[drwilki2]

FCW seems defective on plenty of WK2's. When is the TSB coming out? Jeep should recognize this and act on it before it becomes a big deal.

One way to diagnose: Test drive 10 JGC under similar circumstances. See which ones warn you and which ones don't of a forward collision warning.

 

[Copefree]

It works GREAT on my '14 Overland (a couple times it has saved me).

Defective how? In what way do you mean?

 

[Tony407]

Yes, please elaborate. Mine works pretty well. The only thing I'm not crazy about is when a car ahead of me turns off the road to the right and I'll get a collision warning even though there's no danger.

Tony

 

[YjagetaJeep]

Not to be confrontational, but if the FCW already saved you a couple of times... How did you avoid forward collisions in the dark ages before FCW?

 

[f1anatic]

FCW seems defective on plenty of WK2's.

One way to diagnose: Test drive 10 JGC under similar circumstances. See which ones warn you and which ones don't of a forward collision warning.

we've been on this road with you before.
YOURS and certainly the FCW of other people may be / definitely is defective. But mine isn't and for most of us it works just fine. It alerted me last night. We've discussed plenty of times how you set it up for FAR or NEAR fields and how you can "safely" trigger it.

Just curious where or how do you expect people to go get 10 JGCs? Dealership lots? Well, crazy be the salesman who is going to let you run into a near-miss collision for the sake of your tests. And if I recall correctly, my FCW came from the dealership set on NEAR without the active braking box checked. The system must first be set up correctly then tested. I am sure others can post the relevant picture on the menu, I am not with my car now.

 

[Snipe315]

FCW seems defective on plenty of WK2's. When is the TSB coming out? Jeep should recognize this and act on it before it becomes a big deal.

One way to diagnose: Test drive 10 JGC under similar circumstances. See which ones warn you and which ones don't of a forward collision warning.

Sorry but I think your issue might either be a Very Isolated one, or Operator Error. :slapfight:
The FCW system on my 2012 Overland works just fine.

 

[Xjrguy]

My 2012's works great.

 

[drwilki2]

If I pay 50 grand for a fully loaded vehicle, and the vehicle comes with a 'forward collision warning system', I expect it to pop up a warning at least once out of the multiple times idiots slam on their brakes in front of me on the freeway. Bottom line is, the system does not work or warn me under any circumstance UNLESS I am in adaptive cruise control mode, then it works. Techs at dealerships are incompetent and refuse to fix something if it does not trigger the common error when they run a systems test via a scanner.

There are many other people with the same issue. My point of view is jeep should give it a further look. But who am I to be quick in blaming them when the message board hippies dismiss so easily as well. Common minds think alike I suppose.

At any rate, I am taking the vehicle in this Saturday and will probably get the same diagnosis of 'well we scanned it and there are no errors so it must be just fine'. Well then, how exactly is it a 'FCW system' when you are going 70mph and someone fully slams on their brakes in front of you due to an 18 wheeler blowout and zero warnings go off whatsoever while you barely clip their bumper pulling into the emergency lane to avoid a collision? Does not sound like a working system to me.....

:slapfight: back at y'all non believers!

 

[f1anatic]

I think your expectation(s) of how the system should work are different from how the system actually works.

 

[ChrisOC]

Just curious, but at what distance to have it set up?

 

[f1anatic]

I can almost hear Jeremy Clarkson (BBC Top Gear show) saying:
"How hard can it be" ?

Well really...how hard can it be to set it up on the 2014 ? Your mileage may vary and your UCONNECT boxes might or might NOT stay checked. Always operate with the latest firmware revision of UCONNECT to ensure most trouble free functionality.
I don't know how you set it up on the 2011-2013s.

 

[bill_de]

Who/where are the 'many people' you refer to?

I wonder if the fact that you had turned your car toward the shoulder, there was no forward collision imminent.

And, with or without the system, you should still keep your distance.


.

 

[Willx]

FCW seems defective on plenty of WK2's. When is the TSB coming out? Jeep should recognize this and act on it before it becomes a big deal.

One way to diagnose: Test drive 10 JGC under similar circumstances. See which ones warn you and which ones don't of a forward collision warning.

This has been discussed here the new system works well, actually improved. You might want to search the forums.... it is not something that can easily or safely for that matter be tested so much. Also people need to know the differences between crash mitigation and FCW.

 

[Willx]

If I pay 50 grand for a fully loaded vehicle, and the vehicle comes with a 'forward collision warning system', I expect it to pop up a warning at least once out of the multiple times idiots slam on their brakes in front of me on the freeway. Bottom line is, the system does not work or warn me under any circumstance UNLESS I am in adaptive cruise control mode, then it works. Techs at dealerships are incompetent and refuse to fix something if it does not trigger the common error when they run a systems test via a scanner.

There are many other people with the same issue. My point of view is jeep should give it a further look. But who am I to be quick in blaming them when the message board hippies dismiss so easily as well. Common minds think alike I suppose.

