2022 Ford Mustang Mach E: adaptive cruise control problems

Filed Aug 19, 2026 · Fuel system · GA

I was pulling into a parking lot at low speed when the car suddenly began accelerating rapidly on its own. Fortunately, when I hit the brakes it stopped without incident. However, if someone had been right in front of me at the time - a pedestrian or car - it could have resulted in a crash. I am certain that I didn't hit the accelerator, nor was it pushed by floor mats or anything like that. It is conceivable that when I was turning, my left palm activated the cruise control in some manner, but that scenario wouldn't explain the acceleration part. And frankly, I don't think that is what happened. I love the vehicle and am not trying to get anything out of it. I am a capable driver with good reflexes and experience. I was able to stop it, but if this were to happen to a new driver or senior driver it could result in a crash. I looked on reddit and many others report exact same issues.

Filed Jul 6, 2026 · Driver assistance · WI

Ongoing issues with forward facing radar preventing collision assistance and adaptive cruise control along with lane keep assist from working. Ford knows about this. There is even a TSB. A car manufactured in an era that requires collision prevention should not be allowed to have significant camera faults that prevent safety systems from functioning properly. Unfortunately, the plan for many is to continue operating without these important safety features and crashes will occur as a result. Ford should be required to properly fix their radar system functionality in the Mach-E.

Filed Sep 2, 2025 · Driver assistance · AZ

The front camera has failed. The automatic emergency breaking, the adaptive cruise control, and normal cruise control do not work, at all. The camera began to fail within the first year of ownership but it would start to work shortly after. After about 1.5 years of ownership, there was a permanent sign of malfunction on the screen, making the above features inoperable.

Filed Aug 17, 2025 · Driver assistance · CO

The Adaptive Cruise Control indicated speed lags when user changes speed. The lag will fluctuate from non-existent to 4-5sec at times. It occurs at different speeds and for different changes (e.g., speeding up to 45mph or speeding down to 25mph.) It also occurs when changing speeds in different increments (e.g., one click up for 1mph increase or hold down for 5mph decrease.) The lag is only in the display and not the actual drivetrain, meaning that the selected speed in the Adaptive Control indicator is not relaying the selected speed even though the car itself is changing speed. This is a safety issue as you don't know whether the car has registered a speed increase or decrease for several seconds (which at higher speeds is certainly not safe.) There was an OTA related to the Instrument Control Panel sent earlier this summer that was successfully installed, IPC-25.7.46, however this may be a coincidence. After calling multiple times to Ford, including their OTA update team, their EV Technology Team, and a generic Customer Experience team, I was told to bring it into a dealership AND submit a complaint to the federal safety agency. The dealership identified modules that required updating but that did not fix the issue. Ford has NOT been helpful and their Customer Experience reps have been dismissive of the seriousness of this issue.

Filed Aug 12, 2024 · Driver assistance · PA

Multiple safety features rendered INOPERABLE AND USELESS including front collision warning, automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, lane keeping system because FORD uses an inferior product to connect the vehicle's cameras and sensors. Each of the systems listed "front collision warning, automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, lane keeping system" are now DISABLED and they are integral to preventing collisions. The vehicle is marketed with those features and is presumably justification of the MSRP charged to customers. FORD is apparently aware of the issue based on FORD forums, that replacement of windshield can comprise the coax cable. The company is using an outdated and less reliable coax cable to run sensors and cameras for an Electric Vehicle when a much more viable, pliable and reliable Fiber media has been available for over 20 years is shortsighted and cheap. Coax to run safety features also brings into question how that feature was safety tested. The vehicle was diagnosed by a Ford Dealership in PA, "U2107" code indicating an issue with the coax cable used to connect the sensors and camera. No component been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance representatives or others. Even though there were warning messages it is UNKOWN when the issue actually started or know exactly when the systems failed. I am sure FORD can check the messages store in the software.

Filed Feb 3, 2024 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · WI

I have had 14 incidents over two years where this vehicle suddenly, rapidly accelerates from slow speed, usually less than 15 mph, and six of those incidents had a near collision. Most of the incidents happen in a parking lot or drive-thru and require immediate fast braking to avoid collision. This sudden, unexpected acceleration has been widely discussed on the Mach-E Forum and there is general agreement the cause is inadvertent engaging cruise control by accidentally hitting an overly sensitive button on the steering wheel when the hands are in the 9 to 3 position. I have reviewed all related threads on the forum and counted 36 different owners who have experienced this same problem, most reporting near collisions and serious concerns for safety. Some posters have described possible remedies.

