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I've had the car a couple of weeks and on two occasions now the Front Assist warning light has shown briefly in the driver's display.
Yesterday, and more disconcertingly, it applied the front brakes HARD such that the ABS kicked in. It released them after a second but it was quite a shock.
I don't think it's possible to tell from the warning whether the alert was triggered by Front Assist (too close to the car in front) or City Emergency Braking (thinks a pedestrian is going to get hit)
In all 3 situations there was absolutely zero risk - either no cars around at all or very far away in front, and absolutely no pedestrians in the vicinity. On all 3 occasions I was driving on a road I commonly use which has a relatively high bank of earth adjacent to the road on the offside, with trees/foliage on it.
The emergency stop the car did was quite unsettling and could of course cause problems if the car behind was too close. If they hit me, true it'd be their fault, but I really wouldn't want to be dealing with that insurance claim.
On this basis I'm pretty close to turning the feature off completely. I use this road frequently enough that if there's something about it that confuses the system I'd rather disable it entirely. The manual does state that in "adverse conditions" it can trigger "inopportunely"! The trouble with semi intelligent systems is that they are also half stupid...
Has anyone else had the Front Assist warn or kick in in appropriately?
Yesterday, and more disconcertingly, it applied the front brakes HARD such that the ABS kicked in. It released them after a second but it was quite a shock.
I don't think it's possible to tell from the warning whether the alert was triggered by Front Assist (too close to the car in front) or City Emergency Braking (thinks a pedestrian is going to get hit)
In all 3 situations there was absolutely zero risk - either no cars around at all or very far away in front, and absolutely no pedestrians in the vicinity. On all 3 occasions I was driving on a road I commonly use which has a relatively high bank of earth adjacent to the road on the offside, with trees/foliage on it.
The emergency stop the car did was quite unsettling and could of course cause problems if the car behind was too close. If they hit me, true it'd be their fault, but I really wouldn't want to be dealing with that insurance claim.
On this basis I'm pretty close to turning the feature off completely. I use this road frequently enough that if there's something about it that confuses the system I'd rather disable it entirely. The manual does state that in "adverse conditions" it can trigger "inopportunely"! The trouble with semi intelligent systems is that they are also half stupid...
Has anyone else had the Front Assist warn or kick in in appropriately?