Adaptive Cruise Control Slows for Corners....

[CameraCarl]

I've had my MME for almost two months and finally took a long road trip. I noticed that when I have the adaptive cruise control on and the car approaches a curve it automatically slows down for the curve. I have had prior versions of adaptive cruise control on my 2018 Edge and 2021 Escape Hybrid and they never did this. What is annoying is that the car slows down far more than I ever would for the curves; sometimes dropping from 65 mph to 55 mph for a nice sweeping curve that is not really that sharp. I presume this is something to do with the latest version of cruise control and/or Blue Cruise. Is there anything I can reset in the car to make the slow down less drastic?

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[hybrid2bev]

There's only two choices. Let it do it's thing or turn off Predictive Speed Assist. There's no adjustments (unless maybe you use your foot on the accelerator).

 

[ChasingCoral]

I've had my MME for almost two months and finally took a long road trip. I noticed that when I have the adaptive cruise control on and the car approaches a curve it automatically slows down for the curve. I have had prior versions of adaptive cruise control on my 2018 Edge and 2021 Escape Hybrid and they never did this. What is annoying is that the car slows down far more than I ever would for the curves; sometimes dropping from 65 mph to 55 mph for a nice sweeping curve that is not really that sharp. I presume this is something to do with the latest version of cruise control and/or Blue Cruise. Is there anything I can reset in the car to make the slow down less drastic?

You are right that this is a part of the new releases of Blue Cruise. In BC 1.0, the car would reach those curves, decide the speed was too fast and disengage. I like the new system much better.

 

[Deleted member 19354]

There's only two choices. Let it do it's thing or turn off Predictive Speed Assist. There's no adjustments (unless maybe you use your foot on the accelerator).

I’ve like the feature but yes o add a little “gas” to the peddle

 

[AliRafiee]

You are right that this is a part of the new releases of Blue Cruise. In BC 1.0, the car would reach those curves, decide the speed was too fast and disengage. I like the new system much better.

It goes to hand on mode regardless of the car’s speed. It happens in stop and go traffic and keeps bugging about the wheel until the end of the curve.

 

[ChasingCoral]

It goes to hand on mode regardless of the car’s speed. It happens in stop and go traffic and keeps bugging about the wheel until the end of the curve.

That is true of BC 1.0. In more advanced versions of BC, the car will detect the speed of the curve that it can handle in Hands-Free mode and slow to that speed while simultaneously displaying an indicator on the instrument panel for the reason of the slow down (right or left curve icon). After passing through the curve, the car with automatically resume the set speed or the speed of traffic ahead of it.

 

[Arsenic17]

As someone that had BC 1.0 on MachE 2022 but now have BC 1.3 on 2023 MachE, I think this feature is actually great. Cant believe someone would want to turn it off. I agree sometimes it is a bit too slow, but 80%+ of the time I think it slows down adequately. With BC 1.0, it would not slow down at all for sharp curves. The car would either take the turn like an unsafe NASCAR driver, or it would kick you out of BC randomly making for a very dangerous situation if you are not paying attention.

 

[hybrid2bev]

Cant believe someone would want to turn it off. The car would either take the turn like an unsafe NASCAR driver,

I turned it off. Full speed baby.

 

[ChehRob]

There's only two choices. Let it do it's thing or turn off Predictive Speed Assist. There's no adjustments (unless maybe you use your foot on the accelerator).

I like the feature, and the software does not 'mind' if you choose to add a little 'gas'. HWY 16 does a few slowdowns in Tacoma on sharper freeway turns. Hands free stays on. I have the car set to Wisper mode, I don't know if it is more aggressive if you choose another.

 

[kdonnel]

As someone that had BC 1.0 on MachE 2022 but now have BC 1.3 on 2023 MachE, I think this feature is actually great. Cant believe someone would want to turn it off. I agree sometimes it is a bit too slow, but 80%+ of the time I think it slows down adequately. With BC 1.0, it would not slow down at all for sharp curves. The car would either take the turn like an unsafe NASCAR driver, or it would kick you out of BC randomly making for a very dangerous situation if you are not paying attention.

I think the average driver is used to taking curves at a much higher rate of speed than recommended.

I have found that I am going with the flow of traffic, 65-70, in a 55 mph zone, the car sees a curve and slows to 45. At that point I am an impediment to traffic unless I press the accelerator.

But when on a road trip I do like my speed to adjust with speed limit changes to prevent speeding tickets.

I wish the options were decoupled and could be turned on or off independently.

 

[ponEpwr]

Yeah I’m hoping the slow down for curves feature can be disabled when BC 1.3 releases next year.

I’d much rather get a notification to grab the wheel vs having to modulate the throttle to hold speed.

 

[CameraCarl]

Thanks to all for confirming that this is "normal." But as a follow-on: when my Blue Cruise trial expires and I don't renew it, will I still have adaptive cruise control? And will it still have the nanny-state "too fast for even a Mustang to handle" curve speed reduction? Or does this go away with Blue Cruise?

 

[AliRafiee]

That is true of BC 1.0. In more advanced versions of BC, the car will detect the speed of the curve that it can handle in Hands-Free mode and slow to that speed while simultaneously displaying an indicator on the instrument panel for the reason of the slow down (right or left curve icon). After passing through the curve, the car with automatically resume the set speed or the speed of traffic ahead of it.

You said 1.0

 

[ChasingCoral]

You said 1.0

Yes I did. Let's try this again.

In BC 1.0, when the car reaches curves that are too sharp, BCHF will disengage and switch to hands-on mode. This disengagement happens without warning and does so while entering the curve.

In more advanced versions of BC, the car will detect it is approaching a curve. It will then determine the speed of the curve that it can handle in Hands-Free mode and slow to that speed if the car is exceeding the speed BC can handle. The Instrument panel will display an indicator on the instrument panel showing the reason of the slow down (right or left curve icon). After passing through the curve, the car with automatically resume the set speed or the speed of traffic ahead of it.

I find the new version of BC much better to use and I can use it more confidently in more situations.

 

[ChasingCoral]

It goes to hand on mode regardless of the car’s speed. It happens in stop and go traffic and keeps bugging about the wheel until the end of the curve.

Are you saying that if the car is traveling at a very slow speed through the curve it will disengage hands-free?

I don't understand what you mean it "keeps bugging about the wheel". I find BC 1.0 disengages from hands-free mode and switches to hands-on mode. In hands-on mode, if you choose not to apply pressure to the steering wheel it will remind you that you need to do so whether you are in a curve or not. If you don't comply it will alert you with sudden braking and eventually slow you to a stop.

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