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My personal experience is that the BLIS light is a waste. The real reason is the change of focus required to see the light versus to see the image in the mirror. I pretty much don't see the BLIS light ever, maybe at night, but not during the day. The reason being is that my focus is further out.

For me, the game changer has been the SUMA mirrors. It was torture getting them delivered and working as part of the pre-order group but now that I have them I would say they are an excellent upgrade to safety. I struggled with the stock mirrors and just never felt like I had a good view. With the SUMA mirrors, I probably don't even need to turn my head to check, but I still do.
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(Reasonable Thread going sideways - time for the “Ignore” button.)
As bad as the missing Engine cover threads.....

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Yes, adding an audible warning would add to cost. First, the audible warning would have to be different from the forward collision warning, or drivers might get confused about which warning they are receiving. Second, you would need to add a way to sense when both the turn signal and the BLIS light are activated. Third, you would have to add some way to monitor all the sensors and switches and warn the driver of system malfunctions, and to determine if it's the visual and/or audio warning that's not working. All of this would require modification of the car's software to accommodate a new/different audible warning.

TANSTAAFL.

BTW, I can find no research whatsoever that suggests an audible warning in addition to the visual increases safety. If you can find something I'd like to read it.
Could not have said it any better. Multiply the cost of development, then implementation to Ford's vehicles, and we could be talking thousands to implement what is thought of as a simple add on.

Guess who's going to pay for that?
 

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My first car was only equipped with a driver side view mirror, none on the passenger side.
I'm sure if forums existed then there would have been people resisting adding that passenger side mirror as well as standard equipment.
Could not have said it any better. Multiply the cost of development, then implementation to Ford's vehicles, and we could be talking thousands to implement what is thought of as a simple add on.

Guess who's going to pay for that?
Agree to disagree.
I guess ford put to much into R&D to get fake engine noise into some that they couldn't fit another beep into the budget. ?
 

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I guess ford put to much into R&D to get fake engine noise into some that they couldn't fit another beep into the budget. ?
There are two ways to look at this. Either Ford cheated customers, or Ford saved customers money. Happiness sometime depends on how we interpret things we cannot control. I'm happy with my car and Ford (so far).
 
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The thought that it costs any real amount of money to add the audible alarm is ridiculous. Yes, a person, or persons, would have to add some computer code to sound the alarm, but all the hardware is already in place. BLIS knows that a car is there and when you engage the signal it flashes as a warning, so spreading that warning to an audible sound as well as the flash is essentially free. The work of that programmer would be spread over the cost of all the Bronco Sports, Maveriks, and Escapes made. That makes this "feature" essentially free.

The real question is why wouldn't it be included, since cost is not a factor. I can't imagine a safety group within the Ford organization would not speak out if there were any evidence that having this feature improved safety. Can you imagine the testimony in a law suit?

"Ford has included this feature on other vehicles for years, correct?"​
"Yes"​
"Ford has data that shows this feature improves the safety for drivers and passengers?"​
"Yes"​
"The cost of adding this feature and improving the safety was essentially zero?"​
"Yes"​
"And yet Ford decided not to include the feature?"​
"Yes"​
What jury would not find for the plaintiff at this point?
 

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Guilty. Hang 'em high.
 

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Yes, a person, or persons, would have to add some computer code to sound the alarm, but all the hardware is already in place.
Do we know that all the hardware is in place? I'm not so sure. And I would be surprised if Ford does its own software. When you buy software from a vendor you usually pay by the device, or you pay a subscription fee. I've never heard of a software vendor selling one piece of software to be used on hundreds of thousands of devices.
 

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Do we know that all the hardware is in place? I'm not so sure. And I would be surprised if Ford does its own software. When you buy software from a vendor you usually pay by the device, or you pay a subscription fee. I've never heard of a software vendor selling one piece of software to be used on hundreds of thousands of devices.
The vehicle already has the hardware to deliver audible warnings of different kinds, therefore the conclusion that it can deliver an audible warning given the proper signal from the software.

If Ford is not writing it's own software, which I will admit is a possibility, then you are possibly correct. However, if it is done by an outside source then Ford needs to do some evaluation and maybe hold the software vendor to a similar quality standard that component manufacturers are held to.
 

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Don't remember any of our vehicles, Ford or otherwise actually making a sound when the BLIS is activated. Wouldn't want the thing constantly blaring when I'm driving down the highway every time I pass someone or someone else passes me. I hardly think it is "cheaping out".
We have it in a few of our vehicles, it only goes off when your signal is on and a vehicle is detected
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