The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a preliminary investigation into Ford’s BlueCruise hands-free highway driving feature after it was linked to two fatal accidents.
Approximately 130,000 2021-2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles are equipped with the hardware neded for the feature, although the software required for it is not necessarily active in all of them.
A February 24 crash in San Antonio involved a Mustang Mach-E with Blue Cruise turned on running into a stationary vehicle whose driver was killed in the collision, while another Mustang Mach-E hit two stationary cars on I-95 in Philadelphia, which led two two deaths.
Ford said it is cooperating with the investigation, according to Reuters.
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BlueCruise can provide hands-free lane-centering adaptive cruise control on over 100,000 miles of North American highways and is capable of executing a lane change at the driver’s command.
Ford currently offers it on the Mustang Mach-E, F-150, Expedition, Explorer and several Lincoln models, including the Corsair.
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