At any rate, I am taking the vehicle in this Saturday and will probably get the same diagnosis of 'well we scanned it and there are no errors so it must be just fine'. Well then, how exactly is it a 'FCW system' when you are going 70mph and someone fully slams on their brakes in front of you due to an 18 wheeler blowout and zero warnings go off whatsoever while you barely clip their bumper pulling into the emergency lane to avoid a collision? Does not sound like a working system to me.....

:slapfight: back at y'all non believers!

BTW, I work for dealer groups and not just Chrysler but everyone. I have been in numerous 2014 JGC with this system it works very well in the conditions it is set up for.

Now despite you trying to insult me just because I am a member of this Forum, I will give you some reasonable advise.... Yours may not work properly, I have no idea, and your dealer may very well be an idiot. I suggest you take it elsewhere and get a second opinion in this case.

I can tell you also that 2 of us in this forum have tested the FCW and Crash mitigation systems in these and they work well. Also a reminder, Crash mitigation will not stop you from hitting a vehicle it is designed to limit the damage and protect the occupants. Same as Mercedes, same as every other vehicle out there (Volvo's system is the exception and as I don't service Volvo dealers I have never driven their system).

 

[f1anatic]

The suggested testing protocol (everyone can crash on and of their own doing) was discussed here, a thread also started by the OP

http://www.jeepgarage.org/f73/forward-collision-warning-55855.html

In there he talks of much the same. I agree that his system might be bad, but generalizing it to all our cars and asking for a TSB also leads me to believe that the OP does not understand either how the system works or that it is an individual unit not working, not an "epidemic".

 

[2012 Summit]

If I pay 50 grand for a fully loaded vehicle, and the vehicle comes with a 'forward collision warning system', I expect it to pop up a warning at least once out of the multiple times idiots slam on their brakes in front of me on the freeway. Bottom line is, the system does not work or warn me under any circumstance UNLESS I am in adaptive cruise control mode, then it works. Techs at dealerships are incompetent and refuse to fix something if it does not trigger the common error when they run a systems test via a scanner.

There are many other people with the same issue. My point of view is jeep should give it a further look. But who am I to be quick in blaming them when the message board hippies dismiss so easily as well. Common minds think alike I suppose.

At any rate, I am taking the vehicle in this Saturday and will probably get the same diagnosis of 'well we scanned it and there are no errors so it must be just fine'. Well then, how exactly is it a 'FCW system' when you are going 70mph and someone fully slams on their brakes in front of you due to an 18 wheeler blowout and zero warnings go off whatsoever while you barely clip their bumper pulling into the emergency lane to avoid a collision? Does not sound like a working system to me.....

:slapfight: back at y'all non believers!

Keep in mind, if you already have your foot on the brake pedal, you will not get the brake alert.

 

[Willx]

Yes of course... I am closer to the dealer side and I did test it in a controlled environment. It is tough to get it to do it but in situations you would have hit something it works. I find in the old system it came up too often. I am sure you have heard me say.... it is designed to save lives not to promote distraction (cell phones). The new one works exactly the same as in a GLK 350.

 

[amc2002]

Also a reminder, Crash mitigation will not stop you from hitting a vehicle it is designed to limit the damage and protect the occupants. Same as Mercedes, same as every other vehicle out there (Volvo's system is the exception and as I don't service Volvo dealers I have never driven their system).

I think there is a public education campaign that needs to happen in regard to this. I forget which car advertisement on TV it is (I believe it's Mercedes) shows a kid playing ball and a driver not paying attention. You've probably seen it. You're made to believe the car STOPS by itself in front of the kid running out to get the ball. The car stops VERY suddenly, the kid gets up, mom is frightened but wow, everything is just fine because the idiot driver happens to be rich and bought a Mercedes. :slapfight:

It's understandable that when people see that, they expect that this is how most collision avoidance systems work.

 

[Willx]

I think there is a public education campaign that needs to happen in regard to this. I forget which car advertisement on TV it is (I believe it's Mercedes) shows a kid playing ball and a driver not paying attention. You've probably seen it. You're made to believe the car STOPS by itself in front of the kid running out to get the ball. The car stops VERY suddenly, the kid gets up, mom is frightened but wow, everything is just fine because the idiot driver happens to be rich and bought a Mercedes. :slapfight:

It's understandable that when people see that, they expect that this is how most collision avoidance systems work.

That is a very good point. I guess I didn't think about what those commercials represent.

If you notice they used to call them crash avoidance. Most manufactures now call it crash mitigation and as my other posts point out mitigation = reduce severity.

They should definitely make it more clear.

 

[amc2002]

The change from "avoidance" to "mitigation" was probably done at the behest of corporate lawyers who were most likely inundated with claims from early adopters who said that the "crash avoidance" systems didn't help them avoid the crash.

As we know, lawyers love to "mitigate" things.