I'm just venting some of my frustrations as well as looking to get some feedback from some of you guys.
I have a 2014 Ford Fusion that has Ford's Active Park Assist feature which is supposed to parallel park the car completely for you. It takes over the steering while you control the pedals and follow the car's instructions (remove hands from steering wheel, shift to reverse, shift to drive, etc.) until the car is done and perfectly (or so they say) parallel parked.
My car does park itself correctly, occasionally. The majority of the time, this is what it does:
Here's where my frustration comes in. I've taken it into the dealerships (2 different dealers) 4 separate times. They've updated all the software, tested all the sensors, even replaced the parking control module, and at this point in time have had me come pick up the car because they don't know what else to do to fix it, leaving me with a car that doesn't function properly.
While some of you probably might say "first world problems" to this, this feature was one of the main things that attracted me to this car and I gladly paid extra for the option. On top of that, I truly think it's a huge safety concern. Active Park Assist requires the driver to relinquish control of the steering to the car and in my car's case, it hits curbs, stops when it's clearly not finished (leaving the car halfway into traffic), and on multiple occasions has tried to hit the car in front of me. If I hadn't intervened during those occasions, it would've scraped the cars quite badly. If someone other than myself drives the car (valet, family, etc.) and doesn't know the feature is not working properly (as the car displays no fault codes, error messages etc. as the car thinks everything is working properly), there is a huge liability and safety risk for other vehicles, my vehicle, and as well as those driving/in my car and we all know who the fault would end up on if something like that happened (hint: not Ford).
If anyone has any advice/feedback/comments or has even possibly dealt with something similar, your feedback would we welcome as I'm losing my patience with this car (I haven't even mentioned any of the other problems with it).