Braking when in reverse

[heady]

https://www.wheelsjoint.com/reverse-brake-assist-not-available-warning-in-ford/ It's disabled automatically when a trailer is connected as the trailer blocks the radar.

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[Glen Baker LLC]

Do you know if backing down a boat ramp will be affected by the auto braking?

Only if you're being recorded for posting to YouTube

 

[nillwj]

The other day I was taking a couple of bicycles with tail gate down. As I backed out of my driveway it automatically stopped with a warning apply brakes. It did this every couple of feet until i was fully backed out and ready to go forward. It surprised the heck out of me the first time. I have no idea what enabled this. Is there a switch I accidentally pulled?

I had this same thing happen with a bike rack in the hitch and tailgate up. Extremely annoying! I put it in trailer mode to fix it, but doing that loses the blind spot warning which I value. Not one of Ford’s better ideas.

 

[MaverickMark]

The other day I was taking a couple of bicycles with tail gate down. As I backed out of my driveway it automatically stopped with a warning apply brakes. It did this every couple of feet until i was fully backed out and ready to go forward. It surprised the heck out of me the first time. I have no idea what enabled this. Is there a switch I accidentally pulled?

I'm guessing that since your camera was looking down at the ground, it got confused. As your backing out of your angled driveway, when you transition to the flat road, there is going to be a moment when the camera is closer to the road. Maybe that confused it. I'm not expert and I'm just guessing.

 

[Nosrepmodnar]

was your door open or your seat belt off?
Both of these will put the car in park unless you have the door open before you put it in reverse.

 

[Randorita]

Mine does this, too. The tailgate being down cuts down the angle the sensors use, causing them to react. Mine was doing it on my driveway and my wife was asking why I kept stopping. It is kind of irritating, but I want it on when backing out of a parking spot.

 

[Monark]

was your door open or your seat belt off?
Both of these will put the car in park unless you have the door open before you put it in reverse.

Mine does this, too. The tailgate being down cuts down the angle the sensors use, causing them to react. Mine was doing it on my driveway and my wife was asking why I kept stopping. It is kind of irritating, but I want it on when backing out of a parking spot.

Is this a Lariat only feature?

 

[Shakesbear]

Is this a Lariat only feature?

I don't have the rear bumper sensors on my '23 Lariat, so this has not been an issue for me. As someone else mentioned, I think you may have an option to disable this feature in your settings as needed.

 

[Bob Hamilton]

The other day I was taking a couple of bicycles with tail gate down. As I backed out of my driveway it automatically stopped with a warning apply brakes. It did this every couple of feet until i was fully backed out and ready to go forward. It surprised the heck out of me the first time. I have no idea what enabled this. Is there a switch I accidentally pulled?

Mine ('25 Lariat) slammed on the brakes a few times when I backed into my driveway. The offending 'obstacle' was leaves of my hedge. I'm more careful backing in now.

 

[Sev]

Every week I back up from a shed to a building some 75 yards away with my tailgate down.
A tone goes off but nothing else.
I have all my 2024 Lariats safety features on.
Including back up assistance.
Never a problem.

Ya my 22 was always fine this 25 can’t go two feet and brakes lock up

 

[jmatchco]

How can it see them when they are in the back of the bed and tailgate is down?

Front wheels hanging over the tailgate?

 

[Monark]

Front wheels hanging over the tailgate?

No

 

[HeyBales]

I wonder if it could be as bad as the calibration on the sensors is off and it thinks the top/end of the tailgate when down appears to be something too close?

 

[Cherokee]

Ya my 22 was always fine this 25 can’t go two feet and brakes lock up

They should hire a few of us old codgers to watch over the design young uns. I’d smack em on the knuckles with a ruler every time they tried to add safety features.

I’d be like, Smack ! Aaahhha !
We got tail lights, turn signals and seat belts,
That’s It !
Natural selection, There are people out there with peanut allergies. Gene pool is a mess.

 

[Randorita]

The sensor is seeing the tailgate. It doesn't just check for stuff in line with the bumper. The tailgate is triggering the warning.

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