Filed Dec 11, 2023 · Driver assistance, Electrical · IN

Ford is aware of these issues and I can't believe they are ignoring them and making me pray through them. My vehicle, since I purchased it, has had issues with the adaptive cruise, the accident avoidance gets disabled, lane assist stops working, and the final thing is that it registers that the camera is not working and must be serviced. the last thing that happened is that the car shut down its self driving in the middle of taking a turn on the highway and proceeded to drive me off the road. There was no braking or anything, when I reacted to stop it, I barely missed the guard rail and the car fought me to even turn the wheel. This has been documented with multiple dealerships. All of them have dealt with Ford's technicians remotely and have all failed at fixing my issues. Before it everything stopped working again, it went on and off for months as it did before... the failed completely. Because of this, my wife and I only transport our children in her vehicle out of concerns for our family's safety. Ford will try to say they won't replace my vehicle due to its current milage, but this was well documented and never fixed long before this. its been happening since 2,000 miles.

Filed Nov 28, 2023 · Driver assistance · 500 miles · IL

The contact owns a 2022 Ford Mustang Mach E. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed with the Adaptive Cruise Control activated, the steering wheel jerked in the direction of oncoming traffic. The contact depressed the brake pedal and steered the vehicle back into the correct lane. The contact stated that the “Driver Assist Not Available” message was displayed. The contact stated that the message was displayed after the vehicle jerked and steered into the oncoming traffic. The contact stated that the failure had been reoccurring for approximately one year. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 500.

Filed Sep 1, 2023 · Driver assistance, Steering · AZ

While driving on the freeway at about 65 mph through a gradual left bend in the road, with fully active SuperCruise (lane keeping, active cruise control) and fully hands off, the vehicle suddenly veered into the adjacent right lane. The vehicle moved into the adjacent lane at a high rate, and could have resulted in a heavy side impact to a vehicle driving in that lane (and potentially rippling into the lane to the right of that as well). Throughout the deviation, SuperCruise remained active without warning lamps or any inducement of driver takeover. I caught the malfunction and manually overpowered the steering to bring the vehicle back into the original driving lane. The vehicle has no active open recalls, and is operating with the latest firmware updates installed. The vehicle has not been inspected by dealer, manufacturer, or any other group for any relating issues.

Filed Jul 21, 2023 · Driver assistance · AK

Vehicle adaptive cruise control was set at 35mph in a 35mph speed zone as I approached a stop light I tapped the breaks which should have disengaged the cruise control but instead the vehicle speed accelerated. Warning light stated cruise control was disengaged with gray line through speed indicator. I stepped on the brakes hard and the vehicle did stop and accelerator stopped. At no time was my foot on the accelerator pedal as well floor mats were not touching the pedal. Outside vehicle was clean and camera unobstructed. This just started after update 4.2.5.

Filed Jun 30, 2023 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · NC

On 3 occasions in the past month I have been driving down the road and, without any action from me, cruise control has turned itself on, with a speed set above the speed limit. I noticed it because the car accelerated to reach the target speed (which was an unsafe speed). I immediately braked and turned off the cruise control. The first two times it happened, I was pretty sure I had not accidentally activated cruise control by touching the button on the steering wheel. The third time, I was on a straight stretch of highway and was 100% sure I had done nothing to activate cruise control I had not used cruise control at any point from the time I turned on the car until the time this happened. I was between 10 and 15 minutes into my trip when this occurred.

Filed May 31, 2023 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · WI

On at least 8 occasions the car unintentionally shifted into cruise control and accelerated immediately. This usually happened while driving under 30 mph and rapidly accelerated to a much higher speed, sometimes set as high as 70 mph. On 3 occasions this happened in a parking lot and 2 occasions in a bank drive thru with a vehicle only a few feet in front of me. Immediate emergency braking was required to avoid an accident with two very close calls within 1-3 feet of vehicle in front of me. This experience has been reported by numerous persons on the Mach E Forum (similarly complaining of near accidents) and the general conclusion is that the button that activates cruise control is both unnecessarily super sensitive and poorly located so that it is engaged by the lightest touch of your left palm, base of your left thumb, or another finger as you move it across the steering wheel. Please note that the form below does not allow for numerous occurrences.