Anyone else slightly disappointed with Adaptive Cruise Control + Lane Centering (hands-on "Blue Cruise")?

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Anyone else coming from a prior Ford Co-Pilot 360 with Adaptive Cruise Control + Lane Centering vehicle and feeling disappointed with how the Mach E handles the exact same thing?

I've read the accounts of Blue Cruise ping-ponging and hugging the right line and was hoping it was the hands-free version people complained about...

In the last 1.5 weeks I've driven the exact same roads that I had in a Maverick with Co-Pilot 360 ACC + Lane Centering and have been disappointed to experience that the Mach E doesn't handle the same exact roads as well as the Maverick did... The Mach E engages ACC + Lane Centering less frequently ("Blue Cruise" with hands required in the Mach E) and absolutely is less smooth at lane centering. Places where I'd lightly keep a hand on the wheel previously I now need to carefully monitor and adjust steering (Or I feel like I need to because it's bouncing around).

I thought I read somewhere (before picking up my Mach E) that there was a setting to a more aggressive lane centering that can help but perhaps I misread or misremember... is this a thing?

Hoping future updates smooth this out. I still don't regret the purchase -- just voicing some disappointment with poorer performance after what I considered an upgrade.

(Edit: thanks for the move! Didn't see the "Driving Aids" in the category name so general seemed the best match)
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I am happy with it, and it works better than the adaptive cruise on my wife's XT5. Of course her car is older, so I don't think it is a high bar.
 

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I'm ping-ponging all over the place in my new GTPE whereas my Select held the center of the lane very well.

I'm going to figure out how to recalibrate or ask the dealer to.
 
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I am happy with it, and it works better than the adaptive cruise on my wife's XT5. Of course her car is older, so I don't think it is a high bar.
I think what's most disappointing is that I was expecting at least the -same- experience with ACC + lane centering between vehicles when moving 'up' from a Sync 3 vehicle to a Sync 4 vehicle with supposedly at least the same ACC capability.
 

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Yep. My husband is always asking why the car is driving closer to right when vehicles are there and more centered when it is clear.
 


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I have now driven 4 different Mach-E vehicles in BCHF mode. They all were different. Range from barely usable to pretty darn good.

It can be a crap shoot unfortunately.
 

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I have now driven 4 different Mach-E vehicles in BCHF mode. They all were different. Range from barely usable to pretty darn good.

It can be a crap shoot unfortunately.
Mine is in the pretty darn good camp. Sometimes it needs to find the right lane to center properly, but after that it works great with little intervention. I often take my hands off the wheel and do stuff while the car drives for me.
 

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My MME hugs the right side of the lane as described. It also mildly “ping pongs” within a lane, so much so that I turn it off since it is very easy to steer without it.

That said, I’d sure love to use it and rely on it.
 

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Anyone else coming from a prior Ford Co-Pilot 360 with Adaptive Cruise Control + Lane Centering vehicle and feeling disappointed with how the Mach E handles the exact same thing?

I've read the accounts of Blue Cruise ping-ponging and hugging the right line and was hoping it was the hands-free version people complained about...

In the last 1.5 weeks I've driven the exact same roads that I had in a Maverick with Co-Pilot 360 ACC + Lane Centering and have been disappointed to experience that the Mach E doesn't handle the same exact roads as well as the Maverick did... The Mach E engages ACC + Lane Centering less frequently ("Blue Cruise" with hands required in the Mach E) and absolutely is less smooth at lane centering. Places where I'd lightly keep a hand on the wheel previously I now need to carefully monitor and adjust steering (Or I feel like I need to because it's bouncing around).

I thought I read somewhere (before picking up my Mach E) that there was a setting to a more aggressive lane centering that can help but perhaps I misread or misremember... is this a thing?

Hoping future updates smooth this out. I still don't regret the purchase -- just voicing some disappointment with poorer performance after what I considered an upgrade.

(Edit: thanks for the move! Didn't see the "Driving Aids" in the category name so general seemed the best match)
It works fine for me and almost exactly the same as ACC in my other car. This is my first car that steers itself (Lane Plumbing centering) and I love it.
 

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It works fine for me and almost exactly the same as ACC in my other car. This is my first car that steers itself (Lane Plumbing centering) and I love it.
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I have now driven 4 different Mach-E vehicles in BCHF mode. They all were different. Range from barely usable to pretty darn good.

It can be a crap shoot unfortunately.
Yeah, that is what it seems like from reading comments. Our Blue Cruise works wonderfully and I love using it. I don't tend to use the "hands-on" mode much, just hands free. On local roads I like to keep complete control, and have the speedometer centered in the display
 

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We have 22 Premium AWD Ext range and ours stays perfectly centered and adaptive blue cruise control works great no complaints
 

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I have now driven 4 different Mach-E vehicles in BCHF mode. They all were different. Range from barely usable to pretty darn good.

It can be a crap shoot unfortunately.
My 2021 Premium RWD SR was a ping ponging mess but BC did work well otherwise.

My last 2 MMEs have solid BCs - occasionally will trigger a brief ping pong but 95% of the time does not. 22 Premium AWD ER and a GTPE trims.
 

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I have now driven 4 different Mach-E vehicles in BCHF mode. They all were different. Range from barely usable to pretty darn good.

It can be a crap shoot unfortunately.
This is very interesting. What do you think caused the differences in your experience? I want to think the software is consistent (assuming versions get upgraded, which not all have been and that's a separate problem).

But otherwise, what could explain the differences? Hardware calibration? Mid-year or model year changes in parts?

My BlueCruise is pretty good, but I really want the "Hey, that other car is too close on the right, I will move more left to compensate" that Ford says is now BlueCruise v1.2. Which may or may not be an option to upgrade on original MME hardware.
 

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This is very interesting. What do you think caused the differences in your experience? I want to think the software is consistent (assuming versions get upgraded, which not all have been and that's a separate problem).

But otherwise, what could explain the differences? Hardware calibration? Mid-year or model year changes in parts?

My BlueCruise is pretty good, but I really want the "Hey, that other car is too close on the right, I will move more left to compensate" that Ford says is now BlueCruise v1.2. Which may or may not be an option to upgrade on original MME hardware.
Pretty sure it is software that is the difference. In my personal car...BCHF failed to install via dealer. Then it installed via OTA but still didn't work. 4 months later the dealer tried again and Ford said there was some corrupt software on their servers. They fixed that and BCHF worked. It worked poorly, but it worked.

Then about a month later, I received an OTA for map updates and some other "tweaks". BCHF was excellent. I really liked and posted about it. Was actually giddy about it.

Then another week later another OTA and it was crappy again. Not all the way crappy like before......about half regression.

What OTA giveth......gets taken away later. Work in progress apparently.
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