RickMachE
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We got BlueCruise enabled on our 2021 at the end of April, but didn't drive more than a few miles with it. Our 2022 came with it enabled, and we just completed a 1,050 mile trip with it.
Summary - BlueCruise is great, and I look forward to the improvements to come.
BlueCruise works exactly as advertised. It's not self-driving, and you can't take a nap. You can't even turn to talk to your spouse, or use the center display, or glance out the side window to look at a windfarm, without it alerting you to look at the road.
Does it "ping-pong" all over? Meh, sometimes. It was quite windy on the way home, gusting sideways, and that caused it to ping-pong a bit. It also does that as you engage sometimes, finding the lines on both sides.
BlueCruise clearly needs lines on both sides, it's not relying on proximity to anything for centering. I know this because when they paved over the lines on one road, BlueCruise disengaged, they reengaged when the lines briefly appeared, then disengaged again when they disappeared.
BlueCruise stays engaged in stop and go traffic, no matter the wait, unlike the normal stop and go cruise. No hitting "resume".
Yes, a few times it did want to go too close to a semi for my liking, mostly on the right. But it also went through construction areas with concrete barricades right up against the lane, without issue.
Navigation and BlueCruise don't like when the highway is under construction, and they route you to the other side for a period of time.
IMO, BlueCruise allows for easier driving.
Things I'd like to see changed @Ford Motor Company :
1) Let me pick the sound I want it to make.
2) When BlueCruise decides it wants me to hold the wheel due to an upcoming curve, it flashes a message but makes no noise. I don't want the default noise, but I want something, like a ping.
3) When using navigation, the handsfree icon is covered up. Put it somewhere else.
Summary - BlueCruise is great, and I look forward to the improvements to come.
BlueCruise works exactly as advertised. It's not self-driving, and you can't take a nap. You can't even turn to talk to your spouse, or use the center display, or glance out the side window to look at a windfarm, without it alerting you to look at the road.
Does it "ping-pong" all over? Meh, sometimes. It was quite windy on the way home, gusting sideways, and that caused it to ping-pong a bit. It also does that as you engage sometimes, finding the lines on both sides.
BlueCruise clearly needs lines on both sides, it's not relying on proximity to anything for centering. I know this because when they paved over the lines on one road, BlueCruise disengaged, they reengaged when the lines briefly appeared, then disengaged again when they disappeared.
BlueCruise stays engaged in stop and go traffic, no matter the wait, unlike the normal stop and go cruise. No hitting "resume".
Yes, a few times it did want to go too close to a semi for my liking, mostly on the right. But it also went through construction areas with concrete barricades right up against the lane, without issue.
Navigation and BlueCruise don't like when the highway is under construction, and they route you to the other side for a period of time.
IMO, BlueCruise allows for easier driving.
Things I'd like to see changed @Ford Motor Company :
1) Let me pick the sound I want it to make.
2) When BlueCruise decides it wants me to hold the wheel due to an upcoming curve, it flashes a message but makes no noise. I don't want the default noise, but I want something, like a ping.
3) When using navigation, the handsfree icon is covered up. Put it somewhere else.
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