BlueCruise strong right bias

[mobrien118]

Hello,

I like the idea of BlueCruise, but it scares the bejesus out of me. Specifically, I spend a lot of time in the leftmost lane, and it tends to drift into the lane to the right of me (US, so same direction traffic). Hands free, of course. When it is hands on, I am always applying a little pressure to keep it left a little more.

It especially tends to do this right as I am passing another car or right after I have passed another car. Frequently enough, it drifts into the lane to the right and throws up the red lights yelling at itself for crossing into the next lane.

It certainly seems to PO other drivers when "I" cut them off like that.

What's up with this thing?

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[Marque]

I wish it centered more. I find if I let it drift to the right it will find its groove most of the time. There are certain parts of an HOV lane I use that I know to grab the wheel as it is unpredictable in sections.

 

[Mach-Lee]

I like the idea of BlueCruise, but it scares the bejesus out of me. Specifically, I spend a lot of time in the leftmost lane, and it tends to drift into the lane to the right of me (US, so same direction traffic). Hands free, of course. When it is hands on, I am always applying a little pressure to keep it left a little more.

It especially tends to do this right as I am passing another car or right after I have passed another car. Frequently enough, it drifts into the lane to the right and throws up the red lights yelling at itself for crossing into the next lane.

It certainly seems to PO other drivers when "I" cut them off like that.

What's up with this thing?

Yeah the drifting coming close to cars in the other lane is known bug with the current version. Ford needs to fix it. Hopefully they did in BlueCruise 1.2, but I think I saw at least one report that 1.2 still lane hugs, and only avoids semis.

My car does it and it's annoying. The drift compensation sucks.

 

[awp0]

A lot of people have complained about BC driving too far to the right of the lane, coming uncomfortably close to other cars in the right lane. Also, for some reason BC likes to swing right aggressively when it first engages, before moving back toward the center. The "right bias" is a big annoyance IMHO, and results in BC being an uncomfortable experience in traffic.

 

[Atxsw]

I agree, it tends to hug the right lane line too close when in the left lane. in the center lane I find it does a better job, as well as the right lane. I was hoping 1.2 improves it but who knows when I will get that...


Still not a single update pushed to my car in the 1.5 weeks since I took delivery and theres at least a few that I dont have.

 

[Womps]

Blue Cruise on my F 150 is hands down better than my MME. I think if a cop was following me driving the MME I would get pulled over and given a breathalyzer!

 

[mobrien118]

I think if a cop was following me driving the MME I would get pulled over and given a breathalyzer!

Yeah - I had what felt like a close call like this. I passed a cop and forgot, put it on BlueCruise and then, after it swerved, remembered he was back there - turned it off immediately. I felt uncomfortable, but luckily did not get pulled over for the swerving or moving faster than the officer.

Good to know this isn't just my car being mis-calibrated or something and that others are noticing the same thing. Or, maybe it is not a good thing, because if it was simply a calibration issue maybe it could be "fixed" simply.

In response to other responses, yes, I have noticed that if I just let it do it's initial swerving, it tends to even out, but still hugs right and will still tend to gravitate toward cars to the right. I was worried that this was just my perception, as I've started to notice that people generally tend to hug the left when they are in the left lane and assumed I was just uncomfortable because it was my habit to be more leftward. Sounds like it is not just my bias, though.

 

[Dnorwood98]

If it is crossing the lane divider, that is more of a bias than I have experienced using BC. Wonder if the camera system can be serviced to fix that.

 

[RickMachE]

It should NOT be crossing the line. If it does, it's not operating properly.

 

[Mach-Lee]

It should NOT be crossing the line. If it does, it's not operating properly.

If you hold it in the center of the lane and then let go, it will go shooting to the right and bust the line. The drift compensation should know the difference between an external force on the steering vs. your steering input torque, but it doesn't subtract your input. Hell, it might even add your input, wouldn't surprise me if they flipped a sign in the power steering code by mistake and nobody caught it yet.

 

[Warp Asylum]

Yeah the drifting coming close to cars in the other lane is known bug with the current version. Ford needs to fix it. Hopefully they did in BlueCruise 1.2, but I think I saw at least one report that 1.2 still lane hugs, and only avoids semis.

My 23 feels "better" at staying centered than my 22 was, but that said, there are still times when it feels like it's too close to the right side of the lane.

I did see lane positioning to the left of the lane for the first time while next to a pickup today; however, it was when passing a 1-ton dually pickup, so still a fairly large vehicle. At minimum, I'd prefer to see it position itself to the left of the lane when passing any vehicle when I'm in the far left lane.

 

[Blue highway]

Hello,

I like the idea of BlueCruise, but it scares the bejesus out of me. Specifically, I spend a lot of time in the leftmost lane, and it tends to drift into the lane to the right of me (US, so same direction traffic). Hands free, of course. When it is hands on, I am always applying a little pressure to keep it left a little more.

It especially tends to do this right as I am passing another car or right after I have passed another car. Frequently enough, it drifts into the lane to the right and throws up the red lights yelling at itself for crossing into the next lane.

It certainly seems to PO other drivers when "I" cut them off like that.

What's up with this thing?

If it crosses a lane line that is a serious problem... Mine has never done that. Uncomfortably to the right side of a lane, yes. Cross a lane line... no. is this hyperbole or really happening?

 

[kennethjk]

WhenI first got my car it def pulled to the right. After 9 months of ownership it def seems better now. Not perfect but better.

when u first engage it does swerve and I also look in all the mirrors to see if any police are around , just doesn’t look good and is scary.

 

[VindictivePantz]

I've noticed what I think is a slight bias to the right, but after seeing this thread, I watched it closely today and there's still plenty of room on the right side.

I wonder if it's a slight right-bias, but our brains are processing a harder right bias in a more extreme fashion because our eyes (brain) are attuned to the lane lines and we're sitting on the left, especially when there's a vehicle in that right lane - it feels like the MME is drifting that direction.

If we were in the UK, I wonder if we'd feel a left bias.

Regardless, at higher speeds, it does feel like it rushes to the right, but I do not think it's as extreme as it feels. At slower speeds (e.g. traffic jam,) it feels pretty centered.

Ford is collecting all of this data; let's hope if there is a bias, that data helps improve it.

 

[Mach-Lee]

If it crosses a lane line that is a serious problem... Mine has never done that. Uncomfortably to the right side of a lane, yes. Cross a lane line... no. is this hyperbole or really happening?

Uh, yes I've had it happen multiple times while trying to hold it off passing cars. You have to be holding the wheel for a while and then let go. The counter force builds with time like a spring storing energy, so when you let go it releases quickly and shoots you a foot or two into the next lane. Lane alert goes off. You have to let go slowly after holding the wheel so it doesn't do that.

Really dumb the car's own steering inputs will set of its own lane alert.

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