mich800 wrote:
Grit dog wrote:
Seems appropriate here. Had an interesting experience with our new Charger yesterday with FCW and active braking.
In short, the car totally mis read a traffic situation and the 6 piston brembos stopped the car dead in its tracks...way quicker than the car behind us could have stopped. Luckily the driver behind us had given adequate (too much actually for city traffic) room in front of him, or that collision avoidance system would have 100% caused a collision.
Word of caution for anyone with newer vehicles with this system.
I have had those situations also with the FCA collision avoidance. Was there nothing in the path or did it just activate even though you had adequate distance?
The car sensed something, but it was 2 right turn lanes, I was in the right, right turn lane, car in front of me had made the turn, we were maybe 100' or less from turning when it sensed a car in the left, right turn lane in front of us (like it sensed I would T bone the car, not knowing Id be turning shortly).
At that point the car hammered the brakes and came to a complete stop immediately. 6 piston brembo front brakes and 275 wide tires, dry pavement, it stopped so hard, ABS was working. Considering this car will stop faster than probably 99% of vehicles on the road, the guy in the 25 year old Toyota behind me wouldn't have stood a chance of not hitting me if he was not for some reason extra far behind me.
100% the car misread the situation.
