Sonya jane Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 My 3 month old Ford Edge pre collision assist keeps going of and has now started applying the brake on two separate occasions for no reason, ford are currently changing the radar unit and I should get the vehicle back tomorrow ! Has any one else had any similar problems with their edge ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killer Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Turned mine off first day I had it and stuck black tape over the annoying red Leds that ruin your vision at night.Collision assist is one of the most stupid things on modern cars to get them through EU NCAP ratings. EU dumbing down driving abilities it beggars belief! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad8988 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Really dont agree they are stupid if they save someone driving into another car or pedestrian. Cant comment on the LED's though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonro2009 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 In the event of a collision you may find your insurance void if you have disabled a factory safety feature. Saying that, I do agree with you that all these new 'driver aids' are turning all people in the car into passengers now.Over on the Skoda forum there has been a lot of talk about the FC system being activated by crisp packets blowing in front of the cars and also high viz vests. Something to do with the reflective nature of the two thingsSent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim610 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 I just set mine to low sensitivity and all the nuisance warnings seem to have stopped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowchick Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 I agree that it is annoying BUT...it did prevent us from having a near miss in Central Paris last year...(never again!!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge of Reason Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 I don't think I would disable it, although I do find it slightly annoying in two areas. 1 - When you are driving at 30 in a built up area and a car a short distance in front decides to turn left, but you can clearly see without electronic aids that the car will be clear of your intended path, so don't need to adjust your speed or take any avoiding action, the pre-collision assist disagrees and flashes its LEDs and beeps away, for no reason at all that I can see. 2 - In the housing estate I live in, the exit road is curved and cars park on the left side of the road. The pre-collision assist clearly thinks I'm going to crash into the parked cars, when I'm turning to match the curve of the parked cars. It needs to be a bit smarter, but then it was designed for the American market I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westville Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Reviving an old topic BUT can anyone tell me what the row of red LEDs in front of the driver near the windscreen are actually for? I'm guessing pre-collision assist but seems like overkill (no pun intended) do they do anything else like heads up info etc? Thanks - just trying to get my head around the tech stuff on my car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge of Reason Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 You’re right they are for pre-collision assist. Try not reacting to a car slowing in front of you and you’ll see and hear what happens. Don’t crash though ! 😜 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonb65 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Just get close to the car in front and you'll get half of them lit (or if your closer than the adaptive cruise control is set for). As @Edge of Reason says, if the car thinks your not braking quick enough and a collision may occur it flashes the LEDs in you line of vision and flashes a red warning on your cluster. If you set pre-collision assist to brake for you, it gets more "interesting". Especially when it gets a false trigger from cars parked on right hand bends that it thinks your going to drive into!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westville Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Thanks for the "heads up" - have now experienced the warning flash as described - quite an event Does the red light bar do anything else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge of Reason Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 No it just irritates you when it goes off when you least expect it. 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonb65 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 54 minutes ago, Westville said: Does the red light bar do anything else? See my previous post! Its only for pre-collision alerts and a 'too close' warning if you have the radar equipped for adaptive cruise control. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westville Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Right one less mystery to explore - now what shall I play with next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge of Reason Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 🥴 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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