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.
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.
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