REQUEST - Disable steering wheel nag

[bishop0114]

I came here looking for the same thing for the Ford Escape with Co-Pilot360. The issue is that unless you actively apply steering pressure—like you’re actually steering (aka fighting the lane centering)—every 10 to 20 seconds, the system nags you.


I understand the intent for safety purposes, and that isn’t the complaint. The problem is that the constant nags, alerts, and eventually loud warnings every ~20 seconds make lane centering extremely annoying and unpleasant in practice.

I was hoping there might be a way to delay the reminder interval to something more reasonable, like every 60 seconds, instead of being interrupted so frequently.

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[kidshelleen]

Yeah, it takes a bit of getting used to in order to placate the steering column, which is the operative sensor. When I first got the truck and started using it, I was thinking that it had some sort of sensors on the wheel itself. So while I always had a hand on the wheel, it would start to bitch at me, much to my annoyance. I figured it out and got used to it. I mostly keep at least my left hand on the wheel at 7pm with my elbow on the door arm rest, and generally only take both hands off to blow my nose or somesuch shortlived two-handed thing.

It's definitely great for allowing you to fiddle with the Sync 4 touchscreen for stuff that Alexa can't do, as well as sightseeing (was able to look at the landscape a lot more on my trip to Utah in Nov, and took some photos with my phone).

But best with low-traffic open interstate...