Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds...
by amanaplanacanal on Thursday June 01, 2023 @10:16PM
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I have the same car and my experience matches yours. Lane assist is just a tiny nudge, and I've never had the emergency braking kick in. I wonder what causes the different behavior?
Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds...
by r00t4ccess on Friday June 02, 2023 @08:26AM
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To be fair I was going 70mph at the time. It could be a small nudge but at 70mph feels worse. I also had only owned the crosstrek for about 5 minutes at that point and I couldn’t figure out how to turn it off as well, didn’t realize buttons were placed on the ceiling.
Re:Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds...
by r00t4ccess on Friday June 02, 2023 @08:20AM
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It was actually my first experience with the car, it happened on my way from the dealership to the office. It also didn’t help that I owneed the vehicle for 5 minutes at that point and could not find the button to disable it. I have since gotten rid of the car.
Another anecdote - I have the exact same car and haven't had it do anything unexpected. It would really help if Subaru et. al. had ways to offer feedback back to them, because experiences like yours should be shared with them so they can understand what kind of corner cases some drivers are getting into.
> I also had the lane assist on the crosstrek almost cause an accident on the highway at speed. Roads here are inconsistent and it was violently jerking the wheel trying to stay between lines.
I've also not experienced this - the lane assist is just a nudge and if it's overpowering you you should take it to the dealership, this is not normal.