Wubster100 Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 (edited) What Is Distance Indication Distance indication displays the gap between your vehicle and the vehicle ahead of you. Note: The graphic does not display if you switch on cruise control or adaptive cruise control. Vehicle Speed System Sensitivity Distance Indicator Color Distance Gap Time Gap 62 mph (100 km/h). Normal. Gray. Greater than 82 ft (25 m). Greater than 0.9 seconds. Yellow. 56–82 ft (17–25 m). 0.6-0.9 seconds. Red. Less than 56 ft (17 m). Less than 0.6 seconds. Switching Distance Indication On and Off To switch the system on or off, use the instrument cluster display: Using the instrument cluster display controls on the steering wheel, select Driver Assist. Select Pre-Collision. Switch Dist. Indication on or off. Distance Indication Indicator The indicator displays the time gap between your vehicle and vehicles traveling in the same direction ahead of you. Edited February 22 by Wubster100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wubster100 Posted February 22 Author Report Share Posted February 22 Distance indication is only available for vehicles with adaptive cruise control. The top car icon moves up and down, getting closer or further to your vehicle icon, based on the distance to the vehicle in front of you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmarkp Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 I don't think this is available on my 2019 ST. I wonder if it could be turned on with Forscan? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omar302 Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 I had it enabled on my 2016 Edge Sport using ForScan. Since the 2016 also has the red led bar for collision warning, part of the same bar would turn on when following too closely (red). So I would expect it to be possible to be enabled on the ST. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1004ron Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 @omar302 Please tell us how to enable this using Forscan - I'm thinking of tinkering with this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wubster100 Posted February 23 Author Report Share Posted February 23 1 hour ago, 1004ron said: Please tell us how to enable this using Forscan @johnmarkp, @1004ron : I have installed adaptive cruise control, but for a while I never really investigated into the distance indication. The distance indication should work for most IPCs, as long as you have adaptive cruise control. The code is quite simple. Inside of IPC configuration, just change “Forward Collision Warning” from “Forward Collision Warning (FCW)” to “FCW + Following Distance Alert (FDA)” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wubster100 Posted February 23 Author Report Share Posted February 23 2 hours ago, omar302 said: red led bar for collision warning I want to install the red led HUD onto my 2021. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omar302 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 On 2/23/2025 at 6:12 PM, 1004ron said: @omar302 Please tell us how to enable this using Forscan - I'm thinking of tinkering with this. I see @Wubster100 already answered. At the time I recall enabling it the manual ABD way using information from the 2gfusions forums, however, the site stopped working for me from a long time, probably due to my location outside the US. This thread/post might have the info, but I can't confirm since it doesn't open for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omar302 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 23 hours ago, Wubster100 said: I want to install the red led HUD onto my 2021. I remember some Ford owners who retrofitted adaptive cruise control to their cars found the wiring already there. If that's your case it might be a simple plug and play. The plastic cover should come off easily, if it is still similar to the older models. See attached procedure. Head Up Display (HUD) Module.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wubster100 Posted February 24 Author Report Share Posted February 24 Thanks. I don’t think the wiring is there anymore, because the HUD has been completely removed on the newer vehicles. The HUD should just simply connect to the canbus network. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wubster100 Posted February 24 Author Report Share Posted February 24 2 hours ago, omar302 said: the site stopped working for me from a long time, probably due to my location outside the US. I am located in the US, and I can’t access the site through my normal browser. For some reason, only Firefox works for me, and it’s an unsecured HTTP site. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1004ron Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 (edited) On 2/23/2025 at 11:23 AM, Wubster100 said: @johnmarkp, @1004ron : I have installed adaptive cruise control, but for a while I never really investigated into the distance indication. The distance indication should work for most IPCs, as long as you have adaptive cruise control. The code is quite simple. Inside of IPC configuration, just change “Forward Collision Warning” from “Forward Collision Warning (FCW)” to “FCW + Following Distance Alert (FDA)” Thanks, At first Forscan only displayed only the PCM module, so time to Google and first suggestion was to downgrade to an older version which didn't work, then deleted my vehicles profile and then it took longer to load up but all modules displayed. Change made and will try it for a couple of days to see if I prefer it. Edited February 25 by 1004ron 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wubster100 Posted February 25 Author Report Share Posted February 25 16 minutes ago, 1004ron said: will try it for a couple of days to see if I prefer it. I don't find it to be a very useful feature, but the distance indication icons and colors are well implemented and not distracting. I will keep it on because I find it interesting to see the different driving scenarios of when the system detects a vehicle ahead, especially how it is able to track the vehicle during curves. The distance indication can be easily disabled in the instrument cluster. I find it extremely disappointing that Ford explains this feature in the owner's manual, yet it is disabled on our vehicles. I wonder why this feature was disabled? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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