ok, so the manual shows that in fact ACC is functional as far as stop and go, allowing up to 2 seconds stopped with automatic resume, longer than 2 seconds and the system cancels ACC. Page 369 in manual.
From my experience in testing it over the past few days, that is pretty much how it works. One thing I would add is that if at anytime you press the accelerator while ACC is active, it will display a message saying "Driver Override" and will then no longer actively control brakes or accelerator until you release the pedal.
IMO - it's not that I'm not paying attention, it's that I don't have to adjust to what I see. With normal CC you have to shut it off or adjust to slower speed when you come up on a slower driver, but with ACC it does it for you. Just eliminates an annoyance I guess.
I guess if always been content with adjusting for what I see.
No, ACC does not have automatic wipers. That’s the one thing I really miss having.
I never noticed the Willy's in front of me when turning it on, nice touch! Did you notice your FCW is not turned on? I don't think mine was by default either.I just picked up my Mojito JLUR from Jim Marsh out in Las Vegas and drove it ~300 miles back home to Southern California on the I-15. It has the Adaptive Cruise Control feature (with the 6-speed manual), and I turned it on for a good chunk of the drive. This is my first experience with this type of system, but it was so convenient that now I'll plan to use it on all my long road trips.
Initially, ACC was non-intuitive to activate. I had assumed that regular cruise control had to be on first before enabling ACC, but when you do that, pressing the ACC button turns off cruise control. After a few failed attempts, I had my wife read the manual as I was driving, and learned that you press the ACC button first, wait for the "ACC Ready" display on the dash, then push the "Set (+)" button to set the current speed as the target speed.
Once it was on, ACC worked great! I set it to be exactly the speed limit (70 mph), and it attempts to maintain this speed unless there's a car detected in front. When a car is detected, it will slow down to match the speed of that car based on the distance you've set. Note that there's a cool display when it detects another car--I like how it assumes the car in front is a Willys! (See attached image.) In answer to the original post, unfortunately (or fortunately?) I have not been able to test the collision avoidance feature yet.
For the manual transmission version, ACC does not turn on if you're going less than 20 mph or if you're in first gear, so no stop-and-go usage for me. Also, I have to play with the optimal gear to be in--for 70 mph, I was initially in 5th, but it was struggling to maintain that speed on the hilly part of the I-15, so I downshifted to 4th. My overall gas mileage with ACC turned on was not great either (~18 mpg), so I need to figure out how to improve that too.
Hope this helps. By the way, this is my first post, but I've been reading these forums for about a year. I appreciate all the good info, and the advice I've read helped me make an informed decision when I did finally decide to buy a Jeep. Thanks, JL Wrangler Forums community!
mine was showing off as default out of the factory for my 19 MOAB too. hm... can be changed in the menu options. But cool find for sure! Never realized the Willy in front.
