Fell asleep at the wheel.

[Roman Canadian]

I’m sorry guys but why is Ford responsible for a driver falling asleep? You are blaming the wrong entity.
The OP admitted blame and then blames the vehi Lee for keeping him on the road. In the old days he’s go off the road and die a horrible death.
Good grief. What about personal responsibility?

Sorry to be Debbie downer but Come on!
Bob

Did I blame the car in my post? Are you sure you read correctly what I was trying to convey? Re-read it again and watch the comparison videos with other brands.

My point is that when a manager or advert offers you extra paid features, they present it as a system to help the driver stay awake or prevent consequences. In reality it's just a message on the screen with no action. Why don't adverts and car sales present this feature as: if you fall asleep, we'll let you know on the screen, but nothing else will happen. Would anyone be interested in such an option?

Imagine a situation where you buy a new home and they tell you: we have a great anti-theft feature. Protect your home from thieves for $999. You buy this service, and when you get home you find your house has been burglarized and the alarm screen says - your house has been burglarized, call the police! A system that doesn't call the police, doesn't try to call your phone to report a break-in, doesn't set off the siren when a break-in occurs, but simply writes on the screen when you enter your home - “your home has been burglarized”. You want to tell people who have the same alarm system at home. But they'll say: are you trying to blame the sensor on the door for the burglary? You should have hired a security guard, good thing you weren't home, you probably would have been killed in the robbery.

In this thread I want to discuss how the “driver sleeps” option works, but so far I don't see it working. Is it really impossible in 2025 to make a car honk to wake up the driver?

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[Roman Canadian]

While I agree with your point 100% on personal responsibility, my thinking after reading the initial report description, assuming that was all the facts, was the system did not perform all what it was suppose to do:

RE:
"LANE CENTERING ALERTS
You must keep your hands on the steering
wheel at all times.
When the system is active and detects no
steering activity for a period of time, the
system alerts you to put your hands on the
steering wheel. If you do not react to the
warnings the system cancels and slows
your vehicle down to idle speeds while
maintaining steering control.
The system also alerts you if your vehicle
crosses lane markings without detected
steering activity.
Note: The system may detect a light grip
or touch on the steering wheel as hands-off
driving."

Since the assumption is the vehicle did not perform as advertised (based on what we know at this time), my previous response was to report it to the https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?gclsr...MI4Pfxi-r8igMV_CvUAR3AEzfhEAAYASAAEgJZQPD_BwE
to maybe have them investigate if there is a bug in the system preventing the slowing down to idle speeds while maintaining steering control. Maybe there is a bug in the software that the gov't can verify and make ford to a fix/recall to have it work as advertised in the users manual.

Thanks for the constructive feedback!
I would like to share my observations. The function of keeping the car between the lines works after 65 km/h. Before 65 km/h this function does not work. Suppose the driver is asleep and the speed starts to decrease:
1) as soon as the speed drops to 70 km, the line will be lost and the car will fly off the road
2) if the car stops on the highway, it may cause serious consequences and mass accidents.
3) the car does not show with its emergency signals that something has happened to it, nor does it show other road users that the car is slowing down.

Based on these three reasons, it makes more sense to stick to the line - that's my logic. What do you think about it?

 

[Roman Canadian]

To me, it sounds like the Maverick saved the OP's life with the lane keeping feature. Without this, the OP may have died in this situation. I am the glad no accident happened!

Yes it is 100% true, but the topic is about a different function and I'm interested to know what you think about the ‘sleeping driver’ function, not the ‘lane keeping’ function.

 

[Roman Canadian]

Not amount of safety in the car will save everyone. As someone who works very long manual labor 14-16 hour days. Then drives a lot. Very normal for me to work 8 hours in CO and drive 21 hours home.

14 hour days and 12-14 home from Nc.
You need to know yourself and when to stop.
My lane keep has a slight vibe in the wheel. It won’t wake you when you are that tired. Not to mention this system has a chance of causing issue. I can’t stand something I’m not ready for shaking the wheel or alerts going off. Very dangerous in itself.

If I wasn't holding the steering wheel, I can't feel the vibration. If I am asleep and holding the steering wheel, there is no vibration. Right?

 

[Packer Bill]

If I wasn't holding the steering wheel, I can't feel the vibration. If I am asleep and holding the steering wheel, there is no vibration. Right?

I was surprised there was no vibration on the steering wheel.

 

[Roman Canadian]

I was surprised there was no vibration on the steering wheel.

If I'm not holding the steering wheel and I'm asleep, I don't know if there was a vibration. right? It can vibrate for even 10 minutes, but I'm not holding the steering wheel, I can't feel the vibration.

 

[inline_five]

If I'm not holding the steering wheel and I'm asleep, I don't know if there was a vibration. right? It can vibrate for even 10 minutes, but I'm not holding the steering wheel, I can't feel the vibration.

Vibration and sound is an option in the menu. You can select them each on, or both, at the same time.

I added lane centering and adaptive cruise because I will sometimes make a three hour drive home after a long day getting in around 3am. I think it's a huge safety increase. I previously used lane keep and while it does an OK job it doesn't keep the vehicle centering in the lane over an extended time period.

 

[MetalThunder]

They need to run a washer fluid line in and give ya a squirt I see no other options

Cheers

 

[Roman Canadian]

Vibration and sound is an option in the menu. You can select them each on, or both, at the same time.

I added lane centering and adaptive cruise because I will sometimes make a three hour drive home after a long day getting in around 3am. I think it's a huge safety increase. I previously used lane keep and while it does an OK job it doesn't keep the vehicle centering in the lane over an extended time period.

What I'm trying to explain is that if a person is asleep and doesn't touch the steering wheel with their hands, they can't feel the vibration because their hands aren't on the steering wheel.

 

[twracing]

So, let me get this straight. Your hands were not on the steering wheel, correct?

 

[Roman Canadian]

So, let me get this straight. Your hands were not on the steering wheel, correct?

I probably wasn't holding the steering wheel.

 

[Leuf]

How do you know what else it was trying to do while you were asleep if you were asleep? How do you know the seat belt dinger wasn't going off for 10 minutes straight and then it turned off and the absence of it is what woke you up?

 

[inline_five]

What I'm trying to explain is that if a person is asleep and doesn't touch the steering wheel with their hands, they can't feel the vibration because their hands aren't on the steering wheel.

That's why there is a sound option

 

[jb_cb900]

Back to the reason for this thread.
From your description, the Driver Alert functioned as described in the owners manual. I didn't read anything about this particular function vibrating the wheel and/or issuing an audible alarm.

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