CoPilot 360

[tconstan]

My '22 Outer Banks has CoPilot 360 and I am concerned after an incident. The car in font of me slowed very quickly to make a turn, I slowed but apparently not quick enough. The dashboard started screaming at me while flashing a red warning. However, I did not feel the brakes engage as I thought they should.

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[Xjeeper]

read somewhere it only brakes of you don't react if you let off gas etc it doesn't brake . was same with mine

 

[BSBB4Les]

We had an incident where, like you, a car in front of us suddenly turned right at the intersection and then stopped short. Our Big Bend did the same thing screaming warning on the instrument cluster but it jammed the brakes before I could and steered slightly away from the idiot to a dead stop! Fortunately, there wasn't a vehicle close behind us, otherwise I'm certain we'd have been rear ended. We had/have 360 assist+ and it was activated at the time, so I can attest it works.

 

[Mark S.]

My '22 Outer Banks has CoPilot 360 and I am concerned after an incident. The car in font of me slowed very quickly to make a turn, I slowed but apparently not quick enough. The dashboard started screaming at me while flashing a red warning. However, I did not feel the brakes engage as I thought they should.

The collision avoidance system first preloads the brakes so when you do apply them you will get maximum braking. The emergency braking system only applies the brakes if it judges you are not responding to the audio/visual warning fast enough. Keep in mind, emergency braking system is not meant to avoid a collision, it's meant to reduce impact forces to protect the occupants. It MAY avoid a collision, but there's no guarantee.

 

[Dude]

The collision avoidance system first preloads the brakes so when you do apply them you will get maximum braking

What does preload mean in this context? That is, what is the braking system doing in this preload condition? (I googled and didn’t find a satisfactory answer)

 

[Mark S.]

What does preload mean in this context? That is, what is the braking system doing in this preload condition? (I googled and didn’t find a satisfactory answer)

As I understand it, it's like changing the throttle response. When activated, pre-collision assist makes the brake pedal more sensitive so that you get full braking power with less pedal travel.

https://www.ford.com/technology/driver-assist-technology/pre-collision-assist/

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