bfr
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xxaarraa, said another way: it is very hard to retrofit what doesn't exist. So all the BSing that has gone on in what you decry as hijacking your thread does matter. And at least for me...I think it's all pretty lighthearted f'ing with one another, which is kinda the hallmark of FRF. I also believe that the pictures I've provided and potential FORScan places to look are more than can be said for most others. Did you ever get a LiDAR part number from Ford or more info from livnitup? And from my pictures, jaz13 has said that it is exactly the same as his...which pretty much rules out the idea that my truck has LiDAR which apparently is needed for accurate tracking below 20mph...which further adds to the idea that I'm full of shit.
And since I'm (I think) the only one that thinks I have it...don't hold your breath. 'Cause now I don't even think I have it. I know I've gone below 20mph and ACC was still functional. I know trucks in front of me stopped and started moving again and my truck followed...now whether my truck had caught up enough to actually stop...that's what I am going to look into, and I'm more than willing to prove myself wrong. I know in this thread people have said "standard" ACC cruise shuts down at 20mph. Another thread said around 12mph. Smokeshow has said elsewhere it's at 15mph. The collision warning system says it's active at about 5mph or above. When mine has flashed amber and shut down it has been (seemingly) at a crawl.
It sounds like you want Stop n Go Cruise 'cause you drive in a city regularly and encounter stop n go traffic? I live in the least populous state other than Alaska. Not a regular concern for me. My feeling is when it gets parking lot like on the road...it's a helluva lot easier to just drive your truck yourself, maintaining your own desired following distance, etc. as others will be cutting into your gap if you let the truck handle it. But pursue the feature if you want...I get it, different strokes for different folks.
Bottom line is you're trying to get information to do something to your truck that:
A) no one here has ever done
B) no one has any direct knowledge of because none of our trucks have it
So if we'd all been on our game 11 days ago when you posted:
We would have jumped right in and said:
NO. 2018's do not have Stop and Go feature as part of their ACC either. They do not have the LiDAR unit. Here is a picture of a fully loaded 2018 showing that it does not have it.
That all being said, the most expensive F150 rear view mirror currently available on the Ford Parts online site is the rain sensing, high beam, lane keeping assist one that we have on 2018s. And there was some sort of change in the mirrors for trucks built after 10/9/2016. Perhaps the newer mirror w/LiDAR hasn't made it into the parts system.
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Next steps:
-Befriend a Lariat owner with Stop n Go ACC.
-Get his/her VIN and download the As Built data
https://www.motorcraftservice.com/AsBuilt
-Compare yours to theirs
CompulsiveCode - AFPexplorer
If it appears it's simply some toggle bits...get the mirror (and windshield if needed) and make history.
And since I'm (I think) the only one that thinks I have it...don't hold your breath. 'Cause now I don't even think I have it. I know I've gone below 20mph and ACC was still functional. I know trucks in front of me stopped and started moving again and my truck followed...now whether my truck had caught up enough to actually stop...that's what I am going to look into, and I'm more than willing to prove myself wrong. I know in this thread people have said "standard" ACC cruise shuts down at 20mph. Another thread said around 12mph. Smokeshow has said elsewhere it's at 15mph. The collision warning system says it's active at about 5mph or above. When mine has flashed amber and shut down it has been (seemingly) at a crawl.
It sounds like you want Stop n Go Cruise 'cause you drive in a city regularly and encounter stop n go traffic? I live in the least populous state other than Alaska. Not a regular concern for me. My feeling is when it gets parking lot like on the road...it's a helluva lot easier to just drive your truck yourself, maintaining your own desired following distance, etc. as others will be cutting into your gap if you let the truck handle it. But pursue the feature if you want...I get it, different strokes for different folks.
Bottom line is you're trying to get information to do something to your truck that:
A) no one here has ever done
B) no one has any direct knowledge of because none of our trucks have it
So if we'd all been on our game 11 days ago when you posted:
I believe the 2018s have stop and go / adaptive cruise (via the addition of a LIDAR unit in the rearview mirror?).
Any news yet on whether these can be retrofitted into 2017s?
We would have jumped right in and said:
NO. 2018's do not have Stop and Go feature as part of their ACC either. They do not have the LiDAR unit. Here is a picture of a fully loaded 2018 showing that it does not have it.
That all being said, the most expensive F150 rear view mirror currently available on the Ford Parts online site is the rain sensing, high beam, lane keeping assist one that we have on 2018s. And there was some sort of change in the mirrors for trucks built after 10/9/2016. Perhaps the newer mirror w/LiDAR hasn't made it into the parts system.
---------- Post added at 02:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:31 PM ----------
Next steps:
-Befriend a Lariat owner with Stop n Go ACC.
-Get his/her VIN and download the As Built data
https://www.motorcraftservice.com/AsBuilt
-Compare yours to theirs
CompulsiveCode - AFPexplorer
If it appears it's simply some toggle bits...get the mirror (and windshield if needed) and make history.