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[MostlySafeBear]

What are your experiences with lane keep assist with the long wheel base of the Maverick? Does it provide you with a few seconds of hands off straight driving in a pinch.

Whether or not it can do that, you should NEVER trust it to do so.

You are always fully liable for anyone that gets hurt or killed. The system is not self-driving in any way, no matter how short a period of time. You should treat it as a day 1 driver, with your own hands on the wheel at all times, ready to correct for it.

I'm sure that it can drive for short periods of time, but the problem is that it can and will fuck up eventually, and fuck ups mean lives lost.

I'm not willing to gamble with other people's lives, while some people are.

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[OrangeBlue]

Lane Keep Assist will not help you when your truck is going 70 mph straight at a piece of metal that fell off the truck in front of you, or when a deep tire destroying pothole suddenly comes into view.

Been driving 50 years, no accidents.
Just sayin'.

 

[ConfusedMaverick]

I find it works well in the Maverick. To test on a long, straight, smooth stretch of highway I have angled slowly toward line, taken my hands off the wheel and Maverick corrected nicely.

I think something is wrong with my maverick. I push the button to activate lane centering but it will definitely drift off into another lane. Just got my maverick 2 days ago.

 

[Gullzway]

I think something is wrong with my maverick. I push the button to activate lane centering but it will definitely drift off into another lane. Just got my maverick 2 days ago.

Is the Lane Keep indicator lit up green in the top left, as well as the lines(white, I think) on each side of the road indicator?
If not it may not be seeing the lines when you tried.

 

[Traegorn]

I think something is wrong with my maverick. I push the button to activate lane centering but it will definitely drift off into another lane. Just got my maverick 2 days ago.

You have an XLT with CP360 and not a Lariat according to your signature, which means you have lane keep assist and not lane centering. That said, was the indicator white or green/red/yellow on the instrument cluster when this happened?

 

[ConfusedMaverick]

You have an XLT with CP360 and not a Lariat according to your signature, which means you have lane keep assist and not lane centering. That said, was the indicator white or green/red/yellow on the instrument cluster when this happened?

Well looks like I'll have to double check that lol

 

[JimParker256]

I think something is wrong with my maverick. I push the button to activate lane centering but it will definitely drift off into another lane. Just got my maverick 2 days ago.

To begin with, only Lariat Lux (with CP360 Assist if it's a 2023 model) have the Lane Centering feature. It is part of the Adaptive Cruise Control system.

The much more basic "Lane Keeping Assist" feature comes with the CP360 package, which is an option that is available on all three trim levels. Lane Keeping Assist only works at speeds above 40 mph, and there are some other significant limitations (see pages 230-234 in the Maverick manual). There are also a few "mode" settings for this feature: "Alert" mode, "Aid" mode, and "Alert and Aid" mode. Alert mode basically just vibrates the steering wheel if you are about to cross the lane marker. Aid mode provides a small steering input to move the vehicle towards the center of the lane. Alert and Aid mode first makes the small steering input, then vibrates the wheel if you are still too close to the lane marker.

Note that if you have the Lane Keeping Assist set to "Alert" mode, it will NOT provide that steering input to move the vehicle back into the lane, even when you have it turned on. Check that setting!

Lane Keep Assist behaves a bit like a poor driver that drifts slowly to the left side of the lane, then just before crossing over, turns the wheel slightly to the right, then lets the vehicle drift to the right side of the lane, turns the wheel slightly to the left, and so forth - ad infinitum... On a perfectly straight road, it basically sets up a slow "ping pong" motion - back and forth between the lane markers. As an aside, my 72-year-old sister drives like that, and it makes me seasick to ride with her for more than a few minutes - especially if I'm stuck in the back seat... I was EXTREMELY happy when she purchased a vehicle that came with ACC and Lane Centering - see below. Before that, I volunteered to drive for her every chance I got... (And she thought I was just being nice...)

Lane Centering is part of the Lariat Lux package for the '22 models, and now requires CP360 Assist for the '23 models. Lane Centering actively uses radar and camera sensors to help keep the vehicle centered in the lane. It does that by applying continuous steering torque input towards the center of the lane. It basically keeps it centered in the lane, without any of the "bouncing back and forth" effect... It also appears to work well below the 40 mph speed where Lane Keeping Assist is disabled. Basically, if ACC is active, Lane Centering is active as well.

Lane Centering does require that you keep your hand(s) on the wheel, and if you remove them for more than a second or two (or it thinks you do because your grip becomes too light) it will fairly quickly beep, flash a warning message to you, and disable the feature... I find it does a pretty decent job of keeping you in the middle of a well-marked lane (like most highways and interstates), and it does a good job with gentle curves like you find on higher-speed roadways here in the US. It is not as good handling sharper turns (like a 90º turn from one highway to another - even if there are lane markers for that turn), but I don't find that an issue, since I'm generally overriding it during those turns, anyway.

