. Once I set it at 80MPH it worked like a charm.
Its real big text that first appears saying it's on and pay attention. That only shows when you first activate it. Then the little blue icon, colors in the instrument panel, and the steering wheel image come and go depending on if it is hands-free or not.
I have driven hands free a few times already in other vehicles. Underwhelmed. Just got it working in my car today and used it on the way home. Very disappointing that it now will only track down the dead center of the lane. I will try and turn off hands free tomorrow and see if it will let me use regular ACC with LKA/LC and track where I prefer in the lane. Crossing fingers....
This morning I turned it on at 80 but was able to bump to 81 w/o problem. Didn't go farther than that though.Hi All, This discussion has been very helpful! I went out yesterday afternoon and played with it some more and figured it out. I believe my problem was trying to set BC going over 80 MPH
I had a similar issue with my ā21 SELECT. Blue Cruise was supposedly installed properly. Blue Cruise was active on my account. I tried for 6 weeks and it never went to hands free Blue Cruise.When engaging Blue Cruise on the highway, after 10-15 seconds the car is asking to "keep hands on steering wheel". I'll put my hand on the wheel and the car returns to hands free driving for 10 seconds and the issues reoccurs. I've tried everything I can think of to get it to stay in hands free mode, but can't figure it out. I've been driving on I-80 between the Bay Area and Sacramento, CA, which I believe is an optimal BC route with long, straight freeway lanes.
If I rest my hand on the wheel, the adaptive cruise and lane keep assist works great...I just have to always keep my hand rested on the wheel for it to work longer than 15 seconds.
Any ideas what my issue could be?
I've tried:
- cleaning the BC sensor display
- reducing speed to 65mph
- removing sunglasses
Oh boy, you will soon learn. That is the least surprising thing I've ever heard out of Ford.
On my drive home from Milwaukee to Chicago, my blue cruise would come on for literally 2 seconds, turn off for 3 minutes, come back on for 2 seconds, rinse and repeat. Just because it's a supported highway doesn't mean it will work. it's very very unreliable.
Had BlueCruise ever worked for you? Did you buy the car new and are you sure you have the blue cruise prep package. You say you assumed it had the software which makes me question whether you even have the BlueCruise prep package.
Iāve never tried it until yesterday, so Iāve never had it work yet. I bought it new, Job 2 2022. I thought 2022 Premiums came with it standard? There was no option for it when I ordered the car.
Maybe you know this, but have to also press the lateral support (lane centering) button on the wheel to enable steering and get the blue bubble around the car before it will engage. Also your maps could be expired, the date should say 10-12-2022 or it wonāt work. If it says 10-09-2022 you have expired maps and need the OTA.
Your first post on this thread didnāt mention you had a premium. So yeah, it should have the prep package. And as a 2022 it should also have the software to be active. Iād check all the toggles for cruise control, intelligent cruise, hands free, etc. But also, depending on speeds and areas, it may not be active right in that particular spot. Blue cruise wonāt activate for me on certain stretches of I-81 in Northern NY.
Going less than 80 mph?
Man I forgot some people don't know that. Yeah it's not documented. It's always been limited to 80 MPH. Tesla was the same but recently raised to 85 MPH.
