Pilot 360 and other "safety" features

[sirben711]

Good morning everyone,

I have been having a bit of an issue with some of the safety features with my car... I am writing today because of what just happened going to work today along with a few other stories.

Today it starting to snow on my way to work and I get an alert saying to "front camera low visibility clean screen" and I'm like, my windshield is clean and visibility isn't awful, why is this alert happening? Then after clicking the okay button it comes up two more times and mentions something about the pre collision alert system. Having the warning chimes go off while driving does indeed get your attention. But if you are like me and actually paying attention to the road, the chimes only distract you.

The first time it ever went off (after I had just bought the car) was on the highway and where I was catching a car and the system goes off and auto brakes for me which was absolutely terrifying, I DO NOT LIKE the car to be out of my control, I was freaking out. Other times I will be driving through my neighborhood and the pre collision alert system will go off - scaring me half to death again, and again, and again - alerting me to stationary parked cars on the road and relaying absolutely nothing of importance to me.

Long story short the "pre collision alert" system goes off fairly often despite it being on the lowest sensitivity setting. I had also disabled the automatic braking - but that sometimes turns its self back on for reasons unclear to me.

So my question is this: Is there any way to disable these systems outright? Pull a fuse? Forscan?

How do you feel about these safety systems? Do they make you feel safer? Or are they annoying?

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[Rapid Red]

annoying ........... just the idea . I am the safest making my own decisions.

Know I'm less safe with people driving cars they don't know how to control.

 

[Vlad Soare]

You can turn this crap off with ForScan. I've done it.
And you're right; few things in the world are more annoying than this. It's not just you. I hate it with a passion. If I couldn't have disabled it with ForScan, I would have physically unplugged the radar. Living with it was never an option for me.
The settings are in the IPC, IPMA and BCM. I don't know by heart what I changed, because for most of them I used the "easy" configuration options, not a direct code. I'll take a closer look tomorrow and will tell you the exact settings that I used.

 

[robsmack01]

Ive turned those setttings off or as low as possibe. The thing im dealing with the most is the chime when i turn on cruise control. I can live with it but be nice to turn off. There could be a way but ive never researched. Always forget about once im out of the car.
In theory these features sound like a great idea but right now theyre a nuisance.

 

[sirben711]

You can turn this crap off with ForScan. I've done it.
And you're right; few things in the world are more annoying than this. It's not just you. I hate it with a passion. If I couldn't have disabled it with ForScan, I would have physically unplugged the radar. Living with it was never an option for me.
The settings are in the IPC, IPMA and BCM. I don't know by heart what I changed, because for most of them I used the "easy" configuration options, not a direct code. I'll take a closer look tomorrow and will tell you the exact settings that I used.

That would be wonderful to know! No rush

 

[Vlad Soare]

In the IPC:
Forward Collision Mitigation By Braking - Disabled
Forward Collision Warning - None
Forward Collision Warning Amber Alert - Disabled

In the IPMA:
Forward Collision Warning on Head-Up Display - No Head-Up Display
Pre-Collision Assist Type - Disabled

In the BCM:
Collision Mitigation By Braking - None

 

[Stangomydreams]

If it was my car I’d be headed to the dealer for a calibration of the system. Mine hardly ever alerts. I can’t remember if it has actually but never emergency brake. Adaptive cruise works well. Has your bumper or grille been replaced or windshield?

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