Ford Territory safety feature?

[Graeme]

Wife picks-up the new Territory. Husband takes it for a drive same night, begins to steer around a small roo/wallaby squatting on the road, electric steering takes over to bring the vehicle back into line ensuring the roo is hit. Husband not impressed with the anti-dozing feature.

The husband is the son of a local.

[sheerluck]

Sounds like one of those safety features that are designed with the greatest of intentions, but not necessarily well thought through.

[roobar_and_custard]

Interesting... Can you be more specific? I have had many Territory's and currently run a TDCi one and never had any issues.
I am not aware of any feature where the car controls the steering on behalf of the driver.
Ta.

[101RRS]

Sure it was the steering and not the stability control kicking in - responding to the swerve.

Garry

[Dizza]

Sounds to me like stability control. Was riding in a 2012 model when the driver did a similar thing to avoid a large pothole. (didnt wanna break his new car)

The traction control did its job and as i understand it has the potential to feel as though the car is pulling itself in one direction.
I suppose this could be interpreted as the car taking over control?

[PhilipA]

A journalist commented in the Sydney Saturday motoring section about 2 Saturdays ago that the same thing had happened to him while tying to avoid a potential accident.
He was in a Mercedes, but perhaps this is one of those seemed like a great idea things. I often wonder whether these things could cause big liability cases in the future say if the ESC doesn't straighten the car if the driver goes too fast into a corner, and /or the lane control causes the driver to have an accident.
Regards Philip A

[Disco Muppet]

OP mentioned anti-doze.
Perhaps it depends on the sharpness of the turn.
A quick knee-jerk type response turn of skippy suddenly in your headlights might cause an issue with stability control.
But, if you see skippy ahead and make a sort of lazy veer to avoid him, an anti-doze feature could regard that as you've fallen asleep and you're veering onto the wrong side of the road.

[roobar_and_custard]

The only "anti doze" feature on the Territory is a warning chime on the gauges to tell you that you have been driving for 2 hours.
I would guess this is stability control. It is not uncommon for people to anticipate a "skid" and re-act on that assumption - only with stability control it doesn't happen as the car goes where you steer it.

[Graeme]

I suspect I'll get an update at some time and possibly from the fellow's sister this time. It was my assumption that electric steering had taken control as I know that its fitted to some of them but possibly it was just over agressive DSC. Supposedly it occurs more often in the 2WD versions which this vehicle is thought to be.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

I'd have thought a "lane leaving' feature would
vibrate the steering wheel or similar.
waking the driver should be as important as returning to the lane

[Roverlord off road spares]

:eek: you wouldn't want to swerve to miss a parked truck then.

[Disco Muppet]

"New ford territory: So smart, you don't need to be"

Avoid the kangaroo, Hal.
I'm afraid I can't let you do that....

[Cobber]

"New ford territory: So smart, you don't need to be"

Avoid the kangaroo, Hal.
I'm afraid I can't let you do that....:D :D :D

[gromit]

I suspect I'll get an update at some time and possibly from the fellow's sister this time. It was my assumption that electric steering had taken control as I know that its fitted to some of them but possibly it was just over agressive DSC. Supposedly it occurs more often in the 2WD versions which this vehicle is thought to be.


Just clocked 50,000Km in the SZ 2WD and haven't had any issues, haven't seen anything on the Ford Forums either.

Colin