Ford ESCAPE 2021 Owner's Manual page 263

Adaptive Cruise Control
Adaptive Cruise Control –
Information Messages - Vehicles
With: Stop and Go
Message
Adaptive Cruise
Malfunction
Front Sensor Not Aligned
Adaptive Cruise Not
Available
Adaptive Cruise Not
Available Sensor
Blocked See Manual
Normal Cruise Active
Adaptive Braking Off
Adaptive Cruise - Driver
Resume Control
Adaptive Cruise Speed
Too Low to Activate
Escape (CTC) Canada/United States of America, Vehicles Built From: 02-11-2020, enUSA, Edition date: 202011, First-Printing
A malfunction is preventing the adaptive cruise from engaging.
Contact an authorized dealer to have the radar checked for
proper coverage and operation.
Conditions exist preventing the system from being available.
You have a blocked radar because of poor radar visibility due
to inclement weather or ice, mud, or water in front of the radar.
You can typically clean the sensor to resolve this.
Due to the nature of radar technology, it is possible to get a
blockage warning with no actual block. This happens, for
example, when driving in sparse rural or desert environments.
A false blocked condition either self clears, or clears after you
You have selected normal cruise control. The system does
not brake or react to traffic.
Displays when the adaptive cruise control is going to cancel
and you must take control.
Displays when the vehicle speed is too slow to activate the
adaptive cruise control and there is no lead vehicle in range.
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(If Equipped)
Note: Depending on your vehicle options
and instrument cluster type, not all
messages display or are available.
Note: The system could abbreviate or
shorten certain messages depending upon
which cluster type you have.
Action
restart your vehicle.