Either this feature doesn't do all that much to begin with, or mine isn't working. I'm assuming the former since otherwise my suspension is working perfectly. I can't detect any mitigation at all. I've yet to hit a pothole and think "hey, that wasn't as bad as I thought." The other day I hit a nasty pothole at night that I didn't see coming; it felt like it took the front wheel off. I checked it out the next morning and the pothole is a bad one, but not all that big, and something I'd expect this system to be able to help out with. I didn't buy this car to get better pothole hitting performance, but after watching Ford's demo video of this feature I expected more.
Of course, this reminds me of those cold remedies that claim to "reduce the severity of the cold" rather than get rid of it. If you don't know how severe your cold was going to be in the first place, how can you tell if it's working? Same deal with potholes. Without driving over the same pothole with and without this feature, it's impossible to really know.
Of course, this reminds me of those cold remedies that claim to "reduce the severity of the cold" rather than get rid of it. If you don't know how severe your cold was going to be in the first place, how can you tell if it's working? Same deal with potholes. Without driving over the same pothole with and without this feature, it's impossible to really know.