Can we rethink the sounds please?

[Drizzler]

I've had my MacheE CA Route 1 since January 2022 and after 20K+ miles I still like it a lot. The cabin is great, handling is precise and it's a blast to take out on the open road. Sure, the software is a work in progress but I'm willing to cut Ford some slack as they make incremental improvements. However, I do have serious complaints with various annoying or distracting sounds that the car makes in the name of "driver assistance."

1) Collision alert: What is the point of sustaining a very loud beep even after the driver has applied the brakes? The alert immediately becomes a distraction---something the driver has to try to ignore in order to react to the situation. This is the opposite of "assistance." At times the beeping continues even after I have come to a complete stop. It just makes a tense moment worse--not helpful ion the least. I respectfully suggest that a single short beep is all that is actually required to get the driver's attention.

2) Proximity beeps: I live in a city. It's entirely expected that I'll be parking in tight spaces driving in narrow streets. In these situations, especially parking, the car creates a huge distraction with its continual loud beeping. I KNOW I'm in a tight spot and I'd like to be able to concentrate without the car emitting sounds of panic. A visual alert on the camera screen or else a much quieter and less annoying alert sound would be a much better way to actually assist me in tight spots.

3) Insanely loud horn on "Key not detected". I can be forgetful, OK? It's not uncommon for me to have to get out of the car in the driveway after having started it to go lock a door or get something I forgot. In these cases, when the car detects that the key is missing, it honks twice at a very loud volume. It does this when it is physically impossible for me to be more than a couple feet away and even when the driver door is left wide open. What is the intention behind this behavior? The car is stopped, the door is open...shouldn't this indicate a normal situation, not something that requires inflicting additional hearing loss on the driver and/or passengers? At the very least, dial back on the decibels please.

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[BMT1071]

1 & 2 you can turn off using the Sync screen. #3 you will need FORScan to disable.

 

[Mach-Lee]

1. The collision alert needs to beep for the entire duration of the event to emphasize the ongoing danger of the situation. It does wait for the sound file to finish playing, which might mean it goes on for a second or two after you've stopped. I don't think a single beep is anywhere near enough urgency or duration for a collision alert. You should be tense since you're about to crash into another car. You can set sensitivity to low if you'd like to reduce the number of alerts.
2. You can turn the parking beeps off if you don't like them.
3. Horns only operate at a single volume, you can't turn down the horn. The double honk is a common complaint, it's an ICE remnant so that people don't leave their cars running in their garage and kill themselves from CO. It can be disabled with FORScan.

 

[kodiakng]

I've had my MacheE CA Route 1 since January 2022 and after 20K+ miles I still like it a lot. The cabin is great, handling is precise and it's a blast to take out on the open road. Sure, the software is a work in progress but I'm willing to cut Ford some slack as they make incremental improvements. However, I do have serious complaints with various annoying or distracting sounds that the car makes in the name of "driver assistance."

1) Collision alert: What is the point of sustaining a very loud beep even after the driver has applied the brakes? The alert immediately becomes a distraction---something the driver has to try to ignore in order to react to the situation. This is the opposite of "assistance." At times the beeping continues even after I have come to a complete stop. It just makes a tense moment worse--not helpful ion the least. I respectfully suggest that a single short beep is all that is actually required to get the driver's attention.

look in the manual for Pre-Collision Assist and the adjustments you can make there - lots of adjustments including off.

2) Proximity beeps: I live in a city. It's entirely expected that I'll be parking in tight spaces driving in narrow streets. In these situations, especially parking, the car creates a huge distraction with its continual loud beeping. I KNOW I'm in a tight spot and I'd like to be able to concentrate without the car emitting sounds of panic. A visual alert on the camera screen or else a much quieter and less annoying alert sound would be a much better way to actually assist me in tight spots.

can be turn on/off - look in the manual for "SWITCHING PARKING AID ON AND OFF"

3) Insanely loud horn on "Key not detected". I can be forgetful, OK? It's not uncommon for me to have to get out of the car in the driveway after having started it to go lock a door or get something I forgot. In these cases, when the car detects that the key is missing, it honks twice at a very loud volume. It does this when it is physically impossible for me to be more than a couple feet away and even when the driver door is left wide open. What is the intention behind this behavior? The car is stopped, the door is open...shouldn't this indicate a normal situation, not something that requires inflicting additional hearing loss on the driver and/or passengers? At the very least, dial back on the decibels please.

requires FORScan but can be disabled: Disable Double Honk

 

[Drizzler]

1. The collision alert needs to beep for the entire duration of the event to emphasize the ongoing danger of the situation. It does wait for the sound file to finish playing, which might mean it goes on for a second or two after you've stopped. I don't think a single beep is anywhere near enough urgency or duration for a collision alert. You should be tense since you're about to crash into another car. You can set sensitivity to low if you'd like to reduce the number of alerts.
2. You can turn the parking beeps off if you don't like them.
3. Horns only operate at a single volume, you can't turn down the horn. The double honk is a common complaint, it's an ICE remnant so that people don't leave their cars running in their garage and kill themselves from CO. It can be disabled with FORScan.

Thanks for the reply! I will look again for parking beep settings and definitely investigate the FORScan mod. On the collision alert, if it is implemented as a sound file, then I would like it to just say "collision alert!". The other distraction, which i forgot to mention before, is the flashing red on the dash screen which calls my attention away from the road.

 

[Drizzler]

look in the manual for Pre-Collision Assist and the adjustments you can make there - lots of adjustments including off.



can be turn on/off - look in the manual for "SWITCHING PARKING AID ON AND OFF"



requires FORScan but can be disabled: Disable Double Honk

Thanks very much! I somehow missed the parking aid settings and didn't know about FORScan.

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