise to be added to mine via over the air update or dealership this month.

 

I don't have that model year, therefore not familiar with what can be turned on and off so if I'm out of line, let me know.

OP, on previous models that offered Adpative cruise, it can be enabled or disabled. You should verify Adaptive Cruise is enabled. You will know it if your vehicle reacts as described by Rick.... it will slow down and maintain a follow distance of a vehicle in front of you. That's a good way to test it vs. testing it with rapidly approaching a stopped vehicle.

My 2016 will alert me that I'm about to hit somebody but I don't think it will brake (technology came after 2016 I believe). So yeah, ensure adaptive is on before you become too trusting. Again, my 2016 will not stop my vehicle for traffic and kick in as traffic clears. It will follow a vehicle, however with cruise enabled in the city, I must stop the vehicle and accelerate once the traffic light turns green, unlike your model year.

 

First you will get a crash warning alerts both visual on your drivers screen and a audible warning.

This also happens with the cruise off when in-crouching to close to the vehicle ahead.