2023 Mach-E. How to activate self park?

[JerryR]

I noticed EV Vida is selling a kick to open add-on for $99. Install looks a bit involved but they do have a detailed video on YouTube. I had it on a prior car and occasionally miss it but not sure I care to spend the time to add it back in.

Never had parking assist so I don't know what I'm missing! I wonder what sensor is missing that Ford pulled the feature?

I don't think they pulled a sensor. I was suppose to have that capability on my car when I picked it up last year, but was told they were in short supply of the computer chip that provides that assist. They gave me a ~$380 credit. Said I could get the chip at a later date when they had them in stock. I chose to keep the $.

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[Jeff-NoVA]

I don't think they pulled a sensor. I was suppose to have that capability on my car when I picked it up last year, but was told they were in short supply of the computer chip that provides that assist. They gave me a ~$380 credit. Said I could get the chip at a later date when they had them in stock. I chose to keep the $.

Oh, that’s really interesting. I wonder if there’s a way to find out when the chip becomes available?

 

[JerryR]

Oh, that’s really interesting. I wonder if there’s a way to find out when the chip becomes available?

That was over 15 months ago. They may have them now. Since I wasn't interested I never checked back.

 

[azerik]

They also didn't remove the iconography molded into the inside edge of the rear hatch that shows how to use the kick to open feature.

Yeah. I thought a 23 I was looking at had it. Funny that the dealers selling used always take a pic of that button and say it has it.

As for the self park, you're missing very little. I have it, never got it to work fast enough where I didn't fear the person behind me was going to sneak in the spot before my car started to back up. I can back my FFE up using the camera like pro. The MME, not so much but with the 360cam pretty well and swift and usually centered the first try.

 

[Deleted member 19354]

I have the parking button but can’t figure it out on how to get it to work.

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thanks in advance

Same

 

[BigMach-E]

The parking assist function is really little more than a party trick, far too slow to be useful. Although, for parallel parking, it does get closer to the curb in super tight spots than I think I could. Kick to open is super useful though.

 

[lwilliams0514]

I have the parking button but can’t figure it out on how to get it to work.

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thanks in advance

Finally a post that has me saying “it’s go time!”

Park Assist is nothing new. The standard parallel park….

push the button on center stack. It defaults to parallel park. Put your blinker on for which side of street you want to park on. The car will parallel park on left side of a one way street. Get into lane next to curb you want to park on and out turn signal on. Then the car will measure spots as you drive by slowly. It will alert you to stop when it finds a space you can sit in. Put car in neutral and push and hold the park button and let go do the steering wheel and let the car steer and control the gas and break. The car will start to move. Remember you can cancel at any time by pressing brake or letting go of the button. The car will wiggle itself into the spot and will tell you once it is done. Coincidentally, the car can use the mode at the top to wiggle out of a tight space so you can leave.

the other features are to back into a space as well.

I LOVE park assist, it’s even more amazing seeing on an F150

 

[generaltso]

I have the parking button but can’t figure it out on how to get it to work.

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thanks in advance

Same

Did you just agree with yourself? ?

 

[TheVirtualTim]

My '21 came with both kick-to-open and park-assist.

In '22, chip shortages resulted in Ford shipping the cars without the necessary chips, but giving a purchase credit to the buyer -- who could opt to have the dealer install the chips once they are available.

In '23 the features were removed entirely -- no purchase credit nor option to add the feature later.

I'm not upset about this on my '23. I have used park-assist maybe two or three times ever on my '21 and mostly just to see how well it works. It worked well when parallel parking ... but I can park the car faster. If there is traffic in the lane waiting for me to back into a space, I prefer to park it myself (and the 360° camera view makes it ridiculously easy even without park-assist). When perpendicular parking ... I have not been happy with it. When I let it completely finish the park job ... I always have to pull the car out of the space, center it, and back it in again. It doesn't do a very good job perpendicular parking.

