Adaptive Cruise Control: yay or nay?

[Gadgetech]

Who has the Adaptive Cruise Control? How do you like it?
With the JT being my Daily Driver, I keep going back and forth on if I want to try and locate one with Adaptive Cruise Control.
We have ACC on out Nissan Murano and find it useful on the highways with some traffic.

Edit: How does it compare to other manufactures?

I came from owning Nissan vehicles with ACC to Dodge family vehicles and let me just say Dodge has done a much better job with theirs IMO. I liked ACC better in my Challenger Scat Pack but that's just b/c the engine had more oomph.

1. With the Jeep - If your vehicle is equipped with ACC, you'll have the option of ACC or regular cruise. I had 2 Nissan vehicles that if the vehicle was equipped with ACC, that was the only option.

2. With the Jeep - if you're behind a slow vehicle and put on a turn signal to pass, the vehicle starts speeding up in anticipation of you passing. If you don't move over, it will slow back down. With Nissan, it would take FOREVER for the vehicle to respond to vehicles moving out of your path.

3. The Jeep isn't perfect - I do get some slow downs due to a false reading. For example, I'm on a road that's curving to the left and someone is in a right turn lane to my right up ahead. The system can't always reconcile whether the vehicle is in my lane and it should brake or not. It's pretty obvious when it's going to happen so I usually turn off ACC during those times.

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[redrider]

Adversely affecting the environment?

That’s a reach. I’ve never so much as had a parking ticket in 24 years of driving.
Relaxing and enjoying the route to a trailhead is nice if you’re one of those people who actually operates the other lever in the truck

I did say the driving environment meaning a sphere of influence, if you will. 24 years is admirable- I totaled my first car in 1973 one month after pop buying it for me. National Safety Council Defensive Driving Instructor here and the NSC curriculum states there is no such thing as being able to multitask and still give the attention to the task of driving that is required. If you believe you can by experience, you have not encountered the perfect storm. Hope your travels remain safe.

 

[Ghostwave]

was not sure at first. Now that I anticipate what it does before it does it, I find it 100% predictable. I hardly drive anywhere without it. I would not have the vehicle without it. I also found it behaves strikingly similar to my wife’s Cadillac. I strongly suspect this is licensed technology.

Somebody commented the ACC was the cause of left lane driving. I can’t remotely follow that (lack of?) logic. Bad drivers are simply Bad drivers. Good drivers use the tools available at the times and places they add value.

 

[bolingde]

As others have said I wouldn't want to drive any distance without it. It's not perfect (it will keep slowing down after a turning car has left your lane if you're close enough), but anything to keep from putting CC on and taking it off all the time. On a long trip you may never have to really take it off. I wish it had lane detection also, but that's another story.

 

[wvuviv30]

I came from owning Nissan vehicles with ACC to Dodge family vehicles and let me just say Dodge has done a much better job with theirs IMO. I liked ACC better in my Challenger Scat Pack but that's just b/c the engine had more oomph.

1. With the Jeep - If your vehicle is equipped with ACC, you'll have the option of ACC or regular cruise. I had 2 Nissan vehicles that if the vehicle was equipped with ACC, that was the only option.

2. With the Jeep - if you're behind a slow vehicle and put on a turn signal to pass, the vehicle starts speeding up in anticipation of you passing. If you don't move over, it will slow back down. With Nissan, it would take FOREVER for the vehicle to respond to vehicles moving out of your path.

3. The Jeep isn't perfect - I do get some slow downs due to a false reading. For example, I'm on a road that's curving to the left and someone is in a right turn lane to my right up ahead. The system can't always reconcile whether the vehicle is in my lane and it should brake or not. It's pretty obvious when it's going to happen so I usually turn off ACC during those times.

How is Jeeps ACC set-up? Is it always "on" once Cruise Control is enabled? Or do you set the Cruise Speed and then turn on ACC?

 

[Gadgetech]

How is Jeeps ACC set-up? Is it always "on" once Cruise Control is enabled? Or do you set the Cruise Speed and then turn on ACC?

Press the one you want to use and then use the Set, CANC, RES buttons as you normally would. The buttons over and under the ACC button determine your following distance:

 

[wvuviv30]

Press the one you want to use and then use the Set, CANC, RES buttons as you normally would. The buttons over and under the ACC button determine your following distance:

Awesome! Thanks for the clarification.

 

[Skull]

I hated ACC and automatic braking on my Tacoma one of the many reasons I got rid of it and made sure of not repeating that crap on my Gladiator.

 

[Summitsearcher]

As a former professional driver for over 25 years, not my cup of tea. In my experience, less driver engagement means less driver security. More opportunity to be distracted. My 2¢

 

[jwilson2899]

I hated ACC and automatic braking on my Tacoma one of the many reasons I got rid of it and made sure of not repeating that crap on my Gladiator.

I will say having driven both I find the ACC on the Gladiator much better. The Toyota one is way too sensitive compared to it. I was going to skip it based on my experience with the Toyota one, but ended up with an LE I got cheap, so it came with it. I tried it once, and it worked so much better I kept on using it and haven’t looked back.

 

[wvuviv30]

I will say having driven both I find the ACC on the Gladiator much better. The Toyota one is way too sensitive compared to it. I was going to skip it based on my experience with the Toyota one, but ended up with an LE I got cheap, so it came with it. I tried it once, and it worked so much better I kept on using it and haven’t looked back.

Thanks for the comparison; I had a loaner Rav4 and noticed the same it was a bit touchy. I hated the Auto High beams (on the Rav4), every time I went under a street light, it would turn off the high beams.

 

[Fishee]

Anyone had to replace windshield with ACC? I heard the price goes way up

 

[wvuviv30]

Anyone had to replace windshield with ACC? I heard the price goes way up

From what I gathered in this post the ACC module isn't attached to the windshield and shouldn't need "calibrated" when glass is replaced.
There might be a cost difference between the Non-ACC glass vs the ACC glass. The ACC glass has a black painted box.

 

[DiabolicalDianoga]

Who has the Adaptive Cruise Control? How do you like it?
With the JT being my Daily Driver, I keep going back and forth on if I want to try and locate one with Adaptive Cruise Control.
We have ACC on out Nissan Murano and find it useful on the highways with some traffic.

Edit: How does it compare to other manufactures?

I have it and use it constantly on the highway. I've used the systems from Nissan and Toyota on their small cars and small SUVs. Granted both of those were older systems so they may be more refined now. Those were kind of clunky. The one in my Gladiator is smoother. My only complaint being it can be slow to accelerate when changing lanes and accelerates aggressively instead of smoothly. All that being said, I will never get another vehicle without adaptive cruise control.

 

[Falcor]

We have it on our 2019 Forester and love it. If I end up getting a Gladiator it will hopefully have ACC and blind spot.

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