Hi all, new here. Anyone have the iActive braking activate?

[restlessmonkey]

Hopefully, I am not the only that does this but when I open my garage door, I dont wait until the garage door is all the way up before I start to enter. Well the smart braking has stopped me from doing this as it activated and stopped me dead in my tracks. I always wondered if it really worked, now I know...

Ditto. It was quite surprising the first time it happened. Kind of fun to freak people out....okay, "fun" might not be the correct word from their perspective

 

[restlessmonkey]

Mazda has 2 braking systems. 1st. one is when you are driving very, very slow. Examples being the garage door example. That's SCBS. That's with the iActiveSense package only. The other one is at higher speeds, like the one where you are at X mph and the car in front in the ramp was slowing down, etc.

I have witnessed both. In 2nd case it saved me from being T-boned. Check my threads. The 1st. one uses the top sensors, behind the rear view mirror. The 2nd. one uses the radar behind your emblem. Primarily. 2 things here: I have seen repeated failures where testing methods used trash cans, cardboard boxes, etc. The car's sensors sees THRU them so brakes do not get activated. Also, if the emblem/windshield's dirty - you have a problem, may not work. Hazard conditions - like rain, sleet may skew up the sensors.

I had the 2nd one happen just the other day. I was pleased that it sensed it. Had I not been watching the road anyway, it would have been enough time to give notice that something was going to happen. (Just don't watch a DVD and be near white 18 wheelers)