Less Hands Free Blue Cruise after Tesla Recall

[ranger5ft21]

Has anyone else noticed the normal roads you drive that offers hands free driving now requires your hands to be on the steering wheel more? It could just be me, but after Tesla's recall of their FSD, it seems like my normal highways that offered hands free has dwindled down to only parts of the highway. My morning commute used to be about 70-75% hands free and now it's probably along the lines of 40% (First world problem).

On a similar note, does anyone know a trick to have the truck acknowledge you're holding the steering wheel. When I have hands free on and run into a patch that requires my hands to be on the steering wheel, I grab the steering wheel, but half the time the truck doesn't acknowledge I'm driving and continues to tell me to grab the steering wheel for 5 secs then goes into the "Resume Control" safeguard and starts to break. I think hitting 'Ok' might fix it, but still a little annoying it doesn't acknowledge I am actually holding the steering wheel.

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[Zprime29]

Dunno if it's less or not, but I give the wheel a slight wiggle when it tells me to engage.

 

[sotek2345]

I haven't really used blue cruise since the recall, but an update would have to be pushed to our trucks to change anything. If you have been seeing any winter weather (or salt/sand on the roads) it could be that the lines are just harder for the camera to see. As for the steering wheel, it is a torque sensor, so you have to jiggle the wheel a bit, not just put your hands there.

 

[Pioneer74]

Normal for me. There is one curve on I75 south by Northline road around Taylor MI where I have to put my hands back on the wheel. Same curve as my 2021 Lariat.

 

[Amps]

I'll be a lot happier with BCHF when/if we get the 1.2 update that (hopefully) allows BlueCruise to learn driver inputs like not hugging the line like it wants to get really friendly with adjacent traffic.

 

[ranger5ft21]

I'll be a lot happier with BCHF when/if we get the 1.2 update that (hopefully) allows BlueCruise to learn driver inputs like not hugging the line like it wants to get really friendly with adjacent traffic.

I completely agree with this. Especially on the one lane roads and 50+ speed limits. It's even too close to the left side on the highway with cars going the same direction for me.

 

[TaxmanHog]

Do the roads you travel have a lot of salt and brine treatment? I'm finding that is interfering with the very poorly marked lanes on some of my routes, the optics are not 'seeing' where the lanes are.

I nudge the truck to a closer than where bluecruise thinks a safe margin of the left lane should be, that convinces it that I'm in control, I then lessen my grip on the wheel and it recenter the truck where it thinks it should drive once better lines are visible

 

[ranger5ft21]

Do the roads you travel have a lot of salt and brine treatment? I'm finding that is interfering with the very poorly marked lanes on some of my routes, the optics are not 'seeing' where the lanes are.

I nudge the truck to a closer than where bluecruise thinks a safe margin of the left lane should be, that convinces it that I'm in control, I then lessen my grip on the wheel and it recenter the truck where it thinks it should drive once better lines are visible

No treatment recently since we haven't had any snow in the forecast in MD.

Good tip for the second part though!

 

[Zprime29]

I'll be a lot happier with BCHF when/if we get the 1.2 update that (hopefully) allows BlueCruise to learn driver inputs like not hugging the line like it wants to get really friendly with adjacent traffic.

I completely agree with this. Especially on the one lane roads and 50+ speed limits. It's even too close to the left side on the highway with cars going the same direction for me.

Ditto this. Noticed it was quite close to the semi in the neighboring lane. I don't have a lot of time on it just yet, but it feels like it centers better when it's the basic blue cruise (no hands free).

 

[ChrisCon]

Has anyone else noticed the normal roads you drive that offers hands free driving now requires your hands to be on the steering wheel more? It could just be me, but after Tesla's recall of their FSD, it seems like my normal highways that offered hands free has dwindled down to only parts of the highway. My morning commute used to be about 70-75% hands free and now it's probably along the lines of 40% (First world problem).

On a similar note, does anyone know a trick to have the truck acknowledge you're holding the steering wheel. When I have hands free on and run into a patch that requires my hands to be on the steering wheel, I grab the steering wheel, but half the time the truck doesn't acknowledge I'm driving and continues to tell me to grab the steering wheel for 5 secs then goes into the "Resume Control" safeguard and starts to break. I think hitting 'Ok' might fix it, but still a little annoying it doesn't acknowledge I am actually holding the steering wheel.

I drive the same blue cruise hands free highway nearly everyday and there are definitely now parts that disengage blue cruise hands free that never did before . I was attributing it to possible dirt on windshield or more travel during dawn and dusk hours or even ATT cell service getting worse. ( blue cruise does require an active cell phone connection right ? ). You may be on to something though

 

[ranger5ft21]

I drive the same blue cruise hands free highway nearly everyday and there are definitely now parts that disengage blue cruise hands free that never did before . I was attributing it to possible dirt on windshield or more travel during dawn and dusk hours or even ATT cell service getting worse. ( blue cruise does require an active cell phone connection right ? ). You may be on to something though

I head into work around 4am and it was working fine, so I don't think dusk/dawn hours was an impact. Maybe I'll give the truck a good wash and see if dirt has any major role to play (truck isn't that dirty though)

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