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Have you ever dinged another car while parking? It's funny how such a little mistake can be a stressful, costly headache. With Ford Active Park Assist, your chances of unwanted bumps and scrapes while parallel parking are dramatically reduced, and with Enhanced Active Park Assist, you're also helped with perpendicular parking and getting out of tight spots. Active Park Assist Makes Parallel Parking Easy Let's start with the base feature. When you're looking for a parallel parking spot, slow your car to under 20 mph and press the Active Park Assist button. Your car will then use radar technology to scan for a perfect spot. You can turn on the indicator light before activating the feature to tell your car which side you'd like to park on. Your car will let you know when a good spot has been located. You then position your car properly, let go of the steering wheel, and follow the directions on your instrument panel to control the gas and brakes while your car neatly steers you into position. more Enjoy  More Functionality With the Enhanced Feature With Enhanced Active Park Assist, your car can now steer you out of parallel parking spots as well as in, with equal precision, while also checking the road for oncoming vehicles. In addition, your car can now guide you in and out of perpendicular parking spots at 90-degree angles from the road, which are ordinarily tricky when visibility is limited to either side. With all your Ford's external cameras and radars, visibility is never a problem. Fully Automate Your Parking With Active Park Assist 2.0 Some Ford models have Active Park Assist 2.0 available, which takes automation to the next level. Now, the vehicle does everything for you, including steering, braking, accelerating, and shifting gears. All you need to do is get the car into position and then press and hold the button. Who Can Benefit from Ford Active Park Assist Any driver who regularly commutes into congested urban areas with frequent hunts for hard-to-find parking spots can benefit hugely from these features. Even confident parkers gain additional peace of mind, knowing they won't accidentally scrape their paintwork in a distracted moment. If you've never driven a car with Active Park Assist before, give it a try today. You can visit our dealership and test drive your ideal Ford. Like many of Ford's stress-saving innovations, once you see how easy this feature makes things, you won't want to look back. Visit Coughlin Ford of Pataskala in Pataskala, OH, today. With an extensive inventory of new and used Fords and comprehensive vehicle services, we have all you and your car need in one place.

Ford vehicles come with a range of standard driver assistance features, and one that you'll see often is Ford Pre-Collision Assist with Automatic Emergency Braking. This feature can be invaluable when it activates, so let's get to know it a little better. What Does Ford Pre-Collision Assist Do? Pre-Collision Assist with Automatic Emergency Braking acts like a co-pilot. It keeps an eye on the road whenever possible, including at night, when your car's lights illuminate the area in front of you. The feature can detect both vehicles and pedestrians ahead, both stationary and moving. If there's an object in front of you that you're in danger of colliding with, then it sends you multiple warnings to get you to take action and slow down or stop. When the system is trying to tell you that you may be in danger, it'll make a chiming noise and display a message on the information display telling you what's wrong. If you don't do anything to remedy the situation, then the system gets the brakes charged up in preparation. This makes your brakes more responsive when you step on the pedal. more What Does Automatic Emergency Braking Do? If Pre-Collision Assist has sent you warnings and prepared itself for an emergency stop, then that's exactly what's going to happen. The car, if necessary, will apply full braking force by itself to try to prevent a crash. If you crash anyway, the braking may at least make the damage less severe. If the automatic braking function doesn't engage, but the brakes have already charged in response to a collision alert, then even light pressure on the brake pedal will engage the brakes fully. How Sensitive Is Pre-Collision Assist? You can choose between low, normal, and high sensitivity settings using your infotainment system. The lower the setting, the fewer alerts you'll get. Lower settings give you a little more time in potentially dangerous situations before the car starts warning you about a potential crash. If you don't like the feature working even on the lowest setting, though, then you can turn it off completely. Which Sensitivity Setting Is Best? Ford recommends using the high sensitivity setting, as it's the one that can help keep you safest. However, if Pre-Collision Assist activates too frequently and distracts you, then the setting that's functional without being distracting is likely the best setting for you to choose. The setting you pick won't impact Automatic Emergency Braking's support, though. It always provides full braking support when activated, bringing you to a total stop as quickly as possible. Come get a Ford with this excellent driver assistance feature at Coughlin Ford of Pataskala in Pataskala, OH. Call our sales team at 380-227-5024 if you have any questions.