Adaptive Cruise Control Scare

Deadman said:

Did she total it from the cruise control?

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SunnySunshine said:

Yesterday, our family had the 1st adaptive cruise control scare on our brand new 2024 Ford Expedition Platinum. Not sure if the vehicle picked up a speed limit sign from the highway or got the wrong map information, but where I marked the "X" on the map, was where the vehicle floored it. It increased the set speed to 65MPH when we entered the on ramp which by the way is no where near designed for that speed. That was our first scare. My dad immediately braked to cancel the cruise control and didn't turn it back on until we got on the freeway and moved over a couple lanes.

I think Ford can totally correct this by prompting you to confirm when it detects a sudden 25+ MPH speed limit change, because there is usually something wrong with the detection.

On the other hand, we got to use BlueCruise extensively yesterday. It worked flawlessly, and other than that 1 scare with the adaptive cruise, the rest of the time, it drove just fine (no auto lane changes yet)! It did mistakenly detect and drop our speed on a "55MPH while towing" signs. My dad likes it way better than our old vehicles (2005/2006 model year). Unfortunately I forgot my wallet at home so I didn't drive yesterday.

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BobCharlie said:

I had to turn off the speed limit sign recognition with adaptive cruise because I’d be on the highway and it would pick up a sign on the access road and slow me down to 45 mph. Very annoying.

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