2021 Mach-E User Owners Manual Now Available!

[macchiaz-o]

Look at lot like what is on the back (pg 235 Blind spot info sys) just wondering if same logic pulling out or fake? Can sensors be waxed over?

Yes, many manufacturers have been including ultrasonic sensors on the rear bumpers except on lower end trims. They provide input for the beeping noise you hear as you back too close to a wall, another car, or a bicycle, kid, etc.

Ford's been including them on the front bumper of larger higher vehicles like big pickup trucks. They're now trickling down to smaller cars I guess.

Mach-E has sensors on the sides of the fenders, too, to support rear cross traffic alerts and braking.

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[macchiaz-o]

Look at lot like what is on the back (pg 235 Blind spot info sys) just wondering if same logic pulling out or fake? Can sensors be waxed over?

You can wax/clean them.

 

[Shayne]

Yes, many manufacturers have been including ultrasonic sensors on the rear bumpers except on lower end trims. They provide input for the beeping noise you hear as you back too close to a wall, another car, or a bicycle, kid, etc.

Ford's been including them on the front bumper of larger higher vehicles like big pickup trucks. They're now trickling down to smaller cars I guess.

Mach-E has sensors on the sides of the fenders, too, to support rear cross traffic alerts and braking.

I should have referenced LOCATING THE CROSS TRAFFIC ALERT SENSORS page 237 same rear sensors, different function, wondered if they do the same thing when you stick your nose out? Thought maybe the fronts are mentioned and I did not catch it?

 

[macchiaz-o]

I should have referenced LOCATING THE CROSS TRAFFIC ALERT SENSORS page 237 same rear sensors, different function, wondered if they do the same thing when you stick your nose out? Thought maybe the fronts are mentioned and I did not catch it?

Oh gotcha. Not sure.

I'm away from home now and can't check the manual. But anyway, this might be one of the things we don't know for sure until we test it.

 

[Shayne]

Oh gotcha. Not sure.

I'm away from home now and can't check the manual. But anyway, this might be one of the things we don't know for sure until we test it.

Stick your nose out and if you get warned we should have it figured out . The graphic of how it works (sight zones 236) definitely shows you backing out. But assist backs you in . Thanks for the info on wax (not cameras thou right ).

 

[SteveJo]

... the puddle lamps are
only on if the mirrors are folded and turn
off when the mirrors unfold.
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I was hoping they would to be on while driving so the "light brigade" would be galloping beside me.

 

[generaltso]

I should have referenced LOCATING THE CROSS TRAFFIC ALERT SENSORS page 237 same rear sensors, different function, wondered if they do the same thing when you stick your nose out? Thought maybe the fronts are mentioned and I did not catch it?

There is no cross traffic detection when you nose out of a parking space front first. The sensors that detect cross traffic from the rear are not the same as those ultrasonic parking sensors. Cross traffic uses the radar sensors in the rear fenders that are also used for BLIS.

 

[Shayne]

There is no cross traffic detection when you nose out of a parking space front first. The sensors that detect cross traffic from the rear are not the same as those ultrasonic parking sensors. Cross traffic uses the radar sensors in the rear fenders that are also used for BLIS.

Thanks that is what it says, are the fronts sensors (pic above) and if so what do they do?

 

[generaltso]

Thanks that is what it says, are the fronts sensors (pic above) and if so what do they do?

Those are ultrasonic sensors used for parking.

 

[JellyBelly]

Look at lot like what is on the back (pg 235 Blind spot info sys) just wondering if same logic pulling out or fake? Can sensors be waxed over?

Yes - no issues - I had vehicles with such sensors for over 10 years and I have u them through car washes and waxes and no issues

 

[highland58]

And I was believing like many other people probably that these kind of Adaptive Cruise and Speed Sign Recognition was a Tesla thing, what a big mistake.

My Clarity has adaptive cruise control but it is not very smooth. It responds later and more abrupt than it should IMO to slow it down then waits too long to speed back up again. In light traffic it is ok, stop and go not so much.

 

[highland58]

Fortunately there are chargers that comes with flexible cable in very low temp, especially if they are build in Canada (like the Grizzl-E), of course for the chargers made in California I wouldn't try to use them here.

Edit: I was reading a review of the Juice Box 40 from Inside EV's and despite it was classified a good charger unfortunately his cable is not a flexible one in cold temp, so if it's for outdoor use I would not choose this charger.
https://insideevs.com/news/402950/enelx-juicebox-smart-ev-charger-review/

Yeah that cable is overkill thick, but you could run over it with a truck and not hurt it probably.

 

[Shayne]

Those are ultrasonic sensors used for parking.

Only one function? Maybe an OTA for pulling out to do what the sensors in the rear do when you are backing out of a parking space. 2 function; 3 functions for the rears if they are used for Active Park Assist also.

 

[generaltso]

Only one function? Maybe an OTA for pulling out to do what the sensors in the rear do when you are backing out of a parking space. 2 function; 3 functions for the rears if they are used for Active Park Assist also.

Ultrasonic sensors don‘t have enough range for that. There are radar sensors in the rear fenders that you can’t see that are used for BLIS and rear cross traffic alerting.

 

[ClaudeMach-E]

Yeah that cable is overkill thick, but you could run over it with a truck and not hurt it probably.

Yes but at -30 C if you barely can unroll or roll it back in place it might be a pain.

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