Blue Cruise & Driver Alert?

[capiche87]

I’m not sure if I have more recent software update with BC but I rarely get alerts unless I’m misbehaving or drinking something and blocking sensors. I have a 2023 model though.

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[DK4]

On my truck I rarely have issues with the eye sensors. I can usually gawk and rubberneck around pretty good without problems or unruly warnings.

My problem is Bluecruise itself. It ping-pongs side to side within the lane bad. Like make you motion sick bad. Even on a perfectly straight highway with nice clear lines.

 

[oneinch]

...Bluecruise...It ping-pongs side to side within the lane bad.

A little ticky tacky, but what's doing this is lane centering, not BlueCruise. BlueCruise doesn't steer the truck. It's software that allows your lane centering to work. Well, to work in hands-free mode. BlueCruise is just a go/no go thing.

My truck doesn't ping pong at all. There are certain conditions where I get some jerking, but I haven't had this in hands-free. BlueCruise's go for hands-free mode is pretty selective. It's shuts off for curves, on/off ramps sections of road, etc. BlueCruise's take the wheel mode kicks in here and this is when I can get some jerks.

Too bad you're ping ponging. When I'm on a mapped roads I've been 99% happy.

 

[newdeal99]

I HATE BLUECRUISE. Sure watch my eyes when my hands aren't on the wheel but when I am holding the wheel stop chiming at me. I literally have to force my eyes open for it to stop beeping because thats the only way it will stop. I am so hopeful that after this free trial ends that it stops and if it does I will NEVER pay for bluecruise. I honestly wish I could just straight up trade my truck for the same one without blue cruise package so it would stop doing this to me. I will NEVER pay for this feature unless whatever ford engineer designed it gets their head out of their butt and actually drives the vehicle with it. I will mention I am not Asian but I do wear glasses. Not polarized, not shaded, just normal eyeglasses.

 

[newdeal99]

I think they've said it works even if it can only see one eye. Not sure if that helps your situation but they did put some consideration into it.

It 100% doesn't. If you close one eye it starts beeping

 

[FordConvert]

I HATE BLUECRUISE. Sure watch my eyes when my hands aren't on the wheel but when I am holding the wheel stop chiming at me. I literally have to force my eyes open for it to stop beeping because thats the only way it will stop. I am so hopeful that after this free trial ends that it stops and if it does I will NEVER pay for bluecruise. I honestly wish I could just straight up trade my truck for the same one without blue cruise package so it would stop doing this to me. I will NEVER pay for this feature unless whatever ford engineer designed it gets their head out of their butt and actually drives the vehicle with it. I will mention I am not Asian but I do wear glasses. Not polarized, not shaded, just normal eyeglasses.

If lane-centering is turned off the nanny cams also turn off. Adaptive cruise still works and you won’t get alerts.

 

[Aron]

I had 3.5 hours in the truck yesterday (probably 90% using BlueCruise), so I a lot of time to ponder why BlueCruise works so well for me and causes so many others so many headaches. On that trip, it only triggered the alert 3 times, two of which were intentional to test its limits. It wouldn’t trigger for me with sunglasses, nor when I kept an eye closed. It basically never triggers for me unless I really take my eyes off the road, in which case I kind of like the reminder that it’s been too long.

My theory is that driver height and/or seat positioning may be the culprit. (I guess that camera alignment might also play a part, but I have no way of testing out that theory or recalibrating them, so I’m ignoring it for now.) I’m 6’0”, so if you’re significantly shorter or taller than that, maybe the cameras can’t see your eyes as well? Additionally, I have my seat all the way lowered and seat back positioned probably more vertically than most—someone mentioned getting alerted if they put their head back against the headrest, but I can only move my head maybe half an inch before hitting the rest, so it doesn’t alert for me when I do that.

I wonder if those who are experiencing lots of alerts might try repositioning their seat to see if that makes a difference? Might be worth testing all ways: up/down, front/back, and changing seat back slope. (Or, I also respect the opinion that they’d rather have a comfortable seat and forego BlueCruise.)

 

[Meathead]

I've only had my truck 4 weeks so I am still learning this beast. When I first tried BC I got the alerts like everyone else. Not an annoying amount, about what I felt was right. Today I was driving out of the metro area on the interstate. I had turned on navigation, I always use it to get me out of the big city. I had a passenger with and was showing them how well it worked. I went 15 miles hands free. Literally hands free meaning no hands on the wheel no knees, nothing. Zero alerts to place my hands on the wheel. In the middle of it I decided to test the eye sensors. Told my passenger to watch the road while I turned my head 90 degrees to watch them and not the road. Finally after two minutes and no alerts I turned my head back to look at the road. Totally befuddled. Could this be because I had navigation turned on?

 

[snyce1]

Anyone figured out a way (ForScan, hidden settings, etc..) to tweak or disable the Driver Alert system when Blue Cruise is active? I get the importance of keeping an eye on the road, but that system needs polishing. I'm constantly getting false alerts that are distracting me more than if I actually looked away for a second. I'm not sure if it's the sunglasses or something the system doesn't like about me, but if there's no fix, no way I'm paying for BC when the trial runs out.

In settings you can modify the intensity but cannot shut it off

 

[Zengineer]

BlueCruise has worked exactly as advertised and without any issues for me from day one when I started the 1800 mile cross country drive home from an out of state dealer. I haven't used it more that a few hundred miles since but have the occasion to use it briefly at least once a week.

I also don't doubt one bit that other trucks and/or other drivers have issues with it.

 

[oneinch]

It 100% doesn't. If you close one eye it starts beeping

It didn't on me. I tested this with each eye. My truck and me worked just fine in this scenario. There are lots of variables. I also tested looking above and below the horizon. My truck doesn't like me looking down. It doesn't seem to be bothered when I'm looking up, even to the point that I'm seeing the road only through peripheral vision.

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