gbores Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 I took delivery of my new Focus about 2 months ago. 3 times now the collision avoidance alarm has gone off while driving along the open road. It goes off after a few seconds, but the 1st time it went off I was a bit alarmed. Has anyone else experienced this? If it keeps going off I'll switch it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnH Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Might be some debris/insect remains on the sensor within front grille of car giving false positives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Heaton Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 The CA is very sensitive, even on low, and although you can stop it taking over the brake you can't stop it's stupid bonging at you Would happily turn it off completely if I could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ams Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 You can switch it OFF but remember, your insurance is aware that you have this system built in and incase of accident this will void your insurance. I've confirmed this with my insurance LV.com and turning it OFF had an increase of nearly £150. Hope this helps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke4efc Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 2 hours ago, Ams said: You can switch it OFF but remember, your insurance is aware that you have this system built in and incase of accident this will void your insurance. I've confirmed this with my insurance LV.com and turning it OFF had an increase of nearly £150. Hope this helps. It wont void your insurance. It's like saying you're insurance is void if you turn your parking sensors off. It's a driver aid and shouldn't be relied upon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Heaton Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 So I've just chatted with direct line advisor. They say switching the system off will not void the insurance. You can't actually switch it off completely, just the active braking part. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizer Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 20 hours ago, gbores said: I took delivery of my new Focus about 2 months ago. 3 times now the collision avoidance alarm has gone off while driving along the open road. It goes off after a few seconds, but the 1st time it went off I was a bit alarmed. Has anyone else experienced this? If it keeps going off I'll switch it off. Mine has never gone off on an open straight road. The only time it has gone off is when I have pulled sharply into a left hand filter lane and there has been a wall or fence hard up against the roadside with no pavement, or a lamppost or pedestrian crossing point near the road edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botus Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 what car is testing one.... theirs's goes off all the time. It says its user adjustable, but when they went to reduce its sensitivity, it was already set on low. so they are turning off the braking assist, but the audible nag is always on I thought other posts were saying there's a software update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatHead1979 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 On 9/3/2019 at 1:49 PM, Ams said: You can switch it OFF but remember, your insurance is aware that you have this system built in and incase of accident this will void your insurance. I've confirmed this with my insurance LV.com and turning it OFF had an increase of nearly £150. Hope this helps. I'd call back and speak to someone more senior, I'm doubt the info you were given is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Heaton Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Aye, perhaps it was how you worded the query. I was clear that I was asking about turning off the active braking part, not the entire warning system. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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