how is hands free driving working?

[Dream Weaver]

QUESTION

 

[Dream Weaver]

QUESTION. if I level/raise my truck, will it affect all the camera functions like hands-free, collision avoidance, etc?
I use hands-free quite often and sometimes it works great, but sometimes it requires me to grab the steering wheel every minute or so. I only use it on interstates, so not sure why sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. Even if staring at the road ahead, I often have to grab wheel.

 

[RamFan]

That's a great question as they are "aimed" to work properly. I don't have an answer but curious to hear as well.

Chris

 

[FrankNSteinPC]

Hands-free is different than driving assist. If the image is green and the hands are on the wheel, then it's assisted. If it goes green and the hands are off the wheel, it's self-driving. I had to figure that one out. Once I did, I liked it.

Self-driving worked fine for a couple of days I got to drive the truck to work before it went into service. I used the hands-free option on my drive to work in downtown Dallas. It went "Assisted" in the HOV lane, I guess due to the concrete barriers on each side of the lane and no clear orange/yellow lines. Otherwise, moving down I-30 at 5:30 am and allowing it to drive itself is fine. The HOV lane did well, keeping distance though I had to drive, which I preferred anyway, in the HOV lane because it's tight, and with this truck being wide, it makes it a big tighter in this HOV lane, but 70 MPH+ is still possible. Running on George Bush Turnpike, it ran just perfectly with the self-driving mode activated. I plan on using the self-driving when I go to Colorado and go into the San Juan Mountains.

 

[MattH89]

It works fine, but nothing like how a Tesla works, including the Cybertruck. It basically works like an autistic version of Autopilot, doesn't hold lanes as well and seems pretty dumb when it comes to predicting curves in the road, which makes you less confident using it. Good for nice and straight highways.

The autistic version of anything would be highly regimented with a keen attention to detail. Essentially the opposite of what's being described here.

 

[NEBOYSA]

Hands-free is different than driving assist. If the image is green and the hands are on the wheel, then it's assisted. If it goes green and the hands are off the wheel, it's self-driving. I had to figure that one out. Once I did, I liked it.

Self-driving worked fine for a couple of days I got to drive the truck to work before it went into service. I used the hands-free option on my drive to work in downtown Dallas. It went "Assisted" in the HOV lane, I guess due to the concrete barriers on each side of the lane and no clear orange/yellow lines. Otherwise, moving down I-30 at 5:30 am and allowing it to drive itself is fine. The HOV lane did well, keeping distance though I had to drive, which I preferred anyway, in the HOV lane because it's tight, and with this truck being wide, it makes it a big tighter in this HOV lane, but 70 MPH+ is still possible. Running on George Bush Turnpike, it ran just perfectly with the self-driving mode activated. I plan on using the self-driving when I go to Colorado and go into the San Juan Mountains.

Exactly not many roads are mapped still. It worked great on my road trip on main freeway that goes across entire US. Tried to run it on on few highways 2 or 3 lanes close to me that ar local and nope only activated like you said the one where you have to have your hands on wheel all the time and help on turning road. Other than that works great where it's mapped.

 

[rjb0388]

Its my first taste of any kind of hands free, and i like it!
Works on all roads by me, I've had it set to 35MPH on a secondary two lane winding road and it did perfect. I've had it set to 75MPH on the Mass Pike and it did perfect. As long as you look ahead, it goes hands free often. Its nice to have, but i like driving the truck myself too.
My only complaint is after three years you will have to pay for it or it goes away.

 

[CaptJoe777]

Curious how well does the hands free driving work on the RHO?

Works good so far, better than the wifes Mercedes. Only issue which I do not mind is it does ask you to put hands on wheel here and there.

 

[jmill012]

I have about 1000 miles of hands free out of the 2500 miles I have on the truck. I love it. I does hug one side or the other sometimes but If I'm next to another vehicle and it's hugging close I just nudge it over. It's fantastic on long trips and greatly reduces fatigue.

My hands free works but I don’t get the green lights in the dash. Is this setting?

 

[MongoSmash11]

Mine works great and stays pretty center most of the way. I do clean the sensor often just to make sure.

 

[jmill012]

Mine works great and stays pretty center most of the way. I do clean the sensor often just to make sure.

Mine works awesome. I just don’t have the green lighting in the dash?? Maybe the bulbs are out? Or is there a setting for that?

 

[jmill012]

Mine works awesome. I just don’t have the green lighting in the dash?? Maybe the bulbs are out? Or is there a setting for that?

Ok it is green at night?? What am I doing wrong?

 

[MurphNH]

Ok it is green at night?? What am I doing wrong?

I don’t have the issue but someone else who did said it was the max bright setting causing his issue. Down on the left side of the dash you have ambient lighting and dash brightness. If you have the dash max bright where you feel it click it will not turn green but if you rotate it down just before it turns max bright it will work.

 

[intense951]

I've been very pleased with hands-free. I don't feel like I'm bouncing back in forth between lines like my last truck. It does a pretty good job of staying centered.

 

[jmill012]

I don’t have the issue but someone else who did said it was the max bright setting causing his issue. Down on the left side of the dash you have ambient lighting and dash brightness. If you have the dash max bright where you feel it click it will not turn green but if you rotate it down just before it turns max bright it will work.

Thanks! I’ll try it tomorrow.

 

[FrankNSteinPC]

I use this feature daily—literally, it's the only way I can maintain decent gas mileage. If my foot has access to the gas, yeah, we are going to use it and see how flat I can put it down on the floor. I was hitting the governor yesterday, and then a Tesla went past like I was in the slow lane.

What I find when it does engage and the green lights occur, and when it doesn't. It likes to go straight. I find the center lane is where it works best. Off-ramps cause it to panic when it's losing track of the lanes. When I am in the HOV lane, it's "Assisted" driving, and I have to keep touching the wheel or it disengages. I never get the green lights unless I go straight first and give it a moment or two to align itself, then it goes. Its really good at staying in the lanes, even in "assisted" mode. It takes some trust to let it drive between semi trucks in Dallas, I-30 traffic.

 

[RDRHINO]

I’ve used it several times in stop and go traffic along I-35 in Dallas and honestly it works surprisingly well. I’ve tested several different ways of not paying attention, including closing my eyes every a few seconds (with a passenger) and it even sees through my polarized sunglasses. I don’t close my eyes in heavy traffic but it seems to be pretty intuitive. There are some places along my route that have several jogs back and forth so it gets a bit confused or frustrated and makes me take over. But overall…I’ve been pretty happy with it. I’ve never driven a Tesla and have zero intention of ever doing so…so I can’t compare the two. But I give RAM an “A” for effort

 

[ScooterInTX]

As reported on various YouTube videos, it tends to favor the left side of the lane. Enough so, that I don’t use it unless on a very empty highway.

It’s years behind Tesla FSD…which fascinating, amazing & still dangerous, IMHO.

Check your build date. Mine did the same until I did this: Steering TSB

 

[KA-1902]

My hands free works but I don’t get the green lights in the dash. Is this setting?

Did you figure this issue out? I don’t have the green light as well.

Down on the left side of the dash you have ambient lighting and dash brightness. If you have the dash max bright where you feel it click it will not turn green but if you rotate it down just before it turns max bright it will work.

I tried this and still not working

 

[Sotarho]

Works great for me. It stays center in the lane with no issues.

Same