BLIS almost worthless

[peterk9]

The position of the mirror has no bearing on when BLIS activates. It might make it easier to see the light but that is all it would do. When the radar unit detects an object in the 'zone' it sends a signal to the light in the mirror. I assume that the light would even come on even if the mirrors were folded.

Peter

 

[TheBigYahi]

A car's blind spot is entirely defined by the mirror position. By adjusting the mirrors I was able to put the car's blind spot exactly where the fixed BLIS activation area is.

 

[peterk9]

The mirror adjustment is a very important part. The way they recommend setting them up now a days is not something that I'm used to so I continue doing it the way I have for 50+ years. I also use the 2" convex mirrors even with BLIS and they totally eliminate any blind spot as well as helping with parking. With those small mirrors I can see the rear wheels as well.

Peter

 

[Rubberhead]

How many people do you see signal before they start to change lanes if they even signal at all!

I do. This might even help inspire people that don't to start.

 

[Odrapnew]

The position of the mirror has no bearing on when BLIS activates. It might make it easier to see the light but that is all it would do. When the radar unit detects an object in the 'zone' it sends a signal to the light in the mirror. I assume that the light would even come on even if the mirrors were folded.

Peter

I understand that...

A car's blind spot is entirely defined by the mirror position. By adjusting the mirrors I was able to put the car's blind spot exactly where the fixed BLIS activation area is.

.....this is what I was getting at.

 

[LukerDooker]

It is great though in a storm, especially hard driving rain or snow, especially when people are driving in it with no lights or markers on, and even more so at night in a strong storm.
...But it still doesnt replace looking....

 

[RusticRoads]

Oh, there's an easy improvement that could be added to BLIS. It would be really nice if there was a chime if the blinker was actived on the same side where the BLIS light is on. If this was done at speeds above, say 10 mph, this would be an audible warning that there's a car in the space when the drive is trying to change lanes.

I agree with this wholeheartedly!

When we were test-driving vehicles, one of them did just this, and after that, my opinion became "why don't all vehicles do it?"

We test-drove so many that day, that I forgot which had it, but one of them was a CX-9, and since someone else here mentioned that it had this exact setup, that was probably it.

The pieces to do this are all in place.

1. The BLIS system is already sensing the presence of the vehicle in the blind spot (since the light in the mirror illuminates).
2. The back-up system (CTA) already alerts you to when a vehicle enters the detection zones when backing up by sounding the chime and showing you a visual display on the backup camera view, so the chime warning interface already exists.
3. The vehicle knows when you activate your turn signal and which one was activated.

I would love for this change to be implemented, even if it was an option that had to be enabled in a menu somewhere. I can't understand why it shouldn't be enabled by default, but I'm willing to go digging for it.

Is this an option in the service menus that can be accessed by the dealership, similar to the DRL option?

If not, is there an official process (that works) to go about adding such an option?

(I remember seeing a social site from Ford where suggestions could be made, but it was obviously not being monitored/curated by anyone from Ford that could do anything.)