Blue Cruise Hands on Steering wheel

[AliRafiee]

Ah, I see. I tend to lightly hold it. I kept feeling if I held it too tight, it would cause issues with the car trying to guide the wheels...

Just give it a little tug when it asks.

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[byoungblood]

I hope that was meant to be sarcastic. If so, please use emojis next time.

Steering wheel weights are stupid and dangerous.

Nope, I always have a hand on the wheel, but add the weight to get rid of the useless nanny notifications.

This also lets the driver just allow BC to settle into where it wants to put the car into the lane, instead of constantly feeling the wheel tug back and forth under your hand due to a lack of hysteresis in the system. If I feel it is getting me to close to something, I gently steer away from it.

End result is a much more enjoyable driving experience, probably the way it should have come from Ford.

 

[fawzib]

Get an ankle weight and put it on the steering wheel. I still keep a hand on the wheel but it gets rid of the nuisance reminders when driving on a straight stretch of road as it always senses a little pressure on the wheel.

Now if there were only a way to fix the eye nanny so it stops going off even when you're staring straight at the road. Just being able to eliminate the initial audio alert would be plenty.

will 2 lbs work?

 

[Shepherd]

Nope, I always have a hand on the wheel, but add the weight to get rid of the useless nanny notifications.

A year ago, before I bought mine, I talked to a Mach-e driver one day out by chance. He was the first one I met and he said he used a steering wheel weight for this purpose on long road trips. I have never used one. At that time I thought it was likely common to use a weight and an OTA update would eventually fix it. Most of my miles are in interstate BC mode so it doesn't nanny me much.

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