They did not remove the park-assist button on the center console. It'd be great if we could re-purpose that button. I suggested that it get converted to a 1-pedal mode toggle. I might be the oddball ... but on the freeway I disable 1-pedal because I prefer to have the car coast when I take my foot off the accelerator. But if I'm in stop & go traffic, I prefer to turn 1-pedal mode on. I toggle the mode on and off a lot and wish I had a physical button to toggle it rather than opening the vehicle settings screen to toggle it.

 

[azerik]

Finally a post that has me saying “it’s go time!”

Park Assist is nothing new. The standard parallel park….

push the button on center stack. It defaults to parallel park. Put your blinker on for which side of street you want to park on. The car will parallel park on left side of a one way street. Get into lane next to curb you want to park on and out turn signal on. Then the car will measure spots as you drive by slowly. It will alert you to stop when it finds a space you can sit in. Put car in neutral and push and hold the park button and let go do the steering wheel and let the car steer and control the gas and break. The car will start to move. Remember you can cancel at any time by pressing brake or letting go of the button. The car will wiggle itself into the spot and will tell you once it is done. Coincidentally, the car can use the mode at the top to wiggle out of a tight space so you can leave.

the other features are to back into a space as well.

I LOVE park assist, it’s even more amazing seeing on an F150

What you left out, and what throws everyone for a loop with this feature is it needs to have, and see, a car in the parkings spots on both side of the parking spot you want.
Doesn't work on an empty street, or parking lot as it's using the cars to find the spot and ignoring the lines on the ground. That's why it usually doesn't work, or doesn't work fast enough for most people. I can pop into a parking spot in about 5 to 15 seconds. Park Assist, is closer to 30. And 30 seconds in a semi crowded parking lot is a lifetime. In most areas of AZ if you arn't in there in a few seconds someone else will be, no matter how close to getting parked you thought you were, plus they'll be on your bumper before your car even starts to back up.
In a small town I can see the feature working.

 

[ThomF]

re: I can pop into a parking spot in about 5 to 15 seconds. Park Assist, is closer to 30.

I have the same experience. I've used it successfully once; have tried it a half dozen times. On the aborted attempts, another vehicle drove up waiting for me to get out of the way. It's an interesting feature, but I frankly feel more comfortable doing it myself and it takes far less time and head-scratching.

By the way, I've programmed the third button on my mirrors so that I can hit it to move the right side mirror down when parking. It helps to show the relationship between the rear tire and the curb, making sure that I don't damage the wheels. However, the overhead camera view is pretty good for the same, and as of late I've ignored moving the mirror down.

 

[miguelcastro67]

So, this one is one that pisses me off, but not for reasons you think. I have a 2023 MME-GTpe. All my readings and video watchings before I ordered it put me in the impression that this feature was standard. Like the poster of this thread, I have the button but instead, it accesses a "find a nearby parking garage" feature. In realty, I agree with all the people here. It's not a feature I would be comfortable using and I can park pretty good (if I say so myself). That said, talking to Ford about it, the excuse they gave me was the "chip shortage". Valid for a while but an excuse totally over-used still to this day. And they did not mark the car down a single dollar. As I said, I wouldn't use it and the "locate a parking garage" is in fact a feature I've used once or twice already. The other missing feature really fu$#$#@%ng pisses me off. The kick-to-open on the rear hatch. I have MS and walk with cane most of the time. Coming out of a grocery store with a couple of bags on my left hand and my cane on my right, that kick-to-open would have been used quite a lot. OK, I've vented. And I'm not stranger to adapting. Still pisses me off. The car is great, but Ford really is on my shit list.

 

[Teslaeata]

In case anybody ever wonders if kick-to-open rear doors work, well, they don’t?

Just tried it while loading car with tools and was really disappointed when left rear door didn’t open when I kicked under the sill until I realised what I was doing.

Shouldn’t really be allowed out on my own?

 

[VindictivePantz]

In case anybody ever wonders if kick-to-open rear doors work, well, they don’t?

Just tried it while loading car with tools and was really disappointed when left rear door didn’t open when I kicked under the sill until I realised what I was doing.

Shouldn’t really be allowed out on my own?

If you kick a little higher, say in the window area, it'll open at least one time ?

 

[Teslaeata]

If you kick a little higher, say in the window area, it'll open at least one time ?

On my way…….

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