Lane Centering and ACC make long-distance driving far less stressful. It's not a substitute for the drive keeping involved in the driving. It doesn't let you take your hands off the wheel (at least not for more than a second or two). It doesn't lull you to sleep, nor does it "disconnect you" from the feeling of being in control of the car. But it does reduce the muscle tension in my arms and shoulders that I normally experience during road trips. I've made four 600 mile round trips in my Maverick Hybrid Lariat Lux, and the ACC allowed me to be FAR more relaxed, and paying even MORE attention to the traffic surrounding me, changing speed limits, etc. I REALLY like it!

 

[axl_rose]

To the point of how long the lane centering will steer w/o hand input from the driver. In my recent testing for the greater good, I was averaging 14.75 seconds for the first nag to put your hands on the wheel. That was just the first reminder. It will remind you again in about 7 seconds with an audible sound and on the third reminder, it will disengage lane centering and acc while applying braking to slow the vehicle down. I've never tested to see how far it goes down to but, my Lincoln will slow the vehicle to a stop.

 

[JimParker256]

To the point of how long the lane centering will steer w/o hand input from the driver. In my recent testing for the greater good, I was averaging 14.75 seconds for the first nag to put your hands on the wheel. That was just the first reminder. It will remind you again in about 7 seconds with an audible sound and on the third reminder, it will disengage lane centering and acc while applying braking to slow the vehicle down. I've never tested to see how far it goes down to but, my Lincoln will slow the vehicle to a stop.

You, sir, are a braver man than I am! Either that, or the traffic in your area is less crazy than it is around here...

If you've driven your Maverick in the mountains, how did ACC / Lane Centering handle the curvy mountain roads? I'm headed that way sometime this fall (I hope!) and just wondered... Not too many mountains and curvy roads where I am, and I'm reluctant to drive my new Maverick into the Texas Hill Country to our west to check it out... Way too many suicidal deer!

 

[MakinDoForNow]

I find it works well in the Maverick. To test on a long, straight, smooth stretch of highway I have angled slowly toward line, taken my hands off the wheel and Maverick corrected nicely.

If I angle slowly towards the line my screen turns red and flashes "driver needs to take a nap"!

 

[Redneck Garage]

Wheel buddy? Please elaborate or show what you used

I knew it wouldnt be long before there was - I had a friend , neighbor, cousin that died in a horrendous crash due to not having their hands on the wheel ..... anyway - no it isnt like a tesla but I did use this -

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On the interstate the truck followed the lines like I said 95% maintained distance and speed - you do have to be ready to take over or correct and the truck has a pretty loud beep when it disengages. I did it really as a test more than anything. The adaptive cruise is as stated here great for reducing fatigue. I was impressed and using the weight eliminated the " keep your hands on the wheel" message even when I had my hands there I didn't have to pull one way or the other to maintain.

 

[commadorebob]

I tried to like the lane assist in the wife's 2020 Escape but found it allowed the car to get too close to the line before correction so just left it turned off.
Looking forward to testing the lane centering in my Tremor order.

My wife has the same flavor Escape. I have noticed the lane assist likes to assist in curves. I have felt the wheel pull into a curve if the car feels like you are not taking a curve sharp enough to stay on the road,. On occasion, I have verbally told the car to "please stop" because there was a vehicle further into the curve and there was a reason I was taking it wide. Fortunately, it takes almost no effort to override the Escape's efforts at assisting.

 

[Bill B]

Love the system in our Volvo, but that's twice the price. As an older guy, these systems save my bacon. You start to lose focus, lose vision, lose coordination and reaction time. Lane Keep Alert, Cross Traffic, Blind Spot Monitoring, Emergency Braking - all those systems rock for me personally.

My XLT LUX with CP360 could be better, but I'll take the blind spot and cross traffic for sure. The OP mentioned tracking. One thing that bugs me about my AWD is how poorly it tracks down the road. It takes constant attention. I'm not a suspension engineer, but I'm guessing it has something to do with the AWD setup. My old RWD Ranger used to track absolutely straight. This Maverick - you gotta watch it.

My XLT hybrid is constantly wandering also. Enough that I thought it might be out of alignment.

 

[axl_rose]

You, sir, are a braver man than I am! Either that, or the traffic in your area is less crazy than it is around here...

If you've driven your Maverick in the mountains, how did ACC / Lane Centering handle the curvy mountain roads? I'm headed that way sometime this fall (I hope!) and just wondered... Not too many mountains and curvy roads where I am, and I'm reluctant to drive my new Maverick into the Texas Hill Country to our west to check it out... Way too many suicidal deer!

I'll be testing it out in the mountains in a week or so. I will say on some two lane roads with sweeping, gentle to mild curves it handles the turn with no problem as long as it can track the road markings.

 

[axl_rose]

I did some more experimentation in the name of science and found that a water bottle will nudge the wheel just enough to eliminate the "keep hands on wheel" nag. I drove on the highway for 45 miles without having to touch the wheel.

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