Backup Brake Assist

Suprawill1 · Oct 24, 2023

Hi All,
Just wondering if there's a way to disable it without compromising the ICC stop/go feature.
I hadn't experienced the backup brake assist until yesterday and including today, I thought I actually hit what I was backing toward and realized the ST hit the brakes and not the car behind me.
When it happened today, I thought, "I know I didn't hit the curb", and sure enough, I was a foot and a half away. Don't think I've ever backed into anything so I could do without this feature.
Thanks for your thoughts!

hbalek · Oct 24, 2023

Suprawill1 said:

I modified my behavior so that the bot doesn't think I'm reckless. LOL I like having the feature burt I agree if you're not expecting it, it can scare the crap out of you!

2020FordRaptor · Oct 24, 2023

It is under the driver assists in the settings in touchscreen.

Suprawill1 · Oct 24, 2023

hbalek said:

Right? lol

Suprawill1 · Oct 24, 2023

2020FordRaptor said:

Ok, thanks Raptor!

KNTRDR · Oct 25, 2023

I have never been able to turn it off permanently but turning off the parking sensors (button beside the button for the hazard lights) is an easy way to turn off the reverse brake assist. Have to do it every time you start the car but it’s one button easy. Also disables the annoying parking sensor beeps.

Suprawill1 · Oct 25, 2023

KNTRDR said:

I have never been able to turn it off permanently but turning off the parking sensors (button beside the button for the hazard lights) is an easy way to turn off the reverse brake assist. Have to do it every time you start the car but it’s one button easy. Also disables the annoying parking sensor beeps.

Good to know, thanks!

hbalek · Oct 25, 2023

I enjoy all the bells and whistles on. I'd rather be annoyed than accidentally damage something.

KNTRDR · Oct 25, 2023

hbalek said:

To each their own. I drove for 19 years without so much as a scrape before my car was built so I don’t feel the need for them myself. In tight parking lots all the warning alarms were just irritating.

Suprawill1 · Oct 25, 2023

I myself have never hit anything in a parking routine in over 50 years of driving. I don't mind the bells and whistles but I don't appreciate the music being interfered with every time I come close to an object. (ATM etc) It's amazing how many times things come within the range of the sensors in the course of travel/parking. Again, I appreciate how far technology has come and even marvel at some of the features but there are some things that I've been doing for years without assistance. The only things I would like to avoid is musical interference and that sudden unexpected braking while backing.

hbalek · Oct 25, 2023

KNTRDR said:

I paid for them and I want to use them. I enjoy technology. I have driven for almost 40 years and don't damage my cars. Machines aren't perfect and are not to be trusted 100% of the time and neither are humans or should be trusted 100%. LOL I have never hit anything in parking ever in 40 years. I can't tell you how many times people weave into my lane all the time. Or how some idiots take forever to parallel park. Not to mention the idiots who drive at night with their lights off and I honk and flash at them! All these idiots need technology to do things for them! If I ran NHTSA I would make auto headlights mandatory, lane-keeping, blind-spot and parallel park.

KNTRDR · Oct 26, 2023

hbalek said:

I paid for them and I want to use them. I enjoy technology. I have driven for almost 40 years and don't damage my cars. Machines aren't perfect and are not to be trusted 100% of the time and neither are humans or should be trusted 100%. LOL I have never hit anything in parking ever in 40 years. I can't tell you how many times people weave into my lane all the time. Or how some idiots take forever to parallel park. Not to mention the idiots who drive at night with their lights off and I honk and flash at them! All these idiots need technology to do things for them! If I ran NHTSA I would make auto headlights mandatory, lane-keeping, blind-spot and parallel park.

Like I said, to each their own

hbalek · Oct 26, 2023

Lately driving in the fast lane on highways and the speed of drivers ahead of me varies from 45 to 75 routinely here. It's caised by bad drivimg. Intelligent cruise control please! If everyone used it we would all travel more safely and efficiently.

Suprawill1 · Oct 26, 2023

hbalek said:

Primary causes of this is total lack of law abiding driving and newbie drivers. I blame most of it on texters and people waiting till the last minute to cross all the lanes for an exit. Texting while driving used to be a secondary offense but has been upgraded to a primary offense which in my opinion did absolutely no good because it's never enforced. Drivers know this so they freely text their hearts out.
I've been run off the road 3 times by texters and was lucky to survive twice.

hbalek · Oct 27, 2023

Suprawill1 said:

The stoners and texters and the stoned texters think they're ok to drive as long as they drive super slow. LOL

Suprawill1 · Oct 27, 2023

hbalek said:

Right? And it wouldn't be so bad if they conformed to the old rule, "slower traffic keep right".
The left lane used to be reserved for passing.

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