How is everyone's experience with the FCW? How frequently does it work? How well does it work?
I am unhappy with the operation. It doesn't appear to work when it's supposed to be. It only works when you are literally inches away from hitting the car in front. I had tried setting the FCW to "long" in the menu. Which is supposed to increase the distance at which the system warns. But it did not work out that way. It appeared that the "long" setting pretty much disabled the system as it didn't go off even once.
I brought it to the dealer and at first the service advisor argued with me that FCW doesn't exist (only CMBS). :) Finally he realized that it does.
The techs tested it, and their experience was that the system activated only in cases where they were inches away (so too late for it to be useful). They also found that the "long" setting seemed to make the system "blind" as it would not alarm, which is counter to the instructions in the manual. They recommended "regular" or "short" setting.
Long story short, the FCW does not appear to work as advertised by Acura, not sure why.
Any thoughts, feedback and so on are much appreciated.
I am unhappy with the operation. It doesn't appear to work when it's supposed to be. It only works when you are literally inches away from hitting the car in front. I had tried setting the FCW to "long" in the menu. Which is supposed to increase the distance at which the system warns. But it did not work out that way. It appeared that the "long" setting pretty much disabled the system as it didn't go off even once.
I brought it to the dealer and at first the service advisor argued with me that FCW doesn't exist (only CMBS). :) Finally he realized that it does.
The techs tested it, and their experience was that the system activated only in cases where they were inches away (so too late for it to be useful). They also found that the "long" setting seemed to make the system "blind" as it would not alarm, which is counter to the instructions in the manual. They recommended "regular" or "short" setting.
Long story short, the FCW does not appear to work as advertised by Acura, not sure why.
Any thoughts, feedback and so on are much appreciated.